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Are you capturing the mobile market? Top 5 Ways to Go Mobile.

Jan17

website to mobile siteIt’s a piece of Internet Marketing that is often overlooked. But it is a piece that is gaining ground quickly. Google says that “77% have contacted a business via mobile, with 61% calling and 59% visiting the local business.”  http://googlemobileads.blogspot.com/2011/12/look-back-at-2011.html

If you have a retail location where customers can come to your place of business, are you doing all you can with mobile marketing? First, let’s acknowledge that the cell phone has changed in the past 5 years so drastically.

In this article, we are going to discuss ‘Location-based Marketing.” A tool to capture your customers as they are looking for you and rewarding them for visiting you.

Just like the Wal-Mart greeter, your location-based ‘Thanks for Being Here’ coupon or message uses web applications with specific location information to deliver the right message to the right person at the right place AND time. Read More

 
 

5 Best Internet Marketing Strategies to Consider for 2012

Jan03

It’s that time of year to reflect on your 2012 marketing goals.

  1. Host a webinar or teleseminar. Now is the time to consider outlining those 12 topics you consider relevant to your clients needs. Help them grow their business and understand your business a bit more. If you already do a webinar, consider changing the format. Doing just webinars? Try a teleseminar. Make sure you choose a topic that is relevant to your audience and see what kind of response you receive Read More
 
 

Why Do I Get Comment Spam On My WordPress Website?

Dec27

You got hit with a bunch of comment spam? Well, you are not the first and won’t be the last. Much like email spam, comment spam is here to stay.

But why do they target websites? Especially since they many have their settings set to not show comments before they can be approved? Generally, comment spammers are just fishing with a large net and hoping to hit the website jackpot. Read More

 
 

What Do You Do With WordPress Comment Spam?

Dec20

If your website is built on a WordPress platform, you might be worried about all of the comment spam that you might be getting.

You’ve just logged into your WordPress to make some changes to your website and the first thing you notice is that your site has been attacked by comment spam. Ugh! Now what? Do you manually check each comment and hit the spam link or do you just ignore them? That can be tedious. By default, WordPress makes sure that each comment must be approved before they show; so you shouldn’t worry about these awful comments showing on your website. Read More

 
 

New Year, New Website? Is It Time to Redesign?

Dec06

It’s that time of year, and no; I’m not talking about the holidays. I am talking about the fiscal New Year. Thoughts go to where to place our hard earned money to achieve maximum returns, customer retention and customer attraction.

In my business, web design and internet marketing, we consider both when working on a client’s website. It is this time of year that we get the most requests to review and critique websites in preparation for redesigning them. Most are from companies that are unsure if their site is working, some just have very old websites, others know they need to redesign but are just not sure where to begin. When redesigning your website, there are a few factors that we will review. With social media (Facebook or Google+), technology (mobile vs. desktop), and goals changing every day, is it time to update your website? Read More