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Visual Focus: The Digital Designs Propelling B2B Brand Success In 2022
Which digital designs will shine the brightest in 2022 when it comes to telling the evolving stories of B2B brands in fresh new ways? Each year the world’s biggest firms in the world of design publish their takes on the new innovations that may come down the pike over the next 12 months, and while never a guarantee of digital design success, savvy B2B marketers and designers tend to keep tabs on the yearly visual shifts put out by Adobe, Pantone, and others. Let’s take a look at some of the design ideas that are helping brands craft their digital […]
2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 23
There’s a lot you can pack into flash fiction; but sometimes, focusing on a single moment can open up your writing in a way that a wider span of time cannot. For today’s prompt, write a story that takes place in 10 minutes or less. Remember: As mentioned yesterday, these prompts are just starting points; you have the freedom to go wherever your flash of inspiration takes you. (Note: If you happen to run into any issues posting, please just send me an e-mail at mrichard@aimmedia.com with the subject line: Flash Fiction Challenge Commenting Issue.) Here’s my attempt at capturing […]
Microsoft Ads: Reach Success With The Future Of Ad Exchanges – Ep. 264 via @sejournal, @lorenbaker
Constantly looking for ways to optimize your ad spend? Dreaming of a high-ROI paid advertising future? We’ve got great news — the future is now. The post Microsoft Ads: Reach Success With The Future Of Ad Exchanges [Podcast] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Nine WordPress Plugins Expose Over 1.3 Million Sites To Exploits via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Nine WordPress plugins, including popular ad management, malware firewall and database managers were found to have vulnerabilities affecting over 1.3 million websites The post Nine WordPress Plugins Expose Over 1.3 Million Sites To Exploits appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How to Write Unique Horror Fiction When Every Trope Has Already Been Used
I’ve been writing dark stories for 14 years professionally, and quite often my students, peers, and friends ask me, “Richard, how do you write unique horror stories when every trope has already been used?” That’s a great question. Something I wrestle with every time I sit down to write. So here are a few ideas. GENERAL VS. THE SPECIFIC So, if I mentioned a few horror tropes or monsters, such as a werewolf, vampire, zombie, or demon, you might roll your eyes. “Seen it, been there, done that, bored to death.” And I hear you. But what if I instead […]
WD Poetic Form Challenge: Chanso
(Editor’s note: I’ve made a slight change to how people can enter poems below. If you enter via email, please follow the subject line guidelines, or I may very well delete your entry without reading it.) I’m hoping to announce the winner of the seadna WD Poetic Form Challenge next before the end of the month, but let’s go ahead and start another a new poetic form challenge. This time around, we’ll write the chanso, a variable French form. Find the rules for writing the chanso here. So start writing them and sharing here (on this specific post) for a […]
How To Build A Recommender System With TF-IDF And NMF (Python) via @sejournal, @ChouinardJC
Build your own Topic Cluster and Recommender Systems using Python and Scikit-learn to improve your internal linking strategy at scale. The post How To Build A Recommender System With TF-IDF And NMF (Python) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Microsoft Ads Launches Dynamic Descriptions For Dynamic Search Ads via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Microsoft Ads launched a unique feature to their platform. This feature is not available in Google Ads, giving Microsoft a leg up on the competition. The post Microsoft Ads Launches Dynamic Descriptions For Dynamic Search Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
34 of the Best Website Designs to Inspire You in 2022
Your website inspiration journey starts here. Deciding to create a web presence is a big decision, but the best websites are a culmination of many small decisions. But one major decision that takes time, diligence, and a great deal of inspiration is the design of your website. In this article, we’re sharing a few dozen of the best website designs we’ve seen. Click the links below to jump to explore website designs that crushed it in the last several years. We’ve also included a bonus section of designs that are just plain cool — so check them out, too! Where […]
Joel Agee: On Recreating Lost Time
Joel Agee is a writer and translator. He has won numerous literary awards, among them the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize, and the ALTA National Translation Award, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Yale Review, and other magazines, and he is the author of two highly praised memoirs: Twelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany and In the House of My Fear. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Joel Agee […]