I'm excited to announce that I have put my technological interests together with my musical interests and started a new podcast. The idea for "The Melodology Podcast" is to have a guest composer on to discuss a famous melody together, then to invite them to talk about...
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Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis
You know what’s nice? Being able to breathe. That’s one of a few revelations I have had since my surgery 2 weeks ago for Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis. Last year, right before COVID-19 became a recognized threat, I noticed I was having a hard time breathing. If last...
FireSpike 101, Video 7: PROMOTE!
In this video, FireSpike founder Arthur Breur talks about why and how FireSpike helps our customers to promote their products and services, including a common misconception about having a website. https://youtu.be/t3sRuK2CRxQ
Coming Soon: Working Remotely Newsletter
FireSpike has been working remotely for over a decade! We have created and adapted programs to help us & others work from home. Learn our tips and hear our stories on how we solved problems with working remotely. Sign up for this and other newsletter on our website.
FireSpike Logo Flashback
This Spring FireSpike will be celebrating it's 20th anniversary! In anticipation of this we are sharing FireSpike's first logo with it's original name, Breur Media Corporation. The logo, if you look at it in the right way, is a stylized "BM", the left parts of the...
FireSpike participates in the First Annual “Ultimate Music Business Summit”
On January 7-9, 2021, the first annual “Ultimate Music Business Summit” premiered with 27 online presentations and multiple live panels, each discussing different business topics specifically in terms of how they relate to people who work—any level and any...
The World Is Going Mobile
Mobile-First Indexing It is pretty obvious nowadays that people are using their phones to search for things on the Internet more than they are using laptops or desktop computers. Google and other search engines have taken this fact into consideration, and now give...
2020 Year in Review
Remember the beginning of 2020? Didn’t it seem to be pretty much like any other year?And when the Coronavirus news started, it seemed like it would be the same as other virus scares of the past: SARS was scary, H1N1 was scary, and Ebola was probably the scariest of...
Website Speed Reporting
You know the feeling: you're using a company's website and just waiting forever for a page to load. You hate it when it happens to you—and your customers hate it when it happens to them. Even more, Google uses site speed as a factor when deciding on a web site's...
Thankful
It is traditional this time of year to share what we are thankful for, and two of the things I am constantly thankful for are FireSpike's talented team and for our amazing clients. I honestly feel that our family of customers is a remarkable set of people and...