One of the ways they do this is by allowing, or requesting, several steps of verification from the service provider. Telephone, address, electronic background check, even social security number and physical identity checks. Pretty thorough, if you ask me. While there may be some concern about providing a social security number, Thumbtack.com has a detailed and exhaustive privacy policy that you can check out here.

So what’s so special about another web directory listings service? One thing that stands out is that they provide a very SEO friendly URL for your listing. You can see ours here, Domain Name Registration and Web Hosting. This is great because their link back to our site provides some needed authority for Google that ultimately helps our site here rank better.

If you’re a small business providing services, you should check out Thumbtack.com. But if you’re a potential client, looking for a service provider in which you can put your trust, you definitely need to check them out.

The Little Internet Marketing Engine that Could

If you are a small or medium business owner, or for that matter, even if your business is part of the Fortune 500, your website should function as much more than just a website. It should function as an Internet Marketing Engine. So, what is an Internet Marketing Engine?

Very simply, an Internet Marketing Engine is a website that has the power to deliver content across the web to Social Networks, Email, and other media outlets. More importantly, that engine needs to be connected to a dashboard that enables the owner or administrator to analyze it’s performance and make adjustments as necessary. The final and most important function of the Internet Marketing Engine is the ability to quickly and accurately deliver information about visitors that convert into leads. An engine like this not only CAN, but WILL make the marketing life of a small or medium business owner, much more like a business strategy and less like a battle.

Do you need an Internet Marketing Engine for your business?

To find out for sure, ask yourself these three questions:

1. Are you consistently generating enough leads to reach your business or revenue goals?

2. Do you have lots of extra time with which you can learn how to market your business on the internet?

3. Would you want to hire an Internet Marketing company that didn’t let you own the work that you paid them for?

Did you answer NO to any of these questions? If so, then you need an Internet Marketing Engine for your business. If you answered YES to any of them, there’s a pretty good chance that your competitors will be serving your clients and prospects very soon.

This is our HUGE Value Proposition

You might have found our website because you are in need of a new or updated website for your business. Lucky you, we don’t actually design and build websites. We design and build Internet Marketing Engines. Most small and medium business owners can utilize our solutions with our standard training package and documentation which we deliver for each and every project. Many of our clients also end up coming back and hiring us to help them do ongoing Internet Marketing or to help them get their Internet Marketing kickstarted. Either way, we’re here to make marketing your business on the Internet easier.

If you’re ready to get started, get in touch with us. If you’re still not ready, we understand. Perhaps you’d like to learn a little more about us and how we do things. Here are some links that might help with that:

Our Portfolio
Our Story
Our Process

Sync

Have you ever been working on your notebook computer while you are out of the office or traveling and realized that the file you need is on your desktop computer. One of the great features of Dropbox is that any files you store in your account are synced to any other computer you set up. This means you’ll have access to your important files on every computer you use. You could even access your files on someone else’s computer if you needed to. There is an iPhone app that allows you to access your Dropbox files as well. We use our account to make sure that we always have access to the important files we need on every computer that we use.

Share

As with many small businesses, we have a need to share many different files both internally between Kevin and me and externally between ourselves and contractors. We make every attempt to utilize our Project Center for file sharing and collaboration, however, because we are limited to a 100MB file upload on the Project Center, Dropbox comes in very handy. We can drop in files of any size as long as long as they don’t exceed the remaining space in our Dropbox. To share a file with someone, it’s really as simple as creating a new shared Dropbox folder, invite people to join the folder so they can access it, and then all you have to do is place files inside the folder.

What does this have to do with Web Presence?

All in all, not a whole lot. However, our clients and prospects are small businesses. We absolutely love building websites for small businesses and helping them develop their Web Presence. But, we also want to make sure that we share resources that might help out our small business clients and prospects. Hopefully, Dropbox is something that can help make life a little easier for you and your small business.

If you check out Dropbox and find it useful please be sure to use the sharing buttons below and let others know about how great it is.

Game Changer

There is a potential game changer that has entered this space. Photoxpress provides “Images you want. Free.” So, if you are at all like me, your first question is, “is it really FREE?” In a lot of cases, FREE, means ad-supported. With Photoxpress it means, FREE, for up to 10 images per day. Equivalent to 3,650 images per year. Not bad. As with all stock photography and images, there are terms of use that the user must comply with. Suffice it to say this; if you need a stock photography and image resource to use on your Website or in your Email Marketing, Photoxpress should be your first stop.

Maximizing what you get out of Photoxpress

Even though there are more than 600,000 photos and images available for download, you still might not find what you need at Photoxpress. My experience has been hit or miss. Even so, here are a few tips to make sure you get the most out of your Photoxpress account(s).

~ If you find an image you like, go ahead and download similar images at the same time. Chances are you might use them in the future.

~ If you have multiple authors for your Website, encourage each author to set up their own account and utilize both accounts to maximize the number of images at your disposal.

~ If you have future blog posts or new pages that are in Draft status, go ahead and download images that you might use for those. Especially if you haven’t reached your limit of 10 for the day.

What are you waiting for?

Head on over to Photoxpress, register for your account, and start downloading. And by the way, don’t forget to use the Social Sharing links below to share this post with someone else who can benefit from it.

To celebrate our Official Launch, we’re taking an extra 10% off of our already valuable prices. Regardless of what service you wish to purchase, a 10% discount is waiting for you. To get your discount coupon code, simply enter your information into the form below. Once you confirm your email address, you’ll receive your coupon code good for a 10% discount.

Don’t forget to share this great deal with your friends and family.

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So, what is Web Presence?

In our attempt to define Web Presence we took a quick look at the definition for each individual word.

Web: noun 1. something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.

Presence: noun the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing.

In essence, Web Presence can be defined as what is formed as a result of weaving your existence throughout the world wide web.

How can Web Presence be established?

Web Presence is established first by developing a Website that functions as your “Hub”. We refer to your Website as a “Hub” because if it is designed and developed right, you should be able to use it as your primary point of creating and publishing your company’s content and message.

Web Presence Development is a process, a journey, and a task that will last as long as the World Wide Web exists. We’ve developed a system, built around your Website as a “Hub”, that will help you establish, grow, and maintain your Web Presence. The good news is, our system won’t break the bank and it can be managed with only a small time commitment.

Want to learn more?

You can check out our Web Presence Development Package details here. You might also take a look at our Portfolio and take some time to review the Case Studies section of our blog.