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In this podcast interview, Pam Harper, President of Business Advancement Inc., interviews Chad on the topic of creating an effective Internet strategy and synchronizing business and web objectives. © Chad Barr 2009. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading >>Click here for our latest August newsletter. Featuring the new site for Patrick O’Neill of Extraordinary Conversations, my article Where should you be tomorrow? First, determine where you are today and Patrick’s article The Four Failures of Leaders.
Continue Reading >>I am pleased to announce the new bilingual site we’ve developed and launched for Steve Savage of Savage International, located in Marietta, Georgia. Steve focuses on helping businesses throughout the world to dramatically improve their sales and marketing. Click on the image below to visit the Web site: Click here for Steve’s videos. Click on our portfolio page collection to view other sites and strategies we have created.
Continue Reading >>A couple of minutes ago I decided to quickly research the web and see what people are publishing about growing an email distribution list. I launched my browser and googled: “How to grow your distribution list” and to my pleasant surprise I noticed that the second result listed at the top of the Google page was one of my own blog posts: “How to Grow Your Email Distribution List” which I wrote back in March of 2007 and is still...
Continue Reading >>A great question was recently asked on an online forum my company implemented, which I often participate and help moderate: “Lately I have been hearing people talk about having their websites done on a WordPress platform so they can make quick changes on their own. Is anyone doing this? If so, is it as easy as others are making it sound? Are there any other benefits to switching over? ” WordPress (WP), which is the tool or technical engine we...
Continue Reading >>Upon review of probably thousands of web sites over the years, I have come to the conclusion that in order for your organization to be successful on the Internet, 3 key elements must be accomplished to generate such success: Design: Your site ought to be professionally designed, attractive and engaging and be easy to navigate in order to quickly gain the visitors’ attention and interest. Good use of images is important as well as the use of action shots of...
Continue Reading >>I am pleased to announce a new site we’ve developed and released a while back for Robert Veninga, Ph.D. Bob is an award-winning author and one of America’s most trusted speakers. He has spoken to over 1,000 audiences throughout the world, including presentations in Europe, South America and China. Four of his presentations have been featured in the prestigious Vital Speeches of the Day which publishes the best speeches delivered to national and international audiences. He operates out of St....
Continue Reading >>You don’t create a blog or a web site or participate in social networking or whatever and hope your clients will come – especially your CEOs or CFOs. Most consultants are making this mistake over and over and are still waiting for the phone to ring! You drive the value to your customers and prospects by creating amazing products and services, publishing great stuff, shamelessly promoting it, and leveraging every component of marketing gravity you can and guided by your...
Continue Reading >>BMW has just delivered my new transportation vehicle – the BMW 650i. It sure explains why they named it “The Ultimate Driving Machine.” The drive is fabulous, the computerized system is amazing and driving with the top down, music playing through the awesome sound system is a stupendous experience. Talk with you soon while I am probably blogging and tweeting from the road. Life is good.
Continue Reading >>Last Thursday I received an urgent email and a voice mail from a consultant and speaker, who is also a colleague of mine whose identity I will keep anonymous who is not my client and is not hosted on our server. She reported to me that her web site was infected (see slide below) which presents a serious risk to all visitors arriving to her site. Upon further investigation, not only did we find out that her own site contains...
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