Big brands realize they need so much more than a picture and description to sell products. They’re all about selling a lifestyle, and that means bigger, better content is needed to engage shoppers. If you’re not sure what that looks like, or how you can use creative content in yourContinue Reading
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee confirmed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will indeed testify in front of the congressional committee on April 11. His testimony is rooted in the ongoing controversy over Facebook’s handling of its users’ data, which became the subject of global news after it wasContinue Reading
Update on April 4, 2018 at 2:30 PM EST: Facebook has issued a statement indicating that as many as 87 million people’s data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. In that same announcement, the company has outlined a series of ways in plans to the way data can be accessedContinue Reading
No matter what industry you work in (or your experience level in that industry), a plain, black-and-white resume written in Times New Roman font can actually weaken a job application. But just because resumes have gotten more creative doesn’t mean you need special design software to make your application standContinue Reading
Welcome one, welcome all to Wednesday — the day that marks not just the week’s halfway point, but another edition of “Unriddled”: the HubSpot Marketing Blog’s mid-week digest of the tech news you need to know. This week, we continue to wade through the very crowded pool of tech newsContinue Reading
Late last week, it was discovered that Instagram had lowered the rate limit for its Platform API for some developers and completely removing access to it for others — without warning. While these changes remain unconfirmed by Instagram, it appears that the visual content-sharing app has somewhat drastically decreased the frequencyContinue Reading
It’s coming close to a decade since the creation of the bitcoin network and the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The protocol has produced a great deal of users, infrastructure, businesses and influential parties like developers and miners. Since the beginning of bitcoin’s mining history, individuals mined lots of coins with central processingContinue Reading
Facebook announced today that it will be rolling out new features to provide greater context around stories that appear in the News Feed. The news follows tests that the company has been running since last year in the U.S. to determine how much background information on publishers and stories shouldContinue Reading
If you work in tech and haven’t yet downloaded the app Blind — well, you’re missing out. Blind calls itself “an anonymous community app for the workplace,” where employees of various tech companies gather to namelessly ask questions, leave feedback, or start discussions about everything ranging from salary to industry gossip.Continue Reading
Ecommerce is predicted to account for 17% of all U.S. retail sales by 2022. As ecommerce grows, so does competition, making it hard to differentiate your website from everyone else’s. It isn’t enough to have a one-of-a-kind product: to attract your ideal audience — and more importantly, to turn thatContinue Reading
Here’s a cliche among digital marketers: Search engine optimization (SEO) isn’t what it used to be. Here’s a true statement you don’t hear as often: Your SEO strategy for 2018 shouldn’t focus on keywords. These days, most businesses understand the basic concepts of SEO and why it’s important. However, whenContinue Reading
Facebook Cover Photo Size Optimize your cover photo for the right dimensions: 851 pixels wide and 315 pixels tall for desktop, 640 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall for mobile. If your uploaded image is smaller than these dimensions, Facebook will stretch it to fit — making it look blurry.Continue Reading
I’ve always been a little leery of proclaiming anything “the best.” I never declared anyone my best friend as a kid because I was afraid my other friends might assume I thought less of them. So it was a little difficult for me to come up with just one “best”Continue Reading
Here is another installment in my series about Tender Mercies. Now YOU can submit your OWN stories at ANY time right here. Today’s story comes from Cosette Snarr, who writes: My husband started having seizures in 1985. At first they were just at night and didn’t disrupt our daily life,Continue Reading