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Tech Tuesday: Why You Need to Download Flipboard ASAP

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Have you ever found yourself lost in your phone while checking all platforms of social media? Then you check the time and you actually just scrolled an hour of your life away? If you answered yes, then maybe you should consider downloading one of our favorite social media replacement applications called Flipboard. We are not…
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Is it Time to Rebrand?

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To rebrand or to not rebrand? That is the real question, especially for businesses and companies that are seeing a decline in growth, sales and/or “buzz.” Rebranding can be a long and drawn-out process; however, if you follow these tips then you might just have a smooth and painless experience. Gain staff support If your…
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Marketing Monday: Online Content Marketing Conference

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MarketingProfs is a source that individual marketers, marketing teams, and some of the world’s largest organizations turn to for modern marketing tools, training, strategies, articles, online seminars, discussion forums, and more. MarketingProfs Virtual Conference Series is an online and on-demand experience designed to provide you with real-world knowledge on a variety of topics related to…
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Social Marketing Breakdown

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In the age of technology, it is no surprise that the world has shifted to have a focus around social media. In order to make the most of the social media craze, marketers must utilize social media to its full potential. Social marketing, according to Facebook Head of Global Travel Strategy Nikhilesh Ponde, has moved…
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May’s Playlist: Your Favorite Color

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“The sounds of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with base notes or dark lake with the treble.” -Wassily Kandinsky The RevenTeam brings you May’s playlist – Your Favorite Color  
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We Love this New Coding App by Google’s Area 120

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Area 120 is a technology incubator for Google’s experimental projects. This sector of Google is meant to help small teams create and develop new products. Recently, Area 120 built and launched a new application called Grasshopper. It is a coding application that teaches users the basics of JavaScript and advances as you advance through levels.…
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April’s Playlist: Numbers

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“[When asked why are numbers beautiful?] It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.” ― Paul Erdős
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Tech Tuesday: Free Marketing Webinar You Must Watch

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If you didn’t know, a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds. According to a Microsoft Corp. study, humans now have an attention span of just eight seconds.  In the marketing world, how do you make the most of a digital minute if people only focus on your content for only eight seconds? We…
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Why Analytics Should Be Driving Your Website Strategy

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Google Analytics is an invaluable tool for us when deciding how to best meet a client’s goals. It tells us things like which pages users are visiting and which ones they aren’t, where they’re coming from, how long they’re staying, and so much more. But figuring out how to look at Google Analytics can be…
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Halloween RevenPlaylist

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We’re back with another playlist! This time we’ve put together a list of our favorite Halloween-inspired songs perfect to listen to if your house is haunted by unruly ghosts, you’ve recently started turning into a werewolf, or if you’re just having a Halloween party. Enjoy!
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Finding the Right Work-Life Balance

Jason Broadwater
Work-life balance isn’t just a millennial term for wanting more free time, it’s a term that actually dates back to the 1800s when the number of hours women and children could work was reduced by manufacturing laws. The concept of an ideal balance between work and leisure time has spread ever since. The 20th Century…
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Our Favorite Ad Campaigns of 2017 (So Far)

Jason Broadwater
Marketing is a tricky industry because it’s so hard to predict what will work. Creating a campaign that stands the test of time can feel like catching lightning in a bottle. I doubt the Geico executives had any that the gecko campaign they created in 1999 would still be used in 2017! And think about slogans…
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Improve Company Morale with These 6 Tips

Jason Broadwater
It’s normal for a workplace to become dull after a while. It is a job, after all, so it can’t always be fun. But there are some things you can do as an employer to improve the overall morale and keep the environment of the office a positive and productive one. Company Outings and Retreats RevenFlo…
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8 Apps We Can’t Live Without

Jason Broadwater
Everyone in the RevenFlo office is pretty obsessed with the internet, which is convenient since it’s kind of our job. Even though we spend most of our time at our computers, we all turn to our phone when we need to take a break from one screen to look at another screen. What we realized is…
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RevenPlaylist: July

