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We are seeing incredible increases in engagement and conversion as the result of work redesigning websites using Mobile First design. By taking a Mobile First design approach, we end up with websites that are clear, concise and incredibly easy to navigate, both on mobile and the desktop. But, what are we doing with our emails? How can we improve...

This year’s DrupalCon 2013 in Portland, Oregon was very exciting for the team here at Digital Bungalow. DrupalCon is always great opportunity for us to learn about what’s coming in the Drupal space, meet with clients, and work with our peers on the future of an amazing platform.

In our last blog post, we discussed The Top 10 Most Website Project Mistakes. One of these mistakes was a short-sighted digital strategy. A strong digital strategy will incorporate social media, push marketing, videos and digital applications into your website cohesively. An important part of ensuring that your brand has a strong digital strateg...

The digital landscape changes, almost on a minute to minute basis. It is by far the fastest growing, and quickest changing facet of our lives. Your website is at the very center of this expanding network, including social media, email, organic search and more. On top of that, we are accessing these touch points with mobile devices at a rapidly i...

There's a very interesting blog post over at MarketLive on "Why to adopt a 'mobile first strategy' for email." The focus of the blog post is why and how to make sure emails are optimized for mobile devices. Here are a few of the highlights: 77% of smartphone owners use their devices to read email at least once a month, almost no emails are opene...

There is a pretty cool new study by Forrester Research, which found that opensource Web Content Management (WCM) solutions have the highest satisfaction rate for creating dynamic, multi-channel digital experiences.The study also found that Drupal was among the top 5 Web CMS solutions used by organizations -- and the leading open source solution.

Anytime you are working with a new technology or theory, the way to near perfection is usually not paved at all. This can be a daunting proposition, and what feels like constant, imminent failure. I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be, in fact you should see it as an opportunity, and here’s why.

As we approach Thanksgiving here at Digital Bungalow, I've been thinking about one of our four core values, embracing the challenge. Why do I think of embracing the challenge at Thanksgiving? Making room on my plate for all of the delicious dishes will be a challenge for sure. Not falling asleep during the football game after the meal. And of co...

What is Web Engagement Management? Web engagement management is a way to make connections and build relationships with customers online. It is a process that engages the customer rather than talking at the customer. It’s about developing two-way communications with customers and starting conversations about a brand. Through measuring analytics ...

If you, like us, work with clients' social media accounts, then you know how important it is for their company or brand to show up in search results. The good news is, there are a few quick and easy ways to optimize search ranking on Social Media channels. We've compiled a quick list of Social Media SEO best practices to refer to, whether you're...

Designing a website for a hotel or conference center presents many unique challenges. The website must sell the hotel as a destination, while facilitating transactions. It needs to be at once visually stunning, and offer a solid user experience. Selling visitors on the quality of the accommodation, as well as its location is imperative. If a ...

I recently got married. Little did I know at the time that I was marrying into a family of a legendary designer; Joe Caroff. I’ve run into and even worked with some pretty legendary creative directors and designers in my day, so when I heard this, I’m thinking, “What legacy does this Joe bring to the table?”

We’re excited to share the news that our client, School for Field Studies (fieldstudies.org), recently won the MNN Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Communication. Excellence Award winners were nominated by community members and selected by a panel of nonprofit leaders. The School for Field Studies (SFS) won this award for enhancing their web an...

Email is one of the most effective marketing channels. We know, it’s not as sexy as other more, exciting digital marketing channels, but email marketing still takes precedence over many other channels. Like any marketing campaign, email marketing has a few basics that are often forgotten.

We recently launched a new, interactive website for Showcase Cinemas. The site allows users to search for theatres, events, view theatre profiles, and continue on to purchase movie tickets. The site was built using responsive design techniques, allowing it to resize and reshape itself to be read on all devices.

It’s no secret that Google is good at just about everything when it comes to the Internet. The company owns the digital sphere in search, email, video (they own YouTube, remember?), maps, analytics... the list goes on and on (and on). The word “Google” has even become a transitive verb recognized by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary.

The Method Behind the Madness In my 7th grade English class, my teacher implemented a process that made me change the way I wrote essays. When we submitted an essay for grading, we had to turn it in with all the drafts that had come before. Needless to say, I wasn’t a fan of the extra work (I mean obviously, it was perfect the first time). De...

I am on my way back from Magento's Imagine Commerce 2012 conference. One of the first announcements was the release of new versions of Community and Enterprise (for a full feature list, check out the Magento blog.)

In the world of web design and coding, things seemed to be a lot easier when desktop computers and mobile screens were pretty standard in size and resolution. Now, we have iPads and Kindles, Blackberries and Droids… Screens are all kinds of crazy sizes and can rotate at the flick of the wrist, changing the whole layout of a website from portrait...