Carol Hurst, a mortgage broker specializing in Reverse Mortgages in the North Georgia area was a delightful client. Although her parent company, Diamond Mortgage, had a company website, Carol knew her clients well and wanted to be able to speak to them in her own voice and provide them with the information that she wanted them to have. Carol deals with seniors and her motto is “Because Trust Matters”. It was very important that New Tricks design the site so that her client’s could get a sense of who she was and begin to trust and like Carol before they met. Her son had tried to build a WordPress website for Carol but it it not easy to do a branded WordPress site when you are just starting to learn the program. So he suggested his mother contact New Tricks to design the website. We enjoyed working with Carol on her website design. She gave us clear expectations and then let us deliver. Carol is 62 and she is proof of the New Tricks motto, It’s Never Too Late!
Judi – I must take time to let you know how happy I am with my site –I’ve got some tweaking to do – and some ‘getting comfortable’ with adding, changing, etc. And, I’m definitely going to depend on you to direct me on the path to getting folks to my site, however, I just announced my new site at staff meeting on Wednesday. Of course, Diamond is very small company but all my peers loved it. One guy called me yesterday after he’d checked out your site and made the comment that “WEB ENVY” was exactly what he was experiencing.
I can’t thank you enough – and I couldn’t be happier and more thankful that Daren knew you!!!
New Tricks was busy marketing this week on the premise that if we do our networking, and workshops in November then our December will be as busy as we want it to be. We had a great time at the Ga. Coaches Association round table meeting and the North Fulton Express Network Luncheon of the American Business Women’s Association. Good to see old friends and make some new contacts as well.
Here are our slides from both Dene’s and Judi’s presentations. The Coaches didn’t get to see Dene’s talk on Googling Yourself and other Online Marketing Tips. But both of the talks are on this Slideshare.
For those attending the workshop we are offering a free consultation on your on-line presence. We can do this by phone or in person so drop us a line or give us a call and we will get you on our schedule. We are limiting this offer to the first twenty people to respond.
We have written before about the evolution of WordPress’s use as a website development platform rather than, what most people think, as just a blogging program. Using WordPress for websites is cutting edge Web 2.0 and takes advantage of WordPress’s use of a My SQL database. It then becomes a content management system, otherwise referred to as a CMS, which offers much more to a business than a traditional old skool static or Flash website.
Today, I want to bring you what I imagine must be the first song in history about using WordPress as a CMS. I know it is a little rough and I understand there is a new version coming out with much improved production quality. In the meantime, I bring you a performance by Charles Williams from the Dallas WordPress Camp:
Shawn Black came to us after he heard about the benefits of using WordPress as a website platform. He was especially interested in the searchability of these content management sites as well as the ease with which he could learn to maintain the site and have it be an active conversation with his clients. He had already started with some other designers but after meeting with us he completely changed directions. [click to continue…]
Susan Asher of Asher PR obtains publicity locally and nationally in newspapers, magazines, trades, online media, and on radio and TV. Susan has been able to get her clients on “The Tonight Show,” “ABC News Now,” on CNN and the FOX News Network. Having worked in newspaper and radio and written for numerous publications, Susan Asher knows how to tell a story to make the news. When Susan came to us she had a website and a blog. She was brave enough to… [click to continue…]
Amanda Earley graduated from Tulane in May 2009 in Latin American Studies and International Development. She is now attending Georgetown’s Master’s Program in Latin American Studies and Foreign Service and was back off the Rio to do research this summer. She came to us wanting a blog site where she can write about her various projects as well as being a forum for people who are living and working all over the globe. [click to continue…]
SplendidVid selected New Tricks to develop a portfolio website showcasing the work of three highly acclaimed media professionals. While the principals had impressive individual portfolios, they needed an online presence for their newly formed media production company.
In a few short weeks, New Tricks and SplendidVid worked together to create a site that speaks to a variety of audiences from “button down Fortune 1000 corporations and issue oriented political groups to hard rocking musicians and hip hop performers.” [click to continue…]
Frustrated after her children kept losing their lunch money or notes to or from their teachers, mom and architect Tamara Jones searched for a means for them to keep up with with their essentials.
Tamara knew there had to be a better solution than the traditional way of pinning items to her little ones’ clothes. and the typical fanny pack was too awkward for children. What Tamara envisioned was a small necklace with a pouch. Something that her children could wear to hold some emergency contact information, a little bit of money and whatever small tokens they deemed essential for the day. [click to continue…]
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