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• Remind prospects and customers why they should visit or call you again.
• Alert customers to new offerings, sales, special discounts and even printable coupons at about 1/20 the cost of direct mail.
• Provide a great place to show off customer testimonials, success stories and photos.
• Make it simple for customers to forward the information to friends and colleagues.

No mailing list? No problem!

Start today.  Collect Email addresses from all your customers.  Have a guest book at your store, ask for an Email address from each person who calls your business and add a sign-up form to your website.  If you have a customer database, call each customer.  Inform each that you are updating your contact information and would like to add an Email address to their profile.  Make sure they know they can unsubscribe at any time.

Affordable and Simple

Constant Contact offers a free 60-day trial.  After the trial, rates start at $15/month for up to 500 subscribers. If you want to send only occasional messages, you can become a “seasonal” subscriber and pay for just one month at a time without losing your mailing lists, sent messages and reports.

I’m happy to help!  I can set up your account, upload mailing lists, create and send great-looking, effective messages and provide important data such as bounced Emails, which contacts opened messages and even which links were clicked.  Call 830.822.6589 to get started today.  It’s easier than you think!

To see where results appear, search for ‘roofing new braunfels tx’ on Yahoo!  The top listings are from Yahoo! Local, and we all want to be listed at the top!

To Add Your Site:

1. Go to the Yahoo! Local Listings page and click on “Sign up”
2. Sign in with your Yahoo!  ID, or register for a new account.
3. Enter as much information as possible.
4. Choose appropriate and specific categories for your listing.
5. Click on “Continue”, review your listing and submit.

In 3-5 days your listing should appear.  Return to your Local listings account at any time to see the status of your listings.  Encourage customers to leave reviews on your listing.

The Bing business listings come from publicly available local telephone listings.  To see how this works, go to www.Bing.com and search for – house painting new braunfels, texas.  The very first set of  listings will be “Listings for house painting near New Braunfels, Texas”.  If your business is not listed – and surely you want it to be, click on their “Local Listing Center” link at the bottom of the page.  Then, click on the link to “Add new listing”.

Enter your business information.  If your business listing appears, click on the “Change your business listing” link in the right-had column and follow the instructions so you can add more information.  If your business is not found, follow the instructions to add your business information.  In either case, you will need to have a Windows Live ID to proceed.  You can create one at this time.

Make sure you add as much information as possible.  Use the “supplemental websites” area to add extra links to your listing. For example, a roofing contractor can add additional links to their contact form, customer comments, BBB listing or even reviews on sites like Google local.

When visitors see your listing, they’re already interested in what you have to offer. Make it easy for them to choose you by making it easy to contact you and obvious why you are the best choice!  This is definitely worth your time.  Of course, if you choose a custom website from On Target, your Bing listing is included!

Bing requires verification for listing additions and changes.  You should receive a verification PIN in the mail.  Return to your Local Business Listing Center and follow the instructions, logging in with your Windows Live ID.

Encourage your customers to write a review.  Make it easy by sending a link right to your business listing.

Google Maps / Google Local

For example, Google the term – facials canyon lake texas.  The top results are Local business results for facials near Canyon Lake, TX.  If you click on that link, you get about 4 pages of listings.  If you wanted your business to be displayed here, you would go to the bottom of the page and click the Information for Business Owners link.

Once you have signed in, click on the “Add a new business” button and enter your information.  Make sure to follow through with all all verification procedures.

Suggestions on creating a great listing:

Basic Information
To help readers make their choice, make sure you include as much information as possible.  Always enter the official business name and mailing address.  Be sure to include your area code with your phone number. Make sure to list your office business website. In the description field, tell readers what makes you stand out from the competition.  If your business does not appear on the map in the correct location, click on the “Fix incorrect marker location” link and follow the instructions.

Categories
Choose accurate, descriptive categories. Feel free to create your own category if you don’t see one that fits.  Be as specific as you can.

Photos/Videos
If possible, include a photo or video to help your listing stand out.

Additional details
Include anything else you’d like readers to know.  For example, list the brands you carry, services you offer, or added perks (like free parking).  Your ranking, in part, depends on its relevance compared to the key words entered.  So, make sure you list as much information as possible.

When you’re done, encourage your customers to write a review on your listing.  This can help improve your ranking. Log in to your Google Local Business Center Dashboard from time to time to see how often your site is appearing in the listings, how often people click on your listing and the top search queries that lead visitors to your listing.  You can also add a coupon for free!

