National Small Business Week, May 12-15, recognizes the contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. While they’re working to fulfill customer’s needs, create jobs, and drive innovation, it’s important for owners to get the help they need on their own small business marketing to ensure growth and success. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 09, 2014 (If you prefer, you may read the article HERE on PR Web’s Website) Small businesses fill a special niche in our society. They offer customers local options and local choices. Many small businesses operate on smaller budgets and word of mouth reviews. However, in this
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As a single dad who has raised a wonderful daughter, I have more experience than most guys at being a Mom! Though incredibly rewarding, it can also be quite challenging. Brass Ring Multimedia’s latest WordPress website design, the Mommy Chic by Jessica Blog , is a great resource for Moms and it’s here to offer help, information and fun. Jessica J. Johnson is a fashion stylist (and much more) who brings her passion and experience being a fashionable Mom to a great new blog where she offers advice, styling tips, information on great products and all kinds of valuable resources for Moms who are
More please! →What Makes Your Business Special or Unique? An incredibly critical question for every business. By asking this one basic question, we are well on our way to the consultation which is an integral part of every Brass Ring Multimedia project. The first part of the Brass Ring Process, our consultation thorough marketing and needs analysis helps us start to put together a solution that will best convey our clients and their businesses. Our Process – The Brass Ring Difference Over and over, I’ve asked my clients that question, “what makes YOUR business special?” Based on that answer, we make sure
More please! →Another Great WordPress Website The La Jolla Bar Association is a group of 63 attorneys who operate or maintain an office in La Jolla, California. One of their members, for whom I’d built several sites already, asked me to review their previous site which had been up for a number of years with an eye towards making it more dynamic and better indicative of the spirit and status of the Association. Their old site really was not conveying the organization in an effective and positive way. As a benefit of membership, each attorney has an individual page upon which to
More please! →La Jolla man about town, Ron J. Jones has been a dear friend for many years. With a history as broadcaster, deejay and emcee since his youth in the 60’s, Ron undertakes a great new project for our community, The Voice of La Jolla, a podcasting website catering to the uniquely wonderful community of La Jolla, California. (My hometown!) Ron and I have collaborated on numerous website projects in the past together for his businesses and community organizations like La Jolla Concerts By the Sea, Rotary Club of La Jolla and La Jolla Meals On Wheels. This project presented exciting challenges
More please! →Wellness expert JayDee Cutting III has an impressive client list including such notable companies as Kodak, Sony, Nokia, Dow, Safeway, to name a few. A mutual friend and associate put JayDee and I together for a collaboration on JayDee’s new WordPress website design. A dynamic wellness coach and motivational speaker, JayDee needed a website which would showcase his qualifications, services, products and client testimonials as well as provide a strong and easy-to-use blogging platform to convey his advice, tips and years of wellness experience to existing and potential clients. WordPress is a perfect solution. One-on-one training and ongoing coaching from
More please! →This project features a WordPress website, logo (re)design and business cards for an exceptionally exciting new travel service based in La Jolla, California. I owe a debt to the Bird Rock Community Council in my hometown of La Jolla. Some months back, their IT specialist referred me to Doug Wheeler’s wife Jane for a project (which eventually went a different direction). Thankfully, enough of an impression was left that when it came time for husband Doug to launch his latest undertaking, Jane suggested a conversation with me and Brass Ring Multimedia was one of his first calls. We hit it
More please! →Many of us are unaware of let alone involved with the Sister City program. Maybe I can help change that for you with the help of my friends at San Diego – Yantai Friendship Society. A sister city is a city in a foreign country with whom one’s city shares similar characteristics which is the basis for and entry into a formal cultural exchange and friendship. San Diego, in fact, has 16 sister cities. It’s a great idea and I’m honored to be involved with this project which helps connect us with our sister city of Yantai, China. The Society came
More please! →Kevin Tavares, partner in iPay Consulting, San Diego Division, is a longtime friend. His company, iPay Consulting, a leading San Diego credit card processing consulting firm, specializes in saving people money and simplifying their business efforts by analyzing and streamlining their payment processing (credit cards, etc.) using the latest technology. Kevin wanted to take advantage of the power of WordPress and he turned to me to help him hit the ground running with his (first) WordPress site. There’ll be more, I’m certain. We’ve just launched the result of a great collaboration (see below) and, having just trained Kevin in WordPress,
More please! →Another website for marketing partner SEO1Click, one of San Diego’s leading SEOs (search engine optimizer). Project features home page slider showcasing client work, before and after examples of remodels, etc.
More please! →Another collaboration with SEO1Click.com and Jordan Parkes, one of San Diego’s leading SEO’s. (Search Engine Optimizer). Laser Source specializes in being a single point for printer, fax and coper service and supplies. They’ve been serving San Diego County since 1989 and are a locally owned and operated San Diego small business.
