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JDM Awarded “Best of Business”

JDM Digital has been awarded the 2012 “Best of Business” Award by the SBCA Community. The Best of Business Award winners are community-nominated and awards are given based on ethical standards that, according to the SBCA, “exhibit themselves as assets to their community and exemplify what makes small businesses great.” “We were flattered to be …

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4 Tips for a Better Business Website

To a small company, customers aren’t just another cog in the mechanism, they’re the lifeblood of the business. Here are 4 simple tips for “going the extra mile” with your website to save your customer’s time and make your site more enjoyable and more productive. 1. Go mobile Mobile is no longer the future. It’s …

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A Call for Summer Interns

This summer, JDM is offering students a chance to step inside the loopy world of a digital agency with our Summer Internship program. The program lasts 6-8 weeks, is paid (though not very much) and allows interns the chance to complete real, client work — not busy work.

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Creative Business Card Inspiration

Even in a digital world, business cards are a must for sales and marketing. Get inspired with these wonderful business card examples.

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Sneak Peek: New Digital Agency Website

Since 2007, JDM Digital has been re-inventing itself. Today, we’re proud to announce the soft launch of JDM 4.0 – the latest iteration of the digital agency. As part of the soft launch, JDM is going forward with a new website, new tagline and streamlined business model. JDM Digital has been offering digital advertising, marketing …

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Marketing the Value Matrix

I know that using words like “Value” and “Matrix” automatically make this sound like a bunch of meaningless industry jargon, but hang in there. I’ve been using the following Value/Innovation matrix for some time with clients and I think it’s time I share it with you too. Originally used as an explanation for the Dot-Com …

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Adland Romance in a Digital Agency

I just hear about this romantic story of a digital agency romance on Ad Age and we just had to share on such a rainy Texas Friday afternoon.

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The Limits of Drawing the Dot-to-Dot

It’s critical in a digital marketing world to know what in your media mix is giving you the biggest bang for your buck, be it Social Media, organic search, paid search, direct mail, TV, smoke signals, whatever. Here’s the problem. Most agencies and their clients don’t (or can’t) track all the touches that precipitated that …

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Trade Show Do’s and Don’ts

As we approach a break in the trade show season, here are the Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts we’ve learned over the years from numerous trade show exhibitions. 10. DON’T be afraid to ask questions A lot of first-time exhibitors are shy about asking the trade show staff questions prior to and during the show. …

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Calculating an Adwords Budget

First off, I heart Google Adwords — big time. After all, it’s this cash cow that pays for the Google party. However, while working with a new client recently, we found their super-handy tools a bit lacking when it came to a simple and common question: “How much should I budget for Adwords?” So we did a little mathematical experiment with some surprising results.

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New Google Algorithm; Marketers Shake Fists

I’d take the 130+ angry comments on Search Engine Land’s article on Google’s new Anti-Spam algorithm as an indication that search marketers are getting pretty frustrated. It was a change that many search marketers had hoped for but are now saying low-quality sites continue doing well in Google’s search rankings, and sometimes even having better visibility than before Google’s anti-webspam changes.

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Lockdown WordPress

Over the last few weeks, we’ve noticed a considerable uptick in WordPress CMS site hacks (even GoDaddy got hacked). Although we’re not sure what might be causing this, we do know a few quick ways to get your house in order thanks to the security pros at Sucuri. 1. Scan & Buy Sucuri If you …

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