Happy New Year!
Thursday, January 05th, 2012 | Author:
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A Very Happy New Year to all my wonderful clients that have helped me grow over the 3 years that I have now been in business. It’s been a tough run but I think all of us that are involved in small business in the Wide Bay area are finding it difficult to maintain a healthy profit margin.

Which brings me to advertising your business. Have you considered online marketing of your business? Are you on the first page of google for your specific niche? If you are not or have not done any online advertising before please have a look at my options.

IF YOU ARE on the first page of google. Or find that your website is doing quite well. Maybe it’s time to freshen up your look of the site to make it even more appealing to your clients. I am more than happy to tailor a solution that suits your needs and budget.

On Other news I have updated my portfolio section of my site to include all my websites that I have produced. IF YOURS IS NOT THERE! please tell me and I will update my portfolio. This creates a backlink to your site giving you yet another free advertising option for your business.

For all your printing needs please also don’t hesitate to get in touch. I can produce for you – Business Cards, Magnets, Brochures and Flyers (Including a delivery mass marketing campaign). And of course all your website design and marketing needs.

Regards

Chris.

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Fraser Coast Developments – A Case Study
Sunday, October 09th, 2011 | Author:
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Recently I was contacted by a great client of mine – Paul Carswell of Fraser Coast Developments. I met Paul while working at Tackleworld as he is a keen fisherman. He approached me to redesign his corporate website which included Summit Ridge Estate and Real Estate investment opportunities on the Esplanade here in Hervey Bay.

I redesigned the site about 18 months ago and during that time he found it difficult to gain entry into the lucrative Real Estate niche that is land sales in hervey bay. His website was about 20 pages in on google and was not getting the traffic the site deserved.

Paul then approached me to improve this. So we implemented 3 campaigns to improve his ranking. This involved alot of quality link building. Changes to the SEO on the site using niche keywords specific to land sales and real estate in hervey bay.

I have been working on this project for about a month now and am pleased to report that Paul’s website is now second on the natural google rankings first page for the keywords “Land sales hervey bay” and is now receiveing well over 5 times the traffic it got before the campaigns began.

I attribute this to to not only my campaigns, but the vigilance of my client in understanding what I am doing, and making the necessary changes to the website to drive visitors to information they NEED.

If you want more customers, sales, visitors to your site. Let me show you campaigns THAT WORK.

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New Monthly SEO Services from Chris Jabs Design Services
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 | Author:
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So you want SEO But can’t afford a package deal. NO PROBLEMS pay by the month!

All new SEO Services from Chris Jabs Design Services.

100 New Facebook Fans Every Month! Top 10 Google Search Listing
1000+ Visitors to your site. Promote Your Site with Banner View. Monthly Link Building Package

 

1,000+ Website Visitors!

 

QuickHits is the easy way to boost your traffic with thousands of website visitors - guaranteed!

 

 Give Your Site an Instant Traffic Boost

 Targeted Hits From Your Industry & Region

 Helps Boost Your Alexa Ranking

 Only $30.00 per month

 

Drive Guaranteed Visitors to Your Website!

There’s an old saying when it comes to promoting your website… You Can’t make Sales without WEBSITE TRAFFIC!

 

Without a steady stream of visitors to your website, it’s almost impossible to make sales! QuickHits is a unique website traffic service that takes the guesswork out of driving visitors to your website. Simply choose the amount of visitors you want, and I deliver – Guaranteed!

My website traffic comes from a large network of publisher websites who simply load your webpage in a seperate window along with their website. This ensures your website traffic is targeted to the category and region matched to your business and industry which can help to boost your conversion rates!

 

Boost Your Website Sales!
QuickHits website traffic has the potential to rapidly increase your website sales. Lets look at the potential sales impact if only 1% of visitors convert on your website:

Website Traffic Conversion Rate  Number of Sales
 1,000  1%  10 Sales
 5,000  1%  50 Sales
10,000  1%  100 Sales

* Its important to remember that this chart is a guide only, the conversion rate of your website can vary based on a number of factors.

* Please note that website traffic from this service can come from a wide variety of websites and will not match the quality of search engine website traffic from Google, Yahoo or MSN.

 

Enquire Now!

 

Get Facebook Fans with WEbsite Design Hervey Bay

 

“I already have a Facebook Page and wish to promote it”….  well my Promote Package includes 100 New FANS/LIKES per month PLUS all these Extras

  • • Communicate to your fans via posting to them on Facebook
  • • Strengthen the credibility of your page with many fans
  • • Receive profile page Stats and Reporting (Facebook Insights)
  • • Get your own facebook address e.g. www.facebook.com/yourbusiness

Enquire Now!

