{"id":556,"date":"2014-07-09T16:44:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T23:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/?p=556"},"modified":"2021-11-03T23:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T06:44:17","slug":"building-a-stronger-online-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/building-a-stronger-online-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Stronger Online Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your website is the cornerstone of your marketing.\u00a0 Keep presenting the fresh face of your business by\u00a0updating photos.\u00a0List new products or services; add new staff members photos and bios. Consider adding information pages or a \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d page to show off your latest projects or products. If you\u2019re ready to move beyond your cell phone camera or point and shoot camera give us a call for <a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">professional photography<\/a>.\u00a0 Time for a major website overhaul?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/website-redesign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redesign your website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Email continues to shine as a marketing tool.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/fact-sheets\/mobile-technology-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">97% of cell phone users read email on their phone<\/a>. \u00a0Let your website help you collect email addresses, if you\u2019re using an email client (<a href=\"http:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MailChimp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icontact.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iContact<\/a>, etc.) add their website widget to your desktop website, mobile site and blog. \u00a0Otherwise collect email addresses as you invoice, or have a signup sheet available.\u00a0 When you\u2019re ready to announce a special you\u2019ll be ready. \u00a0I manage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/web-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email newsletter campaigns<\/a> as a service.<\/p>\n<p>Social media is the choice many potential clients use to engage with businesses. \u00a0Every business needs a Facebook page and Google Business\u00a0 page. Photographers and artists make use of Pinterest, Flickr; home construction or remodeling try Houzz and Pinterest; auto lovers frequent Instagram. \u00a0\u00a0When you\u2019re ready move into video and make use of YouTube, Vimeo and more.\u00a0 For help read about my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/webmaster-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webmaster Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/fact-sheets\/mobile-technology-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">97% of cell phone users go online with their phones<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0The single biggest impact for your internet presence is a <a href=\"http:\/\/brendasimon.com\/mobile-website.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobile website<\/a>.\u00a0 Make it easy for mobile users to receive your message.<\/p>\n<p>Reach people on the platform they choose.<\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/fact-sheets\/mobile-technology-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/fact-sheets\/mobile-technology-fact-sheet\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/webmaster-services.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your website is the cornerstone of your marketing.\u00a0 Keep presenting the fresh face of your business by\u00a0updating photos.\u00a0List new products or services; add new staff members photos and bios. Consider adding information pages or a \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d page to show &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/building-a-stronger-online-presence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,217,204,178,219,229],"tags":[82,147,166,168,142,23,26,133,210,226],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driving-your-website","category-enhancing-your-website","category-internet-marekting","category-online-reputation-2","category-refresh-your-website-2","category-website-redesign","tag-content","tag-online-advertising","tag-online-directories","tag-online-reputation","tag-online-reviews","tag-organic-search","tag-seo","tag-social-media","tag-website-photography","tag-website-refresh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}