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We’re back once again with a brand new playlist put together by the RevenTeam. We hope you enjoy it and feel free to let us know what you’ve been listening to this summer!
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RevenPlaylist: June

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We’ve made it through another month! We hope your summer is going well so far, and if it’s not, maybe this playlist can help. The RevenTeam has painstakingly put together another playlist of songs we’ve been listening to this month. We all have pretty different tastes in music, but judging from this playlist, the one…
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A Week with Salkehatchie Summer Service

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Blood, sweat, and service—that was the gist of my time in Aiken this past week. For the past six years, I have attended the Sand River camp of Salkehatchie Summer Service, whose mission is to help homeowners in need while also allowing high school students to learn what Christian servanthood is all about. As a…
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RevenPlaylist: May

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Happy Friday! We’re back with another batch of songs that have been getting us through to work week, even when we want to be outside enjoying this beautiful weather.
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RevenPlaylist: April

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The RevenTeam will be creating a playlist each month with whatever songs they’re into at the moment. An eclectic group of people means an eclectic mix of songs, with everything from Disney to Metal to 80’s pop. Enjoy April’s mix and check back on the last Friday of each month for a new set of…
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A Semester at RevenFlo

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To say the life of a college student is stressful can be an understatement. For me, juggling classes, homework, a job, sleep, and a social life was enough to almost fill up my schedule. So when I heard about an opening at RevenFlo, I figured “why not go all in and juggle an internship as…
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5 Principles for Success Online

Jason Broadwater
Each organization, like each individual, must define success for themselves. This is true in life, in business, and certainly on the Internet in terms of professional use. Why spend time and money on the Internet and on digital media? It has to be for a reason. It has to be for the hope of a…
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The Importance of Landing Pages

Jason Broadwater
In this video, you’ll hear about the importance of having clear and effective landing pages so that potential customers are sent to the right place on your website. Doing this allows prospects to find the exact information they are looking for about your product or service, so they can easily take the next step, whatever that may be.…
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Keyword Research

Jason Broadwater
Keyword research is critical to the content creation process. This video talks more about keyword research best practices and how to help Google display your website.    
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Pay-Per-Click Marketing

Jason Broadwater
This video about Pay Per Click (PPC) Marketing talks about utilizing this marketing strategy for your business  and how it can benefit your company to show up higher in Google search results.  
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Clarity is Key

Jason Broadwater
In this video, you’ll learn about why clarity is crucial to your marketing strategy. Presenting a clear idea that makes sense is always going to draw positive feedback from your audience. The more your marketing can present a clear identity of who you are, the better your return will be.  
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The 2016 Googly Eye Challenge

David Frick

2016 marked the first year of the Googly Eye Challenge—a competition to create more pictures with Googly Eyes for the world to enjoy. Teams compete for points based on specific prompts, such as “Add Googly eyes to a piece of beautiful artwork.” Pictures are uploaded to facebook with the hashtag #googlyeyechallenge, and after a week long event, judges award points to determine the winner.

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New Year’s Resolutions

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When asked for New Year’s resolutions from the RevenTeam for 2016, here are the answers I collected:  Chance (Director of Accounts): “Pierceson and I have decided to try 8 new things this year (he just turned 8 in October). So far we have come up with: run a race together, rock climbing, horseback riding, volunteer at…
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13.1 Miles Later

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This past summer I had a chip on my shoulder that I just couldn’t seem to shake. Fed up with my bad attitude, my dad called one day and informed me that he signed us up for a half-marathon. That’s 13.1 miles. I hadn’t run ONE mile since I was in high school (5 years ago).…
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The Simplest Way to Post Your Podcast: 5 Steps

Micah Troublefield
After recording three episodes of our new podcast Coulda Been Rad, it was my job to figure out how to get these episodes up and onto iTunes. Seems simple enough; we’d already done over 60 episodes of our Old Town New World podcast at that point, no problem. I searched, headscratched, compared my options and was…
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Video Games Powered by Crowdfunding

Jason Broadwater
The Olden Days of Gaming It used to be that game development companies were at the mercy of publishers. A publisher evaluated a game and decided if they wanted to fund the development and then distribute the game. Many games were originally developed in Japan and thus would be in Japanese. This created a problem…
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Bluer Summer

Josiah Blevins
My summers always have this uncanny sense to them. I feel like I am supposed to be doing something, or be somewhere, or have some type of plans. I feel like I should feel busy. And when I don’t, my sense of time languishes and can turn hazy. Memories, flickering heat waves coming up off a…
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Chance Volunteers @ LOVE Week!

