Sorry to disappoint, but this is not a post about the infamous band, Huey Lewis and the News. Instead, it’s about an amazing new payment method called Square, that got its’ start right here in St. Louis. What’s so special about Square? Well, it allows you to accept credit card payments ANYWHERE you can take [...]

If you’re a chef, you trust that people will let you do what you do best — cook. Common sense, right? When you’re in online marketing, you trust that people will always question you. This is just a fact that comes with being involved in this particular profession; the non-common sense part, if you will. [...]

This is a topic that people often overlook when designing a website, brochure, business card, or any other type of marketing piece. When in fact, how you use an image you’ve “found online” could be the one thing that lands you in the hottest legal water you might ever dip your big toe in. Many [...]

When planning a website, you might not know which expectations you’re setting for your website are realistic or not. If you’re not super web savvy, it’s always good to hire a web consultant to help you map out your “plan of attack” to ensure you’re getting the results you’d like to see come from your [...]

Building a new website to replace your old one? Do you have links on your old website that are indexed by the search engines and bringing you significant traffic? What can you do to prevent losing that traffic once you launch the new website? The answer is called a “301 redirect“. A 301 redirect is [...]

SEO, or search engine optimization, is often thought of as an enigma. The overall concept is really quite simple when you look at it in comparison to owning a brick and mortar store versus an online store. Let’s say you own a brick and mortar store that sells tennis shoes. How is everyone going to [...]

We now live in a world that is inundated with “everyone knowing everyone else’s business”. There’s definitely some pros and cons to this on a personal level, but on a professional level, this could mean big bucks for your business. But how do you use social media to your benefit? Well, for one, most of [...]

The business of agriculture holds a special place in the hearts of those here at GnomeMedia. I myself, the owner of GnomeMedia, Amanda Nuckolls, is the proud owner of a llama that is boarded at  a nearby farm. Because of the close connection I have to the agriculture biz, I have an understanding of what [...]

Do you have a copyright date at the bottom of your website? Is it up to date? It’s something small, but people pay attention to it, especially if you have an online retail shop. With the downturn in the economy, this small piece of information is getting increased exposure by visitors to your website. They [...]