Monthly Archives: September 2015

Securing Your Content with Amazon CloudFront Signed Urls

What Is Amazon CloudFront? Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery web service. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services products to give developers and businesses an easy way to distribute content to end users with low latency, high data transfer speeds, and no minimum usage commitments. Amazon CloudFront is not a storage solution but a…

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Meet Matthew Edwards – eCity’s Sr. Interactive Designer

Matthew joined eCity in May of this year and has already moved our design process and aesthetic forward. We’re excited for his vision in revamping our own site as well as leading the charge on redesigns for our clients. My Daily Routine at eCity My day at eCity usually begins with a big cup of…

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Engaging Alumni through Social Media – Why, When, Where

By 2011 every school, college, and university interviewed in a comprehensive communication study in over 50 US states was using some form of social media. We are all at it but it’s become a case of why, when, and where. Engaging alumni through social media has become a challenge for all, with some organizations having…

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Digital

4 Digital Strategies for Donor Engagement & Retention

One of the biggest challenges facing nonprofits today is engaging and retaining donors. With so many options for giving and other financial responsibilities, donors can feel overwhelmed and your organization could get lost in the crowd. Consider these four donor engagement strategies to help you better engage and retain your donors online. Start a Blog…

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Choosing a CSS Framework: Foundation vs. Bootstrap

    Here at eCity Interactive we have decided as a team to use Zurb Foundation as our CSS framework of choice. This decision was originally made by a former designer here, but as a team we have decided to stick with it. The primary reason is that Foundation seems to be more style agnostic and about…

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eCity in the Comcast Tower

Our offices have been under construction for awhile. At first, it was fine. We’d work around the dust, the plastic tarps, and the occasional iron worker tromping through our space. Around the middle of June though, it got hectic. Fumes as the new elevator was being installed, power outages, and Buck the foreman looming over…

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Your Journey Through HubSpot Certification

A big part of implementing HubSpot in your organization is getting everyone on the team HubSpot certified. You might be new to inbound marketing and SEO or you might be a seasoned professional, but if you want to make the most of your content marketing strategy and squeeze the most out of your HubSpot platform,…

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