Accessibility Awareness is Great, But Action Makes it Matter
Awareness is great, but without action it does little. Today marks the seventh Global Accessibility Awareness Day. And while a trending hashtag is all…
Getting Real About Content Marketing
We should do lots of things. But what we can actually do with the resources available to us -- that's what we need to focus on, and that's where we're…
Virtually Scrubbing Up: Pre-’Surgery’ Site Speed Checklist
Just as with medicine, when you’re trying to fix site speed issues, you want to ensure that you’re curing the cause -- not just dealing with a symptom…
Language Matters - 2016 in Review
In my mind, there were two major communications themes that highlighted (or lowlighted, as the case may be) 2016: one, we saw battle lines being drawn…
Want to Make a Difference in Your Community? I Know a Group that Needs You!
There are many people who want to make a difference in their communities. Unfortunately, there are equally as many reasons why people don’t: lack of…
Hit the Ground Running with No Missteps: Online Communications Takeaways from 2017
We’re 10 days into 2018 and hopefully everyone’s hit the ground running. But while it’s great to look ahead, it’s important to look back on the year…
Email Growth Through Identity Resolution for Pulp & Press
Pulp & Press is a long-time Klaviyo merchant, leveraging email and SMS channels for their Canadian and US marketing efforts. In 2022, Northern implemented a browse abandon email solution leveraging identity resolution data to capture site visitor emails to nurture into profitable, high-value email subscribers.
Accessibility Matters - Exploring the Hows and Whens of Alternative Text
The most frustrating part of accessing the web as a blind user, in my opinion, is images. Whether they're infographics or pictures used to add a…
The Early Days of Islandora - Part One of An Interview with Founder Mark Leggott
Islandora is an open-source software framework designed to help institutions, organizations, and their audiences collaborative manage and discover…
Do You Have a Facebook Plan?
Let's be honest, before getting started with anything you need a plan - and with Facebook it's no different. Too often, I've seen businesses…