Canva

If you aren’t using Canva, you should start today!

- Carla Last year I was introduced to an online graphic design app called Canva. Today, I don’t know how I would work without it (I use it every day). This is why I love it: There are loads of premade templates (social media ads, header images, profile

From zero to hero: the power of boosting

Photo from Unsplash Establishing your brand’s social media presence takes a whole load of effort. By the time you figure out what you’re giving your audience and what you want them to give you, you can be pretty exhausted. So when it comes to considering a

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Back to school: HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design

- Carla When you work at Pomegranite you have to get used to a few things. One of those things is the fact that your bosses are fantastic strong women who encourage you to be fantastic and strong. Also they check up on you, regularly! And

Social media algorithm changes and the personal touch

The word ‘algorithm’ can send shivers down your spine if you’re not mathematically inclined. I think of millions of numbers in really tiny font that I can’t understand, and it’s stressful. Today, whether we like it or not, we are all part of mass data-processing operations

How to take studio shots without a studio (with your phone)

by Carla With the advent of the camera phone in June of 2000 photography was changed forever. The phone in question was a Samsung SCH-V200 and boasted a 0.35-megapixel camera. Today a growing number of people walk around with mad technology in their pockets. For example, I

Instagram algorithms

Instagram Algorithms everywhere! Should we panic?

Instagram announced their impending move to an algorithm-based feed earlier this month. According to the photo sharing giant, people miss an average of 70% of content. So this big change is intended to “improve our experience” as users. The announcement has brought on a multitude of responses.

How to create a list of past tweets with a certain hashtag

By Liz Pomegranite recently live tweeted (and built the website for) the Alternative Mining Indaba and when I was putting our event report together, I was looking for some great tools to show off our work. I'd heard about Google's 'If This Then That' tool (IFTTT) which

Pomegranite Online Presence Consultancy blog Website elements

What do you need to build a website?

by Riyad We recently started a skills-sharing day at Pomegranite where we set aside an hour on a Thursday and take turns teaching each other new things based on our various skill sets. This past week was my turn and I decided to run through an overview

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How to create Instagram ads via Facebook

by Carla Instagram has an all-new adverts function. The only tricky thing? You have to set up your campaigns through Facebook. Not to worry - we have created an easy step-by-step guide to get you through the first one. Step 1: Go to your 'adverts manager'. (If you don't

wordcamp2015

WordCamp 2015: Five things I took home with me

After the dust has settled on what was a great WordCamp experience, all the free goodies have now been put to good use and the WordPress world once again exists between me and my monitor, there are some important points that I took away with

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A few observations about Cape Town’s 2015 WordCamp

eCommerce is a lot more fun than you would think. The last speaker on the first day was just the greatest. First of all he was inspirational – he said things like “the limit exists in our mind only” and “why not?” instead of ‘why?’ And

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