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How to measure B2B website performance

Not all B2B websites or businesses have the same goals, intentions or needs. Yet, all B2B websites are still portals for communicating with other humans. It is a common falsehood that B2B should have a less customer-centric focus than a … Read More »

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The importance of blog page titles for marketing

Blogs can be a vital part of an organization’s marketing strategy. The format and intent of a business blog can give authors the freedom to explore new and creative ideas not present in other parts of a business website. These … Read More »

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Disadvantages of hosted blog platforms

Certainly a hosted blog platform like WordPress.com can be extremely easy and quick to launch, but the solution is not suitable for many business blogs. The hosted blog solutions cater more towards personal blogs. The disadvantages of hosted blog solutions … Read More »

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Improve comments & conversations on business blogs

The goals and intent of each business blog are unique to each business. It is vital to define and keep true to those goals, in order to assess the success of a blog or web property. For some businesses, the … Read More »

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Tips for presenting website information architecture and wireframes to a client

Even the most beautiful wireframe or diagram is a waste of effort if it does not have a business purpose or align to the core strategy of a web project. Information architecture and wireframes are central to web strategy. The … Read More »

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The Importance of Planning & Preproduction for Web Project Management

The discovery or planning phase of a web or digital project cannot be overstated in it’s importance. This initial stage sets a tone for scope, vision and procedures that come to fruition later in the project. The discovery or planning … Read More »

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The Importance of Meetings for Web Project Management

Good communication is the backbone of web project management. This is especially true for any web development process, where many clients may feel “out of their element” in discussing web technologies. The simple fact that clients may not clearly understand … Read More »

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Make < pre > text wrap with CSS

The <pre> tag text does not wrap by default. This can frustrate web designers trying to employ the pre tag as they witness it’s bad behavior within a site layout. There are two solutions for working with <pre> text. One … Read More »

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MailChimp Unveils Awesome New Template Editor

Here at Ironpaper, we work with many different mass email campaign platforms. One of our favorites is MailChimp, and even more so now after their latest update. They’ve added an amazingly intuitive, and fun to use, template editor that allows … Read More »

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Importing Data in Other Languages to a Database with phpMyAdmin from an Excel file

Ironpaper Webintel: By Chris Wallace Are you having trouble importing text from an excel file in Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, or another language that uses non-standard characters? When you save a csv directly from the Excel file, it turns the characters … Read More »

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How to share an iOS distribution certificate

For iOS app developers, there are some annoying parts of the development process that many developers just hate. For one, only one person can be nominated to be Team Agent on Apple’s enterprise account. Now, if you don’t have a build … Read More »

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