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Winchester Partners with Dunlap Cannon Co. to Produce Model 98 Signal Cannon

October 9, 2024 | Category: Uncategorized

EAST ALTON, IL — Winchester announces Dunlap Cannon Co.’s limited production run of 250 Winchester Model 98 signal cannons will be available in 2024. First debuted in 1903 by Winchester Repeating Arms Company, the Winchester signal cannon is a breech-loading cannon that fires 10-gauge shotshell blanks. With its blued steel barrel and cast-iron carriage, these cannons […]

D4 Media Corp. Featured in Local and National News for Securing a Spot on the Renowned Inc. 5000 List

October 13, 2023 | Category: Branding, D4 News, E-Commerce, SEO

D4 Media Corp., was recently catapulted into the limelight, capturing attention of both local and national outlets for its notable second consecutive inclusion in the esteemed Inc. 5000 list. Mentioned in articles published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Northern Nevada Business Weekly, D4 found itself amongst the elite, ranking alongside 46 other dynamically growing […]

D4 Media Corp. Recognized as One of the Top 5,000 Fastest Growing Privately-Owned Businesses in the U.S. for Second Straight Year

August 15, 2023 | Category: D4 News

RENO, NV – (August 15, 2023) – D4 Media Corp. has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately-owned companies in the United States for the second consecutive year in 2023 and ranked 2,577 of the top 5,000 in its annual Inc. 5000 report. D4 is an independent venture studio headquartered […]

D4 Media Corp. Finalizes Sale of Web Development and Marketing Subsidiary

January 30, 2023 | Category: D4 News

Reno, NV – D4 Media Corp. finalized the sale of its web development and marketing subsidiary business “D4 Advanced Media” to Reno based company BDG Web Design. The sale completed January 2023 and ushers in new opportunities for both Nevada based companies. “With the continued growth of our product development endeavors and subsidiary companies in […]

D4 Media Corp. Recognized as One of the Top 5,000 Fastest Growing Privately-Owned Businesses the U.S.

August 16, 2022 | Category: D4 News

RENO, NV – (August 16, 2022) – D4 Media Corp. has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately-owned companies in the United States in 2022 and ranked 1,972 of the top 5,000 in its annual Inc. 5000 report. D4 is an independent venture studio headquartered in Reno, Nevada that […]

D4 Launches New Parent Company Website

July 11, 2022 | Category: D4 News

D4 introduced a new website design and primary URL as the new digital location for D4, a venture studio headquartered in Reno, Nevada. Since 2013, D4’s development of new ventures and products in the outdoor and shooting sports industries have drawn national recognition and catapulted the company into record breaking revenue. These subsidiary brands include […]

Nevada buyer plans East Coast, Midwest distribution center

April 15, 2022 | Category: D4 News

SANDUSKY, MI – (April 6, 2022) Originally posted in the Sanilac County News. Nevada buyer plans East Coast, Midwest distribution center BY ERIC LEVINE The empty Jeff’s Marketplace building in Sandusky has a new owner with plans to turn it into a light manufacturing and shipping warehouse for tactical flashlights and leather goods for firearms, and […]

D4 Expands With New Facility in Michigan

April 1, 2022 | Category: D4 News

In 2022 D4 will expand its physical footprint with a new 34,000 square foot facility in the Midwest region of the United States. Located in Michigan, the new space is currently under construction and is set to be fully operational in early 2023. The new location is a key part of the expansion of D4’s […]

D4 Guns Awarded as One of the Top 100 Sellers on GunBroker.com

January 20, 2022 | Category: D4 News

D4 Guns, a subsidiary of D4 Media Corp, has been recognized as a top 100 seller on GunBroker.com in 2021 for the second year in a row and received the official award at this year’s National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shot Show in Las Vegas. “It is welcome news to once again be recognized as one […]

D4 Advanced Media Diversifies with Video Game Development

June 24, 2021 | Category: Archived, Branding, D4 News

D4 Advanced Media has a multitude of expertise areas from internet marketing, Search Engine Optimization for businesses, producing video content, incubating new business models, research and development for new product ideas and most recently, video game development. Earlier this year, programmer Joriel Alves developed the D4 Gunner game aimed to promote one of D4 Advanced […]

Improve Marketing, SEO and Web Presence Before COVID Restrictions are lifted with D4 Advanced Media

May 27, 2021 | Category: Archived, Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy, SEO