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Last week, Elevation Church in Charlotte hosted their annual “LOVE Week”, where volunteers go out into the community to serve those less fortunate. Our very own Accounts Director, Chance Heflin, volunteered all week with the help of her boyfriend, 7-year old son, and 11-year old twin nieces. Keep reading to learn more about their week volunteering,…
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5 Reasons Movies Are About to Get Better

Chris Gervais
The cinema ain’t what it used to be. The age of reboots has left us all a little disillusioned, and doubtful about the direction of Hollywood. You’ll find more than one major filmmaker spouting warnings about the dire future of movies. But, of course we’re at the cusp of a new golden age, right? Yes.…
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Shark Bait Oo-Ha-Ha

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(Enter Jaws theme music here). This week we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. As a broke college kid, I can’t afford cable television but I was able to catch a few shows at friends’ houses. Joan of Shark had to be my favorite – and 18 ft. Great White FEMALE shark!…
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When I Grow Up

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I was seven when I decided to be an author. My other ambitions of becoming an artist, a ballerina, and Indiana Jones took a backseat as I spent hours in my room scribbling fantasties and storylines about adventurous ballerina artists. (They were pretty cool.) Pursuing my goal also meant that I’d probably never be a…
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Balancing for Fruit

Jason Broadwater
So, we’re presenting fashion with a few projects we’re doing here at RevenFlo. We are working with a few wonderful brands with exciting and compelling people running businesses behind them. As we present our products, we want the customer to love them – as if encountering this product online is receiving a gift from a…
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French Friday Treat

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Hi there, New in the web team, I already wanted to delight everyone’s taste by bringing one of my favorite dishes from home: the French crêpes. Those thinner pancakes, eaten during the night of Mardi Gras, are very famous in France and make the smile of every kid (it still does that to me). Sugar, Nutella, jam,…
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Meme Me!

Chris Gervais
  What’s the most infamous line in the Star Wars saga? “Luke, I am your father,” right? There’s only one problem. That line is NEVER spoken in a Star Wars movie. Are you shocked? Probably not. It’s unlikely I’m the first smarmy thirtysomething to inform you that Darth Vader doesn’t say the words, “Luke, I…
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Patois Counselors

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I’m really excited about this new band I’m in. Firstly, because we have our first show coming up, and it’s been a while since I’ve performed with a group.  Secondly, because of the awesome folks I’m playing with. But mostly I’m excited because I think the music we’re making is pretty great (or “sick”, or “beast”…
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Making the Perfect Frappuccino from Home (or Work)

David Frick
What you’ll need: An espresso machine Espresso (finely ground) Cocoa Powder Sugar A blender A coffee thermos Half and Half Recommended Additions: [tooltip image=”http://revenflo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_6729-e1416844305521-300×201.jpg” theme=”tooltipster-light”]Power Maxx Mocha Cappuccino protein powder [/tooltip] (sold at GNC) [tooltip image=”http://revenflo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_7024-300×200.jpg” theme=”tooltipster-light”]Chocolate Syrup[/tooltip] Mocha Flavored Syrup The Day Before If possible, brew the espresso the day before and mix in about…
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Rebooting the Me Generation

Chris Gervais
I moved alongside a small group of peers from my exact demographic from an Imax movie into a theater corridor.  We were stopped dead in our tracks by the sound of something emerging from a nearby theater. It was heavy and roaring.  By the time we saw them it was too late. A horde! No!…
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