Facebook makes the claim on its advertising page that there are 400 million active users. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to learn how to use Facebook for marketing your business. In fact, businesses are giving Facebook more priority over their corporate websites and frequently point to a Facebook page instead of a URL! With over 400 million users, [...]

Inbound Marketing is a concept forwarded by the two creators of the enormously valuable Hubspot.com Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah.

For those of you who visit this site regularly, you will notice a huge difference in the design and layout. We are experimenting with a few new WordPress Themes and want to show you how easy and affordable it can be to change up the flavor and dynamics of your blog or website. With a few simple add-ons and some [...]

WordPress is free. Yep, you heard me right.  WordPress costs you nothing.  All you need is a webhost and a domain name.  WordPress becomes your site.  Originally designed for blogs, WordPress has evolved into arguably the greatest content managment system available.  And, it’s free.  Beat that, expensive web designer from 1997. IT’S SO EASY TO USE. Yeah, you used to [...]

A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type of two dimensional codes. Moreover, most current Japanese mobile phones can [...]

If you are a small business owner, you need to be using BIZNIK.com! Please visit Island Graphics’ BIZNIK page at: http://biznik.com/join/david-sparks Everyone’s linking in these days. But is anyone really connecting? If you’re someone who thinks about business networking in terms of community rather than tool, Biznik is for you. Biznik combines the best of social networking with the best [...]

TRY REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY! To think that you can “Think ahead” for every potential client that comes along is not only a recipe for disaster, but is also, at the very least, impossible. Trying being who you are as a business and not saying anything. Put ALL of your efforts toward making sure that when potential new clients approach you that [...]

1- Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Remember when Facebook was just one of many niche communities popping up and competing for our attention? Sometime in 2010, Facebook will surpass 400 million registered users worldwide, though the notion of “Facebook fatigue” is being circulated (probably wishful thinking by some of their competitors). Yet there are still plenty of social networking [...]

Uhhh…Way? With the advent and successive evolution of WordPress and the Open Source revolution that is really only just beginning, NOW is the perfect time for you to catch the wave and upgrade your web presence to include a fully user-end-editable website starting under $500.00. We can help you incorporate your existing logo/identity into a fully configured internet marketing presence, [...]

It seems that every time you look around, you find more complex solutions to the most simple marketing problems.. reaching your audience, effectively communicating, and helping customers advance their business forward.  Let’s see if I can simplify it for you. From my perspective, the basic principles of “listen to your customer” and “think value” still reign true.  Here are some [...]