Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 129 With Baited Breath… Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 129

This week’s reflection point: Have you ever performed in a show? Long days of rehearsals, learning lines and music, sets and costumes in preparation for the opening night. The incredible anxiety and anticipation for an exciting show, or in my case, the launch of the new site for The Chad Barr Group is exhilarating and awesome. It’s going to be nothing short of remarkable. What does it take to create a truly innovative web presence? Clear identification of business strategy,...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 128 Ah, The Good Ol’ Days Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 128

  This week’s reflection point: I remember going through some old photo albums several years ago when my young son, astonished by viewing the black and white photos, said: “when did the world turn colorful?”   Cute and innocent as it may sound, it made me realize that we often take our technology and innovation for granted. Just think about it. Here are a few of the remarkable transformations we have come to appreciate, become accustomed to, and probably now...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 127 Focus Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 127

This week’s reflection point: As part of our digital empire creation program, I’m privileged to spend great quality time with my many brilliant clients when they come to my studio to create video content for their sites. Many of them spend days and weeks in meticulous preparation making sure the written content to be loaded on the teleprompter is perfect. Others take a very different approach; without the use of a teleprompter, the inner muse flows organically as the camera...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 126 Driving Traffic To Your Site Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 126

This week’s reflection point: The most common question I am asked is how to drive traffic to one’s site. Several years ago, while writing my book Million Dollar Web Presence, I discussed this concept, which was also featured in my article Where does site traffic come from? Here is my latest recap: Use your signature and incorporate links to your sites. These links should be to your home page, your blog, and interesting landing pages. These pages should contain offerings...

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