Viral what you say????

When you hear viral, you think virus such as the flu or that dang virus that killed your computer and somehow propagated itself to all your friends and family… Those kinds of viral/virus have no problem infecting you, in fact, they are sneaky little bastards that are hard to get rid of.

Viral marketing describes a promotional strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a message to other people.

This creates the potential for exponential growth in the message's exposure and influence, with people 'infecting' their friends and loved ones before they even know what they're doing.
So don’t panic, viral marketing is not a communicable disease, it’s more of a word-of-mouth strategy via the internet.

There is definitely some good and bad to this strategy. I personally don’t like my emails inundated with unsolicited stuff that I am suppose to pass on to the next 15 people at risk of being cursed for the next 3 weeks.  I do however enjoy subscribing to blogs or websites that have super deals or special upcoming events. 

Take a look at HOTMAIL, their viral campaign worked great! They offer free email accounts and generated a huge subscriber base without spending a whole bunch of money on advertising. (though it brought me millions of junk email too)

Perhaps your business could use a little viral marketing. Give me a call if you are interested and let’s see what we can do to spread a little viral marketing of your own.

Suzanne Carreau (AnchorWebb.com)
916-550-8057

Reach Out and Advertise, I say...

So here I am, trying to figure out what would be the best way for me to advertise and I came to the conclusion that I drive around a whole bunch, so why not use my car?

My budget does not allow the really neat looking car wraps and I honestly think that is just a bit too much for me but check them out at CAR WRAPS.

What I was thinking about was either one of those magnet car clinger or using my back window. Those magnet things are inexpensive but they are removable and I don't think I would be happy to see that someone played a trick on me and removed it permanently for me... so, I choose the back window.

My back window always gets dirty because of the way this car is designed, so this will make me keep it clean! Take a look at these guys who make custom or template rear window Graphics at SIGNAZON. Yes, this is where I am going to spend some advertising money.

So in the near future, you will be seeing my car with a really cool rear window advertising AnchorWebb. 

Does time really fly or does it just run away?

Sometimes you want to keep your schedule and other things get in the way of this. Thankfully, this past week's hiccups have not been completely unproductive. For those of you who have also come down with a cold or illness, I hope you all get better soon.

Today Bret's Plane website has been updated and continues to grow as he builds it. He welcomes any comment or contact you wish to send his way!

Stay Tuned for ...

Easy Living Senior Home requested a website facelift. They have such a lovely place in Lemoore, California and need to show it off a little. They loved the green scheme which I borrowed somewhat from their brochure and developed a user friendly site with a little more design flair to it than their pre-existing one. So stay tuned for their website launch some time next week.

Befit for Life has come to me wanting to develop a simple business presence online. In the past, I have helped them with AV Yoga Spa (no longer online) and they are happy return customers. I am developing a Joomla! website for them so they can eventually update their own content as they grow. So stay tuned for their website launch in the next couple of weeks!

More of a water bearer than a tree hugger?

So yesterday, I took my daughter to listen to Alexandra Cousteau, after all she is a Cousteau and that family is one of our favorite families. My daughter wants to pursue a career in marine biology so what better moment then to experience and listen to Alexandra Cousteau right? At first I was hoping she would forget because I had to drive to Incline but now I am glad I went with her. I am aware of climate issues and many I have heard have more than just some merit but many are just trying to make money off the "green" thing.
However, I learned many new things listening to Alexandra such as, did you know the  Colorado river no longer dumps into the ocean and that has caused the sea of Cortez to have serious environmental consequences? She also visited the gulf spill area and the so called "75% oil spill gone area" (BP Spill) and reported to us the fallacies of this claim. Their math doesn't tell you the exact truth but that 75% is 75% of the 25% of the oil spill that was reclaimable, including the oil they are able to sell to us... You do the math on that.

Her thing is about critical water issues and educating anyone who will listen about these issues. I found her cause to be quite interesting and encourage anyone to check out her website at www.alexandracousteau.org.

The best things in life aren't things...

I truly enjoy giving someone a completed project and see their smile.  It brings me joy to help others put together their dreams to the best of my abilities.  Whether it be a website or custom illustration for their office desk notepads, the creativity just loves to flow outwards.