 

Promote your Site with Banner View!

 

Get Your Website Promoted to 1000s of Viewers
Banners are an important way of getting your business out there for the fraction of the cost. Your banner will be displayed across our banner network that consists of thousands of websites. 

1,000′s of impressions for your website banner

Less than 1 cent per 5 views!

Free banner design included

 

How does it work?

  1. Select the amount of displays.
  2. Select your Target Region.
  3. Select your Target Category.
  4. Select your Banner Template.
  5. Your Banner is shown on relevant sites and you start getting Exposure!

 

5,000 Displays : $20.00 per mth

15,000 Displays : $50.00 per mth

30,000 Displays : $80.00 per mth

60,000 Displays : $150.00 per mth

 

Don’t have a Banner? No Issue I can help!

 

If you do not have a 468*60 pixel banner I can help!

 

Option 1: Provide me your own banner – attach it to your confirmation email after you place an order.

Option 2: Chris Jabs Design Services will create you a banner at no extra cost! All information for your banner will be taken directly from your website.

 

Support your brand

 

An image tells 1000 words and because of this banners are a great way to communicate what your business or site has to offer. It is much more difficult to achieve the same kind of branding impact with text ads.

 

Enquire Now!

Top Up Traffic – Top 10 Search Listing

 

Give Your Website a Top 10 Search Listing in Over 350 Search Engines and Directories!

Includes 350+ Search Engines
150 Million Searches Per Month
Google AdWords Style Listing
$30.00 per month

 

Get an attractive, Google-style ad for your choice of keywords with guaranteed top 10 exposure across 350+ search engines on the ISEDN network.

 

 The 350+ Search Engines

 Your Top 10 Featured Listing

Top 10 featured listing for targeted web traffic

That’s featured exposure for your website across 150+ million searches each month! The number of listings displayed for a keyword or search phrase is limited to maximize your websites’s visibility.

Your listing will appear on the first page of search results at least 1 out of every 3 times your keyword/phrase is searched.

How Much Traffic Can I Expect?
There’s no limit to the targeted traffic you can receive. The key to getting maximum visitors to your website is choosing the right keywords or search phrases. The most successful Top-Up Traffic listings use short, targeted terms. Here’s some of the best performing keywords from last month:


Keyword/Phrase

 Traffic Last Month
  Party Supplies

1067 visitors
  Anti-Virus Software

575 visitors
  Notebook

167 visitors

How Soon Will My Listing be Visible?

Your ad will be visible within 48 hours of setting-up your campaign. You can’t get guaranteed inclusion any faster than this!

 

Your Low-Cost, Simple Way to Get Extra Targeted Traffic

 

Top-Up Traffic is a great way to get extra targeted traffic to your site – no matter what other online advertising you are doing. It’s simple to set up, and you only pay the low monthly flat fee of $30.00 - NO CLICK FEES.

 

Enquire Now!

 

Build Links to Your Site!

Link Building is a simple and easy way to boost your ranking and increase the popularity of your website!

New Backlinks Every Month

30 Manual Directory Submissions

10 Guaranteed Social Media Links

Boost Your Search Ranking!

ONLY $60.00 per month!

 

A Simple Link Building Service

 

Let’s face it – creating new backlinks every month can be tough work. It can take hours to find the right websites and then you’ve still got the tedious task of submitting your link details over and over again.

Instead of wasting your valuable time, let my link building program do the hard work by creating new incoming links to your website every month!

Boost Your Search Engine Ranking

 

Google (and other search engines) use incoming links to measure the importance and credibility of your website. Each link to your website acts like a vote, the more sites voting for your web page, the more popular your website will appear to Google.

Relevant inbound links are a proven off-page SEO factor which will help to boost the organic ranking of your site across Google, Yahoo and Bing. Every month, I go through a two step process to create new targeted backlinks to your website.

30 Unique Directory Submissions (PR8 – PR0)

 

Every month, my software researches and submits your website to 30 new directories. I will complete each submission manually using targeted Title, Keyword and description tags. I’ll also keep tack of each submission, confirming each link via email and providing you with a full report of my progress each month.

10 Guaranteed Social Media Links

 

To ensure you receive a variety of incoming links, I’ll also list your URL across 10 popular social bookmarking websites every month. These sites (eg: del.icio.us) allow keyword based tagging of your website and create a keyword rich backlink to help boost your popularity and ranking!

 

Enquire Now!

 

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Cheap Options – Are they Really the Best Options
Sunday, September 18th, 2011 | Author:
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I found this article while reading some of my favourite blogs. Interesting Reading.

