I recently read an article on Six Revisions, which is a design blog that has writes articles focused on web designers and web developers. They have some greay stuff over there with practical and useful articles for designers and web developers. The article focused on client relationships, specifically when it comes to web design. But, the principles in the article can really be applied to any client based relationship.

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Boagworld recently did an article on business and their websites entitled 5 options when website budgets get slashed . More to the point, what to do about your old and tired website when the budget for a redesign is low. Boagworld is the blog of web strategist Paul Boag and has some great stuff on it.

The article deals with some very simple things that can be done regarding how to tackle your website with such topics as “should I redesign or realign my website” (an article we wrote about back in Nov 09) or “prioritize and phase development”. The article is great and right on target with steps any business owner can take when it comes to tight budgets without compromising quality. If your business has questions about an aging site and need a new look, contact MosaicTeam.

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Or What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain

As a business owner or employee there are times when we have had to pull a late night to get that budget report done, make the final touches on a proposal, or the project completed that was just handed to you. All to often, as Americans work longer hours as it is, we are exhausted. Most of us turn to a trusted and warm favorite…coffee or another form of liquid caffeine.

Recently in LifeHacker, they looked at the well known stimulant that we know very little about. The general consensus on caffeine studies shows that it can enhance work output, but mainly in certain types of work. But, don’t expect it to replace a week long work-a-holic binge. Read this interesting article on caffeine and what it does to productivity and the human brain focusing on an excerpt from the book “Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine”, by Stephen R. Braun.

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As a business owner today you have heard and read that having a blog can be a vital part to getting your message out and creating a community around your brand or company. It is also a great way to share information with others and get feedback from your readership. As blog owners, the way we get our feedback is thru comments. The question comes into play is how do you deal with your comments.

Comment Strategies

A recent article on Contentini.com titled “When Bad Comments Happen to Good Websites: Strategies for Managing Comments Online” talks about the different strategies that you can take to not only promote great discussions on your site, but to also make sure the noise (and spam) stays to a minimum. {continue reading…}

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