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The 6 Qualifications of a Web Strategist

Submitted by Corey Smith on Mon, 04/25/2022 - 23:04
The 6 Qualifications of a Web Strategist
Over the years, I have honed my craft to be a highly qualified web strategist. I learned the hard way… I failed many times. I'd love to say that all my failures were early in my career. But, I am smart enough to know that it's important to fail to improve. I have been fortunate to have many great people on my team that have picked up my slack. I see companies (agencies, corporate America, and nonprofits alike) hiring for strategists. The problem is that most who call themselves strategists are content to simply work on a few tactics. I am confident...
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Strategic thinking requires tactical understanding

Submitted by Corey Smith on Mon, 02/14/2022 - 22:26
Strategic thinking requires tactical understanding

When I built my first proper website in 2005, it was okay at best. It was a simple Wordpress website that was mostly a blog. Early 2007, I was working for a technology company and I was able to help our agency create the website for our company. While I didn’t understand at the time, there was no strategic forethought to how that website should have been organized. 

In the end, that website I built with our agency wasn’t bad… but it wasn’t amazing. Looking back, I think we got lucky in the execution. It was a bunch of pages that sort of fit together but we were just plugging holes in content and design… and, the majority of that work was after the website was live.

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