Oct 14, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | About New Why, Featured
At the end of 2009, I was invited to join a little web and marketing shop called Commerce Kitchen. We were a scattering of six people working remotely on smaller-scale websites, SEO, and social media, with a handful of bigger dev projects every now and then. Then we...
Aug 26, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Customer Service, Staff Experience
In the past five years that I’ve been working at Commerce Kitchen, the company has grown and changed in some really interesting, fantastic, and difficult ways, as all businesses do. With that growth my role has shifted according to company need and business...
Jul 29, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Community, Featured, Nonprofits
I’ve been going to the gym a lot lately, and here’s one thing I’ve noticed, since I can’t avoid the TV hanging above me as I workout: CNN does not make me a better person. In fact, I’m pretty sure that the constant barrage of terrifying...
Jul 23, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Community, Nonprofits
Last week a canvasser from the Blue Bench (formerly the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program) came to my door, and while I often politely and nervously tell canvassers to leave, I decided to listen to her spiel and donate some money to the cause. This inspired me to...
Jul 16, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | SEO Advice
Our beloved/despised search engine, Google, is always changing. We typically give the same advice to people who live in a state of constant anxiety about Google’s algorithm updates: create a site that looks good and that’s well-optimized for search, then...
Jun 16, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | SEO Advice
When we’re doing a website audit, we spend some time investigating errors like 404s, broken links, and missing metadata. These are everyday, run-of-the-mill SEO issues that aren’t too difficult to fix if you have the time and knowledge to fix them. Broken...
May 29, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Blogging Tips
As you know from my last blog post, I think it’s incredibly important for everyone in your organization to blog. But it’s not always easy. There are some formulas to help you out, but they often make blogs generic and unreadable. If you’re feeling...
May 19, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Blogging Tips
Here are three reasons why everyone in your organization should be blogging. Many Voices Make a Rainbow No one says that, right? “Many voices make a rainbow.” I like to mix metaphors. That’s part of my voice. When one person or one team blogs, their...
May 15, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Community
A couple weeks ago Commerce Kitchen took a philanthropy field trip to a horse rescue ranch, where we shoveled horse shit, stuffed bags with hay, tried to fix a baler, took rides on a tractor, and groomed horses. It was freaking awesome. Jamie, one of the CK owners,...
May 7, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | General Webbiness
You may recall that I have a mild obsession with stockphotos. They pepper my blog posts ironically, like a hipster wearing a wolf t-shirt. I think they’re hilarious and strange, mostly because they are almost always look so staged, so canned, and just so darn...
