As a web designer and internet marketing professional, I have always searched for ways to better understand and explain my industry as it constantly grows and changes. With so many terms, technologies and tactics to keep track of, I had always looked for simpler, better ways to depict the core principals, the many opportunities and show how they all fit together in a way that was digestible to my clients.
Mainline Media isn’t just another Philadelphia web design company, we are a shining example of how a small suburban Philadelphia company can use internet marketing to attract and conduct business with maximum effectiveness and efficiency. 75% of our business is new business that comes straight from our website.
Over the years, the company had been slowly and quietly lowering the ceiling for it’s own marketing and business success. As a young, enthusiastic new member of the company, it wasn’t long before I bumped my head on that ceiling.
I dispute the common notion that it is a virtue to be “a good team player.” In my close to twenty years in the marketing and design business, I have learned a lot about the industry, about clients and about business, but I have learned the most about myself.
Smart businesses are learning how to exploit the synergies between their “Marketing” and their “Business Operations”. Executives are taking a fresh look at how these two sectors can fit together to create lasting cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness for their entire business.
Mont Blanc Ski Resort is one of Quebec’s largest ski mountains. When we approached them in the summer of 2002 they had a website that lacked real marketing power . In less than 6 weeks we developed a new website that was clearly branded, aggressively promoted, and made good use of several innovative web tools.
The days of website-as-corporate brochure are over. Web surfers, whether consumers or corporate clients, are becoming increasingly demanding and discerning. The challenge is to build a website that attracts visitors…and encourages them to return again and again.
In many ways, good copywriting is good copywriting- it needs to be clear, compelling and informative. But when considering copy specifically for the web here are some tips…
As a 15 year veteran of the marketing and advertising business, I firmly believe that the Internet is the most cost effective, cost efficient marketing tool, especially for today’s small and mid-sized businesses. Yet, ironically, the depth and breadth of the subject is a serious obstacle for those very companies because of their limited resources, limited time and limited funds…