Website/Social Media: Are you willing to put the effort in?June 10th, 2013

I love what I do. I know I can help companies succeed with Websites, SEO and Social Media. I have a track record of success and have worked hard to maintain a high level since 1996. But to succeed I also need a bit of help from clients.

Clients want to:

  • Have a successful Website
  • Do well in searches (SEO)
  • Have a solid social media presence

 
I can help with all 3. I won’t make unreal promises, but if you are willing to put some effort in together we can meet and probably exceed your company goals.

My maintenance plans are the best in the industry. I can provide the support you need to prosper. Whether you need an hour, 2 hours, 15 hours, or even unlimited support each month, I can support you.

Now here is the catch. You need to put in minimal effort. I say minimal, but there is some effort needed. Content is king, as it should be. Will you be willing to write each month? Perhaps a bi-weekly blog post? Will you sit down and spend an hour or two writing some tweets/facebook posts? I can schedule them for you, and help create a strategy to grow your presence. If folks ask you a question on facebook, can you respond quickly? It is about relationships. If you ignore people they will go to your competition, guaranteed.

Everest Believe me I know your busy.
That is why I am here. And the time I need is minimal. In truth, the reason I wrote this post is due to a client I support. I built him a kick-ass website a few years back. Getting him to do anything with his site or social media is harder than climbing Everest (at left) blindfolded with your legs tied together. (Pretty hard, right?) But here’s the part that kills me. He is on Facebook 7 days a week playing silly games. And during work hours as well. …I am just too busy Barry, he claims.  You see he forgets we are friends and I can see stuff in my media feed. Hey I am thrilled he is good at words with friends, but I know one thing: That game ain’t making him money. (And if he is so good at words with friends then he should be able to string together a few sentences, for a blog post or 140 character tweat?) I am just saying….

In closing. If you are ready to take your website/social media to the next level, fill out my contact form and let’s chat. I can help you, if you are ready to help yourself.

 

3 lessons learned from my new mattressMay 21st, 2013

Strange right? You never think you could actually learn something from a new mattress purchase. My experience this past week has led me to some new thoughts on the subject.

  1. Wear – No matter how good the mattresses you buy is, at a certain point it wears out and is no longer comfortable.  Same with your website. After a while it just loses what made it so appealing when it was first designed and you need a new one.
  2. Warranty – My particular mattress had a warranty. So it was replaced free. This is actually the 2nd time the store replaced it. My point here is about customer service. The store really stood by its products and as a result we remain loyal and just spent thousands on new furniture there. We compare this to our web support, which I consider the best anywhere in the world. This above anything else results in referrals.
  3. Models – when it comes to mattresses there are so many different models, so hard to compare.  We happened to choose one over the other as both felt the same although one was $400 more and the salesman really couldn’t come up with much to say. As far as websites go there is a similar thing going on. People don’t always realize when they are asking for a price they need to compare apples to apples.
     
    For instance – A potential client came to me and wanted me to build him a site similar to another I had build. A pretty large site, and a content management system.  The client thought my price was high as someone quoted him much lower.  Well it turns out the site was quoted for was half the size, and no content management system.

So, lets recap: At some point your website will “wear out”, good customer service reaps benefits, and always remember when you get a quote on a website to make sure the quote includes all your requirements.

If you have any questions or would like a quote, contact me today.

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