If you already have a Facebook account I’d like to ask you a favor.  Can you help me build up the number of fans/friends for Emagine Web Marketing on Facebook?  Would you take a moment to visit the page and add Emagine Web Marketing to your Facebook favorites?  Once I reach 25 fans I will be eligible for a Facebook username URL.  Thank you very much for your help and support!

If you need help setting up your business page on Facebook, please let me know.

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Featured Web Project:

I recently built a new website for Rhonda Lizama, the author and designer of a Hawaiian cookbook called  Hawaiian Style Cooking.  The website features professional photography (provided by Kicka Witte) of Rhonda and her family doing what they love, cooking “ono” (delicious) Hawaiian food for her large “ohana” (family).    I was fortunate to be invited to one of Rhonda’s Friday evening family get togethers to experience first-hand her welcoming family, fabulous cooking and Hawaiian recipes.  The cookbook can be purchased in many retail outlets throughout Hawaii and now  Hawaiian Style Cooking is available for purchase online direct from the Lizama family.

The Challenge:

Getting side-tracked and feeling hungry while perusing the cookbook featuring over 600 delicious Hawaiian recipes.   Actually, the real challenge was figuring out which of the hundreds of recipes to feature for free download from the site.

Website Features:

- HTML/CSS based design
- Large Format Dynamic Flickr Image Galleries
- Two Navigational Menus
- Google Analytics
- PayPal Shopping Cart
- Downloadable Recipes

Visit the Website:

Visit www.HawaiianStyleCooking.com to check it out…

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Here’s a neat tool for you writer’s and students heading back to school, a visual thesaurus.  With this nifty tool you’ll never be at a loss for the right word to use, plus the Visual Thesaurus will help you build a better vocabulary and master word usage.  There’s a free trial and online subscriptions start as low as $2.95 per month.  Check it out!

Visual Thesaurus

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1. Log into your Gmail account.

2. Click on “Settings” in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

3. Then, click on “Labs” which is on the right side of the bar on the middle of the screen.

4. Once you select that tab, scroll down to where it says “Signature tweaks” and click on enable.

5. Go to the bottom and click the “Save changes” button.

That’s all there was to it, my email signature started showing up right after my typed message in all my outgoing emails.

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You must be the admin of your business page and you must have at least 25 fans before you are eligible for your own branded URL on Facebook.

Creating a Unique Facebook URL – We Teach Facebook

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“People who respect quality – find each other. “

-Alan Cohen

Thank you to all of my clients who respect quality, I so enjoy working with you!

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Featured Web Project:

Don & Sandy McCalla who own a lovely ocean front vacation home in Poipu Beach, recently hired my partner Paul and I to create a website to promote their beloved vacation property.    The McCalla’s transformed this ocean front property and home into a stunning island oasis, where lucky families have enjoyed vacationing for over 7 years.

The Challenge:

The challenge on this project was figuring out which of the hundreds of professional images of the property to use on the website.  The property is absolutely stunning both inside and out and from every angle.  While the property was featured on their booking agent’s website, the copy and images just didn’t do this beautiful home justice.  My partner Paul designed the new logo for Hale A Kai and also provided a complete over haul of the copy promoting the property, both of which can be viewed on the new website.

Website Features:

- HTML/CSS based design
- Large Format Flash Image Galleries
- Hawaiian Music Audio track
- Email Inquiry Forms
- Google Analytics
- Google Maps

Visit the Website:

Visit www.HaleAKaiKauai.com to check it out…

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I had helped a client awhile back set up their Gmail to work with their existing domain-based email address and learned then that you don’t have to change or use a different email address when you set up a Gmail account.  You can configure Gmail to accept and send out Email through your existing email account/address.

When a friend’s computer crashed recently, taking with it her contacts, email and folders, I suggested she start using Gmail.  That way if she experienced computer issues in the future, she’d still have her email account/history in tact, accessible from any computer.  The other benefit would be that she could retrieve her Email while traveling from any computer.

After recommending Gmail to my friend, I started wondering why with all of Gmail’s virtues, I hadn’t made the switch myself.  So I went about the process of exporting my contacts from Outlook, importing them into Gmail as well as my calendar and adding my existing email accounts to all seamlessly integrate into my Gmail account.  It’s been a few weeks now and with the exception of getting used to the linking of Email conversations on one line, I’ve come to really like it!  I’ve even started using iGoogle – where I can see at a glance – my calendar, recent email messages, local weather and news and my Google Reader subscriptions (feeds and blogs I like to read on a regular basis).

If you are interested in giving Gmail a try, here’s a few reasons to check it out.

Here are some of the Benefits of Using Gmail

It’s Free! – No desktop software to buy, update or upgrade.

Web-Based – Gmail is web-based, so you can access your email and contacts anywhere you have an internet connection and a web browser.

Gigs of Space – Gmail offers users abundant storage space; over 7 GB.

Gmail Chat -  Chat real time with other Gmail subscribers.

Less Spam – Gmail filters spam so you don’t have to.

To learn more about the benefits of using Gmail, visit Barb Girson’s article here.  She also covers the benefits of using Google Calendar to save you time and help you organize multiple schedules.

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I’d heard about the service called “Log Me In” and thought this was the perfect opportunity to check it out.  So I went to their website (www.logmein.com), created a trial account and within minutes I had access to my Dad’s computer from my own desktop.  I could see his desktop on my screen and saw what the issue was right away.  I was also able to take over mouse control for his computer and could then download and install the upgrade needed for the Adobe program that was giving him grief.  He was then able to view the document he was having a problem with and I got to be the “hero”!  Usually it’s him troubleshooting something for me.

So if you ever need computer help or want to help someone else out, remember the remote access tool called “Log Me In”.    Log Me In also offers paid subscriptions for remote access to your Mac or PC.  You can access your computer via any web browser.  That sounds quite useful, especially when traveling…

One more neat tool to check out in my spare time. Ha!

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Featured Web Project:

My latest website project was a refurbishment of the Kipapa Nursery website, one of the very first websites I created way back in 2001.  Kipapa Nursery owner, Scott Young has grown his business considerably since that time and the site needed to reflect the current stock of plants, palms and trees that Scott carries at his various nurseries on Kauai.

The Challenge:

One of the challenges in having a website for a nursery is that the plant stock changes on a continual basis.  I used dynamic Flickr Image Galleries for each of the Nursery sections which can be updated as needed by the website owner over time.

Website Features:

- HTML/CSS based design
- Large Format Dynamic Flickr Image Galleries
- Two Navigational Menus
- Home Page Slideshow of plant specimen
- Google Analytics

Visit the Website:

Visit www.KipapaNursery.com to check it out…

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