Google Now Has a Brain
Google Now has a brain Google, you never fail to wow us with your ideas that bring the future to the here and now. Google Now has a brain with the stunning ability to recall past searches and topics of interest and keep us up to date avoiding us having to perform...
Twitter Cards: Adding Images to your Tweets
What are Twitter Cards? Twitter cards are introducing Twitter as a more visual content experience. Images are easily holding the most "likes" on Facebook, and Pinterest a full image integration experience is growing every day, Twitter has definitely found a need to...
5 Ways to Build Relationships with Social Media
Acquiring customers is a huge focus for many social marketers. Think about the title, "social marketers". You are creating a social market that is viable and that grows without you needing to cultivate every interaction. Building solid relationships between you and...
Ski Photography
Jeff Finkelstein, Founder & President of Customer Paradigm, is a former professional ski patroller. If you're looking for someone who can ski backwards without poles down extreme terrain, carry lots of camera equipment and still get the action shot, you've found...
Pitkin Realty
Customer Paradigm Logo Design Example Logo design for the Aspen Real Estate company, Pitkin Realty. Often times our clients need more than just Magento help- and they come to us to look for the best solution. When it comes to digital design and marketing,...
SSH Key Implementation: A Mac user’s perspective
Using SSH keys has become the default method for accessing remote directories here at Customer Paradigm so making sure that everyone can access them can be a bit of trouble. Typically the keys generated are OpenSSH keys making them available to all users. Sometimes...
Magento’s Newest Version – Community 1.7 and Enterprise 1.12
At the Imagine conference in Las Vegas Magento released the newest versions for both Community and Enterprise. The new releases are packed with great features, new technology and better security. As always we recommend that anyone who is using Magento Community 1.5 or...
Is Twitter right for your Business?
Follow @custparadigm If you are like me you started a Twitter account to stay involved in all the social media trends. Fine, I waited a while to make sure it was worthwhile and wasn't going to fizzle out, but I did start my own Twitter account. At first it was a...
Win the Pinterest Game of Re-pins
Viral Pins, that's the goal right? Everyone wants to create pins that have a high frequency of re-pinning. Fortunately around 75% of all actions on Pinterest are pins being repinned. Based on our attraction habits we are more likely to click on links that are...
Facebook and Apple in Harmony
Apple decides to harmonize with Facebook Everyone is swooning over the new Macbooks and Apple gadgets, with amazing image clarity, a sleeker design (if possible) and the esteem with Apple products. Let's get down to what really matters, what are the...
Welcome Google Local & SEO Value!
The day has come for the merging of Google Local and Google plus pages. 80+ million Google Places accounts were automatically converted into Google+ Local pages. Fear not, the guide for all the perks and changes you will need to know are conveniently below....
Spring Cleaning your Social Media Profile for Potential Jobs
Social Media Scores Affecting your Potential Jobs The game of being hired has been dramatically changed. It used to be a hopeless attempt of adding a drop of water to the pool and hoping your contribution would be noticed. LinkedIn has become a huge network...
New Facebook App Center
And Facebook has joined the race for the best app center! View the Facebook App Center What does this mean for Facebook users? Could this possibly be Facebook's response to a 35% decrease in user time? Facebook has always been an addictive site between the lull's in...
How do I use Twitter?
Twitter: Quick History Twitter began with the concept of mass text messages to a particular group. After trial and error and a slew of ideas for the brand name, Twitter was born. July 15, 2006 was the first official tweet. Since its birth, it has...
When are the NBA Social Media Awards?
June 20th at 9pm, NBA TV will air the first ever NBA Social Media Awards. The hosts of this premier event will be the legendary Rick Fox, Shaquille O'neal and Lang Whitaker. This will be the first time any major American sport league will dedicate an entire award...
Venus Transit Image – First Shot
A first shot of the Venus Transit of the Sun... That little dot is Venus crossing over the front of the sun. Taken with a 400 mm lens, using a eclipse sunglasses filter, taped onto a UV filter... Tech Specs: Canon 5D Mark III, 70-200mm lens w/ 2x extender, taken on...
Pinterest – Boost your online sales!
