Network Solutions Presents "To Blog or Not to Blog" Webinar Teaching Small Businesses How to Create a Blog and the Impact of Blogs on Small Business

Herndon, VA (PRWEB) February 8, 2008

When it comes to running a successful business one of the most important elements for small business owners to maintain is contact with their customers. The daily responsibilities a business demands can make this component a difficult one to sustain, but with the right tools, small business owners can connect with their customers while continuing to juggle the many tasks on their plates. In an effort to help small business owners stay in touch with their customers and increase business, Network Solutions will host a free webinar, “To Blog or Not to Blog,” on Tuesday February 12th at 12:00pm EST. The webinar will be introduced by Kerstin Demko and presented by Jason Shawn, Manager of Web Presence.

“Blogging is becoming more and more prominent among small businesses,” explains Michele Krisanda, Senior Vice President of Marketing. “Network Solutions wants to educate small business owners with the most useful and successful ways to create a blog and integrate a blog into their own Web site, which will help drive traffic, and thereby increase sales.”

Last May, Network Solutions hosted this webinar for the first time for existing customers. As a result of overwhelming positive feedback and their continuing commitment to their customers, Network Solutions is now offering this webinar explaining the benefits of blogging. “To Blog or Not to Blog” will highlight topics such as what is a blog, how they are being used, and will offer tips on how to create a blog and effectively integrate it into a small business Web site. Business owners will learn how a business blog can help them connect with customers and prospects, increase Web site traffic, generate and gather customer feedback, and boost search engine ranking. Following the webinar there will be a Q&A session and a recording of the webinar and a transcript of the Q&A session will be available online.

Register for this free webinar to learn more about what it takes to create a blog and how to make it work for your business.

Currently, Network Solutions includes WordPress blogs in all of its Unix-based Web hosting packages. To learn more about Network Solutions and how its hosting solutions that include free business blogs can boost SEO performance and customer interactions, please visit NetworkSolutions.com.

About Network Solutions

A leading provider of online solutions for small businesses, Network Solutions offers an exhaustive line of products, including E-commerce software, web design, online marketing, domain registration, and other Internet services. With over 28 years in the web services industry, Network Solutions is committed to helping businesses succeed with affordable and simple one-stop shopping solutions.

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Inman News Presents Start-Up Alley at Real Estate Connect SF 17 Start-Ups to Watch for in 2010 and Beyond

Alameda, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2010

17 start-up companies will be exhibiting in Start-Up Alley, part of Real Estate Connect, held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square on July 13-15, 2010.

These 17 innovative companies are using technology to break new ground in the world of real estate and marketing. These promising young companies are offering intriguing technologies in the areas of mobile devices, technology, web 2.0, social media and much more.

For over 14 years, Inman News publisher Brad Inman has brought the most innovative minds together for three awe-inspiring days of learning and collaboration. Real Estate Connect conference attendees can expect three jam-packed days of networking with the industrys sharpest minds. Attendees will be exposed to the very best business intelligence that will help rethink, reframe and recharge their business. Over 2000 real estate leaders and executives globally are expected to attend.

Here is a taste of the 17 Start-Up Alley companies:

Floorplanner

Floorplanner is a simple yet powerful web-based drawing application to create compelling 2D and 3D floor plans with almost no learning curve. Floorplanner is used by a growing number of Real Estate professionals in Europe and has recently started to offer their floor planning platform to US Realtors & building companies.

FUZeD Agent

Think of the hours you spend managing all your marketing channels. Ever wish it was simpler? More efficient? Offered better results? Ever wish you could just spend more time actually SELLING? Now its possible, thanks to the Fuzed Agent Fuzeboard. Socal Media Customer Relationship Management Websites Mores. Light Just One Fuze

HootHut.com

Hoothut.com simplifies social media and marketing for Realtors. Just add your profile and enter a quick listing. HootHut instantly creates Facebook real estate tabs, virtual tours, and flyers. While you’re sleeping, it feeds your listings to Zillow, Yahoo and Trulia. Visit HootHut to discover our cool Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter features! Done-for-you marketing. All in one little app at one little price.

