Posts by Shelly Kramer

When you’ve clicked on a website from which you seek information, resources or services, few things are more frustrating than when that website takes eons (translation: minutes) to load.

Website load speeds aren’t just important from a convenience factor. Research shows that customers are less likely to return to a website that’s slow to load, meaning a sloth-like site could cost you business—and money.

Need more convincing? I’ll let the facts do the talking. Strangeloop published a fantastic infographic based o...

Unless you live under a rock (hey, I don't judge), you've probably heard about Google+. And if you're a tech freak like me, you've been creating circles and huddling and sparking for the last few weeks. Google announced at the beginning of August that Google+ already reached 25 million users, creating a pace that may make Google+ the fastest-growing website in history.

So what's with all the hype about Google+? Is it really a Facebook killer? Twitter's worst enemy? The new blogging platform? A supremely well-designed time su...

Welcome to the Planet Ocean Blog! If you’d rather watch than read, there's a video introduction embedded in this post but I'll give you the details here, too, just in case.

I’m Shelly Kramer, the founder and CEO of V3 Integrated Marketing. I’m a marketer, strategist, content creator, nationally-known speaker and Web savvy geek focused on new media and all forms of digital communications, strategy and marketing.

To the astonishment of my many mathematics professors, I’m also a sucker for stats, numbers, analyses and measurement of all kinds -- which makes me the geeky addition to any discussion. And yes, I’ll admit to taking College Algebra five – count ‘em five,...