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03Jun

TREE RING DIGITAL’S GUIDE TO DENVER: June 2021 EDITION

(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. […]
21May

The Next Normal: Post-Pandemic Marketing

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 […]
15Apr

How to Increase Revenue Through Affiliate Marketing

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 […]
18Mar

Affiliate Marketing 101

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 […]
25Feb

Where’s the Party? Hosting vs Maintenance for Your Website

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 […]
05Feb

TREE RING DIGITAL’S GUIDE TO DENVER: February 2021 EDITION (Virtual/Outdoor)

“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 […]
22Jan

Of Clouds and Amazons

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 […]
17Dec

What Content Marketing is (And Why Your Business Needs It)

Over the course of 2020, Tree Ring has been blogging about the year’s top marketing trends and we’ve covered a lot of ground. Our last blog this year is on another trend: content marketing – but it hardly seems fair to call it a trend, since it’s a practice as old as marketing itself (check […]