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If you’re even a casual user of social media sites like Facebook or Google+, by now you’ve probably come across at least one or two businesses that have some sort of presence on them. Maybe you’ve “liked” them, “fanned” them or “connected” with them. Think about it the next time you click on one of those little buttons or icons: You’ve just made that business very happy, because you’re directly engaging with its online marketing. [click to continue…]

Congratulations to the NetSource team for a great year at the ADDYs. We submitted 6 projects for consideration in the 2012 Greater Ocala Advertising Federation ADDY Awards this year and were recognized with 7 awards! [click to continue…]

Now that you’ve had some success with the basics of making a video for your website (you are using my Tips for Online Video That Sells, right?), you’re no doubt impatient to absorb some additional pointers that will make your videos even more useful. You still won’t quite be ready to take your clips to the Sundance Film Festival, but even small improvements can give your online videos more selling power. [click to continue…]

Search for the term “bounce rate” on the Internet, and you can find any number of very technical explanations. Some of them even include a nifty mathematical formula or two. But as a business owner, here’s all you should really care about: Bounce rate is basically a measure of the percentage of visitors to your website who take one quick look and run away screaming. [click to continue…]

Four Reasons to Consider Google+

February 13, 2012

I know what you’re thinking: “Oh great, not another social media website that I have to manage!”  Yep, that was my reaction to Google+ when it was released last year too. Regardless, I did my part as a web professional to set up an account shortly after it was introduced in order to familiarize myself [...]

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Delaware’s Spallco RV Sales Launches New Website

February 10, 2012

Spallco RV Sales, of Newark, Delaware, has launched a new website using NetSource’s exclusive dealer website content management system, EZ-Site. The website is mobile-enabled, allowing visitors to browse the company’s inventory of RVs, as well as the rest of the website, from modern mobile devices.

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How to Wreck Your Search Rankings in Four Easy Steps

February 9, 2012

Poke around the NetSource blog here for long enough, and you’re bound to bump into a number of posts about search engine optimization . Search the big, wide Internet and you’ll find even more information about it.

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By the Numbers: Quantify Your Marketing

February 7, 2012

Most business owners have heard the old saw: Marketing is the gas that makes your business go. If consumers don’t know who you are and what you do, they can’t do business with you. Simple enough, right? But let me ask a follow-up question: What kind of gas mileage are you getting from your marketing? [...]

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Luxury Builder Seppala Corporation Launches New Website

February 6, 2012

The NetSource design team is pleased to announce the launch of www.seppalacorp.com, a new website for Seppala Corporation, one of Florida’s premier luxury home builders. The new site provides a comprehensive set of tools for Seppala Corporation to quickly communicate with both vendors and clients. Netsource’s experienced design team developed the site to compliment Seppala’s [...]

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Tips for Online Video That Sells

February 2, 2012

The proliferation of small, inexpensive video cameras, coupled with the ease of online video sharing, has made wildly gyrating, poorly composed videography with garbled sound commonplace in the public eye. But just because people have seen a lot of poor video doesn’t mean they like it.  Bad video is often good for a laugh, but [...]

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Checklist for the Aspiring E-Commerce Owner

January 31, 2012

In a previous post, I pointed out that E-commerce is real business. If you’re an aspiring E-commerce owner, that means you need to do many of the same things as a “bricks and mortar” startup. Write (and execute) a business plan, secure your suppliers, budget your cash and prepare for customers.

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New Hampshire’s City Auto RV Superstore Launches New Website

January 27, 2012

City Auto RV Superstore, of Newport, NH, has launched a new website using NetSource’s exclusive dealer website content management system, EZ-Site. The website is mobile-enabled, allowing visitors to browse the company’s inventory of RVs, as well as the rest of the website, from modern mobile devices.

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