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I Love Helping Contractors and Designers make more money using Chief Architect CAD software. Everyone wins when The "Business of Design" is done right.
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Do You Really Need a Website in Your Business?

It really doesn’t matter what the economic climate is. If you’re not online, you are losing business to your competition who is.

Remember 10 years ago? When you needed a service or product, you would go to the yellow pages and find what you were looking for. How about today? If you’re like most consumers, you probably open your computer and search online for information. You can bet that your potential customers are doing the same thing…

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Blogs, Web Search, Photo Sharing, Social Bookmarking

Blogs, Web Search, Photo Sharing, Social Bookmarking

There’s a lot to know about how things work on the internet. Here are some great videos by a company called Common Craft that explains these sometimes confusing internet topics in plain English. Very informative!

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Has Your Web Designer Disappeared?

Has Your Web Designer Disappeared?

A strange phenomena has been spreading like a virus over the past few months. Recently I’ve learned from some people that their website designer has “disappeared.” No return phone calls, unanswered emails. Gone, gone, gone.

Kidnapping? Hardly. When the economy gets tough, many website designers (small business owners themselves) simply go out of business…

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Great Post Card Marketing Help

Great Post Card Marketing Help

If you’re looking to jump start your marketing (and who isn’t), there’s a company that I want to tell you about – Postcard Mania.

We first identified them as a resource for direct mail marketing for contractors. They offer outstanding industry specific marketing pieces…

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Good Questions & Good Blog Will Get You Noticed

Good Questions & Good Blog Will Get You Noticed

Someone asked a great question on a recent blog that I thought would make a good topic. Jim asked about putting your ‘real’ name on blog posts and blog comments. He wondered if there were any security issues surrounding this. Here’s my response…

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