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Sixteen Ways to Survive a Recession and Build Your Sales

Randy Dennis of Dennis Company shared this timely and accurate information.  Enjoy. Sixteen Ways to Survive a Recession and Build Your Sales by Toni Harkins Managers who approach tough economic times with a get-down-to-the-essentials attitude come out of a recession with renewed vigor and a jump-start on the good times…

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Feeling boxed in? Thoughts on the Google Sandbox

What is the sandbox? A site is sandboxed when it is has been made ‘search engine friendly’ for search phrases that are not overly competitive (such as the unique company name) yet still does not rank for the phrase(s) in Google even though it has been indexed.  Sandboxed sites are…

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It's true! We're ready for YOUR project!

I’ve been hearing tales of late that people want to use our services but they’ve heard through the grapevine that we’re too busy. Oy.  I know where that comes from.  Keith and I ran this business alone for longer than we should have.  We got overwhelmed.  Our turnaround times became…

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YOU can access a million million web pages…and other mind-bending stats

Mashable.com turned us on to the video below from The Economist, which includes stunning factoids such as: 40 million people have been rick-rolled 95% of all downloaded songs last year weren’t paid for There are 2 million TVs in bathrooms in the U.S. 90% of some 200 billion emails sent…

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A Special Message From Lilly & Perdita

Woof ruff ruff woof, cookie, woof woof rwowf arf 10%.  Ruff rowlf arf woof.  wroolf! – Perdita & Lilly

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Twitter: what? how? me?

We are often asked about Twitter; what it is, how it works and whether or not small business owners and non-profit organizations should engage.  The answer isn’t one-size-fits-all and, even if it were, to answer your question we first need to ask you, “Are you a tweeting personality or do…

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Who is using social networking?

Excerpts from an article in yesterday’s New York Times: Use of social networking by people aged 35 to 54 grew 60 percent in the last year. Adults have driven the growth of many perennially popular Web services. YouTube attracted young adults and then senior citizens before teenagers piled on. Blogger’s…

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Q&A with the Willapa Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Willapa Harbor Chamber of Commerce Keleigh tells us she had a great time with the Willapa Harbor Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning. They must be nice people ’cause she’s never that cheery at 7 AM in this office.  Actually, that’s not fair.  She’s never IN this office at 7 AM….

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Oh, Fudge! I need labels!

We’re delighted to see Scrapaccino is selling a LOT of Anna Lena’s fudge.  And yes, Roger, you can still get your favorite Cranberry-Walnut!  We did a new label for the fudge boxes and rushed it over to the shop just before the Independence Day weekend when we learned they had…

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Mailbox Quota Email – PHISHING

If you receive the following email, DELETE it.  The sender is phishing for information;  it is NOT from your email provider. Attention, Your e-mail box has exceeded mail quota size. If your e-mail box reaches mailbox quota size, you will no longer be able to receive e-mail.Just before this message…