Spam doesn’t just come in a can anymore
Quite a few of our clients have experienced a dramatic increase in spam in recent weeks. Spam rolls like that; it will hit one site HARD and then spider out to each of the links it finds there. Meanwhile, the servers that host all this spam traffic have to remain…
Site Connection Problems? You’re not alone.
04/23/13, 5:50 pm One of our servers, Merton, is experiencing problems caused by a denial of service attack. At this time, we are enabling hardware protection to help mitigate the attack. You may experience intermittent connectivity problems with the sites on this server until the attack subsides. There is a…
Legendary Locals of the Long Beach Peninsula
Sydney Stevens‘ newest book is out and includes our own Keleigh Schwartz. Follow the link to get your copy! Geographic isolation, abundant natural resources, and the challenging climate of Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula have shaped the strong character, individuality, and creativity of those who live there–from the First Peoples of…
The Great Popcorn Challenge 2012 More Than Just Great Marketing.
The popcorn challenge started as a friendly banter between friends and competitors on facebook and I have to say when I first heard about it I thought it sounded like a fun friendly rivalry. This happens to be between Bob’s Sporting Goods and Dennis Company with great potential for cross…
Brad Worthley Coming To South Bend Apr 11
UPDATE: We’re shutting down the shop on Monday so we can all attend this workshop. Hope to see you there! Brad Worthley is a acclaimed customer service trainer whose client list includes Macys, Nordstrom, McDonalds, Alaska Airlines and Western Union, as well as small and medium organizations from a variety…
Shred-A-Thon!
What do Clatsop Community Bank, Knutsen Insurance, Clatsop Coin and Town & Country Home Furnishings have in common? They all believe in protecting their customers’ personal information and are sponsoring a community “Shred-It” event: Saturday, April 16th 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Outside the Astoria Branch of Clatsop Community Bank…
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
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…
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…
