So Gliffen Design provides content writing these days…a valuable service for those non-writing types. Writing is hard, I get it. I wanted to share a great tip for sounding professional on your website…HAVE GOOD GRAMMAR!   Having been raised attending a Catholic school until the age of 10, I can’t begin to tell you how […]...

  Although here at Gliffen we pride ourselves on our great web and graphic design as well as marketing, we do like to have some fun from time to time to break away from the norm for a bit.  One of our favorite pastimes is Squiggly Bird, the very intense (not really) game of creative […]...

Several restaurants in Jackson insist on providing two-for-one deals. As a customer, I’m not complaining. I find a partner or several sets of partners in crime, and we head out to taste restaurants that I would otherwise not frequent during the year. While I’m not in the restaurant business, I would think this to be […]...

Heather and Mel chatting with entrepreneurs, freelancers and others to go over Gliffen’s Tips & Tricks from Web Designers. We went over Do-It-Yourself website building steps verses hiring a professional. There are clearly pros and cons on both sides but no matter what route you decide to take it, this information is important to keep […]...

Thanks to all that joined the workshop “Introduction to Marketing with Mailchimp.” We wanted to share with you Heather’s presentation that you can refer to as well as her handout and Heather’s notes. Mailchimp is meant to be a tool to reach your audience, customers and potential customers. Let’s use the tools available to us […]...

We are ready to go with 3 more of our free workshops! After reviewing the results from our survey, we decided to provide a variety of topics and focus in as we go. We are going to continue on with three more workshops with WordPress, Mailchimp and Tips & Tricks from Web Designers. Our workshops […]...

After our first round of Gliffen Designs’ Workshops we had great feedback on material, length of workshop, time for questions/answers, suggestions of new topics as well as the benefit of having presentation material afterwards. We wanted to share with you a presentation that Heather DeVine put together for “Introduction to Facebook as a Marketing Tool.” […]...

One of the first thing you always do when starting a website or a blog is to choose a name. This is important because many websites are as successful as their name allows. This is especially the case in regards to search engine optimization (SEO), so you want to make sure you get it right […]...

As far as web development goes, NLP Anchoring is a relatively simple practice. It is a quick and easy way to connect a stimulus with a certain emotional response, and as a concept, it is reminiscent of the popular Pavlov’s experiment where the conditioning stimulus alone ultimately begins to elicit an automatic response from the […]...

We are ready to go with 3 of our free workshops scheduled! After reviewing the results from our survey, we decided to provide a variety of topics and focus in as we go. We are going to start with Google Analytics, Photoshop for Web and Facebook as a Marketing Tool. Our workshops will be roughly […]...

How your strong brand logo can make the difference A strong brand and logo can undoubtedly influence a consumer’s decision on whether it’s a good idea to purchase your products or services. This is even more so when the consumer has no prior experience or information concerning your company. It’s all about packaging, and with […]...

If you’ve been paying attention, you might have noticed a rising trend of videos and animations being used as part of online content. This trend is not a mistake and is not a fluke. It is simply an awakening by online gurus to the benefits of using the engaging power of video to convert online […]...

In doing a little light reading, I stumbled across an article on Search Engine Land entitled “3 predictions about the future of SEO.” It was a short, catchy title so I decided to read on. There were three little bullets about how to plan your marketing techniques for the future of SEO. The author was […]...

How To Move Ahead On Your Big Idea Guest Article by Jason Lewis, StrongWell.org. Career setbacks can feel like a significant blow when they come up, but these days, many people are using these types of setbacks to transition into starting their own business. The options for owning your own business are almost limitless and […]...