A few weeks ago we addressed the question – Does Your Business Need a Mobile Website (part 1 and part 2).  We discussed, the pros and cons of a mobile site and how many businesses would benefit from a dedicated mobile website. Today, we’re going to look at the growing trend of designing responsive websites and how...Read More

If every business should have one website, then a business with two websites is better, right?   About a year ago we built a custom website for one of our clients in the health industry.  At the time, the client expressed their interest in using Risen Creative for all of their online advertising needs, however...Read More

If you missed last week’s blog post, we walked through simple ways of determining if your business needs a mobile website.  This week we will be looking at forming a mobile website strategy for your business, including shortfalls to avoid. As a marketing agency, we subscribe to the K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) strategy for...Read More

When preparing to write this post, I thought back to the first Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) / mobile site I created – about 15 years ago.  I had (at the time) a novel idea of creating a website where users could download cellphone ringer tones.  Unfortunately, I never decided to launch the site due to...Read More

We recently had a client ask our thoughts on QR codes and using them to advertise their small business.  We thought we would share our thoughts on the subject in this week’s blog update. You’ve probably seen them before, those odd looking square bar codes (see image above) that are placed on everything from packaged...Read More

Do people love your business on Yelp? If you own a brick-and-mortar business you’re probably familiar with the online review site Yelp.  If you haven’t heard of it, Yelp is a website that allows your customers to post reviews/feedback about businesses with the goal to inform potential customers about what to expect.  Yelp was initially...Read More