Event planning can be both extremely stressful and extremely rewarding. There is nothing like seeing all of your hard work pay off after throwing a successful event where attendees (and the client) are happy, engaged and having a great time. Although we don't...
Our Plugin Toolset
Here at Old Town Media, we have a set of plugins that we use on a regular basis to make our sites the way that we want them to. We love all of these plugins and almost every single one of them ends up on client sites that we build. There are upwards of 20 other...
Google’s Mobile Movement
The Y-Combinator-backed startup, Pixate, founded a service that helps developers prototype mobile apps running on iOS & Android devices. Yesterday, Google bought Pixate and removed it’s payment model in order to make it a free to use service. That’s kind of a big...
The Truth Behind Social Media Strategy
"It's not working!" he exclaims, filled with frustration. As a marketing agency, we hear this at least once a day from past, present and even future clients. Though we understand the double-edged sword nature of social media, we try to remind our clients that...
Local Listings – The Good, The Bad & The Unnecessary
Online listings are an essential marketing and advertising tool. Whether you are a start-up business or a large corporation, is it important to have claimed, optimized listings that you have complete control over. The more relevant include listings such as Yelp, Yahoo...
Stop Wasting Time, Automate It – Resizing Images
For those of you having to deal with images in just about any capacity, there are some pretty great ways to automate bulk edits such as watermarks, resizing and other tedious things using Mac’s built in Automator application. In our agency, we use Automator for image...
Men Vs. Women on Colors
Often times I have meetings with both men and women who have very different opinions on colors for their business and marketing. It is usually difficult for one to explain to the other why they like what they like. We found this great infographic from HubSpot.com that...
So Long Stock Photos
Have you heard the great news? Creative Commons is building a mobile app to replace stock photos. The awesome content sharing nonprofit Creative Commons has been working diligently to create a mobile app that allows people and businesses to request and use images...
Welcome Our New Marketing Intern – Lauren!
We are excited to welcome Lauren to our team! Lauren grew up in Denver and graduated from Colorado State University with a BA in Journalism and Media Communications. She wanted to work in broadcast journalism, but quickly found her passion in marketing while planning...
The Latest News in Social Media… Pinterest Announces Buyable Pins!
We’ve all been there… finding something worthy of buying on Pinterest, only to find out you are unable to click through to make the purchase. On June 2, 2015 Pinterest announced that Buyable Pins will be released in the next few weeks to iPhones and iPads in the U.S....