Recently Central Mass Web Design ran a contest on Facebook. When Facebook Users became a Fan of Central Mass Web Design on Facebook, they immediately were entered into a drawing to win a Free Flip Video Camera. The drawing would take place on the next business day following the fan count reaching 500. Central Mass Web Design employees and immediate family members were not eligible to win.
The fan page reached 500 on Saturday and the drawing took place on Monday March 15th. The winner was chosen and announced. The winner was Katelyn Grenier of Worcester Massachusetts. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently attended a hearing for the State of Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner. They were doing a listening tour around the state and attempting to hear what the citizens had to say about health insurance. For those of you who are not aware, the state of Massachusetts decided in 2006 to require all residents to carry health insurance. As part of that law, they also mandated that businesses offer health insurance to their employees if they have 11 or more full time equivalents. That basically means 11 full time employees, or Read the rest of this entry »
Your Website Content is the most important part of your website. Many people say that the design is key…but here is the real story. The People that visit your site, rarely read all the content on the page that they are looking at. In fact, in many cases, they only stay on the page for about thirty seconds on average. The design is the important part for the prospective buyer and they need to know relatively quickly if they can get from you what they need or want. If so great. It’s the words on the page, however, that brought them to your site. The words and website content are indexed by Google, Yahoo, and Bing, and put into their search engine database allowing visitors to find you when searching.
In recent years customers have come to expect more from their online browsing experience. This has caused a change in the standard for company websites. A dynamic web site contains content that is continuously updated, a design that is eye catching and inspiring which will give the consumer a new online experience with every visit.
Maintaining Dynamic Web Page With Content
Maintaining a web sites content can be time consuming and can cost you money. However, with our content management systems and Web Maintenance Plans, even the least technical users have the ability and functionality to maintain dynamic web site content .
Content management systems give you the freedom to create dynamic web page content “in-house” rather than needing a third party. You will easily be able to :
Create content schedules that automatically adds or deletes items.
Update your events calendar, company news, or job openings.
Add Pictures to your content to keep your website dynamic in appearance.
Add dynamic data to all of your pages and keep your website fresh and inviting.
Our content management systems put you in control and give you the ability to maintain a dynamic web site.
Don’t have the time to do it yourself? Ask us about our Web Maintenance Plan and Search Engine Optimization Plan! Our trained and experienced staff can do it all for you. Maintaining a dynamic website through design and data can be very time consuming. Our staff is experts in many fields and we have created a team that can work to ensure your dynamic website stays attractive to all of your consumers. Central Mass Web Design has helped many clients to maintain dynamic websites throughout Massachusetts and beyond, including Fitchburg, Leominster, Worcester, Cambridge, and Boston.
Want to view some of our recent works? Check out our online portfolio to see our many designs, and request a website design estimate today.
In a recent story, published by Financial Times, Microsoft is considering paying Print Media Outlets for use of their content on their newest search engine Bing. This move would force the Print Media Outlets that take the offer to remove their content from Google. If Microsoft is successfull in this move, assuming that they do in fact move forward with it, Google may be forced to pay similar media outlets for their content, creating a content war within the Print Media. You could see some high values paid for the content from the major news sources. While Rupert Murdoch’s New Corp seems to be a part lead in this against Google…..I wouldn’t count them out for taking the money if Google made them a higher offer than Microsoft and Bing.
Microsoft is on this for one reason, and one reason only….they want to hurt the deep pockets of Google. Google is claiming that their news results bring in little revenue. I doubt that. That is just postering to make it seem like this move isn’t going to effect them.
If Microsoft can court the top 5 Print Media Outlets in the country, then I think the Google News section could be doomed, as well as how the income they bring in from the search matches for the content.
Not sure where Yahoo fits in all this. It seems like that are taking a back seat right now to see how this plays out before they jump in with their thoughts.
With so many newspapers struggling in the current economy, it seems that this might actually breath some life into that industry. Keep your eye out for a bidding war…this could get interesting.
Central Mass Web Design recently debuted our custom trade show booth at the New England Business Expo on Thursday October 29, 2009. The Expo provided a great opportunity to showcase our work to the general business community and some of our valued partners. We would like to thank everyone who stopped by with their kind words regarding our booth during the show.
By now, you’ve heard that Facebook and Twitter are almost essential when marketing your business online. Not only has Central Mass Web Design encouraged the idea, but it’s on news websites everywhere. Social Media is a bandwagon that you don’t want to fall off of. It’s helping businesses everywhere with their online marketing and strengthening relationships with their customers.
For those of us who are currently utilizing the free services of Facebook and Twitter, we’ve got some big news! (And for those of you who are not on these social media sites, read on. You might find yourself registering by the end of this article). Both Bing and Google have recently announced that they are joining forces with the social media craze. A few days ago, Bing publicized their decision to take your tweets and status updates and pull them into their SERPS (Search Engines Results Pages). Shortly after, Google proclaimed a similar deal with Twitter. They too will pull your tweets into their SERPS.
So, what does all of this mean? Well, first of all, if you are not currently using social media to expand on your business horizon, it means you are clearly missing out, go register! And secondly, it means we owe big congratulations to those who ARE using social media. If you are keeping your status updates and tweets fresh, you should start seeing an increase in traffic to your website (that is, if you are linking back to it within your updates – which is a must!)
If you are not taking advantage of the social media sites out there, please feel free to give us a call! We currently assist our Search Engine Marketing clients with their social media and we can help you too. Call 978-632-5300 or email us at Info@CentralMassWebDesign.com.
Why is this relevant to Web Design and Website Pricing?
In our business, we provide quality services at a fair price. In most development businesses, there can be adjustments to the final invoice due to the client’s desires. It seems of late, with the economy the way it is, that businesses who approach companies in our line of work seem to think that it is standard for us to negotiate our rates. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Our business model is developed on an understanding of what it takes to be successful and profitable while at the same time providing good customer service and a quality product.
Remember to put yourself in the shoes of this Chef in the video, or the DVD Clerk, then ask yourself if you would ask them to lower their price. When the economy gets tough, people seem to ask for more discounts to save money, but are they really saving money? Think about the question you ask before you ask it as you might actually offend the person to whom you are asking this question.
