http://mediaspinsolutions.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:23:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2012/02/say-hey-inc/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2012/02/say-hey-inc/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:13:25 +0000 Rich http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=3382 Say-Hey, Inc. headquartered in Roseville, California is breaking communication barriers for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Their vast services and solutions address community interpreting needs and mobile innovative software which needed to be promoted and marketed online. We listened, learned and developed a strategic marketing plan for both consumers and businesses. Utilizing Google Adwords for multiple campaigns and Advanced SEO techniques for website visibility, we plan on making Say-Hey, Inc a leader in their industry! Take a look at their innovative communication solutions at www.say-hey.com. ]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2012/02/say-hey-inc/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2012/01/nestlings-diaper-bank/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2012/01/nestlings-diaper-bank/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:04:22 +0000 Rich http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=3331 Nestlings Diaper Bank in West Michigan wanted to promote their diaper drives and increase online visibility. As a new website, having as many visitors as possible to view their mission and to contribute in any way were the main goals. We made sure this would happen. With theme-based donate buttons and primary keyword identification to encourage donations, our SEO efforts placed Nestlings in top Google rankings within a month! Help support this amazing non-profit organization at www.nestlings.net. ]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2012/01/nestlings-diaper-bank/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/law-offices-of-alex-leon/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/law-offices-of-alex-leon/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:22:10 +0000 Rich http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=2930 Alex, a professional and respected attorney, sought a better way to promote his legal services online. Combining traditional media touchpoints with our online optimization strategies and campaigns, we are working on achieving top search engine rankings in the competitive keyword market for Bankruptcy Attorneys. Is he getting close? You better believe it….check out his site at www.lawoffices.com.]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/law-offices-of-alex-leon/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/west-coast-home-products/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/west-coast-home-products/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:42:05 +0000 Rich http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=2916 This site for West Coast Home Products, a respected outdoor patio and sunroom company in Sacramento, was made to provide a point of reference of their work for prospective clients. There was an emphasis on the portfolio area for actual images and completed projects which is vital to any design and construction site. Also, SEO was key to build awareness of current work and their complete process to create such an outdoor oasis. You can view our collaborative effort at www.westcoasthomeproducts.com.]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/west-coast-home-products/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/chris-j-barcellos/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/chris-j-barcellos/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:20:42 +0000 Rich http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=2899 The Law Office of Chris J. Barcellos needed a clean, to the point, no mess website. We could not just leave it at that. This website has interactive features like contact form submissions and custom call-to-action buttons. Every detail is very subtle and the end result is a very marketable and user friendly website. Take a look at how we did it at www.elkgrovelawhelp.com. ]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/09/chris-j-barcellos/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/03/new-blog-series-test-marketing/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/03/new-blog-series-test-marketing/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:26:05 +0000 Rich http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=1887 Today we’re introducing a new series of posts on this blog during the month of March that will give you the knowledge you need to optimize your website. By focusing on various marketing techniques that can be applied to your upcoming website launch phase or current  redesign, visitors can tune in and explore, which is good for you and bad for your competition!

We all know how important marketing strategies can play regarding your online success and exposure. Instead of the general topics readily available through most resources, we are going to focus on specific areas which directly correlate with reader engagement. A call to action plan is what is needed, and we’ll review not just how you can ensure such interaction, but to test it, analyze it, and apply your findings immediately.

Here are the specific topics we will cover:

• Landing Page Testing: Is your content and images appealing to your readers or potential clients?
• Multiple Page Conversion Testing: Is your website configured to lead viewers where you want them to go?
• Google AdWords Campaign Experiments: Is a Pay-Per-Click campaign being utilized?
• Social Media Optimization Testing: Is your Facebook Page effectively leveraging your website content?

Stay tuned for our first installment this week, along with our other informative posts. Our goal to help you succeed is our mission, and with the knowledge you’ll be armed to apply it to your website, competitors beware!]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/03/new-blog-series-test-marketing/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/02/wp-dbmanager-featured-wordpress-plugin-review/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/02/wp-dbmanager-featured-wordpress-plugin-review/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:34:17 +0000 Peter http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=1855 We all get busy with our day to day lives, and because of that people often don’t think that anything will go wrong.   Imagine if something unexpected or unforeseen happens to your Blog’s database.  The results could be very, very bad. 

When it comes to your blog, content is king.  To help protect and manage your WordPress database, is a plugin called WP-DBManager.  This must-have plugin makes managing your WordPress Database very simple and very easy.

When installed, this plugin adds a Database menu to your Dashboard sidebar, and provides some of these very useful functions:

• Immediate Backup DB
• Manage Backup DB
• Optimize DB
• Repair DB
• Run SQL Query
• DB Options
• Automatic Scheduling of Backup
• Automatic Scheduling of Optimizing of DB

One of the features I personally like is that this plugin can be configured to have the backup copy can be sent to your email.

We include this plugin with every new WordPress Installation package we provide for our Clients.

