July 2014

  • The Benefits of Visual Social Media

    The Benefits of Visual Social Media

    There’s an old adage that says, “a picture is worth a thousand words”, and there was probably a time when this was true. Way back when Faulkners and Twains and Hemingways roamed the plains. Today a picture is worth more than a thousand words, due solely to the fact that given the choice of looking…

  • Digital Marketing and Trusted Advisers

    Digital Marketing and Trusted Advisers

    Shopping with a trusted adviser is nothing new. Consumers have always asked their friends and family for advice on purchases. Sales associates served in the position of trusted adviser long before doctors did. For more than a century, shoppers have also taken advice from celebrities. Now, the choices for trusted advisers have increased exponentially. Consumers…

  • WordCamp Kansas City

    WordCamp Kansas City

    Are you in Kansas City? If so, I hope you’re making plans to come to WordCamp Kansas City, a meeting of designers, developers, bloggers, and businesspeople with one thing in common: WordPress. Look at all the cool things you could learn! Kansas City Public Television Studios WordPress 101 Time WordPress 101 2:00 pm Setting Up WP…

  • Trying Out Inspectlet

    Trying Out Inspectlet

    Today we’re trying out Inspectlet, a cool tool that lets you get up close and personal with your website visitors. Inspectlet records visits to your website in two different ways. First, you can see how people interact with your website, just as though you were looking over their shoulders. We saw some interesting things in…

  • Social Media and Image

    Social Media and Image

    Social media may be about self revelation — but it may really be about image. If somebody wants to be seen as a globe-hopping adventurist all they have to do is blast their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with pictures and updates from the trips that they take. They probably won’t be giving status updates from…

  • Glorious Fourth

    Glorious Fourth

    Haden Interactive will be closed today so our team can spend time with their families. We will be back on Monday. In the meantime, here are some funny pictures from a 4th of July cookie baking session a couple of years ago. There may or may not be cookies this year, but we’re sure to…