YellowWebMonkey Web Design

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When the local Ford dealership organized a scavenger hunt to introduce the Ford Fiesta to the Waco market, the YellowWebMonkey Web Design team eagerly signed up.  Scavenger hunts are fun, there was a monetary incentive and it was a great opportunity to spend the afternoon in the Monkey Mobile.  We spent Sunday afternoon cruising around Waco gathering clues.  During the hunt the participants had the opportunity to munch nachos, canoe across the Brazos, snap a quick pick of the Sumatran tiger at Cameron Park Zoo, take a leisurely ride on the train at Lion's Park and delve into the history of Joy and Lady the resident mascots at the Baylor Bear Pit.  Eventually, we even found the Ford Fiesta.

The Fiesta seats four comfortably and is equipped with the Microsoft Sync System for on board navigation and hands free phone service.Although we admired the sporty little Ford, we were much more comfortable in our bright yellow car wrapped in colorful monkeys, Twitter badges and even the American flag.  The Monkey Mobile seats five people with Smartphones or four members of the team armed with three Netbooks, one IPad, four Smartphones and our mobile 4G network.  Our team was prepared for anything.

Even though we didn't win, we had plenty of fun, got lots of exercise and ended the afternoon sharing snow cones with all the competitors.  Thanks to Bird Kultgen Ford for organizing the hunt and congratulations to the winners, The Baylor Driving Club.

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

2. Select your type of business under LOCAL dropdown.

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.

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:

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:

Putting on a good face.

Effective chapters of Greek organizations are all about business whether they are social or professional. Events, meetings, and internal organization must be run with efficiency. When things are running smoothly, it is that much easier to get to the fun. When potential recruits or campus officials or employers Google a fraternity or sorority to check what they are all about, your chapter should be represented; especially local Greeks that do not have an umbrella national website.  Here’s your chance to post all of the “good” pictures, list recent projects, and give information about current members and officers in a controlled space, i.e. not Facebook.

“I didn’t check my email/get the text”.

Getting the word out last minute can be a hassle. What would you do if you could send mass text messages to an entire list of phone numbers…one list for members, one list for recruits, one list for alumni?  What about sending internal e-mails through the site? Message boards and calendars, anyone? With a website the customization possibilities are huge. Get what your organization needs and then add a few extras that are just plain cool.

Paying up.

Everyone’s got to collect them. Why not cut those chapter meetings short a bit by collecting them online? Got fines? An email notification system complemented by a website that keeps track of payments. Make the treasurer’s job a little easier and life simpler for members. The same system can be used to receive donations from alumni! The website could serve as an easy way to keep in contact and allow them to support particular projects or add to the general fund.

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. With CD reviews and blog entries and YouTube videos culled from the masses, Austin Music City keeps lovers of live music up to date on the new and eclectic.

A site with so much content needs a dynamic display to reflect the creative bent of the service it offers. Yellow Web Monkey recently set out to create just that. The new AustinMusicCity.com was unveiled with newsflashes that jumped off the screen with reader-grabbing headlines and links to full articles. The RSS feed summarizes the latest AMC articles that complement the bold slideshows Yellow Web Monkey added. One of the most useful new features is the interactive calendar that gives locals a quick update on the where and who and visitors a rundown of where they should be.

As Greg Roberts can testify, the results are tangible.  See Greg's testimonial about his experience with YellowWebMonkey.

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. YellowWebMonkey has taken what once was a simple Flash website and created a tool for generating business. The site, once hidden in endless pages of results, is more easily called up by search engines. Once consumers reach the site, its internal search makes it easier for them to locate pertinent information. The integrated twitter feed places the artists behind Fast Lane in constant contact with their clientele and potential customer base.  The once simple portfolio of work has become a digital album of project highlights with captions and direct links to more information. Fast Lane Customs now has a website that can fully reflect the beautiful art they create and connect them with the consumers of taste that demand excellence.

YellowWebMonkey is based in Hewitt, TX and prides itself on staying on the cutting edge of cyberspace in order to keep visitors coming back for more. Their websites feature content management systems that allow businesses to make changes themselves instead of coming out of pocket for every update.

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,