“Friction.” “The game of telephone.” “Paralysis by analysis.” In a business context, they can all amount to the same things: frustration and delay.
For any marketing project involving more than one person—which is another way of saying for any and every project—it’s all too easy to get caught up in the churn. Creating digital marketing assets is no exception.
At DeLaune,
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Have you ever gotten past a website login error, or been able to establish a new online account, only after getting a security code delivered to you via text to your phone?
Late last year, TechCrunch reported on a security oversight that illustrates the danger of sending passwords or passcodes over SMS: The message itself may have been exposed to attackers, as it was when at least 26 million authentication text messages were left unprotected by password or encryption on a server at California communications provider Voxox.
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Being friendly and approachable is a small and easy thing, but it makes a huge difference, and it costs you nothing besides some thought.
One company I admire, multi-factor access specialists Duo Security, sent a corporate email the other day that had a standout feature among digital marketing assets.
Instead of the too-often-seen disclaimer along the lines of “Replies to this email address will not be read” and an email address like “DO-NOT-REPLY@big-faceless-corp.com”—Gee,
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At a technology-focused agency like DeLaune, we’re called on to create a lot of digital marketing assets. That means we think a lot about the ideal form of different collateral types—and white papers are a good example.
The most defining characteristic of white papers is that they’re focused, practical, and digestible. Whatever their topic, even in the world of information-laden digital marketing assets,
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As a young writer, the parable of the blind men encountering an elephant made an impression on me. The story is all about how someone without sight would interpret a being they encounter. Divorced a bit from reality by their lack of sight, the blind men had to rely on what they could feel.
Something similar happens when visitors visit your website for the first time—no matter that they can see and read.
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This week’s meeting of the Austin Forum on Technology & Society was a treat. Not only to catch an annual overview of technology predictions from dynamic duo Jay Boisseau and Jay Williams (Boisseau also directs the group), but as a reminder of why I’m glad to be a part of this city.
It was my first Forum meeting,
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If you’ve ever sold a house or are looking to do so, one of the first things people will tell you is to add a fresh coat of paint—to just about everything. New paint is bright. It covers up dirt and generally forces you to repair a whole bunch of dings, scratches, and other flaws that make a house look older.
If you’re inclined to ease into the new year with some IT security predictions for 2019, there’s no shortage:
Here are 10 from Tech Radar, five more from Security Boulevard, and another four from BetaNews. (I prefer TechCrunch’s snarkier approach.)
The kicker is that even though there are new and more complex threats each year to keep up with,
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