10 Benefits of a Strong Developer Workflow
In this post, I’ll cover the improvements we’ve made to our developer workflow at Cheeky Monkey Media. At the center of these improvements is a git branching strategy, but I’ll also talk a bit about code review, dev environments, and tools. The Dangers of the Jungle A lot of things can hurt you in the…
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Working Towards a Consistent Local Environment
The Situation That Prompted Change The monkey house (aka Cheeky Monkey Media) has been expanding a lot during the past few years. Our team has been growing. We’ve been working on more and larger projects, and we’ve been branching out to include more services. As with any growth spurt, we’ve had to deal with a…
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Mobile Friendly: Does it Really Matter?
A few weeks ago, when I first started writing our website maintenance blog series, I asked one of our developers (Calvin Tyndall) to give the first blog a quick review. Calvin had a number of really good suggestions, but one really stood out to me. He suggested that I change one of the paragraphs on…
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More than Keywords: SEO and Website Maintenance
Hi! You’ve heard of SEO right? It’s also called search engine optimization. It’s that weird thing marketers and techies talk about, and then they wave their magic wands and you’re suddenly ranking at the top or near the top of the Googles. A lot of people also associate SEO with keywords. Here’s the thing: Although…
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When Your Website Drains Your Budget…
Taking Care of Your Website Helps Cut Down Unexpected Costs Associated With Website Emergencies Making sure your website gets regular maintenance is kind of like making sure your car gets regular oil changes. It’s much cheaper to get your oil checked (and refilled, if necessary) than having your engine blow up at the top of…
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Serious Accolades Prove that We Do More Than ‘Monkey’ Around
At Cheeky Monkey, one of our goals is to have fun at work. After all, it’s been said that the average worker spends 5 hours and 41 minutes per day at their desk, so why not make the most of it? That being said, we take our work very seriously and it shows. Cheeky Monkey…
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Improve Productivity by Recognizing Time Vampires
Time Vampires – Evil Time Wasting Blood Suckers – THEY ARE REAL!!! Have you ever looked at the clock and realized your work day is almost over and you can’t recall what you accomplished during the past 8 hours? If we’re really honest with ourselves and each other right now, you are probably nodding your…
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Insights from the NHF on Building an Online Community Website
Two weeks ago, I had the chance to sit down with the National Hemophilia Association (NHF)’s marketing and education team: Jay Patel, Director of Online Marketing and Data Systems Beth Marshall, Director of Communications Kate Nammacher, Director of Education Corinne Koenig, Manager of Education and Training During our half-an-hour chat about their redesigned online community…
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How to Create Email Campaigns that Work
Email marketing has the potential to have the highest return on investment (ROI) of all your marketing efforts. According to the 2016 State of Email Report published by Litmus, email has an ROI “of 38-to-1 on every dollar invested.” That’s pretty significant. Think about it… The average salary for an email marketing specialist in Canada…
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Best Practices: Building Your Nonprofit’s Online Community
In my recent guest post, I discuss why WordPress and Drupal are excellent content management system (CMS) choices for your nonprofit’s community website. Picking the right CMS is only the first step to building and nurturing a successful online community. As Mack Fogelson writes in The Truly Monumental Guide to Building Online Communities: Building an…
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