This is a video of some images a web sites that we’ve done that I used Animoto.com. I thought it turned out pretty cool:
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
Thu 22 Jul 2010
Video: Website Designs by Green Chair
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Thu 1 Jul 2010
New Web Site Design: WOKER Card Game
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Our client created a card game that is a combination of Scrabble and Poker. You use the value of words you create to bet against the other players in the game. You can also play the game without betting and just keep track of the point total for 10 hands.
I like that you are able to come up with your own variations on the game. We created this site to allow WOKER fans to tell their own stories and variations.
We created the site using WordPress which allows our client to make changes to the site herself.
Visit the WOKER site at www.4woker.com.
Thu 1 Jul 2010
New Web Site Design: Brain Workout Center
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The Brain Workout Center is based in the Denver area and they focused on helping children and adults increase their attention span and memory skills through a variety of physical activities and computer drills.
They have two offices in the Denver area and have been having great success in helping their clients. The site we created was a redesign of an outdated site they had used for many years. We also added an ecommerce feature that allows them to take registrations online.
Visit the Brain Workout Center web site at www.brainworkoutcenter.com.
Thu 1 Jul 2010
New Web Site Design: Geodynamics Exploration
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We’ve been working with Geodynamics Exploration to create a site that will be helpful as they market their investments on the Internet. We created the site in Joomla to allow our client to be able to manage the content themselves. We have trained them on how to do this quickly and easily.
We installed a number of widgets on the home page that shows up to date oil production numbers and prices. We also added a function that allows clients to view the status of their investments.
Visit the Geodynamics website at www.geodynamicsexploration.com.
Thu 1 Jul 2010
New Web Site Design: Centennial Insurance
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Centennial Insurance has been in business for almost 40 years. They help their clients obtain insurance for their companies, such as worker’s comp and property & casuality.
In addition to the new site, we redesigned their logo and created new business cards. We are in the process of designing postcards for direct mail, as well as an email campaign.
You can visit the Centennial Insurance web site at www.centins.com.
Thu 1 Jul 2010
New Web Site Design: SPCS, Inc.
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We recently redesigned the site for SPCS, Inc., a construction company in the Denver area that focuses on capital improvements for apartment buildings. They do regular maintenance work as well.
We used a Word Press to create a site that they will be able to maintain themselves. One of things I liked about working with them is that they took the time and expense to have professional photos taken. We used them throughout the site to add interest to the design, as well as create a photo gallery of the work they did.
You can visit the site at www.spcsinc.biz.
Thu 10 Jun 2010
SEO Scammers Emails
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“We just visited your site and feel confident that we can generate top organic rankings for your site. Please be so kind as to respond to this message and we will prepare a proposal to take your web-based business to the next level.”
I get these emails all the time. How about you? What I’m is these scammers are using my contact form more often, in addition to the emails.
I’ve written an article called, “Spotting a Phony Search Engine Marketing Company within Three Minutes“. Read the article when you have a chance and give me a call if you really want someone who can help you without ripping you off.
Thu 10 Jun 2010
Dr. Marc Schneider and I work for Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc. — SCAM
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One of my clients got this email and made it look like it came from me. There’s a lot of chatter on the Internet about these people being spammers but the email comes across as legitimate to the untrained eye. If you get an email like this, block their email address and delete the email.
Did you receive the e-mail which I sent to you recently (copied here-below)?
Please confirm since I have had problems lately with emails intercepted by spam-filters set too high.
Cordially,
Marc Shneider, Ph.D.
marcshneider@mplw.netI am Dr. Marc Schneider and I work for Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc. in Washington DC (Tel: 1-202-558-2504) – I would like to speak with the person in charge of your international clientele. Who is my contact? Who should I speak to??
In fact, after visiting http://www.greenchair.net , I have noticed that your website cannot be found on foreign search engines (I tested it on Hispanic search engines, German search engines, Asian search engines, etc.) Our company is specialized in multilingual search engine promotions in 28 languages . From the Japanese Google to the German Yahoo, from the AOL in Spanish to the MSN in Chinese, we can show you how to develop a true international online presence by promoting your website on foreign search engines.
Let us show you how to develop a presence on the multilingual web without having to translate your website: It is not necessary to translate your website in order to submit to foreign search engines, however, you need to have at least 1 page in Japanese optimized with Japanese keywords and meta tags in order to submit to Japanese search engines, at least 1 page in Spanish optimized with Spanish keywords in order to submit to Hispanic search engines and so on…
I strongly suggest that you watch our online presentation which will explains clearly how to get top rankings on foreign search engines with only 1 entry page per language (click on the following link or copy-paste it into your web browser): http://www.mplw.net/demo
From the Japanese Google to the German Yahoo, from the AOL in Spanish to the MSN in Chinese, get users to find your website when searching with YOUR KEYWORDS in their Native language.
Please call me at +1 (202) 558-2504 or email me and let’s work on giving your website the true international exposure which it deserves to have with foreign native online users!!
Regards,
Marc Shneider, Ph.D.
marcshneider@mplw.netMultilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc.
1250 Connecticut Ave N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036 USA
TEL: +1 (202) 558-2504 – FAX: 1 (202)-318-4779
http://www.mplw.net
Multilingual Search Engine Promotion Services since 1999.
