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Building on three successful years of partnership, the South Florida Museum and Webtivity Design Solutions have renewed their annual Corporate Partnership agreement. The partnership began in 2008 when Webtivity tackled the difficult task of pulling together the major aspects of the nonprofit organization—a multitude of museum galleries, the Bishop Planetarium Theater and Parker Manatee Aquarium…
The Bridge Street Merchants Association presents Three Events In One: Holiday Open House Walk About, Christmas on Bridge Street and The Cortez Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade Bridge Street will be changed from its normal tropical paradise into a Winter Wonderland on Saturday, December 17. Snow flakes, a visit by Santa and Mrs. Claus, holiday…
Great Prizes, Great Fun! If you attended the 2011 Tri-Chamber Event hosted by the Manatee, Sarasota and Venice Chambers of Commerce, you may have registered to play the QR Scavenger Hunt. Attendees with smartphones used their favorite bar code scanner app to scan QR’s placed at all Manatee Chamber booths and around the Convention Center. Each…
Traffic vs. Conversions(originally posted on the Manatee Chamber of Commerce Blog) Over the past few years Google AdWords (also called Pay-Per-Click or PPC) has started getting a bad name because of the way some internet marketers and large media companies have misguided their customers. If someone is running a PPC campaign for you and the…
Leveraging Google’s Display Network Ecommerce has been one of the bright spots in our bad economy, growing at a rate of 12.6% in 2010. It can be a great way for businesses to stabilize revenue during traditionally slow times. But ecommerce website owners are often at the mercy of an online marketing consultant who doesn’t…
Ecommerce Growth Everyone agrees it has been a tough economy, but most people also realize there are bright spots in any bad economy. One of the bright spots over the past year and a half has been ecommerce. According to Forrester Research In 2010 ecommerce grew at 12.6%, to a total of $176.2 billion. Current…
STOP SHOUTING AT ME!!!!! Recently I was a guest speaker for the Suncoast Technology Forum, speaking on the topic of social media marketing. During my presentation I asked for some feedback from the audience regarding their experiences with LinkedIn and my fears seem to be confirmed. I have grown accustomed to people misguidedly using Facebook…
Social Media Security and Success On Thursday, September 8, 2011 Troy Newport of Webtivity Design Solutions will be one of the Featured Speakers at Suncoast Technology Forum’s Quarterly IT-Educational Seminar. Where: Keiser University Auditorium (map) Date/Time: Thursday, September 8, 2011 from 5:30pm – 8pm
Protect Your Web Address Like Your Social Security Number! I have covered this topic in the past, but every so often a client will forward an email to us in a panic thinking their web address is about to expire due to an email or fax they received. I’m sure you’ve seen these emails before. They…
Search Engines and the Death of the Phone Book On Wednesday August 17, 2011 Troy Newport of Webtivity Design Solutions will be presenting an informational workshop at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance August Executive Briefing. What you can expect to learn: Social Media and how it impacts your rankings Best practices for ranking higher in…