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    Making It Personal

    Posted by Barb Conway

    Oct 6, 2009 11:09:08 AM

    Personalizing content on your Web site is a great way to provide real added value to your users. And the more personally relevant that content is, based on a combination of a specific user's actions or personal information stored about that user, the more valuable it can be. Amazon.com is one of the best examples of how effective this can be. However, setting up your site to dynamically serve pages or content can be complicated--and measuring results can be even trickier. 

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    Topics: Content Management, flair interactive, CMS, flair, marketing, interactive, Miscellaneous, personalization

    Why Content Matters

    Posted by Stephanie Bach

    Oct 1, 2009 10:25:00 AM

    We live in an era of 'raging' content. Access and availability, and the speed at which we enjoy them, is commonplace. We blog, we tweet, we text--and in those spaces use language and abbreviations that would make Strunk and White roll over in their graves.

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    Topics: Content Management, content development, flair interactive, Online Marketing, CMS, flair, content strategy, information architecture, usability

    Joomla! Developer Conference Announced

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Sep 15, 2009 5:24:02 AM

    The Joomla! Project is tentatively planning a developer conference that will take place in New York City this December:

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    Topics: Content Management, flair interactive, CMS, flair, joomla, Miscellaneous, WCM

    Optimizing Your CMS for Search Engines--on a Dime

    Posted by Stephanie Bach

    Sep 11, 2009 9:46:00 AM

    It seems that everyone is playing the SEO game these days, and with all the players out there (such as Google, Bing! and Yahoo!), getting swept up in the pay-per-click model can cost big bucks over time. How to make the most of your CMS tool and your budget--and still get great returns from search engine traffic? Start with 'homegrown' tactics before you tackle PPC.

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    Topics: web, Content Management, flair interactive, CMS, flair, content management system, content, CMS Tools, interactive marketing, content strategy, SEO, search engine optimization

    Winning Over Your CMS Content Contributors

    Posted by Stephanie Bach

    Sep 8, 2009 6:28:00 AM

    Over the years, we've worked with numerous CMS tools--from enterprise-level to open source and homegrown tools. The bells and whistles may differ from product to product, but the challenge of training and managing content contributors remains universal: How to make the process of managing content easier and more compliant, even if users are not 'technically inclined'?

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    Topics: Content Management, content development, flair interactive, CMS, flair, content management system, content strategy, usability, crownpeak, content authors

    Webguild article: Nine Years After the Dot Com Bubble

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Sep 1, 2009 1:15:00 PM

    Earlier today, Daya Baran at Webguild Silicon Valley posted an interesting article entitled "Nine Years After the Dot Com Bubble." She includes a rather dramatic chart showing the NASDAQ composite index from 2000 to present. Can you guess what it shows? Yep, a steep and significant decrease.

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    Topics: dot com, flair interactive, flair, Interesting and Useful Sites, interactive marketing, web development, webguild, content 911, lisa kirschner

    Developing an Effective CMS Style Guide

    Posted by Barb Conway

    Aug 26, 2009 9:39:00 AM

    You've selected a new content management system (CMS) for your Web site and you're ready to start implementing it. One of the things you should really think about at this point is how to make sure all of your pages maintain a consistent style. Given free reign, everyone who sets up new pages and loads content could find a different way to do it--unless you've given them clear guidelines.

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    Topics: style guide, web, styles, Content Management, flair interactive, UX, CMS, flair, guidelines, content management system, content strategy, user experience

    Great example of internal social networking tool

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Aug 24, 2009 6:52:07 AM

    WebProNews is reporting that Toshiba is launching eXCHANGE, a new social networking tool and online directory to be used by its internal sales, customer service, administrative and corporate employees in the U.S.

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    Topics: employee directory, flair interactive, toshiba, facebook, online collaboration, flair, RSS feed, social networking, internal search, blog, intranet

    Don't Miss Copywriting 101

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Aug 12, 2009 7:46:00 AM

    Copyblogger has just released a post entitled "Copywriting 101: An Introduction to Copywriting". It's a hands-on, practical list of things that you should do when writing copy (content) for online media.

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    Topics: lyris, lyris hq, web, copyblogger, writing, Content Management, content development, flair interactive, clicktracks, CMS, flair, content, copywriting, lisa kirschner, WCM

    Sunny Days ahead for Day Software with CQ 5 CMS

    Posted by Lisa Kirschner

    Aug 10, 2009 3:02:00 AM

    Day Software has released better-than-expected earnings for the first half of '09, following a lackluster end to 2008:

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    Topics: web, Content Management, flair interactive, CMS, flair, content, Product Reviews, day software, day communique, cq 5, lisa kirschner, WCM, CMS Watch

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