http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27 San Francisco Web Design Firm's musings Web Design, Online Marketing and more. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:44:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Talking about goals is an old topic in the world of analytics but one worth repeating. Enabling goals is one of the best ways to assess how well your site meets its business objectives. The hardest part for most website owners always seems to be identifying what goal type to ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2010/02/1353/ It's a new year and a fresh start. For some, that means resolutions and goals for 2010. Okay. I realize that dropping a few pounds and not smoking are ideal resolutions but what about goals for your website? To me, setting up a goal would be just as easy as ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2010/01/is-event-tracking-one-of-your-new-years-resolutions/ We are so very proud and excited to announce a website launch today:  www.pearlofwisdom.us/pledge. January is Cervical Cancer awareness month.  The Pearl of Wisdom Organization promotes Cervical Cancer Awareness.  This January they are running a special campaign "Take the Pearl Pledge to Prevent Cervical Cancer." This year, more than 11,000 U.S. women ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2010/01/a-very-special-site-launches-the-pearl-pledge-to-prevent-cervical-cancer/ We've seen many Entrepreneurs come through our doors.  We thought this article was a really useful list to monitor yourself where you are starting your business or growing through a significant growth phase. 10 Stupid Things Entrepreneurs Do To Mess up Their Businesses by Chris Shipley on December 20th, 2009 1. Do ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/12/10-stupid-things-entrepreneurs-do-to-mess-up-their-businesses/ With so much jargon on Facebook, it's really hard to know what is the appropriate way on Facebook to promote your Organization (Company, Sole-P or Non-Proft). Here's a great article ("Facebook groups vs Facebook Fan Pages: What's Better") by Ann Smarty Pages are generally better for a long-term relationships with your fans, ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/12/facebook-group-or-facebook-page-for-business/ Below is a great article/blog post on how to use social marketing and what it's marketing as well as advantageous for search engine optimization.  We don't want you to kill yourself bookmarking for the sake of SEO.  It's any easy thing to fit into your already jammed packed work flow. For ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/12/social-bookmarking-101/ By John Knox Good writing—whether it's content for a website, an email, or a new business proposal—reflects good  thinking.  Conversely, the opposite is also true: sloppy writing reflects sloppy thinking. Regardless of how brilliant a point you're  making, it will become severely tarnished if it's inside a poorly written  document. [caption id="attachment_1309" ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/12/attract-business-by-writing-well/ I saw the writing on the wall in February 2007 when Google began personalizing search results based on a user's search history. But back then, a user had to log in to their Google account and opt in to enable Google to track their web history. Now personalized search is ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/12/google-personalizing-getting-real-time-is-good-for-seo/ When registering domain names at Godaddy.com, they are encouraging users to sign up for twitter usernames.  They also recommend reserving the twitter username that matches your domain name, which we highly agree.  Keep your branding and names across your domain name, twitter, facebook, flickr, digg, delicious, youtube.com, as consistent as ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/12/go-daddy-encourages-social-media-colloboration/ BB Creative is now WBENC Certified. What is WBENC Certification?  BB Creative went through a long process to assure, verify and certify that it is a Women Owned Business.  This certification will open doors for BB Creative to work with bigger organizations as well as help our clients meet their ... http://www.bbcreativesf.com/webdesignblog27/2009/11/bb-creative-is-wbenc-certified/