With businesses opening at full capacity and COVID-19 restrictions loosening, it appears that the worst of the pandemic may be behind all of us and returning to a sense of normalcy is within reach. For many businesses reeling from the negative impacts of the pandemic restrictions and eager to serve customers and clients, revisiting and […]

D4 Advanced Media Produces New Website to Teach Kids About Nevada History

May 18, 2021 | Category: Archived, Branding, Content Marketing, D4 News, Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing, Web Design

Programmers at D4 recently built a new website from scratch aimed at teaching kids more about Nevada’s history and other interesting facts about the Silver State. Discovernvkids.org was built at the request of the Nevada Division of Tourism, which also operates TravelNevada.com, a website that showcases things to experience throughout the Battle Born state, places […]

D4 Advanced Media Launches the State Bar of Nevada’s Newly Redesigned Website

April 14, 2021 | Category: Archived, Branding, D4 News, Digital Marketing, Latest Design Project, Web Design

D4 Advanced Media completed a redesign on the Nevada State Bar’s website recently that has given a fresh look to the layout of its web presence. The redesign was time consuming and intricate with the amount of requests that was asked to be implemented by the programming staff at D4. Over the course of a […]

D4 Honored with Best Digital Marketing Agencies in Reno

December 2, 2020 | Category: Archived, D4 News

Expertise.com, an online source to connect people with the best local experts in various industries, announces D4 Advanced Media as one of the top marketing agencies in Reno, NV in its “Top 19” list. According to the announcement, it scored 31 digital marketing agencies in the Biggest Little City and picked the Top 19. It […]

D4 Advanced Media: More Than Marketing

July 8, 2020 | Category: Archived, Digital Marketing, Featured Posts, Marketing Strategy, Web Design

Conversion Oriented Marketing Building a successful product today requires a sophisticated combination of marketing, sales, and operational collaboration. D4 Advanced Media’s team of experts turn ideas for products and services into realities with their operational focus and calculated marketing tactics. D4 employs crucial steps to streamline marketing processes and operations, such as flow automation tools, […]

SEO Tips: Increasing Your Click Through Rate (CTR)

April 28, 2020 | Category: Archived, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Internet & Marketing Trends, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy, SEO

Click through rate or CTR as it is referred to, acts as an important measure in understanding how well your keywords, ads and campaigns are performing. As the name suggests, its logical to want consumers to click through your website, email campaigns and ads more extensively. It shows interest and a willingness to learn more. […]

D4 Advanced Media on Northern Nevada Business Weekly

D4 Founder John Dunlap Featured Article in Northern Nevada Business Weekly

March 4, 2020 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Digital Marketing, Featured Posts, Internet & Marketing Trends

Re-post of the newspaper article by Roedel, Kaleb M. “Growing marketing firm to fill more jobs in 2020.” Northern Nevada Business Weekly 4 March 2020: 5. Print. John Dunlap felt in over his head. By 1999, the Sacramento native had already cut his teeth designing Flash-based websites for various entities, primarily law firms and […]

Website Builders – How Effective are They?

March 2, 2020 | Category: Archived, Internet & Marketing Trends, Internet Marketing, Web Design

In today’s business environment, having a website is of upmost importance. According to Statista, there is roughly 3.5 billion smartphones users as of 2020 and this number is forecasted to continue in growth. If you have a smartphone, you understand the convenience it boasts when you’re in another city for example and looking for a […]

D4 Guns Receives Award From GunBroker.com

January 28, 2020 | Category: Archived, D4 News

RENO, NV – (JAN 27, 2020) – Locally owned D4 Guns, a subsidiary of D4 Advanced Media, has been recognized as a top 100 seller on GunBroker.com and received the official award at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shot Show in Las Vegas. “We’re excited about receiving this award,” said John Dunlap, President, and Founder […]

Website Hosting – Your Digital Rent Space

December 13, 2019 | Category: Archived, Digital Marketing, SEO, Web Design Musing, Website Maintenance & Security

If you’ve ever wondered how to set up a website, understanding what it means to “host” your website is a good starting point. Web hosting is what allows you to post your website onto the internet. A web host provider is usually a business that provides the technology and service to allow this process to […]

Why Do I Need an Ecommerce Website? Jumpstart Your Online Sales

September 20, 2019 | Category: Archived, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce

The internet has made many aspects of our lives easier and more efficient. Instead of waking up on a Sunday, getting dressed and driving to an overcrowded mall, you can now stay in bed and pull up a website with the exact same products before you’ve finished your morning coffee. The number of digital shoppers […]

