Posted March 28th, 2012 by Jim Thomas
Almost 18 years ago, when my wife and I were first planning the move to Virginia from the frozen tundra of Buffalo, NY, I was assigned the task of driving to Richmond to first look for a job and then look for a home. The job hunt went remarkably well as I secured a [...]
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Posted January 27th, 2012 by Erin
Key Web Concepts might have to get a bigger office! In the past month or so, we have added two new staff members to our team: Daniel Acree and Michelle Lefebvre. — Meet Michelle here!
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Posted January 27th, 2012 by Erin
Key Web Concepts might have to get a bigger office!
In the past month or so, we have added two new staff members to our team: Daniel Acree and Michelle Lefebvre. First meet Daniel, our newest web designer –
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Posted September 26th, 2011 by Erin
I like to call a content strategist a “word ninja”. I will defend your site against spam, skillfully and effectively promote your business, slash pages of useless stuff (if necessary), and use my special powers (SEO skills) to lure your target audience to your site
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Posted September 21st, 2011 by Erin
Anthony joined Key Web Concepts just a few days after I started working here. But who cares who’s first, right? Since I posted a nice little introduction about myself, I deemed it only appropriate to do so for my new co-worker, Anthony Ferguson. He’s an extremely talented artist and was chosen as one of our [...]
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Posted August 5th, 2011 by Jim Thomas
As technology continues to infuse itself into every aspect of our daily lives, the need to keep up with the way people are using this technology is becoming more and more important. 10 years ago, only 34 million people in the U.S. had a cell phone. Today, a cell phone is a MUST with [...]
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Posted August 16th, 2010 by Jim Thomas
Regardless of your website’s function (e-commerce, organizational, non-profit, etc.), the home page is like a storefront window. It is a peek inside of your website. And if it is not appealing or intriguing, then chances are it is the only thing your users will see because they will likely move on very quickly. I have [...]
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Posted July 10th, 2010 by Jim Thomas
In my last post, I began discussing the basics of selecting the right colors to fit your business/organization/group/competitive riverdance troupe. As promised, I’m now going to delve a bit deeper into how color can really be used to enhance a design (logo, website, print materials, etc.), with some real world examples. If used intelligently, color [...]
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Posted June 21st, 2010 by Jim Thomas
Usability is the technical term for how we use things and with what effort. It is a vital element of a website that affects the success of your website. It takes careful planning and research to make a website usable.
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Posted June 14th, 2010 by Jim Thomas
Branding is one of the single most important factors in determining how your company is perceived by potential customers. Not a big surprise to most. It will define your business’s appearance, its personality, its demographic and even its values. Perhaps more than any other factor, the colors you adopt are central to creating this first [...]
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