Sat 8 May 2010
DROA Scam
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I had a client ask me about an email they received from DROA ( Domain Registry of America). I’d seen something like this before and knew that it was a scam to try to get people to move their registration over to DROA. If you received an email like this, DO NOT give them any information and delete the email immediately.
They charge three times more for registration than what you would pay for normal registration and they are very hesitant to switch over registration to another company.
They are scammers and cheats. My client had made no request for a transfer of their domain and DROA was trying to pull a fast one on my client.
If you receive an email like the one below, as I said above, delete the email.
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From: Domain Registry of America Support <support@droa.com>
Subject: Re: TW, XXXXXX.com; Order # 11111111
To: “John Smith” <XXXXX@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 12:14 AM
Hello,
We are required to verify the transfer though the Administrative Contact
Email in the Whois for the domain. The current registrar is displaying
xxxx@xxxx.net in the Whois for this domain. We cannot update
your contact information because it is attached to your Domain and only
your current registrar or their reseller can make changes to it.
Please let us know once the Whois for the domain has been updated so
that we can update our system.
We have sent transfer authorization emails in order to complete the
transfer process, unfortunately it seems that your current registrar has
rejected the transfer process. Please contact your current registrar
and ask them to unlock the domain in order to complete the process.
All domains in transfer to us from another registrar require an EPP key
to transfer.
Please contact your current registrar to obtain this key.
The transfer of domain names to us cannot be completed without this key.
We are a reseller for Brandon Gray Internet Services, Inc. DBA
Namejuice.com, however for any information regarding your domain you
will have to contact us.
Leon
Technical Support Department
Domain Registry Group
Tel: +1.866.434.0212
Fax: +1.866.434.0211
International Tel: +1.905.479.2533
International Fax: +1.905.479.1878
On 05/05/10 12:35, Ira Davis wrote:
— On Tues, 5/4/10, Customer Support <transfers@droa.comwrote:
From: Customer Support <transfers@droa.com>
Subject: TW, xxxxxx.com; Order # 1111111
To: xxxxxx@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 3:12 AM
To xxxxxxx,
Thank you for choosing to transfer and renew xxxxxx.com with the Domain Registry of America. Upon testing your current administrative email address xxxx@xxxxx.net we have not been able to contact you to complete your transfer and renewal with Domain Registry of America. This may be because xxxx@xxxx.net is no longer in use, or misspelled.
If these changes have yet to be made, please follow the directions below, to have the administrative email address corrected. Failure to do so will prevent you from being able to retrieve your EPP/Transfer Authorization Code and transfer and renew your domain name with Domain Registry of America. Call your current registrar and have these changes made to your administrative email address.
Your current registrar is GODADDY.COM, INC..
1) Introduce yourself as the person responsible for the domain name xxxxxx.com
2) Ask them to change your Administrative Contact email address to the one you are now using. (You may be asked to present them with personal information, so that they may confirm your identity as the owner)
3) Once they have changed your administrative email address ask to them to email you your EPP Code or Transfer Authorization code, then supply it to us.
Please note that, unfortunately, Domain Registry of America cannot make these changes on your behalf. Only the owner of the domain name is authorized to make these changes.
Also, your domain may be locked by your current registrar, please have them UNLOCK it in order for the transfer to be completed.
Up to this date your changes have yet to be reflected in the WHOIS database. If this is your first notice please follow the directions above, otherwise this is to serve as a reminder.
As a convenience, we have supplied your current registrars phone number below.
Domain: xxxxx.com
Current Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Registrar Phone Number: Please visit their site to contact them
Thank you,
Renewals & Transfers Department
-Domain Registry of America
Please have your Domain Registry of America order number (#1111111) ready when calling
Fri 30 Apr 2010
What Others Remember About You
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A couple years ago I ran into a friend from 20 years ago. We were roommates on a student leadership project in Virginia Beach, Va.
Larry and I shared an apartment with six other guys. Back then he was this tall, skinny guy with a thick Philly accent. We had a good time that summer and became friends. I remember him as having a great zest for life.
One other thing I remember about him is bravery. He and another had thwarted a burlary of our apartments when they came back early from a banquet all of us had been attending.
Larry told me that the thing he remembered most about me was my imitation of Badluck Schleprock from the Pebbles and Bam Bam show ( “Wousy, wousy, woo, woo, looks like it’s going to be another blue Monday”). At least I wasn’t remember for being a hot head, liar or jerk.
This summer I was at a memorial service for the president of the organization I used to work. There were several thousand people there and it was funny that the guy sitting in front of me was someone I remember yelling his head off at conference back in 1983. Things like that stick with you.
In Denver there have been a lot of people out of work, and as a business owner I would get at least one resume a week. Instead of throwing it out, I would either drop them an email with recommendations or even meet them for coffee if I had the time.
I don’t know if anything will come up it, but I would love to be in a crowd 20 years from now, and someone will day, “Hey, Dave, we haven’t met for a couple decades but you really encouraged me when I was going through a tough time.” Maybe I’ll be remembered for more than an imitation of Schleprock.