Arkad.Digital Joins God's Pantry to Feed Azusa Families

September 9, 2017 - Azusa, CA - /arkad.digital/  - What a blessing!! Tom Sweney, CEO of God’s Pantry, and his generous team at God’s Pantry open their heart and gave their time to serve the community of Azusa.

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God’s Pantry is a volunteer-run food pantry helping the most underserved communities serving – over 1,300 families in five cities and three counties. They rely on the generosity of people like you to purchase and deliver groceries to these families and because of our 501c3 non-profit status all donations are tax deductible. It takes over 120 volunteers to make each Saturday distribution happen and all groceries are free of any charge.









CLICK HERE, If you are interested in volunteering for the first time. All new volunteers will be required to attend a quick orientation at the beginning of the distributions (8:30AM) – Check in at the front table and ask to connect with one of the leaders. Hope to see you there!

For me information and food bank schedule go to: https://www.gods-pantry.org/

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Rules for Loving Your Entrepreneur And Life Partner- Simple but Not Easy


Los Angeles, CA, Sept 18, 2017 /arkad.digital/ - A person that brings to life their business idea or creative vision to sell in the marketplace in their field of expertise can be termed an entrepreneur.  An entrepreneur will not only achieve great accomplishments but will also educate and employ others to excel in their industry space.But realistically the entrepreneurial life is a burning of long hours, taking high risk under sometimes a cloud of uncertainty. Therefore the life of the entrepreneur spouse is as scary as the entrepreneur. But it takes courage to love and support your entrepreneur Life partner because it will nurture the skills and abilities in your Life partner to grow, achieve and build empires. So, here are few tips from my personal experience as to how you should love and support your beloved entrepreneur:

1.    Do not allow them to give up on their big dreams: 

To be a successful entrepreneur it takes the execution of ideas and thoughts with no guarantees of success. It will be overwhelming for your entrepreneur to have thoughts of giving up on their big dreams; this is where you come in. As a friend, you have to motivate your partner not to give up and tell them it is part of the process and you have to accept everything wins or loses.

Give your other half a thought of wisdom that every day is a new day and what you have learned from your past experience will be their torch of enlightenment in the entrepreneurial universe.

2.    Make them define a clear vision of success and each step to reach it:

A vision of their success is the most essential element, and it requires deep, thoughtful consideration. Tell your lover that their vision must be concise and will achieve the purpose for their business. They must be able, with ease, to convey their vision to motivate you and others involved in the business.
As your life partner’s backbone, you will need to be sure they understand that their vision will provide the cornerstone for their business and the actions taken to reach their profit goals. The vision must be in-line with the path of their success. Therefore, you must have a clear understanding of the business and market value of the product or service that will be created by your Life partner’s vision.

3.    Hold them accountable and over encourage them to achieve greatness: 

As a partner of your entrepreneur spouse, the best thing you can do is hold them accountable for their actions. This will not only help your partner to envision their path but will empower them to achieve great success in their venture. By making your partner accountable, they will become more vigorous about their participation in the journey of success.  They will not fear to make mistakes, and they will know you understand the struggles may are face to achieve success. Thus keep your partner encouraged and always stand with and by them, whenever they may have bouts of low energy, by listening carefully to every thought and idea.

4.    Get on the same page and stay there. If you do get out of focus; course corrects immediately: 


Focus Drifting is not cool! As a matter of fact, it will be detrimental to your overall efforts. Do not allow anything that you can control, to come into your partner’s focus that will cause them to drift.  Drifting can be any task, event, idea, person, thought that will give an alternate result other than what has been explicitly agreed upon in the success vision. Focus on the vision is a major key to utilizing their creative skills to embark on the path of success.
To achieve this, your obligation is mandatory, to be on the same page as of your partner.
By doing so, you will be sharing your partner’s vision and goals for their business. There will be times when your partner needs an extra thought about his/her weakness and strengths, and the first person he/she will look to is you. So be there for your entrepreneur partner and be committed to them relentlessly. If you ever filled with thoughts of leaving them; stop, take a time and recollect every moment of your experience in their entrepreneur journey you have shared. You will know the answer!


5.    Give them time and space to reinvent themselves along the entrepreneur journey: 


You must understand that your partner’s entrepreneur journey may be long and tiresome, so there will be a time when they will be drawn towards their desired thoughts. It is your responsibility to tell them that they need to spend some time with oneself which will eventually help the partner to reinvent themselves. Just ask them to take some time out, sit in a quiet place, and lay stress on designing their life. During hard times one really needs to have a better understanding of his/her weakness rather than past achievements. So taking the initiative to change even the slightest weak point that will pull your partner down from their path of success is the way of reinventing and believing in their real strength will help them attain the full potential.

Now, this is the beginning of the great successful entrepreneurial story whose foundation is fortified by your dedication and commitment.

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My New Website SUCKS! Read this before you hire your next Web Designer?



Los Angeles, CA, August 30, 2017 /arkad.digital/ - There is not an easy way to find a web designer or firm that will match perfectly for your organization, cause, or pet project without getting overwhelmed with hundreds of companies or freelancers claiming to be the best. Hiring the right web designer takes critical judgment because your web designer will forge forward the visual, layout and navigation of the site from multiple platforms or devices. So, when you are qualifying web designer that can be an asset for you or your company, there is much to consider. Here are few key elements you should keep in mind before you make a regrettable decision:

Good Listener and Communication Skills:


To build a quality website key components will need to be decided, that is why collaboration is necessary. The most important thing is communication skills. The person that will be leading your most important business investment must be able to communicate effectively. Your website will represent your company, its employees and stake holders; communication is paramount throughout the design process and into your web industry space. It is also important that your web designer is an outstanding listener and doer and can correctly understand all your requirements. Your designer will not be able to fulfill your vision if they cannot understand your ideas thus a waste of your time and energy.

Will be Able to Design from Scratch:


Aside from other core languages, it is essential that your designer has a clear knowledge of modern design styles. Of course, you desire to have unique and fresh looking website, but industry standards and accepted practices must be explored before drawing a line in the sand with your vision. When discussing technical requirements with a potential designer, think of this checklist as a good foundation. Change is not only constant, but it also happens in real time in the technology space, so the most present day HTML coding, quality CSS for cross browser compatibility, (SEO) Search Engine Optimization and latest JavaScript UI techniques are the basics. Do the research and ask the right questions to make sure your web designer have these skills and are just not putting together different templates to create your website. Your designer should be able to design a responsive website from scratch and when needed to change or add elements and pages without any difficulty. A designer should also have a working knowledge of content management systems (CMS) like Word press, Drupal, Joomla, and much more.

Familiar with Latest Design Trends: 


The designer you choose must be well informed about your industry’s latest design trends. As web designing is progressing immensely, so are the designs. New designs, layout styles, and color trends are coming up all the time. Be confident that your designer has their finger on the pulse of your web industry community.
Moreover, knowledge of new browser features such as banners, tabs and pop ups help keep visitor moving down sales funnel of your website. If your designer says that they are not familiar, it is obvious not to hire that person or firm. However, if they are familiar, be assertive and ask at least 3 latest portfolios they have designed. By looking at their work, you will have an understanding of their creativity and their designing skills.

You are on a journey with many considerations to calculate to get to your final result. When thinking about your Internet appearance for your product or service, it is urgent that you match your vision with individual or firm that meet all of your expectations to bring your vision to life. Add these three thoughts to your interview checklist on your search to finding your perfect website designer.
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Web Design 101 - Lesson 5 - Support Media and Graphics



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Web Design 101 - Lesson 4 – Clear Defined Cll To Action (CTA)



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Advertise on Facebook vs. the Superbowl? - 3 Reasons why you should choose Facebook


Advertise on Facebook vs. the Superbowl? - 3 Reasons why you should choose Facebook


When I first posed this question to my business colleagues, advertising on Facebook verses Super Bowl, I was quickly reminded of the question that I had only ten (10) seconds to answer years back.

“Would you take a million dollars today or a penny doubled every day for thirty one (31) days?”

The answer in five (5) seconds made perfect sense but once you have a moment to think, your answer will change.

Nothing in the commercial world is more fierce, hyper, creative and innovative than advertising. Advertisements have become an inescapable part of our lives. Every individual is touched by advertisement in one way or another. Since its inception advertisements have seen tremendous changes from the days of wooden inscriptions, newspaper, radio and television, the internet, and now the social media revolution.

But when it comes down to choosing the right advertisement space for your business ads that will get results, there is much to consider. Facebook or the Super Bowl, you should feel perplexed when deciding between the two. But I am going to explain to you why Facebook, in my opinion, is your prime advertisement platform above the Super Bowl because of three well researched and proven facts:

Affordable and Cost Efficient: - A Super Bowl ad on average costs $5 million for 30 seconds -- $166,667 every second as compared to the average cost-per-click of Facebook ad of $1.72 - a incredibly minimal CPC taking into account how effective Facebook ads can be. According to Laundry Service, with the smallest imaginable cost-per-view (1 cent) and a $3 per thousand impressions, we can have 500 million Facebook video views and 1.6 billion impressions. Easy. Right? Facebook!

And with Facebook, your advertisements are not stacked between the previous and the next commercial; actually you have the freedom of spreading your message anytime to anywhere around the world.

Reach: Digital marketers understand the quantum of the viewership of  Facebook relative to the Superbowl, 114 million as compared to the 2 billion reach of  Facebook which is an enormous figure, and why Facebook is considered the number one (#1) platform for advertisement. Facebook viewership is not limited to any particular region or country. Unlike the Super Bowl, whose viewers are limited to region where people are well-informed and passionate about the sport. Advertising is all about reach and when you are sitting on 2 billion monthly members then mum is the word.

Targeting your audience: The audience targeting of  Facebook is incredible and this is one of the main elements that determines the success of the advertisement process. This is also the first step in building a marketing plan. When determining the target audience that appeals to your business, you need to answer this question, whom does your product or service appeal to? For example, an online grocery company may be targeting single individuals or housewives. A car rental company will target general audience.

Audience targeting is very complicated with Superbowl ads. While you can decide on the area, channel, and time of your commercial, that’s really all you can control. One doesn’t have any tool or procedure to verify that the targeted audience will be there watching your commercial advertisement. But Facebook is the modern way of advertisement. Using Facebook’s ad tools you can target your audience by demographics, location, age, profession, interests, behavior, gender, relationships, and more. Facebook provides marketers the most  innovative ad tools that will give your message the reaching power across your specific audience according to their motivations and purchase behavior.

I realize that this article has taken you more than ten seconds to read but considering these facts where would you spend your $5 million dollar marketing budget; Facebook or The Super Bowl?

By the way, if you answered to take a penny doubled every day for thirty one (31) days, you will receive $10,737,418.23.  Not for compensation in pennies.

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Ask Arkad - Web Design 101 - Lesson 3 – UI ( User Interface) Design Layout Appearance


Web Design 101 - Lesson 3 – UI ( User Interface) Design Layout Appearance--

How your company’s website looks is how your business perception will feel to you customers. It your website current and relevant content looks good and then it will make customers feel good about your product or service.

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Arkad.Digital Joins God's Pantry to Feed Azusa Families

September 9, 2017 - Azusa, CA - / arkad.digital /  - What a blessing!! Tom Sweney, CEO of God’s Pantry, and his generous team at God’s Pantr...