7 Deadly Assumptions of Online Marketing Success
John Jantsch is a marketing coach, award-winning social media publisher and the author of two best selling books- Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine. His following article is via OPEN FORUM It’s not really enough to have a website. These days you must create a total web presence, but…
5 Often-Forgotten Social Media Etiquette Rules
From Jean Aw, NOTCOT, via American Express OPEN FORUM: If you’re like me, the personal and professional blend together in the social media world. By now, most of us are pretty practiced at living online. But there are still a few finer points that people miss when communicating online. But…
The DIYMarketers Quick Start Guide to Marketing With Video
Are you using video to market your business? If not, you’re going to be lost in a sea of search results and all the time, effort and money that you’ve put into your online marketing won’t be getting the return you were hoping for. Why video? All the…
Happy Customers Make For Happy Beachdogs
“Fantastic job on the e-letter!!!! As usual…. Do you know how much we appreciate you and your crew? You just don’t know!” –World Kite Museum & Hall of Fame Thanks, Kay & Sharon. YOU have no idea how motivated we are by praise! :-DD
This week in funbeach-land
As the Visitors Bureau’s membership drive winds down (final-final-last-chance for inclusion in the Beach Vacation Planner is Thursday, about 2:00 pm.), we’ve made changes to member information such as enhanced listings and photos. New members won’t go online until late December, but we do our best to update changes in…
We're baaaaaack….!
You may have noticed we took a break from the blog. Partially, I’ll tell the truth, we’ve just plain been busier than a cattle dog at round-up. But also because we wanted to see what would happen if we just QUIT. We use our own site a fair amount to…
High Performance WordPress
Here at beachdog.com we did a complete overhaul of the Long Beach Visitors Bureau website, funbeach.com. We migrated over 150 static table-based html pages into WordPress. We were able to leverage WordPress to present custom data information and make the site more interactive. Overall, we were thrilled with how it…
Hands Down, The MOST VALUABLE Marketing Peninsula Businesses Can Buy
Una Boyle and Chris Goodwin from the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau (LBPVB) stopped in the other day to plan the upcoming annual membership drive for the organization. Una became Executive Director of the LBPVB just about the same time Keleigh started beachdog.com. Neither can believe how far both organizations…
Esteem Salon & Spa
When Tessah and Jami came in to talk about their new salon and its immediate needs, Sue wrote a note describing the nature of the appointment she was making for Keleigh and the women. Much to everyone’s delight, they fell in love with Sue’s handwriting and asked if we could…
