Here’s some food for thought when figuring out your advertising budgets.. You know by now newspapers are struggling (and that’s being kind), but it seems broadcast television is not doing much better; http://bit.ly/bIyX1Q. The average broadcast TV watcher is now in their 50s..  And that’s on popular networks!!  Now it seems email is just too slow for the next generation as well: http://bit.ly/aSd5UB . There is a dynamic shift in how we communicate going on right now.  Are you being passed by?

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WordPress version 3.0 was just released which looks a lot like the last version but under the  hood is a major upgrade. If you’re seeing the new yellow “upgraded now” bar in your wordpress admin screen I’m sure you’ll be wondering if you should “click” it.  Well, yes… IF you are only a version or two behind AND you back up your website first including the mySQL database AND you know what to do if the site “blows up”.  Bad auto upgrades can usually be fixed but you need to know what you’re doing and have good back ups.   I can tell you that the upgrades I’ve done on our websites and servers have been pretty much flawless which is always a joy.

Certainly, there is a lot of hype around social media. However, some of the facts in this video are worth paying attention to. …

We’re still seeing issues with that pesky mail server. It seems to be effecting about 4 clients. We’re sorry about that. The Server Admins are in the process of migrating you folks over to a new mail server which is taking a few days to complete. In the mean time they are working to keep the old one working as well.. If you can hang tight, I’m told we’ll be on the new server pretty soon..

Hi, We’re having a couple accounts feeling some webmail and POP account issues this morning. I’ve checked and it is being worked on at this time. No ETA at the moment. But I’ve made a call and added my voice..

The Bank of Mauston www.bankofmauston.com has a new website!  We won’t tell you when we started talking about this new site, we’ll just say we’re glad to see it go live.

Most of you know that in my other life I’m a bit of a paddling addict.. so that means I’ll be in Madison at Canoecopia for the weekend.. See you monday!

It’s been frighteningly busy around here as of late. It seems everyone is gearing up for the summer season in our area, not to mention looking over their marketing plans for 2010.  Right now everyone is hearing all the social media hype and having a hard time sorting through it.  What’s best?  Is it worth it?  Do I have to do that “Twitter” thing?  Lots of questions.  Well there’s no need to get too worried. Social Media is important, but it’s not all or nothing.  In fact while there are certainly things you should be doing, there are probably others you needn’t waste your time on.  Which is which?  Well, let’s talk.. 608-356-3954

We got a note this morning that there is maintenance going on with an email server that may effect some clients.  I’m sure you know the drill.. usually these things take less than an hour to resolve.  If you are affected you should be able to check your mail online through your webmail address.

Recently we’ve been working with Baraboo Candy Company on a variety of tasks all focused around, you guessed it.. selling candy.  It’s not a hard task when Baraboo Candy Company’s “Cow Pie” candies are practically synonymous with “Wisconsin”…  If you’ve not taken a big bite out of a Cow Pie!, Now’s the time.