IMAGEination.TV

IMAGEination.tv provides a suite of premium real estate marketing services, from video, photography, floor plans, copy writing and digital media through to our sophisticated, online artwork creation and ordering platform CampaignSPEED. CampaignSpeed is a turn-key online marketing solution, providing agents with compreshensive ‘online design’ functionality for print and web-based marketing, plus access to an innovative suite of digital marketing products and services.

List Globally

List Globally advertises the listings of agent and brokers to the world via our global network of market leading property portals. With one easy upload and one low fee per property, List Globally provides realtors with an effective listing and marketing advantage.

N-Play

N-Play.com is the industrys first online service that provides a simple way for buyers to place non-binding, comprehensive and secure offers on listings, interactively, without limitations. Sellers get a higher quantity of qualified offers and reduced time on market. Agents improve offer-to-close ratios, reduce wasted time on unproductive offers/clients and transact more sales.

NabeWise

NabeWise allows you to search for neighborhoods based on preferences by offering real-time rankings and a neighborhood scorecard in key categories such as Quality of Life, People, Things to Do, Character, and Schools. Its also a great place for agents to demonstrate local expertise online and to meet new clients.

NoteFlo

NoteFlo.com has created a Private Loan Marketplace that directly connects real estate loan seekers with thousands of private lenders across the country, all for free. Don’t hassle with the red tape of obtaining a bank loan, come to NoteFlo.com and get funded quickly.

PlaceLogic

PlaceLogic introduces PropertyScore for hyper-local neighborhood statistics, social information and mapping. Give your customers a private-label app where they can search and analyze properties and neighborhoods. Visit our booth to get started with a FREE version for your customers, and to see how our technology is working for CityTourVideo.com.

Pulse Realty

Pulse Realty Software helps real estate agencies focus on accountability, transparency and efficiency. Its business automation software solution, Pulse, organizes all critical data and activities along the entire customer lifecycle. Pulse improves agency profitability by increasing revenues through improved customer communication and by reducing costs through processing efficiencies.

RealtyJoin

RealtyJoin is the first social networking site for the entire real estate industry. Real estate investors, agents, mortgage brokers, contractors, and other professionals can find people, deals and opportunities on RealtyJoin. Since launching earlier this year, this free site has resulted in $ 1000s in new business for several members.

Real Metric

Real Metric, LLC was founded by real estate internet veterans Tom Ray & Justin Tracy. They previously developed, grew and sold the lead generation system, Realty Generator to Market Leader (House Values) in the fall of 2007. Years of experience within the IDX/MLS compliance space, have allowed the team to know the ins and outs of the real estate data dilemma. We feel it’s time to start giving these local MLSs the toolset to be able to secure and analyze their data in ways only huge tech start-ups normally operate.

RentJuice

RentJuice is the premier vendor in a new category of online software: Rental Relationship Management (RRM). With RRM, starting or growing a rental business is simple, even for sales brokerages. With one product, you can easily manage the entire rental process, from organizing and marketing listings to closing deals.

SCVNGR

SCVNGR is a game about going places, doing challenges and earning points. We are a Google backed technology company working with real estate brokers around the country to build high tech, city-wide adventures where a pre-qualified couple will win a down payment on a home. We use gaming dynamics to help sell more homes, list more homes, qualify buyers, generate leads, and attract news coverage.

Social Made Simple

Market yourself with Social Networks. SocialMadeSimple is the first all-in-one social network marketing solution designed specifically for Real Estate and Mortgage professionals. We combine Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and a Blog into one, easy-to-use system, with plans for success, and pre-formatted news, articles and links to post with one click.

