Digital

The Top 8 Instagram Photos From the USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships
June 3, 2013Posts by Ryan Russellby Read More

Last weekend, Chattanooga hosted the USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships, which was lauded as a tremendous success by many people involved. NBC [...]

 
How to Fight Off Google’s Second Penguin
May 29, 2013Posts by Brady Callahanby Read More

Google algorithm updates target and attack websites that appear to make their living off black hat SEO techniques, irrelevant content, and shady link practices. As [...]

 
Calm Down. Zach Braff and Veronica Mars Are Not Ruining Kickstarter
May 24, 2013Posts by Ryan Russellby Read More

Crowdfunding recently got a shot in the arm from big named celebrities like Zach Braff and Rob Thomas (not the Matchbox 20 guy, the “Veronica [...]

 
Gene’s Links: Big Data and Cloud Bursts, Visual Content Optimization, and a Lame Blame Game
May 21, 2013Posts by Gene De Liberoby Read More

Gene de Libero, Chief Strategy Officer at AREA203, regularly collects must-know resources from around the web for marketers. How cloud, big data and mobile will [...]

 
The Power of a $1 Donation
April 29, 2013Posts by Heather Hustonby Read More

Many of us have thought about it at least once. We plunk down $12 for a gourmet burger, and we feel a little guilt knowing [...]

 
Gene’s Links: Big Data, Digital Selves, & Dinner Parties
April 25, 2013Posts by Gene De Liberoby Read More

Each week Gene de Libero, Chief Strategy Officer at AREA203, collects must-know resources together from around the web for marketers. Big Data, Trying to Build Better [...]

 
Scratch Some Vinyl for A Change
April 23, 2013Posts by Brooke Fontanaby Read More

When was the last time you traveled outside of your Wi-Fi zone to purchase music? I don’t mean going to a local coffee shop and [...]

 
Gene’s Links: Behavio, Luke Wrobleski, & Content Marketing
April 18, 2013Posts by Gene De Liberoby Read More

Gene de Libero, Chief Strategy Officer at AREA203, collects the best of the web for marketers. Social prediction startup Behavio joins Google Startup Behavio announced [...]

 
Three SEO Misconceptions
April 16, 2013Posts by Courtney Gardnerby Read More

In the game telephone, one person whispers a sentence to someone on their left. That person whispers the sentence to the next person in line, [...]

 
Gene’s Links: Facebook Home, Giveaways, & Skype
April 10, 2013Posts by Gene De Liberoby Read More

Gene de Libero, Chief Strategy Officer at AREA203, collects the best of the web for marketers. Clayton Christensen Talks Venture Capital, Crowd Funding, And How [...]

 
Two-Step Authentication is Back
March 26, 2013by Read More

And this time, it’s for real! Old Authentication Processes Remember movies from the 90s that showed people using fancy key fobs with constantly changing access [...]

 
New Blog Series: Gene’s Links
March 13, 2013Posts by Gene De Liberoby Read More

Gene de Libero, our Chief Strategy Officer, seems to have a gypsy’s luck when it comes to finding good links. Every Monday, he posts a [...]

 
Q&A203: What Elements Are Vital to a Successful Lead Generation Campaign?
March 8, 2013Posts by Chase Thomasby Read More

Q: What elements are vital to a successful lead generation campaign? A: Lead generation occurs in a marketplace environment where businesses have identified characteristics of [...]

 
Chattanooga Advertisers to Gather for ADDY® Award Show
February 18, 2013Posts by Casey Knoxby Read More

The ADDY Awards—the three-tiered national advertising competition—kicks off for Chattanooga advertisers this weekend. The ADDY Awards, sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Chattanooga, recognize [...]

 
A Few SMX East 2012 Highlights
October 22, 2012Posts by Brady Callahanby Read More

Search Marketing Expo East is a three-day conference for search marketing professionals interested in a variety of relevant topics, including search engine optimization (SEO), paid [...]

 
Three Tactics to Generate Offline Traffic with Email
October 18, 2012Posts by Emily Krymanby Read More

In all cases of advertising the product and offering must be beneficial, relevant, and perceived as a good value by the consumer to drive purchases. [...]

 
Q&A203: Should You Use Apple’s Passbook App?
October 17, 2012Posts by Brian Kelleyby Read More

Introducing the newest blog series from AREA203 Digital: Q&A203. Each Q&A203 post explores industry insights from AREA203 minds. Q: Should you be taking advantage of [...]

 
AREA203 Digital Makes $100,000 Donation to STEM High School
October 16, 2012Posts by Bill Colrusby Read More

One of AREA203 Digital’s core values is giving, and we are dedicated to helping our local community. AREA203 recently partnered with Hamilton County Schools as [...]

 
Mobile Matters: The Mobile Marketing Strategies Summit
October 11, 2012Posts by Louise Elliottby Read More

Twenty-nine percent of consumers say their cell phone is the first and last thing they look at during the day, and most people keep it [...]

