Category Archives: Web Marketing

Facebook Networking for Business: It works

Just thought I’d share an example with everyone, saw this on Facebook today – the names & pics have been blurred to protect the innocent:

Building a good network, and asking for help couldn’t be more easy.  Ten years ago, this would have taken hours and hours, now just 15 seconds.

SEO Friendly CSS Galleries

We’re compiling a list of SEO Friendly CSS galleries for designers who are interested in getting a little link love while showcasing their work.  To be considered, the galleries must either have a direct, do-follow link from the actual gallery or a direct do-follow link from a sub-page featuring the work.
We’ll update this page regularly, [...]

Carolinian Boat Works: New Marketing Client

Rainmaker is pleased to announce a new partnership with Carolinian Boat Works, LLC. Carolinian has secured Rainmaker Web Design to handle their on-line and off-line marketing and brand awareness.

Our partnership will entail:

Web Content Creation & Management
Social Network Marketing (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.)
Press Release Distribution
Customer Relationship Management
Search Engine Optimization
Forum / Message Board Marketing
Blog Networking
Trade Show [...]

The Worst SEO Mistake You Can Make

My hats off Brandt Dainow for a great primer on SEO Step 1 for any business. The guy has been doing search engine marketing for over 12 years, which is a lifetime in this business.
First, why SEO over other marketing such as PPC?
Pay-per-click advertising is all very well, but it means you have to [...]

10 Tips for Writing Better Web Content

We’re not all copywriters, but writing concise and compelling web content is essential to the success of any small business’s online presence. Here are a few tips to help get you started, increase conversion, and convey your message:

Less Is More
The average user spends just 4.4 seconds on a page, don’t waste it with filler [...]

What a Small Business Website Should Do for You

I’m short on time with six sites going live in June, but I simply had to share an article I just found on Business Week about the good, bad, and the ugly concerning small business websites.
Whether you are looking to contract Rainmaker for your next small business website or somebody else article by Steve McKee [...]

Does Your Website Look Good? Are You Sure?

Unfortunately, websites display differently on different computers. What may look perfect on your setup, may look horrible on others. The obvious problem with this, is that many of your customers may be running any of them. Websites layout differently due do different browsers, operating systems, as well as the actual website encoding [...]

24 Fishing and Hunting Directories

Submitting your guide service or outfitter to directory websites is a good idea for two reasons:
First, because many of these sites come up in major search engines for a variety of phrases, which can lead potential clients to your website. Second, it can help build your search engine rankings by giving you high quality, [...]

10 minutes, more traffic with Google & Yahoo! Local

Have you ever typed in a search to the effect of “dry cleaner roswell, GA” and had a map pop up with dry cleaners in or around that city?  If you’re not on the list for your trade area and industry, you may be losing out on highly targeted traffic to your website.

But never fear, you can sign up for Google Local and Yahoo Local within 10 minutes! [...]

RoswellOfficeCondos.com goes Live

We just wrapped another site this morning, RoswellOfficeCondos.com. It’s a rather simple yet elegant little site, based on the Cleaker 2.1 theme by Adam Walker Cleaveland. Time was money on this one, and by going with a premade WP theme (with some modifications of course) we had it out on the web in [...]

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