LuLu Says...

Lifestyle and Leisure~

2008-11-03T09:56:00.005-05:00

This post is NOT about web design or marketing, it's about reaping the rewards! We all work hard, and many of us have had a difficult year. We all need to take the time now and then to reap the rewards of our hard labor and relax! If you are not fortunate enough to live here in Florida near some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, it may be time to give yourself a well deserved vacation.

The Economy & Advertising...

2008-10-24T08:16:00.002-04:00

The economy is in a terrible state and has been for a long time now, and there is no reason to believe it will improve anytime soon. Most people and businesses are probably feeling the crunch. What's a person to do? You need business and customers. How will you get their attention in the most affordable way?Your website and global Internet marketing is still the most affordable way to be visible

Marketing

2008-07-29T10:05:00.003-04:00

Research - analyze - implement. Basic steps to your website visibility. Social networking sites also play a vital role in your site being found in search engines. What would YOU type into that little Google box to find a business like yours? This is a good place to start. Proper keyword phrases are critical. But it goes much deeper than that! Code, website structure, relevant links and Blogging

Take control of your business growth...

2008-07-19T12:56:00.002-04:00

Growing your business or company is much like growing plants. It all starts with an idea, a vision of something beneficial or needed. The SEED must then be planted, nurtured, cared for. A decision of where to plant it, research on how to help it come to fruition, and how to help it survive once it is rooted and growing. Once it "sprouts" you have to continue to care for it or it will wither and

Creating The Feel & Look of Your Web design

2008-03-20T17:04:00.003-04:00

The look and feel of your website must reflect your over all vision for your company or business. In my opinion, the "Header" is a very important aspect in creating the over all look. If the client has a logo, that is always taken into consideration, and a priority factor. Then the task of finding just the right visuals - image - to incorpoate into the over all feel. "Every picture tells a story,

Woman With Websites...

2008-02-16T13:54:00.003-05:00

Marketing to woman, woman owned websites, or a web audience that focuses on the female market, is proving to be very beneficial. The new year is off to a great start as LuLu Wow has attracted 5 new clients. Two are powerful and accomplished women that are authors and public speakers. One is a women Realtor, another, a women owned website, and lastly, a school in California owned by a

Marketing Events

2007-11-30T10:57:00.000-05:00

With the holidays approaching - is your website ready? By now you should made some changes to your web site, a holiday promotion, thought, image... something to update your website to keep it fresh and interesting for your web audience and the search engines. These ongoing changes, be they small blurbs or big announcements are very important in keeping your website alive! Think of it like other

Vision...

2007-10-12T09:56:00.001-04:00

Vision - n. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.Something that is or has been seen.Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision.The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.A mental image produced by the imagination. Creating a website begins with "vision." A spark, an idea that flows into the mind. What creates this "spark?" For me

Using old browser platforms.

2007-10-06T07:49:00.000-04:00

Okay, I have a huge pet peeve! Why in the world would anyone not update their web browser?? It's fast and FREE. Who would choose to keep an old - outdated browser? As a web designer I am not fond of Internet Explorer to begin with. Yes, IE7 has made progress, but they have a long way to go! Firefox renders properly and is totally up to speed. I know that I am supposed to work like hell to make

Go PINK for October!

2007-10-03T10:35:00.000-04:00

I am "going PINK" for October breast cancer awareness month! Come on women of the web, and men too ... swap out your background webpage color to pink (I just did) add a "going pink" graphic, spread the awareness and be part of a solution! Let's PINK it up!Visit http://pinkforoctober.org/ and get involved.

New SEO and Marketing Project

2007-09-28T07:19:00.000-04:00

I am always excited when I get a new project, design, marketing or search engine optimization. Each project lends a new opportunity to be creative, solve problems and help clients with their web presence. This SEO project is for a major Art Appraisal website and will be a great challenge!

Niche marketing for women

2007-09-06T10:19:00.000-04:00

As defined by Wikipedia - A niche market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a "Market sector." By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. A niche market may be thought of as a narrowly defined group of potential customers.When I created http://www.luluwow.com/ a little

New Web Design for LuLu

2007-08-22T09:16:00.001-04:00

Fresh new web design look for http://www.luluwow.com/ I am liking this new design and felt it was time for an overhaul. Change is good and I like to keep things interesting. This web design CSS validates and is easier to navigate than the last design. Soon I will re-design this blog - again! I selected colors and content that i felt women could easily relate to. Let me know what you think!!

