The Ups and Downs of Integrated Services

Facebook - Instagram
April 10, 2012 | By: The Mediator

Facebook Acquires Instagram: The Ups and Downs of Integrated Services You’re probably hearing about Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, a photo-sharing service that applies a vintage filter to photos taken on an iPhone or Android smartphone. Instagram is a mobile-only application in which you snap a shot, and then… Read More

Solving Communication Confusion

Communication
April 5, 2012 | By: Socialista

When it comes to working directly with customers, communication is key. And in these technologically advanced times, we’re sending emails, texts, phone calls – it can get confusing as to which form of communication to use! That’s why we use a project management program called Basecamp. With Basecamp, we’re able… Read More

Evolving Into a Global Agency

Grow Global
April 3, 2012 | By: The Mediator

As a creative agency grows, odds are good that it will acquire non-local clients. These clients may be based in another state or even another country. Their target markets may not be what the agency is used to. The agency’s ability to manage these clients’ accounts may determine its future…. Read More

WordPress for the Best

The Great Ilfusini
March 29, 2012 | By: Ilfusion Team

We’ve written several blog articles teaching you about the benefits and advantages of using WordPress to manage the content on your website. To do a quick recap, the main benefit we like to point out is how easy it is for the client to maintain and update the content of… Read More

Face, Voice, Video: Why Your Company Needs Them

March 27, 2012 | By: The Mediator

We recently produced a brand-new video introducing Ilfusion Creative to new friends and followers, and you’ll notice that it’s decidedly different from our usual Problem Solver videos. This is an introductory video that conveys Ilfusion’s personality to the people who view it. Videographer Micah Hayman developed the video to showcase… Read More

Account Management: Not For the Faint of Heart

Account Management
March 22, 2012 | By: Ilfusion Team

In the past six months, Ilfusion has been lucky enough to hire two awesome account managers who fit in perfectly with the rest of our amazingly talented and quirky team. With our steady growth in clients as well as employees, we’ve quickly witnessed firsthand the benefits of having them. We’ve… Read More

Spring Cleaning Made Easy By Scrum

Scrum
March 20, 2012 | By: The Mediator

“Scrum” sounds more like something you’d clean out of your couch than like something you want to make a part of your every work day, but you’d be surprised at how effective this particular project management process can be for businesses. If you’ve got an enormous pile of projects and… Read More

Good CMS Theme Development Practices

CMS Solutions
March 14, 2012 | By: Ilfusion Team

If you’re building a website for someone or outsourcing your website build, it’s important to exercise good Content Management System (CMS) development practices, or choose a company that does. We’ve already addressed which CMS is the best in functionality in a previous blog: http://ilfsn.com/cms, but no CMS will be particularly… Read More

Wireframe Your Website

Wireframe
March 7, 2012 | By: The Mediator

Save Money, Save Time, Save Sanity: Wireframe Your Website You’ve contracted a creative firm to design a new website, and they’re sending you the first draft. You know it will be “rough” because they need input from you, but you can’t help but be excited. You open the attachment, and…the… Read More

A Pin is Worth a Thousand Words

A Thousand Words
February 23, 2012 | By: Ilfusion Team

There’s no denying the power of a visual. In fact, 65% of the population are visual learners (according to Visual Teaching Alliance). Why is this? It’s because people can relate better to images, and they need an identifiable method of doing so, and what better way than having a visual… Read More