There was a reference in the Fargo Forum to our ADDY award wins – Groups receive advertising awards The Forum Published Saturday, March 15, 2008 Absolute Marketing Group, Moorhead, was recently awarded seven Gold and three Silver ADDY awards by the Advertising Federation of Fargo-Moorhead. Best of Show honors went to Publication Services of America, Fargo. Flint Communications, Fargo, North Dakota State University Publication Services and Fredricks Communications, West Fargo, … » Read more …
A new study by the IDC says this is true. People that have internet access use the internet more than watch TV. It might not be too hard to believe, but could you have said the same thing a few years ago? No way. Here’s a quick excerpt from the press release: If you have an Internet connection, chances are you are spending much more time surfing the Web than … » Read more …
I get asked this question a lot. In the world of web site design and development, clients and prospective clients frequently ask “is this possible?”. This question is almost always related to adding features and functionality to a web site. Most of the time, or actually pretty much all of the time, the answer is yes! And most of the time I give that answer within seconds of hearing the … » Read more …
For some reason, the hacked code I had in place to make Gravatars show up in Posts and Comments mysteriously broke over the weekend, so after a bit of troubleshooting (and an attempt to guesstimate the issue that turned into a neat feature that makes the author’s email address link embed into their name) I gave up and just found a new plugin – Gravatars. Works pretty slick – and … » Read more …
Well, that depends. Does your email subject line length rival some Shakespearean lines, or is it concise and to the point? Does it frequently include the words Reminder, Help, Percent Off or FREE? For that matter, IS IT WRITTEN ALL IN CAPS? According to several best practices studies done on the open rates for HTML emails and newsletters, the above might get your email ignored in a long list of … » Read more …
The latest issue of The ‘Truth is out – Volume 2, Issue 5 – Why Blog? – Need a low-cost Web presence? You might want to consider a blog.
Left to Right: Luke Petterson, Aziz Usmanov, Brian Meckler, Mark Huesman, MacDalton Berns, Adam Weidman, Cas Johnson. News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Moorhead Marketing Firm Wins 10 ADDY Awards Fargo, ND – The Advertising Federation of Fargo-Moorhead presented Absolute Marketing Group with seven Gold ADDY Awards and three Silver ADDY Awards at the 51st Annual ADDY Awards on February 29 in Fargo. GOLD ADDY Awards Collateral … » Read more …
The Internship Experience
Being a senior in college, I’ve heard my earfuls on the need to “gain experience.” What is this elusive experience that no college graduate seems to have? How do we gain it and why are so many graduates seemingly unprepared for the “real world”? In search of this experience that seemed so necessary, I applied to intern at Absolute. The first day I came into Absolute, I wasn’t quite sure … » Read more …