Don’t have a website?  Need a few changes or a complete overhaul?

When you choose a custom website from On Target, listing creation for Google Local is included.  In a brief phone call I’ll show you exactly how easy it can be to get started. Call 830.822.6589 today!

I know you work hard.  Hill Country friends, take a little time off and enjoy a nice meal at one of these fine Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio and New Braunfels restaurants. For my valued out-of-state customers, find a list of available restaurants here. Offer valid while supplies last. Most certificates expire 12/09/10. Call me at 830.822.6589 or send Email to Design@OnTargetPro.com. Thanks again for your business!

Please see each restaurant’s list of restrictions.

Newton Gang’s Getaway Saloon & Eatery
100 W. Hopkins
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512) 396-6100
Valid with a minimum food purchase of $35. Dinner only. Dine-in only. Present prior to ordering. 18% gratuity added to pre-discounted check amount.

Cafe Castro Nova
900 RR 620 S
Lakeway, TX 78734
(512) 263-3322
Valid with a minimum food purchase of $35. 18% gratuity added to pre-discounted check amount. Excludes filet mignon. Present prior to ordering.

Opal Divines Penn Field
3601 S. Congress
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 707-0237
Valid with a minimum purchase of $35. Dinner/food only. Present before ordering. Excludes happy hour. 18% gratuity added to pre-discounted check.

Windows on the River
217 North St Mary’s
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 272-1511
Valid for dinner only with a minimum purchase of $35. Excludes alcohol and during river parades.

Mad Dogs
123 Losoya St. Ste. 19
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 222-0220
On the San Antonio River Walk Next to the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Minimum Purchase of $35. Excludes Alcohol. Must Present Prior to Ordering.

Myron’s Prime Steakhouse
136 Castell
New Braunfels, TX 78130
(830) 624-1024
Minimum 2 entrees. Valid for Dine In ONLY. Excludes: Other Offers/Promotions. Present prior to ordering. One certificate per party, per month.

Seafood McAdoo’s Seafood Company
196 Castell
New Braunfels, TX 78130
(830) 629-3474
Valid with a minimum food purchase of $35. Dinner only. Not valid with any other offers. One certificate per party per month. Present prior to order.

Fork & Spoon
651 N Business 1H35
New Braunfels, TX 78130
(830) 626-6999
Minimum food purchase of $35. One certificate per party/month. Dinner only. Excludes with other offers. Present prior to order. 18% gratuity added.

The foundation of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), namely, making your site easily found and indexed by the major search engines has always been useful and plentiful content. The absolute best way to get people to your site is to establish yourself as an expert in your field and share your knowledge freely. This encourages other reputable sites in your field to link to your site and alerts the search engines that your site is a great reference that people should check out!

Something to ask yourself before you even consider the SEO implications of a Flash introduction or site is, will Flash add any real value to the site? This is something to consider when adding any element, whether text, image, video or audio. Nothing should be included if it does not serve a definite purpose.

Will a slick Flash introduction accurately represent the best your company has to offer and clearly spell out what you can do for the visitor at the same time providing a clear and satisfying experience? Will your visitors find it was worth the extra time it takes to load the page? Are you interested in attracting mobile users? If so, keep in mind that Flash is not currently well supported on mobile devices and the bandwidth required can be prohibitive.

If you feel there is compelling reason to use Flash on your site, there is good news! About a year ago, Adobe provided information to Google and Yahoo that will enable them to more effectively index Flash (SWF) files. Google states that there are no extra steps needed to make your SWF files searchable. Of course, as things progress, best practices will emerge.

Google’s Webmaster Forum recommends providing text equivalents for non-text files of all types. In this way, people with visual impairments, those with low bandwidth connections or mobile phone browsers can view your site as well. Using HTML also allows users to bookmark pages and forward links to others. Google also suggests that if you do provide text equivalents, you should use your robots.txt file to block rich media files in order to avoid any duplicate content penalties.

According to Adobe, there is no need to do anything special to SWF files to make them more searchable. That being said, there are already articles like this one, to help you created optimized content in Flash.

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Email Campaigns
Collect Email addresses from customers and send periodic Email messages to them using Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing. Encourage customers to forward the messages to their friends.

Do you have a partnership with a large company? Ask if they will provide a link to your site on their site. Have you found a great related but non-competing site on-line? Ask them about exchanging links.

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