Grow Your Business – Learn About Content Marketing

September 20, 2019 | Category: Archived, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy, SEO

Content marketing is what brought us here, writing an article for those interested in this topic. Creating unique, helpful and valuable content attracts the right customers and will increase your brand’s awareness. Think about all the YouTube stars that became famous pulling pranks and videotaping it, or social media influencers earning significant advertising revenue because […]

Duplicate Content Issues and How to Solve Them

May 31, 2019 | Category: Archived, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy, SEO

Let’s talk about the issue of Duplicate Content. It’s estimated that duplicate content makes up about 29% of the web, according to a study by Raven. You may be thinking “Well, I know plagiarism is wrong and I don’t copy someone else’s content.” However, duplicate content is unintentionally created in most cases.

Blog Format Best Practices

April 30, 2019 | Category: Archived, Content Marketing, D4 News, SEO

Writing a blog post can be daunting, and regularly maintaining a whole blog can be even more so. Here at D4 Advanced Media, we maintain a successful blog for our own site as well as blogs for many of our clients. In this article, we discuss blog format best practices including readability considerations, sentence and […]

Does Your Site Have Too Many WP Plugins?

April 6, 2019 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Web Design, Website Maintenance & Security

Forward-thinking businessowners carefully decide which plugins to include on their website, and when they don’t know, they hire D4 Advanced Media. Plugins are pieces of software that enhance or bring new functionality to a website. The “plug-in” aspect denotes that the user is augmenting the base code of the site instead of rewriting it. In […]

When It Gets Difficult to Spot Digital Threats, It’s Time to Upgrade Website Security

April 5, 2019 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Website Maintenance & Security

Anyone else catch John Oliver’s recent special on Robocalls? In the special Oliver details the ease at which bad actors can leverage technology to manipulate businesses and members of the public. The broadcast cited one interview in which the guest was able to disguise his phone number as the phone number of the interviewer. The guest […]

D4AM Upgraded Its Server Infrastructure!

April 5, 2019 | Category: Archived, D4 News

We’re proud to report that we upgraded our D4 Advanced Media server infrastructure by using superior hardware. In this article we discuss what server infrastructure is and how we’re using our upgrades to do better work for our clients. What Is Server Infrastructure? It’s the glue that holds every digital presence together. It includes physical […]

Results-Driven Marketing Strategy for Access Event Solutions

April 5, 2019 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy

Access Event Solutions reached out to D4 Advanced Media to help them expand their online presence through internet marketing including a detailed marketing strategy. As their business grew, they sought opportunities to better their competitive advantages and value communication to prospective clients. Who Is Access Event Solutions? Access Event Solutions (AES) is a graphic design company […]

D4AM Delivers Next-Level Web Design to Four Peaks

April 5, 2019 | Category: Archived, Branding, D4 News, Latest Design Project, Web Design

D4 built a new website for Four Peaks Performance that highlights their elegant, yet simple brand messaging: to drive positive change for companies. Who Is Four Peaks Performance? Four Peaks Performance are forward-thinking project managers. They help companies change through teaching, leading and doing. They employ the classic, time-proven coaching model (Explain, Demonstrate, Observe, Improve) coupled […]

Wilderness Forestry Benefits from Local SEO and Web Design

April 5, 2019 | Category: Archived, Branding, Content Marketing, D4 News, Latest Design Project, SEO, Web Design

Wilderness Forestry reached out to us at D4 Advanced Media at the end of 2018 to create a unique website design that features their services and promotes the substantial work they do for Nevadans and Californians. They also hired us to write SEO-driven copy for the website. Who Is Wilderness Forestry? Wes Hansen founded Wilderness […]

D4AM Helps Clients Leverage Google My Business Data

March 20, 2019 | Category: Archived, Branding, D4 News, Digital Marketing, Internet & Marketing Trends, SEO, Trendspotter | Tags: Google My Business Management

Savvy businesses invest in digital marketing, and when they don’t have the know-how to do so internally, they ask for outside help. At the heart of digital marketing and search engine optimization is a strong presence on Google. Becoming more visible on Google is the fastest and surest path to increasing sales. In order to increase your visibility […]

How Much Organic Traffic Can Content Marketing Generate?

February 25, 2019 | Category: Archived, Content Marketing, D4 News, Digital Marketing, Trendspotter

We at D4 Advanced Media produce razor-sharp, results-driven content marketing. In this article we look at the relationship between great content and organic traffic growth through the lens of content-juggernaut, TransferWise.