Webrealestatetools.com

WebRealEstateTools.com. Dedicated to helping Realtors succeed with social media marketing, including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & WordPress blogging. Founded by active real estate professionals Drew Burkes & Peter Toner, they recently released “Social Media, Blogging & Web 2.0 Mastery School for Realtors”, the most important and complete Social Media, Blogging and Web 2.0 Course for Realtors ever created.

Working Equity

Working Equity, Inc. is an innovative financial services organization leveraging technology to deliver cutting edge solutions to the real estate industry. Using new advances in local home price indexes, Home Value Protection is a powerful new way to protect home owners from real estate market volatility.

For additional information about Start-Up Alley, or to receive a free press pass, please contact Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Inman News at (510) 658-9252 ext. 147

About Inman News | Inman News (http://www.inman.com) is the leading source of independent real estate news, information, advice,

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Bay Area Web Designer Marissa Berger Presents Strategies for Building an Effective Website to Business Coach Leaders

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

Marissa Berger, founder of Marissa Berger Interactive (MB/I), a San Francisco Bay Area web design firm, was invited to speak to members of the ActionCOACH California Team, a group of certified executive business coaches, at the organizations annual meeting, which took place on September 26th at the Oakland Courtyard Marriott. Her presentation, A Strategic Approach to Building an Effective Website, was designed to give the business coaches tools to help their clients achieve desired business outcomes by improving their online presence.

ActionCOACH approached me with the idea of teaching the executive coaches how to help their clients make strategic changes to their websites that will drive traffic to the sites, enhance the users experience, and increase brand awareness, said Berger.

The Bay Area web designers presentation focused on three distinct approaches that businesses should consider when creating or redesigning a website:

1) E-Commerce: The online store should load quickly, have a clean layout with intuitive navigation, point the user towards checkout, and use search-engine-friendly code.

2) Portfolio-Based: The website should focus on what makes the company stand out from the competition. The company should clearly explain its services, with samples of its best and most recent work, and include client testimonials.

3) Corporate/Informational: A company can use the information on its website to increase brand awareness, attract new customers, and recruit new team members.

Marissa Berger also discussed a number of specific strategies that should be considered when charting a plan to lead a website towards success. These included:

Traffic Strategies: External links, title tags, meta tags, using external referral sites (Yelp, Google Places), asking for reviews, and multiple online and physical advertising strategies are all ways to drive up search engine rankings and attract visitors.

Conversion Strategies: A number of tools can be used to reach traffic goals, including Google Analytics, A/B testing, long-tail keyword phrases, PPC ads, removing obstacles to conversion, adding videos, and usability testing.

Execution Strategies: A wide range of web design options existsfrom inexpensive DIY templates to fully custom professional creations. Businesses should carefully consider which option is right to achieve their specific goals. Marissa offered insights to help the coaches select the best execution method for their clients.

It was a very eye-opening presentation, said Peter Williamson, Master Licensee for the Northern California chapter of ActionCOACH. It helped us to understand the options available and how to optimize the style of a website so that it matches the type of business.

Attendee Bob Britz added, Making a website isnt enough anymore. Marissas presentation made it clear that with so many options out there, the site needs to be right for both the business and its industry.

For more information on the Strategic Approach to Building an Effective Website presentation or any of mb/i’s other products or services, call them at (925) 435-1514 or visit them on the web at marissaberger.com. MB/I offers a complimentary 30-60 minute consultation by phone or in person, depending on the callers location.

About Marissa Berger Interactive (MB/I)

Marissa Berger Interactive (mb/i) is a San Francisco Bay Area web design company that specializes in popular open-source content management systems such as Drupal and WordPress. MB/I has been developing websites since 2000 and has a diverse online portfolio of over 125 websites.

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Bay Area Web Designer Marissa Berger Presents Five Ways to Track the Success of a Website

Concord, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Marissa Berger, founder of Marissa Berger Interactive (mb/i), a San Francisco Bay Area web design firm, presents in her blog five quick tracking mechanisms which can be used to monitor a websites performance:

1) Unique E-mail Address: This can easily identify the lead source of e-mail inquiries. Instead of using info@ for everything, determine which sources are important and give them unique email addresses. They can all forward to the main address for ease of use.

