by Dave Carlson | Jan 4, 2018 | home, Local SEO, Small Biz Marketing
Should, should, should. We need to quit shoulding on ourselves. Small business owners face an overwhelming number of things they should be doing. It’s 2018. Time for a fresh start. Rather than heap guilt on you about the million things you aren’t doing, let’s pick a...
by Dave Carlson | Dec 15, 2017 | Digital Marketing, home, Local SEO, Small Biz Marketing
Customer reviews are the lifeblood of many local businesses, no matter what industry you’re in. This can be especially important for local service professionals. Most businesses don’t know how to ask for reviews. This article will give you simple step-by-step...
by Dave Carlson | Dec 11, 2017 | Before/After, home, Website Design
I recently redesigned the website for Hands of the Carpenter. They are a nonprofit in the Denver area that seeks to help single moms and widows with reliable transportation in their move toward self-sufficiency. They do this through vehicle placement, repairs,...
by Dave Carlson | Nov 1, 2017 | Business, Customer Service, home
Nick was checking his phone as we waited for a presentation to begin. On his phone’s background was a picture of a dog. I asked Nick about it. It was his dog that had recently passed away. He said he was the best dog ever. Nick’s dog had some border collie in him and...
by Dave Carlson | Sep 2, 2017 | Business, Graphic Design, home, Small Biz Marketing
This afternoon I looked through a stack of business cards. I collected them over the last several months and have great intentions of inputting them into my database. So many of them were so generic that it would never inspire me to call the person who gave them to...
by Dave Carlson | Aug 24, 2017 | Business, home, Website Design, WordPress
Last week I got an email from someone who needed a site. Someone offered $500 to build them a site. That sounds like a good deal, doesn’t it? When I see a price like this I surmise the offer was by TGMBK (This Guy My Brother Knows) or a PFK (Pimply-Faced Kid). A...