Emily Williams

Customers at Hawk Ridge Systems Get SolidProfessor Training Built into to Their Plans You can use SolidProfessor at no added cost because if you’re a Hawk Ridge Systems customer active on an Essential or Elite subscription, your plan includes full access to the platform. SolidProfessor is the go-to on-demand resource for online engineering training with the largest library of CAD and CAM instructor-led classes. And if you are a regular user, you’ll get access to the low-down on the latest softw

3D printed hearts, livers, kidneys and more. Sounds like something out of a sci-fi story, but it’s real, and it’s happening aboard the ISS. In November of 2022, researchers continued 3D printing of human tissue (bioprinting) tests on the International Space Station (ISS). Printing in space eliminates the issue of tissue collapse due to gravity, making it ideal for bioprinting. While some projects focus on organ tissue printing like heart, liver, and kidney tissue, others focus on tissues like h

The medical industry uses Additive Manufacturing (AM) to create products at scale including 3D-printed anatomical models, surgical guides, prosthetics and implants, and even personalized drugs. They benefit from the same features that additive manufacturing brings to other industries such as automotive and aerospace — lighter, easier-to-produce parts at a fraction of the cost. AM streamlines Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) including reducing prototype costs and getting to market faster. This

A brand style guide, more formally known as “brand guidelines” is a company-produced guide to how your brand elements should be used in any print or digital representation of your brand. Your brand style guide represents your brand's colors, fonts, and overall style—but not how the market perceives you. A brand style guide includes the correct usage of the logo, colors, style of imagery, iconography, typography, copywriting voice and tone, and illustration guidelines. Some brand style guides include many details and even provide examples of correct versus incorrect usage of brand elements, while others are extremely brief.

No matter if you’re using Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive, for successful enterprise-wide usage you’ll need to have adequate permissions, folder naming structures, and a clear understanding of the needs of your team members. Some businesses struggle to share content with external partners due to permissions on these platforms. Keep that in mind when setting up the administrative permissions when you launch either product at your company. Where DAM (digital asset management) fits in best is m

Law firm financing is vital to running and operating a successful law firm. There are many costs associated with running a legal practice like software subscription fees, operating expenses, physical office leases, and marketing for new client acquisition. Lawyers and attorneys can use firm funding for things like: • Membership fees for State Bar and other associations Law firms should create a financial plan with goals. If you’re running your own law firm or planning to start one...

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is designed for both scale and privacy. It also offers more robust tracking for web and app experiences. Cross-device measurement is at the heart of this upgrade as it enables brands to track all digital interactions in a single platform. To coincide with this new approach, GA4 is putting less focus on the session metrics of yesterday in favor of more user and event analysis.

Great content experiences are a way to elevate and future-proof your brand. Yet, they are also a deliberately architected dance between platforms, practices, and people. Consider, how will you create and deploy content to channels that may not even exist today? Is your brand ready?

Your website is your digital storefront no matter what business you are in, and a website is never done. Web development projects need to be approached from a holistic perspective—navigation, site structure, menus, design, and even the CMS you use, are all components important to a successful web dev project. Did you know, if done right, a web development project could yield up to seventy percent more organic traffic?

Invoice management is the process of making sure your suppliers and vendors get paid on time, the transaction is recorded on the books, and goods and services are received. Typically invoice management is handled by the AP department at your company, but the invoices, purchase orders (POs), and receipts often touch many handlers during the process. Invoice management is often synonymous with invoice processing.

Accounting automation is the process of automating your once manual accounting workflows with logic, artificial intelligence, and accounting software based in the cloud. Deloitte predicts by 2025, it is expected that almost all repetitive finance-related tasks will be automated. The trend is clear, that accounting automation is here to stay, with over a third of CFOs recognizing automation as a preferable investment for greater operational efficiency.

What is the Importance Of Website Loading Speed? Welcome to the future, where attention spans are awfully quick, content is everywhere, and website loading speed is king. When it comes to ranking and conversions, the technical SEO (Search Engine Optimization) details matter just as much as the website design and the quality of the content. Page loading time can be the determining factor between your business getting the sale versus your competitor getting it, and sometimes, it’s the difference....

For multi-entity companies, accounting can get complicated fast. Utilizing an AP automation solution can benefit large multinationals or parent companies immensely, saving their accounts payable department time and money. A multi-entity company is a holding company with one or more subsidiaries. An example of a multi-entity company is Raytheon Technologies, with five entities, each with tens of thousands of employees, working in many different countries and markets.

77% of consumers have chosen, recommended, or paid more for a brand that provides a personalized service or experience.” Customers want personalization, and marketers want to give it to them. So what is holding them back?

Welcome to the 2021 edition of Bynder and OnBrand’s State of Branding Report. Together with independent research firm Vanson Bourne, we surveyed 1,600 marketing and creative professionals from a variety of functional roles, company sizes, countries, and industries, so we could help you answer some of the biggest questions in branding today. This report spans the fields of marketing, tech, and creativity and reveals mission-critical insights that relate to some of this year’s most relevant talking points and trends—split into two key sections: • Digital transformation and digital experience initiatives • Creative output and automation By focusing on the challenges and priorities of marketing professionals, our insights will help you take stock of what matters most for marketers in 2021.

How important is video? So important, Instagram abandoned its photo-sharing app identity to go all-in on video. July 5th, 2021, Instagram declared they are no longer a photo-sharing app. That’s how important video is now. Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, says there are four trends right now that are heavily influencing their strategy: • Creators (shift in power from the institution to individual) • Video—which is driving an immense amount of growth online right now • Shopping—the pandemic accelerated the shift from offline to online by several years • Messaging—how people connect with their close friends has changed in the past five years

PERI, a leader in scaffolding and formwork, uses RELATIAL + CHILI to reduce internal costs by 80% and decreases time-to-market from two weeks to five minutes

Collection of memes I made featured in a Bynder.com article: https://www.bynder.com/en/blog/adventures-in-brand-storytelling-from-the-land-of-ooo/

How can you create a unique brand identity that’s impossible to copy? It turns out that quirky kids’ cartoons can teach you a lot about how to turn your bland, unmemorable brand stories into dazzlingly hypnotic brand experiences for your audience. Meet Finn the human. Jake the dog. And princess Bubblegum. Sounds like just another clichéd kids’ show. But Adventure Time is anything but: “The beloved Cartoon Network series was a silly kids’ show, an epic fantasy, a stoner’s dream, and one of the best shows of its time.” Let’s set the scene: Finn, the last surviving human, and Jake the talking, shape-shifting dog live in a post-apocalyptic world, following the ‘Mushroom War’. The Mushroom War, seemingly inspired by an alternative outcome to ‘The Cold War’ between the Soviet Union and the U.S, led to the widespread fallout of nuclear weapons and sparked the creation of the neon-hued land of the Ooo.