Relax~

2007-08-14T16:38:00.000-04:00

I take an honest and genuine approach to doing business. First of all, I LOVE what I do, so it does not seem like "work." This is important... one has to like doing their livelihood, or they will stress out and not do it well. I want my clients to know that when we work together it is their best interests and goals that are priority. Buying a web presence should not be difficult or stressful.

Work at your Web marketing...

2007-06-29T14:51:00.000-04:00

"If you build it... they will come." Ha, wouldn't that be nice, IF it were true. The fact is, having a website designed and out on the big wide web will produce little if any results... UNLESS your web site designer knows what they are doing with design search engine optimization , and YOU, yes you, spend some time working at getting and keeping your URL on the web map and keeping it there. What,

Setting the mood~

2007-06-05T11:19:00.000-04:00

mood~ creating an emotional tone or general attitude.With web design, creating the mood is done with color, images, sound, font type and the over all layout of the design. creating the correct feel for your audience that really relates to your business is very important. It will set the tone for the way your web presentation is viewed and reacted to.A well versed webdesigner will have studied

Marketing for Women and Color

2007-04-20T10:03:00.000-04:00

I have a new website design for a Sarasota business that will be marketing exclusively to woman for sports wear. All I have to go on is a black & white logo and figures of women, so I did some research. What I found was very interesting. Some generalizations are possible based on various color studies.Female Top 3 Favorite Colors: Blue, Purple, Green (all cool colors)Purple stands out as a

PRE-Website Design 101

2007-02-09T11:32:00.000-05:00

Not just another pretty face/space. You need a website, or you need to "spruce up" your existing one. What should YOU do first to ensure that your website will portray the web image you want?1. Research your competition.Sit at your computer and type in the key words and phrases that you personally would use to find a product or service similar to your own. Study the results on the first 1 or 2

VISTA

2007-02-06T12:55:00.000-05:00

I just purchased a new computer (long over due) and am getting acquainted with "her" and the new VISTA os. So far, I like VISTA... it is sleek, more convenient, even friendlier and snazzier to look at! As for my new computer? Well, the online world is a prettier place with a 19" wide screen, and FAST is always a good thing!This will allow me to do twice the research, studying, and web

New Web site Launch!

2007-01-31T22:56:00.000-05:00

Just launched a very nice and informative web site today for a local (manatee/sarasota) arts council. The design elements are based upon our local artist Herbie Rose. The site was a re-design project that needed a whole new look and feel to better convey the Art Council of Manatee County's vision.Another enjoyable web site to create - great people to work with! Gathering and collaberating ideas

Finished Web Design!

2007-01-14T17:49:00.000-05:00

I finally finished a long - but completely joyous web design. This is a lovely site for a very nice and intelligent man! The web site is a weight loss hypnosis program primarily marketed to women with rich images, CSS and eccomerce. I am very happy with the results! This web design was wonderful to do because my client did his homework! He new exactly what he wanted to portray, his target market

Web Design Ethics

2007-01-14T17:48:00.000-05:00

I have had the pleasure of designing websites for some awesome clients. I feel a bond with every client I design a website for.. or should I say with? You see, as they say, it takes two to tango. Great ideas and communication go along way. When I design a website I think of the whole picture and the broad spectrum. I want to really get inside your head and capture your vision of what you want to

Search Engine Optimization

2007-01-14T17:47:00.000-05:00

I am working on 2 new SEO clients, both Sarasota FL REALTORS. It is an interesting challenge as they both have the same target market, and both have very similar, almost the same web designs, that were designed by a rather shady web design firm here in Sarasota. It upsets me when web design firms sell a website to a client as a "custom website," then turn around and sell it out as a template. Bad

Women

2007-01-14T17:45:00.001-05:00

When I design websites for women clients, or clients that market with "women" as their focus audience, I like to include design elements that are statistically more pleasing to women. Brighter and more complex colors, softer lines and edges, and images that are attractive and bold. Women also like to have their web content text more casual and directed to them, not "at them." Women tend to favor

Seo

2007-01-14T17:45:00.000-05:00

I have been fortunate enough to get two new accounts for web design and SEO for women retailing children's clothing! Both web sites will be ecommerce with coldfusion programming.Just finished doing the search engine optimization for a medical supply company.Finishing up the web design and SEO for an excelent weight loss and healthy lifestyle hypnosis program. The web design worked