2) Unique Phone Number: It is now easier to own multiple phone numbers with Google Voice, Vonage, etc. The same concept applies as with e-mail addresses; identify what is important to track and put those numbers (and the appropriate voicemail messages) in place.

3) Unique URLs: Use the Content Management System (CMS) available on the website to create new pages and assign unique URLs. The unique URLs can later be used to track the traffic of any kind of marketing performed online or offline.

4) Forms: If applicable, capture visitors information when giving out downloadable items or complimentary services. Give each form a different source name to keep track which items or services are more popular.

5) Google Analytics: This is a free service which provides a great deal of data on how the site is being used. Site owners and managers can make educated marketing decisions based on this data. Web developers can offer assistance on interpreting the results.

Give your website a chance. Put tracking mechanisms in place and learn about your online audience, says Berger.

For more information on this San Francisco Bay Area web designer and any of mb/i’s products or services, call (925) 435-1514 or visit them on the web at http://www.marissaberger.com/. MB/I offers a complimentary 30-60 minute consultation by phone or in person, depending on the caller’s location.

About Marissa Berger Interactive

Marissa Berger Interactive (mb/i) is a San Francisco Bay Area web design company that specializes in popular open-source content management systems such as Drupal and WordPress. MB/I has been developing websites since 2000 and has a diverse online portfolio of more than 125 websites.

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New James T Noble Report Reveals the Dangers Digital Sharecropping Presents to Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs

London, UK (PRWEB) September 20, 2012

Established marketing authority James Noble announced today the publication of his new report on the dangers that digital sharecropping presents to businesses. The report examines the major issues small businesses and entrepreneurs face and offers constructive advice to support them. The report is available now here.

Digital sharecropping is a term coined by Nicholas Carr to describe the situation that many online businesses find themselves in. Mr Carr has been quoted as saying the following:

One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 is the distribution of production into the hands of the many and the concentration of the economic rewards into the hands of the few.

This means that businesses using platforms such as Facebook, WordPress or eBay dont actually own any of the content produced on those platforms and are at the mercy of any change those platforms decide to make at any time, whilst the aforementioned platforms are profiting from the content created by those businesses. James Noble had this to say on the matter:

Social media platforms, sales platforms and website and blog hosting platforms are something businesses use every day and they are fantastic marketing tools, but they do come with risks attached. He went on to explain it is essential that businesses must be aware of the risks digital sharecropping creates for them.

Mr Nobles new report aims to make small businesses and entrepreneurs aware of those risks and offers easily actionable steps you they can take to minimise them. When asked what he hoped to achieve with the publication of his report on digital sharecropping, James commented:

Knowingly or not, most enterprises engage in digital sharecropping for one or more aspects of their business. These days its hard to imagine a successful business that doesnt use any online platforms and with good reason those platforms are excellent and can provide incredible benefits. He added Im certainly not suggesting businesses abandon these platforms entirely. My aim is to offer businesses the valuable advice they need so that they can continue to use those platforms, but can also manage and adapt their strategies to get the most benefit with the most minimal risk possible.

The report contains clear guidance and information and advises businesses on key strategies to ensure they are informed and aware of any issues and maintain balance. It gives valuable support designed to help them avoid potential pitfalls associated with digital sharecropping and move their businesses forward. James Noble’s straightforward approach ensures that the advice given in the guide is accurate, concise and easy to follow.

About James T Noble

James T Noble has helped some of the worlds largest brands and companies market their products and services online, including Virgin, Walt Disney Corporation, Coca Cola, Paramount Pictures and many others.

James lives in the UK and works with small business owners worldwide to accelerate their growth through effective online marketing. Visit the James T Noble website for more information and to get in touch with James.

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