Wednesday, May 16, 2018
At the end of 2016, we published a pair of articles that surveyed arts managers about how and why they changed jobs. Since then, I’ve been tracking workplace satisfaction levels at orc…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:52PMThursday, May 10, 2018
In order to really maximize your content in Google search results, you should be taking advantage of structured data. Back in December, 2015 we learned how to use Google’s terrific Dat…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:40PMWednesday, April 25, 2018
While open source publishing platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) are loaded with positives, one of the growing challenges is making sure the combination of themes and plugins functio…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:32PMTuesday, April 17, 2018
On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s (EU) new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations related to personal data collection will go into effect. A quick google search wi…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:53PMMonday, March 26, 2018
Nonprofits are always looking for ways to control costs and stretch budgets, but it never ceases to amaze at how many groups overlook some of the juiciest low hanging fruit: Total Cost of Ow…
Linked From artshacker.com at 02:38PMTuesday, March 13, 2018
Recent last-ditch efforts to block the repeal of net neutrality in the Senate have failed (be sure to hold your senators responsible if they voted against protecting net neutrality) so barri…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, March 9, 2018
Recently, fellow ArtsHacker, Ceci Dadisman, and I enjoyed giving a presentation to attendees of the Southeastern Theatre Conference 2018 Convention on how to use Google Analytics (GA) to ma…
Linked From artshacker.com at 02:00AMThursday, March 1, 2018
If you’ve been wondering why all of your LinkedIn share counters don’t seem to work, don’t worry, it isn’t you, it’s LinkedIn. The company posted an innocuous a…
Linked From artshacker.com at 07:32PMTuesday, February 27, 2018
Today is a key date for Congress to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality protections. The Congressional Review Act affords Congress the ability to overt…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 29, 2018
There’s a terrific article by Jason King in the 1/23/2018 edition of the Nonprofit Technology Conference blog that examines how recent changes to Google Ad Grant’s terms and cond…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 15, 2018
Artwork Archive recently compiled a terrific list of Artist grants and published them with a user-friendly lists of FAQ details such as award amounts, deadlines, and limited artist fields. M…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMTuesday, January 9, 2018
One of the most common problems WordPress users run into over time are slowdowns resulting from an overload of HTTP requests. In English, those requests are the sum of getting and sending da…
Linked From artshacker.com at 06:14PMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Back in March, fellow ArtsHacker Ceci Dadisman pointed out Capacity Interactive’s CTA Generator and they recently came back with an add-on by Krisi Packer for four new calls-to-action…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:24PMThursday, December 14, 2017
At the heart of a website is its database. Different publishing platforms will opt for one database format over another but this installment will focus on the MySQL database management syste…
Linked From artshacker.com at 07:56PMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Among the wide array of options available for improving page load speeds and server performance, image compression is one of the most important. The best part is regardless your skillset, th…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:35PMThursday, November 30, 2017
In order to get the most out of your optimization efforts and counteract post net neutrality slowdowns, you need to have a reliable starting point to use as a frame of reference. That proces…
Linked From artshacker.com at 08:46PMMonday, November 27, 2017
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Ajit Pai, laid out his plan to repeal existing net neutrality rules. Net neutrality is the name giv…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:29PMWednesday, November 22, 2017
Editor’s Note: You don’t need anyone telling you this year has been a steady diet of challenge coated challenges with challenge flavored filling, but we’re not about to let th…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Now that you’ve created your Google Search Console (CSG) account, have all the website versions set up as properties, selected a preferred version, and submitted a sitemap, you’re ready …
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Now that you have your Google Search Console (GSC) account created, you’re ready to get cracking on must-have settings and configurations. Immediately after your account is verified, you…
Linked From artshacker.com at 02:57PMTuesday, October 17, 2017
Earlier in the month, I posted an article about how you can use Google Search Console (GSC) to temporarily hide a page from Google Search Results. Several readers wrote in to say that althou…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:45PMTuesday, October 3, 2017
If you’re like me, LinkedIn can often seem like that oddball item on the dessert menu. There’s little mystery when it comes to Facebook or Twitter, the apple cobbler or cheesecake of soc…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:06PMSunday, September 24, 2017
Over the weekend, we rolled out a bunch of updates. The majority are under the hood improvements that’s you’ll experience in the form of snappier performance but here are a few key UX it…
Linked From artshacker.com at 08:01PMSunday, September 17, 2017
Regardless the reason why you need to temporarily block a page from search results, there’s a handy tool inside Google Search Console made for that exact task. Make sure You’re logged in…
Linked From artshacker.com at 09:00PMWednesday, September 6, 2017
With Hurricane Irma heading toward Florida, I wanted to offer up a quick checklist of website related items arts orgs can use to help anticipate and mitigate any potential outages. Place a n…
Linked From artshacker.com at 07:27PMThursday, August 24, 2017
At the beginning of August, Google Webmaster Tools began sending notices to users with a warning that “Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when …
Linked From artshacker.com at 01:00PMWednesday, August 9, 2017
With the fate of Net Neutrality still very much uncertain, it pays to begin thinking about ways you can marginalize any slowdowns in the light of potential deregulation. Regardless your leve…
Linked From artshacker.com at 07:25PMMonday, July 24, 2017
If you’re looking for some low hanging fruit to improve online engagement with users, look no further than using an onboarding email campaign to introduce website visitors to key functions…
Linked From artshacker.com at 07:27PMThursday, June 29, 2017
Adobe Bridge CC, a digital asset management app, is not only a hidden productivity gem, it’s one of the rare Adobe apps that is 100 percent free. If you don’t already use it, swing by th…
Linked From artshacker.com at 06:22PMMonday, June 19, 2017
We took a deep dive into webpagetest.org in December, 2016 to uncover how it can help you improve page loading times for your website. Recently, they released a new feature in the form of a …
Linked From artshacker.com at 07:05PMThursday, June 8, 2017
First and foremost, every organization should have at least one general mailbox name on hand. Yes, personal mailbox names are great (provided attrition isn’t too high) and following that, …
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