Wish I could dock my boat like Cap’t Rob:
Whale spotted in Miford
A local fisherman captured a humpback whale near Charles Island Sunday night.
Outrageous Mast Walk video
For 10 years, Hugo Boss has sponsored round-the-world single-handed sailor Alex Thompson; his heroics in races like the Vendee Globe, the world-famous Fastnet and others have put the Hugo Boss name in front of countless international sailing fans. During the last two years, Thompson and Boss have dialed up the daredevil quotient significantly. First there […]
Dangers of Losing Net Neutrality That Nobody’s Talking About
You might have heard the recent hubbub about and wondered what exactly is “net neutrality”. Here’s a very short overview and should allow you to handle yourself when the topic comes up during casual dinner conversation. “net neutrality” – the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the […]
New Years’s Resolution – Get a mobile site for your business
Resolve to make this a MOLO year for your business. What is MOLO? Beyond being our contribution to the societal ill known as acronymitis, MOLO is a strategy to harness the power of the mobile phone to drive customers to your local business. More people will access the Internet via mobile devices than with their […]
Create Small Business Saturday Success
As a small business, we here at Walden Pond Design are always looking for ways to “punch above our weight”. Given this, we thought many of our fellow small business owners in retail might be interested in the American Express Small Business Saturday program. Created to help small businesses stand out during the frenzy […]
Is your site built for speed ?
According to study by Akamai 40% of users will abandon a web page if it takes more than three seconds to load. Slow loading websites are bad for your business. In a store you will wait a few minutes to speak with a salesperson, but on the web you can simply close the slow loading […]
Why My Clients LOVE WordPress
A few months ago my company created a new site for Wilcox Energy, a premium energy company delivering oil and energy services to residences located in Westbrook and surrounding towns since 1955. Julie head of marketing wanted to have a special message with important information for their customers in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. She […]
Facebook to charge users to “promote” posts to their friends
Facebook is experimenting with a new revenue stream, paid personal posts, but the idea could backfire. “I don’t think the average user will pay to have a post promoted unless it was in some way related to business or advertising. When asking our fans if they would be willing to pay, the general response was […]
Google Maps Goes Underwater
Dive into the Great Barrier Reef with the first underwater panoramas in Google Maps We’ve added the very first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps, the next step in our quest to provide people with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world. With these vibrant and stunning photos you don’t have to […]