Danny Hall, Author at Rainy City Digital Media & Design

Does Search Engine Optimization Matter On Today’s Web?

In the beginning, there was the web, and it all started with a single website. Hard to imagine that was all the way back in 1991! While we’ve come a very long way since that first website, some things haven’t changed quite as much. Search engine optimization is a prime example of this. In 1997, SEO first saw its major usage in relation to getting websites more easily found on any number of the web directories that were popular during that [...]

Does Search Engine Optimization Matter On Today’s Web?Danny Hall2019-01-29T17:15:33-05:00

Gutenberg and WordPress: For Better or Worse?

Ask anyone who has been working with WordPress for any length of time about the biggest changes the platform has seen. The answers may have varied, until late last year that is. Gutenberg is likely the most common answer you’ll hear. What is the Gutenberg update though, and what does it mean for your WordPress based site? As with all the past WordPress updates, 5.0 received a name. This time however that name was very relevant to the changes that [...]

Gutenberg and WordPress: For Better or Worse?Danny Hall2019-01-09T17:05:41-05:00

How Does A Purpose-Driven Design Affect Your Site?

Does your site utilize purpose-driven design? These days there’s no room for websites that provide a poor online experience. User experience (UX) can make or break a website, and when that experience is less than it should be, you’ll find a wide variety of problems will occur. Google may rank your site lower, site visitors may bounce quicker, and you could see a drop in engagement and conversion rates. The trouble is, how do you ensure that your site offers the [...]

How Does A Purpose-Driven Design Affect Your Site?Danny Hall2018-04-03T13:24:02-04:00

Avoiding Common Pitfalls On Your WordPress Website

WordPress is the easiest web design platform to use, and one of the best platforms to help your site achieve a higher search ranking. At the same time, there are some major WordPress don’ts that have the potential to hinder your ability to draw in and retain quality website traffic. Unintentional Coding in WordPress There’s a reason why WordPress includes a pasting option for Microsoft Word within the visual editor. If you are copying from other websites, a Word document, [...]

Avoiding Common Pitfalls On Your WordPress WebsiteDanny Hall2018-04-03T13:22:54-04:00

No Time? Better Your LinkedIn Profile in (almost) NO TIME

One of the concerns we hear often from clients is the time something takes to complete online, particularly when it comes to marketing. We try our best to share a few tasks each time we meet to prevent our clients from feeling overwhelmed by yet another to-do list, and often one that comes with a steep learning curve. We know everyone is busy (that’s how we have jobs!). We also know that part of our role as a marketing partner [...]

No Time? Better Your LinkedIn Profile in (almost) NO TIMEDanny Hall2020-05-26T13:51:05-04:00

Want To Know How Top Inbound Marketers Spell Success?

When it comes to marketing, there often seems like a magic mix of materials, tools, and such to which only a relative handful of top marketers have access. These marketers seem to consistently rise head and shoulders above the rest as they help to draw in lead after lead, helping sales to seal the deal time and again. The trouble is that this is a major misconception. There is no secret tool chest that these marketers are using. They simply [...]

Want To Know How Top Inbound Marketers Spell Success?Danny Hall2017-10-23T17:10:55-04:00

Why Responsive Web Design Is A Must

What is Responsive Web Design? This sort of web design is an approach that strives to keep a consistent user experience across desktop and mobile devices by designing and building the website to “respond” to the display and performance capabilities of each user’s device. Furthermore, “it provides the viewer with easy reading and navigation with a minimum of re-sizing, panning, and scrolling.” With that being said, it should come as no surprise that these changes in web design means that there [...]

Why Responsive Web Design Is A MustDanny Hall2017-10-23T17:02:23-04:00

Blogging and Social Media – Stop Pulling My Leg!

Integrating blogging and social media is important for your business growth and must be used to help to spread the word about your business. The importance of blogging cannot be stressed enough when it comes to using it as part of your marketing campaign. You want to let people know what is going on, what is new and why they should come to you when they are in need of services or products. Excellent blogs help people to discover just [...]

Blogging and Social Media – Stop Pulling My Leg!Danny Hall2017-09-18T13:14:37-04:00

Building An Easy To Use Website With WordPress

Why WordPress? When someone asks us what we do here at Posse Social Media, the easy answer could be "a lot." This doesn't really do our offerings justice though. From social media and reputation management to mobile and video marketing. We help clients fill a great number of their different needs from an online perspective. One area that is of special interest to myself is that of web design and implementation. I love the process of working with clients closely [...]

Building An Easy To Use Website With WordPressDanny Hall2017-10-23T17:30:46-04:00

Should I Follow the 80/20 Social Media Posting Rule?

Got a great sale coming up? Shoot out a Facebook post about it… Closed for the day? Shoot out a post about that too. Customer do or say something that is share worthy? Go for it… But remember, all the posting you are doing can end up overwhelming the feeds of your fans! Tons of businesses today lose sight of the true interests of their “adoring” public. They get caught up in posting […]

Should I Follow the 80/20 Social Media Posting Rule?Danny Hall2017-10-05T15:33:54-04:00

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