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Creating a Facebook Fan Page: Step by Step

Posted by Alexis M. Marks
Alexis M. Marks
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on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
in Marketing

1. Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

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2. Select your type of business under LOCAL dropdown.

Weird Ways to Improve Traffic to Your Website

Posted by Alexis M. Marks
Alexis M. Marks
Alexis moved to Waco in 2008 after completing five years in the United States Ar
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on Saturday, 09 January 2010
in SEO

Just about every website owner wants to get more traffic to their site. You might hire a SEO company to “optimize” your site or you might spend money on advertising, whether its pay-per-click (PPC) or other mediums. Like many others, I routinely look at my Google Analytics to see how these things affect my traffic, hoping for that upward trend line that lets me feel like my website is doing something for my business (umm, especially since my business is web design).

A little while back I saw this huge spike in traffic. From one day to the next, my traffic went up 500% and sustained at that level for two weeks. What was it that brought all these glorious new people to the land of YellowWebMonkey Web Design? It was a CraigsList ad I had posted, looking to hire some part-time data entry help to finish a backlog of projects.

Traffic Increase

That peak got me thinking, “what are some other EASY and FREE ways to get more traffic to my site?” Doing some more research, here is what I came up with:

Why Greeks Should Rush the Internet

Posted by Alexis M. Marks
Alexis M. Marks
Alexis moved to Waco in 2008 after completing five years in the United States Ar
User is currently offline
on Tuesday, 08 December 2009
in Marketing
ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON…you know the rest. The Greek alphabet has taken on a whole new meaning on campuses across the States and beyond. And YellowWebMonkey wants to know why most Grecian chapters haven’t expanded their reach to the Internet. As students, the Internet is one of our primary tools of communication.  We e-mail our teachers with excuses, we check grades through Blackboard, we socialize through Facebook, we Google at the first hint of ignorance…so when are Greeks going online? Some good reasons:

Austin Music City Cranks it up a Notch

Posted by Alexis M. Marks
Alexis M. Marks
Alexis moved to Waco in 2008 after completing five years in the United States Ar
User is currently offline
on Monday, 30 November 2009
in New Website Releases
Keeping track of the hundreds of performers, gigs, and full-blown concerts that occur every month in the weird live music capital of the world is a difficult task.  Austin Music City does even better; it tracks the best few out of the hundreds.

Custom Site for Fast Lane Customs

Posted by Alexis M. Marks
Alexis M. Marks
Alexis moved to Waco in 2008 after completing five years in the United States Ar
User is currently offline
on Monday, 23 November 2009
in New Website Releases
YellowWebMonkey recently launched the newly renovated website for Fast Lane Customs. Fast Lane Customs is a local metal fabrication business that creates a wide range of commercial and residential products. The work of Fast Lane ranges from famous signs around Waco to the classic railings and artistic in locals’ homes.
Tags: cms, Joomla, Website

The New JRoof.com is Raising the Roof

Posted by Alexis M. Marks
Alexis M. Marks
Alexis moved to Waco in 2008 after completing five years in the United States Ar
User is currently offline
on Wednesday, 11 November 2009
in New Website Releases


Johnson Roofing recently took a big step into Web 2.0 with the help of YellowWebMonkey. The new home of Johnson Roofing, found at http://www.jroof.com, fully represents a company that has grown successfully and gracefully from its establishment in 1941. Easily navigable for potential clients, some of the features of JRoof.com include,

Tags: cms, Joomla, waco

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