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Email Marketing: How To Do It Right

You need to do something special if you want your emails to be opened, valued, and engaged with. Here are…

How To Do Retargeting Marketing (And What Is It?) [The Ultimate Guide]

If you are new to marketing or have a small business, you might be wondering how to do retargeting marketing,…

How Will Mobile-first Indexing Affect SEO?

Recently, Google unveiled yet another in its ongoing efforts to make the web better reflect how we search for things…

What is SEO (And What It Means To Your Business)?

You may have heard the term SEO and wondered what it means exactly – and what it means to your…

How to Make Your Website Design Convert Customers in 10 Ways

Your website is adequate, but it isn’t exactly pushing buyers through the funnel. So what can you do? We’ve put…

How To Change Or Remove Weekly Emails In The New Google Analytics

Google Analytics changed the Analytics dashboard to a more modern design with a lot of new features, but how do…

8 Ways to Breeze Through the Revisions Process on a Creative Project

Great design is not just an end result. It’s a process that involves discussing ideas, coming up with solutions, creating…

Why Does 127.0.0.1:8888/orange.html Keep Hitting My Site

I recently discovered that a URL 127.0.0.1:8888/orange.html was hitting my website as referral traffic several times per day.  I first noticed…

5 Tips to Revive Your Tired Web Presence

 There are many factors involved in making a website a success: compelling design, fast load times, clear brand identity, seamless…

Using Social Media Platforms to Market Your Business

“You have to post this!” “Oh, don’t bother with that platform!” “Make sure you’re posting X times per day!” You’ve…

Why Should You Advertise On Twitter?

Twitter is a social network that offers users a platform to share short messages, photos, or short videos with followers.…

Color Personalities and How To Find the One for Your Company

Companies choose the colors of their logo for any number of reasons: to convey power or serenity, engender safety or…

Google Partner Connect Mobile Search

 Black Bear Design is a proud Google Partner! This video from Google offers a rich program with a ton of…

Digital Advertising: How to Get Started With Google

Where and how to get started with digital advertising can feel a little overwhelming. After all, it seems like everyone…

Web Design Is Boring

Have you noticed that web design has radically changed since the 1990s? The big difference is that websites started out as…

8 Steps to Great Landing Pages

Before we examine best practices, let’s talk about what “landing page” means. A landing page is a stand-alone page on…

Why Video Must be an Integral Part of Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Have you been thinking about creating video content to promote your business, but just aren’t sure if it’s worth your…

Why Isn’t Anyone Coming to My Website?

You’ve carefully planned and executed your website, and yet nobody is looking. Why? We’ve got a few ideas. New to…

10 Tips to Make Your Small Business Stand Out in Your City

Standing out in a crowd of competitors is no easy task, and it’s getting more difficult all the time. Whether…

5 Ways to Drive More Traffic to Your Website

There are hundreds of tactics for driving visitors to your website, but there are several factors to consider beyond “get…

How Graphic Design Helps Your Business Excel

When you’re choosing what to have for dinner or even choosing which book to read, chances are, you’re drawn to…