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…
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…
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…
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…
Ekone Oyster Company
Ekone Oyster Company of Bay Center, Washington recently updated their website. The Jambor family was happy with the design of the site but wanted to upgrade from a table-driven, html-based site into WordPress, which allows them to easily keep their site updated themselves. We were able to keep the…
Long Beach City Crew Fan Club
At the end of July, Keleigh did something she vowed, at the tender age of twelve, she would never do: She started a fan club. We don’t hold it against her; how could she NOT start a fan club for the ever-smiling, courteous and thoughtful City Crew of Long Beach?…
A Special Message From Lilly & Perdita
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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…
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…
The secret to a long life
A doctor on his morning walk, noticed the old lady above, sitting on her front step smoking a cigar, so he walked up to her and said, “I couldn’t help but notice how happy you look! What is your secret?” “I smoke ten cigars a day,” she said. “Before I…
