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New Website Design for Northland Manufacturing

We recently completed a new website for Northland Manufacturing, Inc. of Tallahassee, FL. You can see the new site here: http://www.northlandmanufacturing.com/index.html

Northland Manufacturing - New Website

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New Website for Sharon Danyi Interior Design

We recently completed a new website for Sharon Danyi Interior Design, LTD of Hilton Head Island, SC. You can see the new site here: http://www.danyidesign.com

Her old site had been sitting unchanged for years and she had no way of updating it. We worked with Sharon to incorporate a new photo gallery of her design work (actually TWO photo galleries!) and information about her ASID and Green AP certifications into a new layout for her site. She wanted a new layout using earth tones that still had a touch of simple beauty to it. We still have a tweak or two to make, but it’s a major improvement over her old site – and now she can update her own website whenever she wants!

How to start a business the SMART way!

I just came across a great post from Zeke Camusio over at his “Let’s Do It!” blog about how to start and market a business the SMART way.  Here’s a snippet of his suggestions:

* Don’t fall in love with a product or service. You want to become a successful business owner; the product that gets you there is irrelevant (that is, unless you’re very passionate about something and don’t care about money as much as you care about doing something you love [which I completely believe in, BTW]).
* Find the market first and develop a product for them. Listen to them and give them what they want.
* Test the market as fast as you can with as little money as possible. Don’t create a perfect company and then launch it; launch it first and if it works, perfect it.

You can read the rest of his post on his blog: “The One Thing Smart Marketers Know that Dumb Ones Don’t“.

Enjoy!

David G.

Is Anyone Really Listening?

Our post-transistor society has developed a love-hate relationship with communications technology. We love the convenience and gratification of instant communications – voicemail, email, cell phones, pagers, push-to-talk, text messaging, instant messaging, video messaging, chat rooms, forums, podcasts, webinars, blogs, tweets, 520 channels of TV – [BIG INHALE!] – the list goes on and on.

However, we have come to depend on this technology so much that when it doesn’t work perfectly, we get annoyed, frustrated, and upset. Still we keep on using our favorite gadgets, buying more of them, upgrading them to get the latest and greatest new features, and committing more of our time, money, and life to them, believing that they’ll make our life easier, fuller, richer and overall better. But has that really happened?
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Psssst – What’s the Password?

No doubt about it, the Internet has taken on a major role in our modern culture and our daily lives.  One of the downsides of living an online existence is the need to use – and remember – a number of passwords.

If you work in a business where you use networked computer systems, you know what I’m talking about.  Various surveys have shown that the average corporate network user has to remember anywhere from five to 15 passwords!

That number doesn’t include all the userids & passwords for your personal use such as online banking, credit card accounts, airline frequent flyer clubs, hotel or other travel club memberships, business or trade group member sites, online shopping sites, insurance or investment sites, personal webmail, blogs, online forums, gaming sites, … YIKES!  How do you keep it all straight?
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