More please! →Say that three times fast? OTS is an association of scientific minds from throughout the globe. Though I am hardly the one who ought to be explaining it, the best I can say for the lay person is that they are to genetic research what the developers of antibiotics were to their fight against illness. This project was a bit different for me as I was brought in as a WordPress website design consultant to solve a very specific problem. Whereas WordPress is an incredibly powerful tool which puts control of a website in the hands of individuals who may
More please! →So Cal Custom Pools and Spas is one of Southern California’s true custom pool builders. They build distinctive pools and spas for all of San Diego County. This has been another great joint project with top San Diego SEO company SEO1Click.com. Marketing partner Jordan Parkes requested a migration and upgrade of SoCal Custom Pools & Spas’ existing static .html website. SEOs everywhere recommend their clients convert to WordPress at the beginning of their SEO campaign. As the leading content management system (CMS), WordPress greatly facilitates the regular changes in content which are required of an effective SEO campaign.
More please! →I LOVE the website…it looks great! So says Peter McWorkman, owner of McWorkman Millworks. Pete’s an old friend and I was happy to help him revamp his website when he asked. Pete requested simplicity and this website delivers that, while showcasing the high-quality, custom millwork his company delivers its many institutional, government and private clients. McWorkman Millworks website features a J-Query slider and the UDesign theme (currently #1 best-selling theme on ThemeForest).
More please! →WordPress is a great platform. Using a content management system is the best way to present content! (Who knew?) Seriously, a CMS truly makes a website dynamic and provides the visitor an intuitive, custom visit while offering the owner great control, responsive marketing capabilities and search engine friendliness. This site for ThermarT was already built, with a default WordPress theme in place, this having been done by another individual. It was essentially one long page, with WordPress mostly at default status and was thus doing neither the client nor HIS clients much good. WordPress makes it relatively easy to put
More please! →Hot Mix 106 listeners who tune in to his twice-weekly internet broadcast, already know my buddy Steve Kramer, better known to his fans and listeners as “Dr. Dimension.” Based in San Diego, computer repair and service specialist Steve is whom I, among many others, turn to when my computers and other devices need care. (To get hold of Steve, contact him here.) Steve’s “old site” needed to go and this was a perfect opportunity to get Steve into a website design that he could control. The power of WordPress is what Steve needed and his new website gives Steve the
More please! →My “other hat” is that of a wedding industry professional (I’m a pro Wedding DJ for the last 25 years) and in that time I can’t remember having seen a more creative and talented photographer than Ben Aguirre of BA Photo. Though relatively new to the bridal business, his work is top-shelf and I enjoyed being part of showcasing it with WordPress. Ben came to me having had some experience with WordPress and wanted to replace his “old site” built with a popular web-builder solution and upgrade to the robust capabilities of WordPress which gives him incredible control and flexibility
More please! →Heartland Harvest is the latest WordPress website design by Brass Ring Multimedia. Already a client, Pamela Leathers, “The Grain Lady,” sells healthy and easy to prepare meals perfect for busy families of four wishing to feed the entire family with 100% pure tasty meals. Pamela needed an e-commerce site which she could control; stark contrast and replacement for her “old” site, an archaic, problematic and visually unexciting “Zen Cart” based website which did little to attract attention, engage and compel visitors and did little in terms of sales. Using the power of WordPress, a number of shopping cart solutions, including
More please! →I’m happy to present the latest Brass Ring Multimedia website design, this time for Rotary Club of La Jolla. Part of Rotary International, the La Jolla Chapter was chartered in 1947 and has served La Jolla, San Diego and the world by fulfilling its motto: “service above self.” Thanks to outgoing Rotary President and La Jolla “man about town” Mr. Ron Jones, Brass Ring was hired to improve on the previous, out-dated (in more ways than one) and oft-grumbled-about website design. The new site immediately conveys the beauty and uniqueness which is our home community of La Jolla. The site
More please! →Through an ongoing alliance with SMB Creative Solutions, a local internet marketing firm which commissioned the site, Brass Ring Multimedia presents yet another $397 WordPress Special website creation. SEO1Click specializes in search engine optimization for San Diego with a focus on small & medium businesses.