Pinterest is now the third most popular social network in the world! Where does it sit? Behind Facebook and Twitter, third place might as well be first place given Facebook and Twitter’s head start. Pinterest is a pin-board style photo sharing tool. They have...
AAMCO Colorado
AAMCO Colorado offers the finest mechanical help for your vehicle from transmission repair to the simple oil change. Customer Paradigm has been working with AAMCO Colorado to increase their rankings for service related keywords. Recently they have become the 10th...
AAMCO Colorado Keyword achieved 10th ranking globally!
Customer Paradigm has the great privilege of working on AAMCO Colorado's site. Through a strong SEO strategy, social media implementation and paid-advertisement campaign a milestone has been achieved! AAMCO Colorado now ranks 10th globally for the term "transmission...
Wilderness Aware Rafting
Wilderness Aware Rafting offer amazing white water rafting packages to Colorado and surrounding areas. They came to Customer Paradigm wanting a redesigned website with a search engine optimization package and paid-advertisement campaign. Their new friendly website...
15th Street Studio
15th Street Studio is a contemporary art gallery located in Boulder, CO. They also offer full services such as custom framing or picture preservation. 15th Street Studio prides themselves on choosing talented artists with an exceptional vision for their work....
Yahoo Axis: Search Browser
From the left corner, Yahoo has joined the fight with Axis Search Browser. One more player joins the existing battle between the big three: Google, Yahoo and Bing. How will this iOS browser compete? Positioning: Where is Axis going to fit in? Yahoo Axis is positioned...
Customer Paradigm's Energy Usage for last month… we're in the top 5% of the country
Welcome to your Nest Energy Report. This is a summary of how much energy you've used heating or cooling your home in April, plus some tips to help you save more. We think what we've sent today is a pretty good start, but it's your energy and your home, so we...
FedEx Shipping Fix for Magento Versions 1.5 and lower
888.772.0777 303.499.9318 If you`re running the Magento eCommerce system (version 1.5 and lower) and rely on FedEx for shipping quotes, you may need to update your system so that it works after May 31, 2012. FedEx Shipping Fix for Magento Versions 1.5 and lower What`s...
StaySafeMedia's Migration to Magento
StaySafeMedia.com is an eCommerce site that sells personal defense courses in a variety of formats such as videos and books. The original eCommerce site had been run by a custom PHP platform which had become outdated. The client needed a secure platform for their...
Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer (article)
Over the weekend, Google Chrome routed more Internet traffic than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which long has held its spot as the most-used Web browser in the world, according to data from StatCounter, an Internet monitor. Read more here >>
Photos from the Solar Eclipse – May 2012
Although it was cloudy, I managed to capture this shot of the solar eclipse yesterday. I used the eclipse sunglasses, but they didn't quite cover the entire 50 mm f/1.4 lens. In order to not blind myself and/or to not burn the sensor, I stopped the aperture...
My favorite photo from last week…
This is a fun image from last week. I love the glasses, the brown shirt with the brown rock behind him. I shot this with a Canon 5D Mark III with a 50 mm f/1.4 lens. I set the aperture to 1.6, and shot handheld at ISO 50. Fun stuff...
Hummingbird Moth Image – stopping the action
This is a fun photo I captured on the trail in Boulder, Colorado. This is a moth that looks like a hummingbird. I stopped the action with a 1/2,500 second exposure at f/4, and increased the ISO to 4,000. Taken with the Canon 5D Mark III with a 70-200 mm lens....
New FedEx Shopping Extension for Magento
On May 31st, 2012 FedEx will be switching to a Web Service to supply shipping rates in Magento. This means users of Magento CE1.5x or less or EE1.10.x or less will no longer be able to retrieve FedEx shipping rates in Magento. Fortunately, users can install the...
Google bots learning to read webpages like humans
Google bots learning to read webpages like humans, one step closer to knowing everything
Google's Knowledge Graph: Search Engine Channel Surfing
By Scott Belford, Internet Marketing Director Today (Wednesday, May 16th, Google has rolled out the first version it's Knowledge Graph. The Knowledge Graph enables Google users to search for things, people or places that Google "knows" about and instantly get relevant...