13 Days Until The Start of Bootcamp: Today was a great day.  The Iron Yard - Atlanta was the venue for a talk given by Jeff Levy entitled, "Using Lean Start-Up Techniques in the Real World."  

Mr. Levy is a serial entrepreneur who has had a lot of success in the tech field.  He currently is an adjunct professor at Georgia State University and is the Founder / Managing Director of Nektr.io   Nektr is a technology company that focuses on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality products.  Pretty cool stuff.

His mini lecture was packed with information that could help anyone understand the benefits of using the lean start up model for launching new businesses.  We gained a lot from his insight.

I met some very interesting people at the event who are involved in either the tech or entrepreneurial space in Atlanta.  This was my first event that I attended at the Iron Yard and I can't wait for the next one.  I'm considering an event this week.  There are a lot of events happening in Atlanta since this is StartUp Week.

Click Here to learn more about Atlanta Startup Week and view the events schedule.

Until tomorrow,

Stephen

Windows 10 is the best Windows version ever according to Microsoft.  Do you think they can strike gold with their new update?  Do you use PCs or are you an Mac fan?

Wow.  A wearable drone camera?  A company is developing the concept.  Watch the video.  Would you purchase one of these?  Leave a comment.

Podcasts are a challenging form of marketing as they rely upon building a fan base through content that is both informative and interesting. These are sound recordings, so you don't have the benefit of showing pictures or allowing customers to read something at their leisurely pace. Instead, you and your company must develop an idea within the imagination of your listeners.

NEW YORK, July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- There aren't that many items left that we can't order online these days. From low cost knick-knacks to high end automobiles, it's tough to imagine a category that hasn't seen at least some online retail penetration in the past few years. And Americans have certainly taken the opportunities offered, with majorities saying they've purchased clothing (69%), digital content (59%), and accessories such as handbags and shoes (54%) online, while half (49%) have purchased personal electronics such as digital music players or tablets in this fashion.

We love the Nexus over here at Stephen Wicks Internet Development Company.  Here's some great video we found on some brand new innovations.  Enjoy!

Many small businesses don't realize that they can create cost effective online videos that can create buzz and provide positive results.

Companies like ours are providing low cost video creation services that can produce a very effective online commercial for the average small business.

Imagine having a video commercial of YOUR company becoming viral in YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter!

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• More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each month
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• YouTube is localized in 61 countries and across 61 languages
• According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network
• Millions of subscriptions happen each day. The number of people subscribing daily is up more than 3x since last year, and the number of daily subscriptions is up more than 4x since last year

Wow!  That should be enough information right there to get you interested in using online video to promote your business.  If you're interested in getting a low cost video made to promote YOUR business, contact us asap.  Here is a video that we made to promote our service.

RWD, or "responsive web design" as it is called in our industry, is the hottest trend right now in web design.  

A website is considered to be "responsive" when it can detect if a visitor is on a large screen such as a laptop or on a small screen like when on a smart phone.

Ideally, your website should be able to serve the best version of itself to it's visitor so that your visitor can have a pleasant experience while browsing your website.

There is nothing more irritating to a website visitor than visiting a website on a phone or tablet and not being able to access the information that he or she is looking for.

Most of the time, a mobile visitor on a phone is on the go and needs information quickly.  If they can't get that information easily from your website they will move on to a competitor.  This is probably not what you want to happen.   You can lose business and market share simply because you didn't take the time to understand how internet users are accessing the internet.

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Stephen Wicks
Founder/CEO