Google Maps Update To Work Better For Home Based Businesses And Services
Written by George Manty · March 28, 2010
Google maps has been testing out adding the capability for home based businesses to no longer have to list their home as their address and to let service based businesses show up for a service area rather than only showing up for the location of their business office. When these changes go live it will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Think Facebook Doesn’t Matter?
Written by Jill Manty · March 19, 2010
A lot of business owners like to think that Facebook isn’t really important to their business. Isn’t that just a place to play Farmville and Mafia Wars? Does any serious business really take place there? Is it really necessary to my business?
This piece of news may change the way you look at [...]
Why Search Engine Rankings Matter
Written by Jill Manty · March 11, 2010
You may have noticed we haven’t written a blog post in a few weeks. Once every two years we write an Olympics blog– one for the Winter Olympics and one for the Summer Olympics (this one hasn’t yet undergone a facelift– look for that soon). For a couple of weeks every [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Basics Of Search Engine Optimization And Why It’s Still Important
Written by George Manty · February 16, 2010
With the huge growth of Social Media sites some people are claiming that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is no longer important. Those people are SO WRONG!
One of the reasons that Search Engine marketing will continue to be important for a long time is that all traffic is not created equal. With social media traffic [...]
What Super Bowl Commercial Had The Best Marketing Message?
Written by George Manty · February 11, 2010
Every year during the Super Bowl, millions of people get excited not only about the game, but also about the commercials. This year was no exception. Of all the Super Bowl Commercials you saw, which did you think had the best marketing message? Which one got across their message the best? Which one made you [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Most Popular Twitter Tools And Why They Are So Popular
Written by Jill Manty · January 27, 2010
When it became clear that Twitter is a bona fide phenomenon, everyone jumped on the bandwagon to come up with all sorts of tools and applications. There are so many out there to choose from, wading through them can be quite a job in itself. One of the first things many new to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What’s Your Story?
Written by Jill Manty · January 22, 2010
What story does your website tell your customers? Is it a hard luck story of a business that hasn’t undergone a revision in ten years? Is it a story about a cutting edge company that’s up on the latest trends? Your website’s appearance certainly DOES tell a story, but today I want [...]
Read the rest of this entry »New Houston Car And Home Insurance Company Website
Written by George Manty · January 19, 2010
We just created a new website for a local insurance agent here in Houston. The owner wanted it to look like most of the big insurance company websites and to have a patriotic (red, white and blue) color scheme. Check it out by clicking here:
Read the rest of this entry »Great Example Of Viral Marketing
Written by George Manty · January 13, 2010
My wife Jill showed this to me this evening and I had to share it with you.
Call the Nestle Crunch Hotline at 1-800-295-0051. When you are asked if you want to continue in English or Spanish, wait quietly for about 10 seconds and you will smile. Promise! Keep going and press 4. Listen to the [...]
Think Social Media is a Fad?
Written by Jill Manty · January 11, 2010
Think that social media is a flash in the pan that will pass, and you’ll just “hunker down” until it passes you by? Or that social networking is nice for teens but has nothing to do with your business? Watch this quick video and let us know if you still feel that way.
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