17% of cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on their phone.

88% of U.S. adults own a cell phone of some kind as of April 2012, and more than half of these cell owners (55%) use their phone to go online.

Growth in the use of all mobile devices and the necessity to provide readable content for your prospects and customers cannot be overstated.

Digging and turning the earth. Adding nutrients and planting seeds.

Spring provides the opportunity to tap into a process that predates recorded time: growing food so that it can be harvested.

Is our work at sales and marketing, particularly websites, any different?

Lost among much of the justifiable social media hoopla, Email has been the forgotten mare back on the farm. Often underappreciated, much too often ignored, this work horse continues to deliver.

Open rates are up 12.6%  year over year according to Epsilon and the Direct Marketing Associations Email Experience Council. This number puts email open rates overall at 26.2% industry wide.

Imagine you are a third grade elementary school teacher.

One student turns in his math homework neatly completed with all extra work on an attached sheet of paper (because they are asked to, "Show their work").

The next student turns in a sheet with some questions answered, others unanswered.