This plugin has 4.5 Star Average Rating – (129 Ratings) on www.wordpress.org.
You can Download this plugin here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/

If you don’t have this plugin. Stop right now, click on the download link, and install this plugin! If you have any questions or need some assistance installing this plugin, contact me or comment on this post and I’m happy to lend a hand. I hope you enjoyed this review!]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/02/wp-dbmanager-featured-wordpress-plugin-review/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/02/the-forgotten-handshake/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/02/the-forgotten-handshake/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:45:49 +0000 mediasp1 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=1633 I had an impromptu in-person meeting with a good friend and business associate last week where we’ve either communicated via phone or email. Believe me, we know how busy our schedules can get, so any form of immediate communication was welcomed.

This time, we took the time to head out to the local Starbucks to strategize in person. That’s right. Knowing full well we could have continued our business discussion online as we had been doing, it’s amazing what a face-to-face conversation can do to get things done. In a matter of minutes, a laptop was powered up, decisions were made and “specialty” coffee consumed that would make the Mad Men guys pull our “man-cards”. What ever happened to those cocktail and cigarette meetings in bars and dark restaurants? Two answers: life-expectancy awareness and Social Media.

We at MediaSpin Solutions love our Social Media, but advise everyone to take the time to step back and reconnect with each other if possible. We encourage personal interaction and my local meeting last week emphasized its importance. Not only did we accomplish items on our “to-do” list, but enjoyed the comraderie and friendship. Don’t lose sight of the power of a handshake, even as Social Media brings us closer then ever. After all, it’s all about being connected.]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/02/the-forgotten-handshake/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/01/contact-form-7-featured-wordpress-plugin-review/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/01/contact-form-7-featured-wordpress-plugin-review/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:56:08 +0000 mediasp1 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=1165 Hello Everyone, This is Peter. Today I want to give you a review of one of our favorite WordPress Plugins. If you’re looking for fully featured, but simple WordPress plugin for your Contact Form, look no further than Contact Form 7. It has a 4 out of 5 star ratings (821 Ratings) on WordPress.Org (821 Ratings).


This Plugin is highly customizable, and some of our favorite features that it supports are:

• File Upload & File Attachment
• Multiple contact forms
• Akismet Spam Filtering
• CAPTCHA
• Drop Down Menus / Radial Options

We use this Contact Form 7 plug on our site, and we include this plugin as part of the WordPress Install Packages that we provide our clients.

It is Plugin’s like this that really showcase the power and speed of WordPress. To put it in perspective, if you were building a website without WordPress, it would take you hours to write the individual lines of code into the site to get the same functionality that this plugin can provide in a fraction of the time!

We love this fully featured plugin, and best of all its Free! If you can, show the guys over at Contact Form 7 some love and visit their site at http://contactform7.com/

Links:
To Download – Link to WordPress Plugin Directory for Contact 7 Form
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

Plugin’s Official Site
http://contactform7.com/faq/ ]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/01/contact-form-7-featured-wordpress-plugin-review/feed/ 0 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/01/top-5-reasons-why-websites-fail-to-launch/ http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/01/top-5-reasons-why-websites-fail-to-launch/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:19:10 +0000 mediasp1 http://mediaspinsolutions.com/?p=1575 You have covered all of your bases so far: researched your competition, invested your time and money on a reliable web hosting service, secured your URL and even found the perfect template for your website. Your content is up, images loaded and no errors are to be found! Allright, go ahead. Pull the trigger…

Wait a second…did you check that link to make sure it points to the right page? (Yes, of course you did, 3 times). Hold on, did you ensure to optimize your page for SEO? (Yep, even ran a test). Ok. Let’s do it…Geez, did I spell “there” as “their”? Let me double check…

Sound familiar? This scenario can go on and on, and unfortunately for most new businesses, always happens. There is nothing wrong with making sure your bases are covered, but guess what? There will always be something to tweak, revise, add and delete after your site is up!

Don’t let these 5 factors impede your progress to successfully launch your website on time!
1) Seeking Perfection: Don’t wait until you have everything exactly right. Launch and update as you go!
2) Negative Feedback: Everyone has an opinion, so dont take it personally if you have naysayers. Trust yourself.
3) Time Constraints: Think you can’t blog 3-4 times a week? No worries, post when you can and once you start, you’ll be whipping out prose in no time, even during your lunch break!
4) Low Technical IQ: What if my website goes down? What if I cannot receive any comments? Relax, you already did your research on a reliable web host service, so use their IT Support and get them to fix it!
5) Fear of Failure: Is your website for professional services? A personal blog? Either way, do not measure the success of your site with the amount of immediate “Likes” or page hits. Obtaining an audience takes time. Post good content and be patient.

You should have an Action Plan to have Phase 1, 2 and possibly 3 to work everything you want into your website. Without any plan, hesitation and paranoia will take over, and your timetable to launch will be history. Good luck! ]]> http://mediaspinsolutions.com/2011/01/top-5-reasons-why-websites-fail-to-launch/feed/ 0