e-Service Interactive

QR Codes

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:09:09 +0000

You’re beginning to see them everywhere – those small square inkblots similar to the one here. They’re called QR Codes and they can be filled with information that can be read by your smart phone. But, how can you use them for your business? Let’s say you own a restaurant and have an ad in [...]

Google Alerts

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:56:00 +0000

This is one of my favorite business tools because it’s painless and enormously helpful. You can take advantage of Google’s vast knowledge of every corner of the web and ask them to send you a daily (or weekly) email with any news or mentions of your business (or your competitors or your industry). You tell [...]

Google Keyword Tool

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:11:09 +0000

Google provides a free tool that gives you a lot of information about how people search for your products and services. You can use that information to make your website, blog, and facebook page easier to find. Let’s say I make and sell worm composting bins (just go with it). I can use google’s tool [...]

The Most Important Thing You Should Do To Market Your Business Online

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:46:04 +0000

You might think (since we develop websites) that our top advice is to get a website. Important, yes, but there are things you can do that don’t require a business website and, arguably, are even more important. Sixty seven percent (67%) of all online searches are done in Google (Bing and Yahoo are virtually tied [...]

Free Website Quote

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:54:24 +0000

For a free website quote, including design and development, please send us the following information. We’ll send a detailed no-pressure quote via email, normally within a few hours. Please let us know as many details about what you need, including whether you intend to sell products online.

Suggest Your Facebook Page to Friends

admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:38:33 +0000

Last week we sent a list of ways to promote your Facebook page. As always, things are not as easy as they seem. Today we have step by step instructions for one of those tips, suggesting your page to your Facebook friends. If your Facebook presence is setup correctly*, you sign into Facebook with your [...]

Google+ Move Over Facebook

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:27:23 +0000

In a limited launch now, soon Google will have it’s own social network with features not available on Facebook. The first difference is the recognition that your friends come in different flavors – some are professional, some are bar buddies, some are people your parent’s know. Google+ allows you to share differently with each group [...]

Promoting Your Facebook Page

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:02:38 +0000

Here are a few suggestions for increasing the number of people that Like your facebook page: Add a ‘Like Us’ button to your website Put your Facebook address on your brochures and business cards Add a ‘Like Us’ button to your email signatures Offer a drawing for a free item for everyone who ‘likes’ your [...]

Facebook Usernames

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:54:57 +0000

Just as it’s important to secure the domain name for your business (such as www.yourbiz.com) it’s also important to secure a Facebook username for your business page. After doing so, you can direct people to a much shorter and friendlier url. When you create a Facebook page for your business, the url to that page [...]

Using YouTube To It’s Fullest

admin — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:23:38 +0000

This morning I received an email from a friend with a link to a YouTube video. She forwarded it because it was entertaining. I’m sure she had no idea that it was also a great example of using YouTube for business marketing. The video shows a seemingly spontaneous (but highly organized) flash mob in Times [...]