Business Growth Planning for 2020
Happy 2020! I am not big on New Years Resolutions for myself but I do like to set goals for my business for each year. This morning at the Conifer Chamber of Commerce meeting, President Jodi Dolph gave a presentation about growing your business. She talked about how you have to really think and plan
What is Digital Marketing? Presentation for Conifer Chamber of Commerce
AlphaPixel Reach works with small to medium businesses ad non-profits to enhance their digital marketing and expand their Reach. Thank you to the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce for inviting us to present at their October breakfast meeting. The slideshow here is from the quick overview talk Mindy Hanson gave at the meeting. We look forward
How is Digital Marketing Like the Autumn Landscape?
It is autumn. That means the leaves are changing, the temperatures are cooler, the holidays are approaching faster than we may want to admit and soon the snow will be flying. But what does the autumn mean to your business? For some of you, business will soon increase with holiday shoppers. For others, things may
What is Facebook for Business? Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Presentation
Thank you to the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce for inviting us to present at their September breakfast meeting. The slideshow here is from the talk Mindy Hanson gave at the meeting. Please feel free to contact us for a free consultation on your business’ digital marketing.
Tuesday Tip, April 9, 2019
Don’t “fall” for the sales pitch from a big agency. Work with a smaller firm who takes the time to get to know you and create custom content for your business.
Tuesday Tip, March 26, 2019
Let your digital marketing blossom this spring. New and fresh ideas are all around you! #TuesdayTip
2nd Annual Share the Love Campaign
One of the more popular meme themes of 2018 was taking ANY problem and having a 40-something year old woman named Karen demand to speak to a manager about it. That really got me to thinking about how people rarely, if ever, demand to speak to a manager when something GOOD happens. The same is
Organic Isn’t Just For Groceries Anymore
One of the hardest things to do, especially when your business is just starting out, is to build your online credibility. These days, people seem to only speak up when they are unhappy, so the only time managers get called over, or reviews get written is when someone has a complaint. Getting your happy clients
What Can You Learn from Website Analytics?
In the early days of the internet, when “Under Construction” gifs and the < blink > tag were in full use, at the bottom of most web pages you could find the earliest form of website analytics: The Hit Counter. This simply counted how many times the page was loaded by anyone. With the
How Large is Your Pebble? How Far Reaching is Your Ripple?
As young children we each dropped pebbles into water and watched the concentric circles work their way out. Growing larger and larger. Maybe the pebble would make a twig move or give a water bug a short ride. Maybe the rock would be large enough that when you dropped it in, it splashed you and
Remotely Speaking
There was a time in my career when I was working with a group spread out between seven offices in five countries. Even the small team I managed sat in two corporate offices and two home offices. So even on those days when I went in and sat at my assigned desk, I was pretty
Tuesday Tip, August 21, 2018
How can your newsletter reach a wider audience, save you money on postage and printing and be greener all at once? Find out in today’s Tuesday tip. Tuesday Tip from AlphaPixel Reach How can your newsletter reach a wider audience, save you money on postage and printing and be greener all at once? Find out
Following Your Navigational Charts and Avoiding the Dangerous Winds of Scope Creep
During the early 1620s, the King of Sweden started a war with Poland-Lithuania. He commissioned a ship that would become the flagship of his navy, the Vasa, which was to be one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world. While the King was away at war, the keel was laid, and modern mythology
The Social Media High Wire
Starting your own business is an amazing balancing act. Investments of your own time and money towards the eventual payoff can be overwhelmingly intimidating. You have the skills and the know-how, but how do you let people KNOW that you know so they know to use your services? The Internet has changed and shaped the
Message in a Bottle
I’ll send an SOS to the world I’ll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle “Message in a Bottle” – The Police Just like you can’t intentionally create a “viral video” despite demands to the contrary, you also can’t take a message, put it into a
Two Minute Tuesday Tip, May 20
Find what inspires you! Find what inspires you! Use that inspiration to drive your marketing efforts. This short video is from Friday but Yellowstone does not have sufficient cell signal to post. Posted by AlphaPixel Reach on Sunday, May 20, 2018
Two Minute Tuesday Tip, May 9
Diversify your messaging! Posted by AlphaPixel Reach on Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Coffee vs Houses
Great perspective from AlphaPixel Reach writer Clay Robeson. The goal of every business is to stay at the top of the “go-to” list that clients (and potential clients) think of when they need your services. Being on the tip of someone’s tongue when they or someone they know needs what you provide is the whole
Tue Minute Tuesday Tip, On a Saturday
Expand your reach by being an active and involved member of your community! Two Minutes Tuesday Tip, On a Saturday Networking is a key element in building your small business. Today we worked with fellow members of the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce to clean up our community! Posted by AlphaPixel Reach on Sunday, April
Paying it Forward to Non-Profits
We love working with non-profits! We work with many organizations to enhance their online presence, update (or start from scratch) their website, expand their social media, grow their event attendance and increase fundraising! We are coming up on our two year anniversary of AlphaPixel Reach, although everyone on our team has been in the industry
The Future for Facebook and Business
We have all seen the headlines. Facebook made some decisions about releasing user data that have come into question and have the social media giant under close scrutiny. So, do you need to leave Facebook personally or as a business? We say NO! As a platform, Facebook is not going to go away. There
Tuesday Two Minute Tip, April 3
I am stepping out of my comfort zone to bring you Tuesday Two Minute Tips! Coming to you from Bean N Bakery Bistro in Conifer with a Tuesday Two Minute Tip about expanding your reach using Facebook Groups. Tuesday Two Minute Tip, April 3 Coming to you from Bean N Bakery Bistro with a Tuesday Two
Grammar in Social Media Presence
Welcome to S. Brett. Johnson, our guest Blogger. Brett has a passion for all thing grammatical and is a valuable member of the AlphaPixel Reach writing team. —– Grammar. There aren’t many subjects that make people’s eyes glaze over and roll back in their heads like grammar – tax law being the exception. Nonetheless, our
Question from a Reader
We love it when someone asks a question that we can answer as a blog. In this case, Matt J. asked us, “Who are your clients? What kinds of businesses do you work with? Can we work together even though I am in another part of the country?” The answer is, we work with small