BLOG POST

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Sue Barrett

Discounted products and services are no longer seasonal occurrences. Standard to luxury items are slashing their prices in order to compete with the online shopping trend, both here and overseas. However, there is a difference between a discounted product and a cheap product. A discounted product, although “cheap” in price, still retains its quality and value. A cheap product is something that never had the attributes of quality and value to begin with. It is a product that is at the end of the pricing scale because the quality of its materials and the process of production, is exactly that, cheap.

Understandably everyone wants to save money, especially in these times, however we need to be aware of falling victim to false economy. False economy is an expression that refers to an action which saves money at the beginning, but over a longer period of time, results in more money being wasted than being saved.

Many business strategies make some form of cost cutting and money saving a priority. Cost cutting is one of the main actions that must be executed in order to make a successful business and in return make profit. However, the downfall is the mindset that the absolute “cheapest” is your only option.

This is when you fall into the false economy trap, and companies set themselves up for either failure or disaster. Falling into the false economy affects businesses and consumers on many levels. Thequality of decision making is the factor here, and the cause and effect of our decisions is what needs to be considered.

For example, many SME businesses may be tempted by the cheaper equipment. On the surface, these cheaper offerings could appear to be great deals. However, a cheap phone or communications system could mean unreliable phone or poor internet connection, poor equipment performance and loss of communication resulting in frustrated or lost customers, poor reputation and poor staff retention. The so called ‘cheaper’ service just cost you a whole lot more than you intended to pay.

It is not just the sales person who has an active role between the seller and buyer relationship. It is also the job of the buyer to do the math and to look at the genuine return on investment (ROI) on their purchase. A professional sales person is well equipped to look at the consequences and ROI of each purchase, and will help you make a sound decision based on facts.

However, if you are unlucky enough to not have a professional sales person to help you through this process, here are some points to consider that will allow for a clearer picture and understanding of the gains versus losses of your purchasing decision:

Time

Will the cheaper option cost you in time? Whether it be travel time, time spent on repairs or time spent being without your purchase because of a fault, this can ultimately deliver a net loss.

Money

Although the purchase may save you money in the short term, it’s just as easy to spend triple the original amount due to cheap products and their knack for faults and regular servicing needs.

Wellbeing

The frustration in dealing with a product or service that doesn’t work, and the stress and pressure you place upon yourself in order to get it working are all factors that will cost you in other areas of your business and professional life.

While it is important to reduce costs, it doesn’t mean that the only other alternative is ‘cheap’. Before any purchase, there needs to be an analysis beyond the obvious price on offer. Just because something is cheap does not mean it is good for you or your business.

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My Thoughts –

This same philosophy can be applied to web design. While your website may have been cheap for you to produce. Does it actually work for you?

Web designers in Hervey Bay are a dime a dozen. Everyone seems to dabble in the field these days. But does your web design reflect your business needs?

All too often I hear ” I would love a website but just can’t afford it at the moment” . Then I see a website pop up that has been made from a template, has no SEO work done. And no placement within search engines. On enquiry back to the client I hear that a company had offered them a website for next to nothing.

There are a number of reputable, quality web designers in Hervey Bay. And I get along with most of them, and the general consensus is that a poorly designed website can actually hurt your business rather than make it grow.

On the flip side of the coin, it does help me out when clients realise their error and ask for a remake.

I don’t class my pricing as over the top, nor do I class my pricing as cheap. Rather, affordable website design that creates an online presence for my client that really works.

Ask yourself. Why is this website so cheap? The answer really lies within if the web designer really cares about your business, does he/she take interest in what you do. Or are they out to make a quick buck.

For Quality website design in Hervey Bay, Maryborough or the Wide Bay visit Chris Jabs Design Services and ask for a no obligation quote today.

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She Came from Nowhere!
Sunday, September 18th, 2011 | Author:
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Most friday afternoons are happy times… Last Friday was not.

I was on my way to pick up the kids from school. Stationary at the lights, didn’t like what was on the radio at the time so I decided to change the song.. BLAMMO!!!!! A lady driving a silver Landcruiser decided she didn’t want to brake and thought accelerating into the rear of my toyota camry was a better idea.

I had no indication because there was no tyre screeching. And have ended up with a very nasty case of whiplash. Which I can tell you is not very much fun.

Hospital was fun… Lying on my back in a brace for 3 hours to check that nothing was broken. And this weekend has been a mix of deep heat and panadol!

And now the paperwork starts. Not my fault at all.. but I have all the chasing up to do!

Hopefully I won’t be out of action for too long.. although the car is pretty much history for the time being. Which means more phone calls and less visiting my clients.. But we will move forward!!!

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