I try to go to a number of networking events a year. It’s a great way to meet people. As a networker and connector, I enjoy meeting new people and seeing who in my “rolodex” would be a good business connection for them – not to mention getting myself some business! After each event, I…
So I’m sitting here in the world-wide HQ of CellCon Consulting, when a call from Waxahachie, TX comes in (214-903-4410) so I answer. It’s obviously a telemarketer call setter telling me my Google results are low and the information is incorrect. Of course, this is bull, because results are based on what people are searching for….
What is a Drip Campaign? At its most basic, a drip campaign is a series of marketing related emails that are sent out on a schedule. Today you may be using one of the popular “email blaster” services, where you pay a few dollars (or a few hundred) and blast your newsletter out to your clients and…
You want to get ahead. How do you take advantage of the competition? About two years ago, I designed a website for a wholesale distributor in the wireless prepaid area. To this day they still rank among the top 3Â in numerous Google searches and get phone calls every day from new clients. This is…
Bell Canada has been handed down a $1.25 million (CAD) fine after its employees posted fake reviews of Bell apps. The carrier “encouraged” staff members to post glowing testimonials of the MyBell Mobile and Virgin My Account apps on the App Store and Google Play. Unfortunately, these overenthusiastic write-ups neglected to mention that they were…
Zara actually started selling this shirt. Gee, and then they had to pull it from their shelves. If your marketing folks approved this and actually did any kind of marketing for it, please call us. You need our help. Desperately. You can read the entire article HERE.
The New York Post has a story that the Union Street Guest House in Hudson, NY, fines couples $500 for every negative review posted online (on any website) by one of their guests. And, it will also fine you $500 if you’re staying there to attend a wedding at another venue in the area, but leave a negative review about…
Nice article on Manta.com today about how great WordPress works for SEO. It’s a bit long, or perhaps I should say “thorough” but it touches on such topics as: What Does WordPress Automatically Do For You? Canonical URLs Plug-Ins you’ll need Permalinks XML Sitemap Redirects Meta Tags and Descriptions And other good topics. You can read…
We try just about everything before we recommend it or implement it with a client. So, we’re trying something new and this time YOU get to benefit! Did you know you can offer deals and coupons through YELP? Nope, neither did we – until recently. So, we’ve added one to give it a whirl. Find us on Yelp.com (no,…
I found a great article about “Fast Casual Restaurants” using Social Media on their website Social Media Today – I’ve posted about it below, but I think it translates well to all restaurants! Way too many eating establishments are not only  not using any social media, but far too many have sub-standard websites. To be a “good”…