Are You There Mandi Fields? It’s Me, Digital Echidna
Inspired by several other local businesses and organizations, we have committed to the 2019 United Way Tampon Tuesday campaign. This means, over the…
Why the Sky is Not Falling on Social Media Marketing - But Hopefully a New Day is Dawning
Every once in a while we get a "Chicken Little" social media article about digital marketing and it's impending demise. While it's not true that the…
Prioritizing One Group Over Another is Bad Accessibility
I seldom appreciate the thought of someone else making decisions on my behalf. But this is particularly concerning when these decisions relate to…
Build Credibility With Client Testimonials
An echidna is an Australian mammal that has learned to thrive in the harsh Australian outback. With spikes like a porcupine and a snout like an…
Does Your Business Have a Social Media Voice? - Let's Build One!
In business, social media has grown from an “I know we should be using it” attitude to "It's an essential component of any online strategy"…
Connecting Your Online & Offline Marketing Efforts
Social Media has given businesses new ways to openly engage with today's connected consumer and plenty of businesses are beginning to understand and…
Being SMART About Networking Gets Results
Today Echidna’s director of development, Yan Zhang, and I are attending Western University’s Computer Science Breakfast. But we want to do more than…
Performance Branding: What It Is and How to Get it Right.
Gone are the days of laborious decision-making to determine where to focus ad spend. Finding the balance between direct response (DR) sales activation…
Accessibility and Everyday Emergencies
When time is of the essence, it's important to ensure that essential interactions are available -- an issue that people with accessibility challenges…
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…