 
SEO: The Evolution of an Industry
October 10, 2012Posts by Brady Callahanby Read More

Search engine optimization (SEO) has evolved drastically since the birth of its existence. Currently, SEO is still in the infant stage of being a universally [...]

 
Six Helpful SEO Tips for Small Businesses
October 4, 2012by Read More

This is a guest post and the views of the author do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of this site. Brian Nixon is [...]

 
Husker Award Winners: September 2012
October 2, 2012Posts by Heather Hustonby Read More

Good ideas and good work come from good employees. At AREA203, we like to showcase our talent to both clients and our internal staff in [...]

 
A Take on Facebook’s New Ad-targeting Tool
September 24, 2012Posts by Heather Hustonby Read More

Building and maintaining a Facebook community can be difficult for some companies. Strategic marketers run page-’Like’ campaigns targeted towards users who will most likely engage [...]

 
Can “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” Change Search?
September 19, 2012Posts by Heather Hustonby Read More

What do January Jones, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, and John Lithgow all have in common? Kevin Bacon, of course. The hardworking actor known for many [...]

 
An Event Apart: Optimizing Website Content and User Experience
September 17, 2012by Read More

  An Event Apart is an intense, three-day learning session for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. Web design professionals learn best practices for creating the right [...]

 
Are Your Marketing Efforts Reaching the New Media Jackpot?
September 10, 2012by Read More

Many marketers are missing out on a very valuable audience that makes up a large portion of the U.S. population — Hispanics. In 2020, the [...]

 
AREA203 Digital Wins Three Print Magazine Awards
August 29, 2012by Read More

AREA203 Digital was recently awarded three regional awards by Print magazine. The Regional Design Annual is the most comprehensive survey of graphic design in the United [...]

 
When Giving Back Counts: Glass House Collective Hosts Urban Design Workshop
August 21, 2012by Read More

As long as TV exists and paid ads apply, you can pretty much bank on the fact that there will be infomercials. Some are designed [...]

 
What Can We Expect from (the Rest of) 2012? [INFOGRAPHIC]
August 20, 2012by Read More

I recently attended the “Costa Rica TMT 2012″ conference with my colleague Christopher Smith. The conference was organized by Deloitte, a well-known consulting firm that [...]

 
Future Insights Live 2012 Las Vegas: Part II
August 7, 2012Posts by Donny Stiefelby Read More

Conferences are a great way to enhance networking and knowledge and to promote products and services. This year, Rina Hatcher, User Experience Specialist, and Donny Stiefel, User Experience [...]

 
Future Insights Live 2012 Las Vegas: Part I
August 7, 2012Posts by Rina Hatcherby Read More

Conferences are a great way to enhance networking and knowledge and to promote products and services. This year, Rina Hatcher, User Experience Specialist, and Donny Stiefel, User Experience [...]

 
There’s No Such Thing As a Bad Hashtag
August 3, 2012by Read More

  The 2012 Summer Games are being hailed as history’s first “Social Olympics.” In an attempt to adapt to this new market, NBC live tweeted the [...]

 
Facebook to Highlight Photos
August 1, 2012by Read More

Facebook has announced a planned update to the photo section of users’ profiles. In a press release posted on the Facebook Newsroom, product manager Emily [...]

 
The Best Olympics 2012 Social Media Resources
July 31, 2012Posts by Louise Elliottby Read More

The 2012 Olympics are being called the first “social Olympics” and the first “real-time games.”  On opening day, Twitter saw more tweets than during the [...]

 
Why You Should Crowdfund Before You Groupon
June 8, 2012Posts by Ryan Russellby Read More

In recent months, Chattanooga has been a terrific model for growing businesses to utilize crowdsourcing to raise capital for new projects, build their fan bases, and tell [...]

 
U.S. Hispanics in the Digital Age [INFOGRAPHIC]
June 6, 2012by Read More

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the Hispanic population in the United States rose to more than 50.5 million Hispanics, making up 16% of the total [...]

 
Great Design Matters: A Prologue
June 1, 2012by Read More

A great cup of coffee often goes unnoticed. We don’t pay much attention to the labor, materials, or the small details that go into creating [...]

 
Do You Trust Google?
May 30, 2012Posts by Brady Callahanby Read More

About five years ago, I remember a joke among friends claiming how Google was getting ready to take over the world. It doesn’t seem like [...]

 
The Sloths Are Coming: How Digital Marketing Helped Sloths Go Viral
May 29, 2012by Read More

Who Loves Sloths? Sloths are extremely slow-moving mammals normally found in the rainforests of Central and South America, but now they are traveling the globe [...]

 
Bigger Than the Instagram Deal: Google Buys Motorola Mobility
May 24, 2012Posts by Ryan Russellby Read More

While the recent Facebook purchase of Instagram might have gotten the big press, I think this deal will be the most consequential of the quarter. Google [...]