“July is a blind date with summer.” – Hal Borland We don’t know about you, but we’re pretty excited about this month. There’s so much going on, it’s almost as if everywhere is a song and a celebration. The weather’s good and we survived a pandemic…what more could you ask for? Here’s our monthly…
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It’s such a cliché, but it really is true: technology moves and changes incredibly quickly. For an agency like Tree Ring Digital that offers website design as well as digital marketing, there’s a lot to keep up with. And we love posting and writing about marketing trends because it’s fascinating to us, but sometimes we…
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(THINGS TO DO IN REAL LIFE!) “June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.” – Joan D. Chittister Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? I went to the grocery store earlier this week and people’s faces were naked.…
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So the pandemic is…over? we guess? Of the many lessons we’ve learned over the last year, “expect the unexpected” is primary, so we’re bracing for a horror movie-style comeback. But one thing’s for certain: public spaces are opening and things are going back to some semblance of normal. Let’s call it the next normal. What…
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“Step aside to a brand new day…in the month of May I feel I can start again. Life is feeling new…this is hope, this is love, this is where we all won, if you call, I will hear, I will listen for you.” – Mychal Simka Happy May, all you darling buds! Without further ado,…
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Last month, we introduced the topic of affiliate marketing and explained what it is, the potential benefits and pitfalls, and some statistics and predictions about the future of the marketing technique (spoiler alert: it’s bright). Hosting Tribunal says that the affiliate marketing sector is currently worth $12 billion, and growing rapidly, and that “well-crafted affiliate…
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“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” – Mark Twain Leave it to Mark Twain to hit the nail on its foolish head when it comes to April Fools’ day (and by the way, that is the correct spelling. I looked it up.).…
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Affiliate marketing. It’s a subject that we get asked about a lot at Tree Ring Digital, so we’re embarking on a short series of blogs to cover the ins and outs – what is it? Is it a good way to make money? Should your business start an affiliate marketing program? There’s a lot to…
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“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ―Charles Dickens Remember this time last year? Can you believe that a lot of us didn’t even own a single mask? We were so innocent! The…
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As the writer for a digital marketing company, I’m constantly learning new things. Sometimes I learn about new (to me) industries (like asbestos abatement) or services (like IV hydration) from our clients, but often I learn “techy” stuff from my boss and my colleagues. And that’s generally stuff that I’ve heard of, but didn’t understand…
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“When God was making the months I think February was a mistake, like a burp. There it was, small, dark, and prickly. It had absolutely no redeeming qualities.” ― Shannon Wiersbitzky, What Flowers Remember It’s our first pandemic February! Will it be our last? Who knows?!? Whether it is or not, let’s try to have…
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Servers. Hosting. Maintenance. They’re words that have specific meanings in terms of technology and the internet, but the truth is that while a lot of us vaguely grok the concepts, we don’t really understand what they mean. Some of us, including Tree Ring Digital’s writer (full disclosure: that’s me) are more than a little embarrassed…
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