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Google Commerce Search

Google Commerce Search...might be helpful! Continue

Added by Heather LaCroix on November 6, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Why your business needs the essence of a distinctive corporate identity?

Did you ever think why the company media representatives and the brand equity managers keep staking and lay emphasis about the essentiality of owning a professional logo design to march on? Is the build up of hype about having custom design logo warranted? It sounds pretty much explainable, doesn’t it? A logo of a company is the character of the organization which marks its unique identity. There are many competitors of your business around you very near but what really signifies you is your ou… Continue

Added by Kathy Maxwelll on October 18, 2009 at 11:57pm — No Comments

How to work with a web and graphic designer...

The one response I dread to hear from new clients when I ask them what they envision their new website, logo, or ad to look like is "I don't know, you think of something, you are the expert". If they insist and I try and create something without much feedback, it usually means I will have to spend alot of time revising the project. Even if they do not know what they want, they sure know what the… Continue

Added by Heather LaCroix on September 25, 2009 at 9:04am — No Comments

Web Content Writing for search engine success

More people will find your site if you use the right keywords in your website copy. Along with analyzing what sites are linking to your website, search engines also look at text and keywords on your pages so that you come up when people are looking for your type of products and services. In a nutshell, you need to have words in your web copy that people that people are searching for. For search engine success, remember these three things: * Include the most popular keywords in your copy, even… Continue

Added by Heather LaCroix on April 25, 2009 at 12:33pm — No Comments

DeAnna on TheRecipeBox show....

This was GREAT! Barbara Howard is a wonderful interviewer, and her show is very interesting. Anyone interested in cooking, health, gardening...this is the show for you! We discussed Feng Shui, clutter and designing HEALTHY interiors. What a blast. Here is link to interview if interested. http://tinyurl.com/c4r666 Continue

Added by DeAnna Radaj on April 19, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

DeAnna featured in the Examiner...

Check out the Examiner.com for article on DeAnna, Feng Shui and ROMANCE... http://www.examiner.com/x-1395-NY-Home-Design-Examiner~y2009m4d3-How-to-redecorate-your-home-or-apartment-to-maximize-romance Continue

Added by DeAnna Radaj on April 3, 2009 at 9:34pm — No Comments

Bante Design now offering webinars!!

Go to www.design2share.com/online-home-design-classes/ Feng Shui I -- Move your Couch, Change Your Life: This beginning feng shui workshop discusses the history of this ancient Chinese science, the 3 schools of thought, and the Bagua board and its uses. After this workshop you will have a basic understanding of the 9 Life Areas (Career, Knowledge, Family, Abundance, Success, Relationships, Creativity, Helpful People/Travel, and Health); where they are in your space and how to improve upon them… Continue

Added by DeAnna Radaj on March 29, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

9 Tips for Building a Website

Are you looking to build your first website and don’t even know where to start or how to go about it? Here are a few tips to get you headed in the right direction. Beginning with a good plan is the basis for a successful online presence.

Define your objectives - Think about what is the purpose of the site. Are you there to sell your products and services, or highlight your business and get more clients for your services?

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Added by Heather LaCroix on March 18, 2009 at 8:08am — No Comments

Benefits of using a Wordpress blog on your site, or using it for your whole website!

It's not just for blogging (a web diary)...it's a great content management software, meaning, once it is set up and looking nice, you can log in to the backend and update it yourself with new articles, pages, etc. Wordrpress can be a whole website, but with the added advantage that you can update your own content.

Wordpress provides interactivity. Built into the software is the ability to make comments on all the articles you post or pages on the s

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Added by Heather LaCroix on February 23, 2009 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Custom Carrot Cake Baker in West Palm Beach and how to use meta tags on a webpage

I found out this weekend that one of my local clients is at the top of google for “carrot cake in west palm beach”. I thought that was pretty cool to know. It means I chose the right phrases for her meta tags, although meta tags are not really all they are cracked up to be, they work pretty well for local markets. My friend and web design client Roxanne invited me over for a dele… Continue

Added by Heather LaCroix on January 19, 2009 at 5:37pm — No Comments

How to Design a Professional Custom Logo for Your Business

This is the best way I know of to design a logo or to just generate ideas to hand over to your designer. Decide if you want a text logo or an illustrative logo, or a combination mark. Get out a pen and a pad of paper and brainstorm. Think about what your company does, how you want to b… Continue

Added by Heather LaCroix on January 2, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Are You Doing What Makes You Happy?

As a professor, I take very serious the task of guiding young people to their career goals. When I have a student floundering over what to pick as a major I ask them this question "if you won the lottery, and never had to work another day in your life... what would you do"? If you are familiar with Joseph Campbell the author of The Power of Myth then you maybe be aware of the concept of "following your bliss". In basic terms it means if you follow your heart and do what you love, the universe w… Continue

Added by Victoria Rose Martin on November 11, 2008 at 11:07am — 1 Comment

Web Design Horror Stories, Web Designer Client Stories, Red Flags - November 2008

by Heather LaCroix of Third Eye Studio

I am dedicating this month's article to web design horror stories from the client's perspective, mostly because we just celebrated Halloween (my favorite holiday) and over the past year and a half, I have heard it all about some of the things they experienced with trying to get their website online. #1. ALWAYS get your domain name and hosting package… Continue

Added by Heather LaCroix on November 3, 2008 at 11:54am — 7 Comments

Title Tags are important to Google...

If you're a webmaster, designer or developer note the following regarding the often overlooked "TITLE TAG" According to this site - http://www.googlerank.com/ranking/Ebook/first.html Your title tag, URL (domain name), and keywords are all important when it comes time for Google to rank (where you are in the results list in a search) your site. Key points I like to remember: Your title tag determines what people see at the top… Continue

Added by Sheila Murrey on September 8, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments