Archive for June, 2008

Seems like a nice place to live!

Worked on additional content today for a North Carolina realtor in Charlotte that specializes in condominiums for sale in Charlotte North Carolina as well as all residential real estate throughout North Carolina.

I’ve heard it’s really nice there and have always wanted to visit to see what it’s like. I think the humid summers might take their toll but the mild winters are a definite bonus in my eyes. The average 4 inches of snowfall definitely catches my eye!

Hey, if relocating down that way or even thinking about it, give Prudential Carolinas Realty a look. You never know…you might just be charmed by that part of the country and decide to stay!

Uncategorized seanf 30 Jun 2008 No Comments

Just the Right Stuff

Even though you have protocol on how to do things, you might not always be into it. So try and start every day off right I’d say. Talk with your girl (or guy), eat a good breakfast, bring the essentials (and maybe a few nick knacks why not?) and have a good song with you. Working on designs for sites can be quite tiresome. Working on a site awhile ago for residential lock and key in Tempe, I was supposed to make it look as close the the client’s original site as I could using our main elements. If I had felt down that day, I don’t think I would’ve been able to complete it in the time I did. Must say I’m still somewhat proud of it.

Uncategorized Saishu Hane 27 Jun 2008 No Comments

Don’t waste your energy!

It’s amazing that something like drafty windows or doors can not only suck out the heat in your home but cash out of your pocket. With the price of an oil barrel (over $140 as of today), it pays to make sure your home is up to par energy wise, especially in the midwest where the bitter cold can really create huge heating and air conditioning bills.

To save cash and put it in your pocket where it belongs in Minneapolis St Paul, energy efficient windows should definitely be considered as a replacement for what you have now.

Uncategorized seanf 26 Jun 2008 No Comments

Floored

Well not figuratively, literally…and not in the way that you think.

I know that I’ve always thought hardwood floors are cool and a great addition to any home. Lucky people in and around the Seattle area can easily obtain affordable hardwood floors anytime.

Imagine the addition to the decor of your home with exotic hardwood flooring in Bellevue Washington or even refinishing in Seattle Washington if you already have them so that they look like new!

Give them a look…they appear to do great work!

Uncategorized seanf 24 Jun 2008 No Comments

Ensure you’re insured

One thing I happen to agree with is that as costs rise on medical expenses and health care in general, it’s always good to take preventative measures to safeguard not only your personal health, but your fiscal health as well.

Those looking into health insurance plans in Denver or anywhere in Colorado would do well to explore their options before taking a giant leap into the purchase of any policy. Western Risk Specialists provides all kinds of information on local independent health insurance for the entire state!

insurance-denverco.com

Uncategorized seanf 18 Jun 2008 No Comments

What Is It With Mac’s?

Recently, someone new to our team was put onto a mac for the first time in the room. Previously being on Windows, everything was set up nicely on that particular computer. Now what is it with Mac’s that just don’t want to be nice and run the programs we want right off the bat? I keep hearing about how mac is so superior…but I’m not seeing what’s so good here. As you can probably tell, I’m a Windows user and I can run Web CEO without a hitch. Now don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely no fan of Vista. While it does have some good qualities, having some of my programs blank out because I wanted to install some Firefox addition is no fun at all. Seeing as how everyone in this office is eventually moving towards a mac, I’m somewhat dreading the day. I know I’ll get used to it, I’m just not looking forward to learning the ins and outs of a whole new OS.

Uncategorized Saishu Hane 11 Jun 2008 No Comments

Riding in Style

For a Monday, I was able to get some great companies even if they were both in the same industry. After seeing the photos of their fleets, I wanted to take a stretch Hummer to Frisco from Dallas at aclasslimodfw.com and when I visit family for a possible wedding in Phoenix at a later date, take advantage of one of those Bentleys or Rolls Royce stretches if they decide to go with one of the wedding limousine rentals at Avant Garde Limo in Phoenix Arizona.

I just think limos are cool. My excitement for a Monday! ;)

Uncategorized seanf 09 Jun 2008 No Comments

YES! *does the anime high fist jump in the air…and just hangs there*

I finally got my account fixed here so that I can start blogging. Now on the topic at hand. More and more I am beginning to truly believe that everyone has an ML now. Almost every site I have SEOed so far has been an MLM. Today however, while I did in fact have a MLM, it was not a particularly generic one. It was for a rep of Arbonne needing our services.

http://www.beautyopportunityonline.com/

Today was definitely a good day because for a good portion of the day, I spent time browsing pictures of beautiful women applying lipstick. WHOOOO! Hard work let me tell you. LOL. But on a serious note, I learned how to do something that I have 1) always wanted to do and 2) is very useful when constructing banners.  I learned how to match skin tones to one another. After wasting about 30 minutes trying to coerce PhotoShop to do it for me, I broke down and asked a co-worker if they could help me (completely out of character as I like finding it on my own).  He instructed me on how to use the adjustment tools in the Image menu, all of which I have not done much exploring with. In a very short period of time ( about 25 seconds) we had a very very very close match in skin tone.

You see the original picture is this stunning photograph of this girl with astonishingly beautiful eyes, wearing bright read lipstick, and a very light tan skin tone overlaid with a very soft, well kept, satiny coat. Almost no shine reflected from her face. She had no hint of red at all in her skin save for the lipstick.

On the other side of the color spectrum, literally, I had sampled a finger from another photo, so that it could represent her finger holding some lipstick. While the finger was model quality, generally speaking, the tone of this skin was very rich with red, not to mention a much darker base than the original. Because I like the finger and the girl so much, I stubbornly insisted that they work together.

In any even, the moral of the story here is: know how to use your tools, and if you don’t, ask someone who does. After all you can be the best sketcher of all time, but if you don’t have a sharpened pencil you are not getting very far.

Loushou.

Design & seo life.42 04 Jun 2008 No Comments

Following Your Past Work

Working to gain rankings for yourself or a client of yours? Odds are, if you’re reading this, then yes you are. Just a reminder to keep up on what you’re doing and monitor the clients you’ve worked on. Now, in some cases, monitoring them all is just incredibly outlandish and it would take all day for you to do that. Like me personally, it would take well more than a day to analyze the work I’ve done. So I pick a few out of the bunch that I check from time to time. New one’s I’ve looked at are both MLM businesses dealing with small business franchise UK and how to start a greeting card business. An older client McDonald’s and its premium crispy chicken club I’ve been monitoring for awhile, but it’s got some pretty difficult key words.

Linking in, linking out, content addition, page addition, and a lot more things I’ve put into these sites so they rank just a little faster. Find one that you’re particularly proud of and keep track of it until it’s met the guarantee your particular company has for clients.

Uncategorized Saishu Hane 04 Jun 2008 No Comments

Cutting the fat

Sometimes when I read old content, I see where many things need reworked.

I can do my best to work (or rework) your content and hope that it (along with the keywords) generates many first page placements. As I continue to read over some of the old content, I can see why some of it might not have worked. Long, boring passages about the history of a city or other extraneous things just are not pertinent and are sometimes merely filler.

As far as I’m concerned, nothing takes the place of creativity…it grabs the reader and makes them want to either read more or take action.

Some take longer than others but to get the job done right, you need to take the time.

Ok…hopefully, it’s right in the end.

But the example of trimming is this which is soon to be rectified…

oneofakindtravelstore.net

Uncategorized seanf 03 Jun 2008 No Comments