Entries by avannoy

“Table Tent” Marketing with Social Media Promotion

This print advertising campaign was designed to get patrons who are already at Forbidden Planet in Iowa City to share on social media that they are at this location having fun and are posting pictures of their good time. This type of printed advertisement is called a “table tent.” The purpose is to give away […]

Cedar Rapids WordPress Continuing Education meetup group

Fantastic evening of sharing, learning and hanging out with fellow friends at the January 20th 2015 WordPress Meetup at Creative Corridor in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Tracking billable hours: https://toggl.com ~50 pages worth of plugin recommendations: http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298401/Documents_for_download/Ultimate_guide_to_plugins_07.pdf Great web firewall service: Sucuri.net Concatenate JS and files: https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/ SEO blueprint that I use: https://bigtenwebdesign.com/our-program/seo-process/ Scrum boards: https://trello.com […]

Tech, Web & Freelancers Lunch in Iowa City, IA

We joined 8 other tech industry members in the Iowa City area for a Freelancers lunch and discuss how to better interact with clients. From using videos to show clients what we worked on that day to digital scrum boards to just email. We were all in agreement that dealing with clients, that email maybe one […]

Fun at the Startup Weekend Iowa City 2015

Had fun participating in the 2015 Iowa City Startup Weekend! I worked on several projects. All pivoted and ended up going in lots of different directions. From a “Daily Special” app for local restaurants to fun but simply not practical “Corn Caucus” that was at first designed to be a satirical look into Iowa politics but also […]