In honor of this beautiful 80 degree weather, the project that we chose for today was finishing up the content and images on a Caribbean Travel WordPress website that we have been working on for a few weeks now.  First, thank you Corin for choosing us to help with a site for your very fun new business and thanks to Joy at How Joyful Design Studio for making it look so bright & beachy! It certainly makes me want to take a vacation!

If you’re interested in traveling to these amazing places, contact Corin for details.  She has some GREAT deals on all inclusive packages!

One of my favorite Lynne Goldman designs

I don’t feature our wonderful clients on the blog often enough! Today I wanted to congratulate Lynne Goldman Studio on their recent Facebook success! When we first met they had two accounts floating around and weren’t sure where to start.  In just a couple of weeks, they are now up to 110 fans are having some great conversations online with both their customers and colleagues.  We also just completed a very successful Wildfire Promotion for them which we promoted through their facbeook fan page.  They gave away a beautiful pair of sterling silver earrings and had 364 entries!

Often, we consult with businesses on social media only to see them not follow through with it down the road.  This is a great example of the success that you can see in a short time! Next time you’re in Barracks Road, stop in to say hello!

If you’re interested in social media for your business, check out out upcoming workshops!

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Remember all of those ‘fans’ you have been collecting since someone told you to get a Facebook page for your business? Now, you can offer them deals! Well, you WILL be able to very soon. Facebook announced today that they are rolling out Facebook Deals in the US over the next several days. It will remain to be seen what this will do to Foursquare but either way, offer them!!

According to Mashable, there will be four types of deals that you can offer:

• Individual Deals (for discounts, free stuff or other rewards)
• Friend Deals (where you and a pal claim something together)
• Loyalty Deals (for the regulars)
• Charity Deals (which allow you to donate to a cause)

Users will just need to check in using Facebook Places, click on the deal (a yellow icon will chow when a deal is available) and then show it to the cashier to receive that deal.  For more info, read about it on the Facebook Blog.

Interested in offering Facebook deals to your fans?  Contact us to find out how.  Or, keep following the blog, we will do a ‘how to’ post on it once we have investigated a little more.

Presentations don’t have to be boring.  We just created a presentation with the help of Watermark Design for Blue Ridge Foot and Ankle Clinic to display in their treatment rooms.  I have included a few of the pieces below.  The beauty of this is that we can edit all of the content at anytime so if one of the doctors has a speaking engagement next week their presentation will reflect this exact same branding.  Consistency in everything you do is important.  Don’t create a beautiful website and then not carry it over into your e-mail marketing, presentations, print, etc.  People may not notice if you don’t do it but trust me, they will notice in a very positive way if you DO!

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