More please! →The mission of SSSG is to educate military widows of the resources and programs available to them and to support widows emotionally, by listening and sharing with each other the pain that few others can understand, and by hosting social gatherings to meet with other surviving spouses. The Surviving Spouse Support Group has one goal. It fills in the gap where military life ends, and a new normal begins. A military widow/widower means being misunderstood by friends and family; we are often left behind and forgotten. SSSG seeks to promote healing and strength by reaching out to widows/widowers of spouses
More please! →Brass Ring’s mission is to help small businesses to succeed. Another example is Clear Water Pools, a full-service swimming pool service and repair company servicing all areas of North San Diego county. ClearWater came to me through an internet marketing consultant who asked me to help CWP transition from their existing website to a much more effective and attractive website with the power of WordPress…on a budget! As part of the project, I also had the opportunity to “tweak” their logo a bit (no charge…often necessary for optimum visuals, though I do offer logo design & company branding services.)
More please! →Some months back, I wrote about a website I built for a small business called De Chiel Firearms, owned by retired Navy pilot Mitch Dashiell. I received a very nice letter from him a few days ago and thought I’d share it here. Over the years, people have said and written many very nice things about me and the work I’ve done for them. I wish I could say I’d done a great job of blowing my own horn. (Important for effective self-marketing. “Physician, heal thyself…”) I’m going to try to do a better job of this (and so should
More please! →Business Card Options 1000 Full-color 2-sided Business Cards (w/website) $95.00 USD1000 Full-color 2-sided Business Cards ( no website order) $115.00 USD BUSINESS CARD DESIGN So…Brass Ring Multimedia does business cards now?! (Actually, have for years.) The business card remains a powerful tool (especially so when used properly and creatively) to make an impression, convey professionalism, drive traffic to our websites, serve as “mini-billboards” to advertise us, our products and services. If you ever get a chance, in fact, pick up a copy of Bob Popyk’s book: Here’s My Card: How to Network Using Your Business Card to Actually Create More Business, an excellent
More please! →It’s always gratifying to serve a repeat client…that’s the best testimonial I could ask for. This is a website design for David Pratson of True Source Enterprises, Inc. who is launching a great new enterprise. Settle2ndNow.com serves those individuals and families needing assistance negotiating with their banks to settle their second mortgages or home equity line of credit (HELOC). These contracts can be reduced greatly, in terms of pennies on the dollar and payments diminished greatly or outright eliminated. The following WordPress website design presents a great presence for this useful new company.
More please! →This website design is for Dr. Jason Karp, a leading personal fitness expert based out of San Diego. Jason was referred to me by a mutual friend whom I’d helped previously with his WordPress needs. Jason had a rather dated website he’d built himself with Microsoft Frontpage, a tool Microsoft discontinued in 2003 and stopped supporting in 2005. There are a lot of websites languishing irrelevantly in need of the modernization and power that WordPress exactly offers. Jason came to me after unsuccessfully trying on his own to get into WordPress. That’s what I do…I help people get into WordPress and
More please! →WordPress website design for GustoRamblings.com I first worked with Gus Rowe when I provided WordPress consultation on a website design project for an organization known as Wise Widowed Parents, a group dedicated to helping surviving parents and families dealing with the tragic loss of a loved one. For some time, Gus has had a successful blog (GustoRamblings.com) and Facebook page where he shares and offers experience, strength and hope to individuals and families dealing with difficult life challenges. Gus’s Wise Widowed Parents experience with WordPress convinced him that it was time to upgrade his website from Blogger.com to the WordPress
More please! →WordPress website design for Phillip Huston, one of Southern California premiere model building authorities. His business, Phillip’s Hobbies in Lakeside, California offers everything the plastic modeling enthusiast could need to pursue his hobby: kits, tools, paints, books and other useful resources, including Phillip himself! Phillip had a problem, however, his website’s archaic design and his inability to update and maintain it. Phillip’s “old” website had been languishing unattended as do so many small business sites and was a perfect candidate for the control and flexibility the WordPress platform offers. Bringing WordPress website design to Phillip’s Hobbies puts new power in Phillip’s hands.
More please! →WordPress website design for La Jolla Meals On Wheels. For the last several years, I’ve had the privilege to be part of Greater La Jolla Meals On Wheels as their webmaster. Having served the La Jolla Community’s home bound citizens since 1974, I’m glad to help their very worthy effort. As I don’t participate in the day to day operations of the organization, I look forward to bringing its volunteers and staff into the website’s growth and evolution by migrating the site into the very robust WordPress platform. In this way, their experience and input can add to the site’s content in making a
More please! →WordPress website design for personal trainer Pedro Molina B.A. NASM of Aztec Fitness. Pedro and I became acquainted via his regular visits to my “satellite office” in La Jolla Shores. (I start my weekdays at “The Shores,” a much better location than my home office to study, plan and get charged for the day.) Pedro trains his long-time clients, Bill and Lollie at this great location. Pedro is a personal trainer serving individual as well as corporate clients in La Jolla, San Diego and South Bay. We’ve become friends and now, collaborators. Pedro, like many other small business owners, desired greater control, flexibility
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