August 1, 2017

B Corporations, Being a Force for Good

By Rebecca Hankins

What are B Corps? When you hear the company names Ben & Jerry’s, Etsy, Patagonia, Warby Parker, and King Arthur Flour, you might struggle to identify what they have in common. Here is a hint: their focus extends beyond just…

July 24, 2017

The Easiest Way to Declutter Your Inbox

By Alisa Herr

I have a confession to make: I haven’t deleted any email for at least 13 years. My first Gmail account was back in the early days when you had to get an invite to sign up for the service. Since…

July 19, 2017

Our Picks – The Best Free Stock Photo Websites

By Rebecca Hankins

Beautiful photography and quality images are essential to creating great websites and captivating print materials. However, we see some pretty awful stock images all over the place. Just because the image is high resolution, doesn’t mean it is high quality.…

July 13, 2017

Creative Spotlight: Clean Air Carolina

By Alisa Herr

The Movers and Shakers Founded in 2003 by a group of passionate volunteers determined to improve the quality of Mecklenburg County’s air, Clean Air Carolina now champions a statewide initiative to raise North Carolina’s air quality to exceed that of…

June 28, 2017

Four Surprising Benefits of Keeping Your Website Updated

By Alisa Herr

Get more return visitors If you want your audience to keep coming back, you must keep your content current. Fresh copy keeps visitors connected and drawn to your services and products. Remaining prominent among the competition requires time and dedication…

June 22, 2017

How to Choose a Web Designer, The Hard Questions

By Rebecca Hankins

Your website is your business’ or organization’s face to the world — it should be a place where you educate, story tell, engage, sell, and introduce yourself. Is your current website achieving these objectives? There are many signs that it’s…

June 14, 2017

Why Unity is an Open Source Agency

By Alisa Herr

Open source is more than just a tech buzzword. It’s a philosophy by which we operate at Unity and by which I personally try to live. I believe that when we embrace the five principles of open source, we act…

June 7, 2017

Creative Spotlight: The Rural Center’s 2016 Story

By Rebecca Hankins

This spring, Unity Digital Agency was approached by the North Carolina Rural Center to design and help craft their annual report. The Rural Center publishes its annual Impacts Report providing a summary of the year’s programs, accomplishments, outcomes, and partnerships…

May 30, 2017

The Power of a Meme

By Rebecca Hankins

Success Kid … Be Like Bill … Dancing Baby We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. In today’s world of social media and online marketing this rings true more than ever! The use of humor through…