Have You Tasted the Tomatoes–Really??

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the second in a series of “tasting” organized by Orange Coat, a local web design company. The event was held at a local restaurant, The Lazy Goat. On the surface you may be wondering why a web design company is hosting “tasting” seminars but their mission is one [...]

Updating A Little Content In Hopes of Bigger Money for Clients

Sometimes it takes just a little bit of effort to bring big results. Just like when you asked that special person out on that first date the most important thing to do was to just let them know you were interested. The same goes for letting potential clients know what you charge and other options [...]

Feeling kinda Scrappy!

Monday and Tuesday of this week was interesting to say the least. My wife had been temporarily working as a waitress on a part-time basis at a local Waffle House Restaurant. Sunday evening/Monday morning she had to work a rare third shift (9 pm – 7 am) I decided to stay up a bit and [...]

The Best Software I have purchased or obtained for my business use

I work with a variety of applications for creative development, content management and security/backups. While I use application or versions supported on my Macs they are similar or matching version applications Creative Photoshop – I spend a lot of my time in this application. I’m getting more and more photography jobs as people notice my [...]

Who are the experts?

One of the most frustrating titles you will come across on the Internet is the so-called, “Social Media Expert.” That’s not to say that they are people you can consult with such as myself who uses and is in constant learning mode about Internet communication channels like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Flickr, etc. They are certainly [...]

Real estate photography – High demand during this recession

The article, Real Estate Photography Gets a Raise out of the Ressession really perked me up because this is one of the areas I spealize in and would love to do more of. … Photography is of course one of the main and best ways to showcase a home or commercial property but have you also considered how business blogging, podcasting and social media can help sell your struggling business?

Twitter – It's a whole LOT more than you think

Just came across an very interesting image showing Twitter at the center and all the services and applications that surround it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/3570379944/sizes/o/ This shows several things; How deep a a niche a business can explore A simple tool and have multiple uses Ideas for partnering with existing companies to do something innovative It’s more than [...]

The Best Decisions We Have Made as a Business – An Overview

Time to start another series. I began writing a blog post last night about ONE of the best decisions we have ever made as a company but this morning while I was doing a few things in the kitchen I began to things as I usually do when I am working on a mundane activity [...]

Web site and company changes underway

If you have visited our web site in the past few days you may have noticed a radical change in our menu at the top. First of all the last thing I want current clients to do is panic and think we are pulling the rug out from under you. It’s the furtherest from the [...]

How's that web site working for you?

Ok, I’m kind of playing off Dr. Phil with the title of this blog post but this is a serious question. We develop web sites for clients but we don’t set up a few pages of static content and leave it that way. We specialize in developing sites using open source content management software that [...]