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Good better best: Email edition - part 1
One point to rule them all
Imagine if Moses had come down from that mountain not with two huge stone tablets with 10 commandments for the people to follow, but with one small tablet, with a single commandment. Wouldn’t have that been a lot easier to remember? I wonder if God thought 10 was a pretty concise number for a while, then realized his error and sent Jesus along to wrap all those commandments up into one - Love one another. That, I think, I can remember.
The point here is to be concise in your email. Keep the entire communication to one point. It won’t get read otherwise. If you have to make two points, send a second email. This way any replies to your single pointed email will be also be similarly single pointed.
In part 2 I will discuss what to do if this isn’t the case and an email or a reply comes in with multiple points.
First Hand: How to begin a blog
When starting a section on your site that you intend to update on a frequent basis, its a good idea to ask yourself a few questions first. As this is my first real post, I'll go ahead and use myself as a real life example to the process.
Step 1: Pick your audience
Often you'll hear that the first thing you need to do is figure out what you want to write about, but I think the first thing you should do is decide who your readers are, and who you'd like to have visiting your site. In my case, I'd really like to have local people who are interested in buying my services visiting my site. Since I don't have a specific niche picked out, I'll say its small to medium sized business owners. Very vague, yes, and I worry about how much surfing of the web these types of people do. But this is my main target, so I'll keep them included.
I'd also like to increase traffic overall so as to help my search engine rankings. Its very popular in many fields to write articles that would attract your
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New-ish logo unveiled
While not a new logo per se, we're proud to announce a cleaner, smoother version of our logo.
The old version was drawn in one quick motion and was meant to be a playful representation of the company. It's served us well for the last 4 years, but we decided it was time to clean it up a little. We've smoothed out the curves, and tucked in the points:
We hope you like it as much as we do.
New Spigot site launched
We are proud to announce the launch of the new (and obviously improved) Spigot Design website.
We're hoping that this new site more accurately reflects the professional standards we adhere to, as well as provide an easier way to navigate and find out what ever it is you truly want to know about Spigot Design.
The goal is to provide our clients and potential clients a clear understanding of what's in store when you hire us. Our best work is showcased, and we will be writing periodic articles covering a multitude of topics, most of which will be centered around how to improve your business.
Please feel free to leave a comment in the contact us section about how we can improve, either ourselves, or your business, or what ever else may be on your mind. We promise we'll respond. There's also a newsletter sign up form at the bottom of the page that'll put you on our email newsletter (spam free of course) that we'll be sending out periodically. Topics there will most likely cover business
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