Miami Beach, FL (Vocus) October 25, 2010

Karma Snack is a web design agency that specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques, Pay-Per-Click (PPC) management, affiliate marketing management and internet marketing services. Karma Snack is a Miami based company that has been providing quality services since February 2009. CK Design Plus, a website design company in business for nine years, was recently acquired by Karma Snack. With the expertise of this company, Karma Snack will be expanding its product offering to include web design as a part of the company’s extensive portfolio. With this addition, Karma Snack’s website will also be undergoing development to provide customers with an example of premium website development. The new website is expected to impress customers, upon introduction, in the near future.

With the addition of CK Design Plus, Karma Snack inherited a team of 20 web developers that will join the previously acquired Adsights.com Web Design Agency team. Each web developer will be re-trained in Karma Snack website coding architect, strategies, and on-site Advanced SEO to provide clients with the best possible service. This Miami web design and internet marketing agency maintains its competitive advantage by recognizing the expertise of other companies. When Karma Snack realized the talent of web developers at Adsights.com and CK Design Plus, the company quickly recognized the potential value-add and revenue that these companies could provide. Both companies were acquired to enhance the expertise of the pre-existing team at Karma Snack. CEO Eric Rosado commented “Karma Snack will continue to make advances in the industry by making strategic moves and acquiring new talent.”

As a Miami SEO provider, Karma Snack cannot rest on its laurels. Karma Snack recognizes that there are many companies that may provide similar services to clients. Karma Snack sets itself apart by establishing trust with clients and building a reputation that engenders brand loyalty. While Karma Snack strives for trustworthiness and a solid reputation, the company also encourages this strategy with clients. In challenging economic times, customers must provide more services and establish more credibility to encourage clients to invest in services or products. Karma Snack aims to show clients how to appeal to customers in a way that will encourage purchasing products and services consistently from the client.

Internet marketing service from Karma Snack, combined with web development from CK Design Plus, will increase the company’s chances of earning significant revenue. The two businesses are inextricably intertwined. Neither can successfully provide the client with revenue without the other. A phenomenal website will not earn company revenue without significant web traffic. Conversely, increased web traffic to a poorly designed website will not produce necessary sales conversion for increased revenue. The agency’s acquirement of CK Design Plus was strategic and necessary for growth. The strategic move also indicates the company’s commitment to providing its clients with the best possible service.

With the recent acquisition of the web firm and the new web developer team, Karma Snack can provide results in two to 12 weeks, whereas other companies typically quote improvements in six to 12 months. The acquirement is leverage to position the company competitively within the internet marketing and web design industry. Clients will recognize the difference in the services provided by the company and will continue to seek services. Brand loyalty is an important attribute of a company that clients are encouraged to achieve through the Karma Snack’s services. Karma Snack is an actual example of the type of company it encourages its clients to become.

Karma Snack expects the acquisition of the Miami Web Design firm to increase the company’s revenue and place the company in a position to compete with larger competitors. Karma Snack’s leaders are excited about the potential of the company and will continue to make strategic moves to provide clients with the best services possible.

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Kelowna, British Columbia (PRWEB) October 21, 2010

Gary Gregory today launched an innovative marketing product that features live online support and an easy to use system for all experience levels. My Online Business Strategy (M.O.B.S.) is designed to provide affiliate marketers with a simple process to quickly create a successful online business.

Unlike some other marketing systems that require extensive knowledge of marketing theory and terminology, Gary Gregory’s My Online Business Strategy can be used by beginners with no experience in marketing or search engine optimization. The new system uses a popular web platform with proven results in quickly building up search engine traffic.

My Online Business Strategy uses a process that appeals to search engine algorithms and that can start drawing visitors even before users have completed all the necessary steps. According to Gregory, the M.O.B.S. process will ensure users of a steady flow of traffic, and many sites consistently attract between 500 to 5000 unique visitors every day.

The vast majority of online shoppers still use the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing to find products that they are interested in purchasing. Attracting online business requires web sites to place highly on search engine results pages (SERPs) for keywords that pertain to their products and services. However, many internet marketers have found that achieving good search results is difficult in such a competitive marketplace.

Unlike other marketing products, My Online Business Strategy features live support so that clients will be able to get the help they need without long delays. According to Gregory, his system is the only product that internet marketers will need to make money online. M.O.B.S. is geared toward beginners and those who have struggled with internet marketing and in that vein features live support for the entire life of the product.

The system’s creator is an experienced internet marketer, consultant, and master trainer with an established reputation in the internet marketing world. Gregory has more than 15 years of specialized online and offline sales and marketing experience. His comprehensive business and management background has proven valuable when mentoring his students on how to become successful marketers. Both educational institutions and students have praised Gregory for his ability to teach and provide insights into the world of online entrepreneurship.

As a marketing instructor, Gregory noticed that many people were in need of advice on how to promote their new online business, or on how to keep a struggling business afloat. Many of the marketing products available were not producing effective results according to those who came to him for help. “I’m tired of the so called experts taking advantage of the newbies. Selling them products that just don’t pan out for one reason or another,” Gregory said.

For more information and an in depth professional review on the My Online Business Strategy system, please visit the following URL: http://myonlinebusinessstrategy.biz,

You can also learn more about M.O.B.S. and Gary Gregory at The Official M.O.B.S. Site or send an email to Darren(dot)Zahradnik(at)gmail)(dot)com with any questions you may have.

Article source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/10/21/prwebprweb4667194.DTL

Santa Clarita Resident Works From Home To Build An Online Empire

Online marketer Connie Ragen Green earns an excellent living by promoting products and courses she uses personally in her business. The result is that, in addition to the income she earns with affiliate marketing, she also wins valuable prizes. During the past eight months, she has won a Sony big screen television, a Bose home entertainment center, a Mac Book Pro computer, and, most recently, an Apple iPad.

“I love affiliate marketing for many reasons. It gives me an opportunity to increase my income by telling others about the people, products, and services I have used and benefitted from personally”, said Green, from her Santa Clarita, California home.

At the end of October she will teach a four part course on how anyone can get started as an affiliate marketer. This course will be taught by webinar so that the participants will be able to see her computer screen as she explains what to do to build your online empire through affiliate marketing.

Connie Ragen Green has been online since the end of 2005, and has just finished her first book on how to make huge profits with a tiny list. The book has been released and is now available for sale. Visit http://HugeProfitsTinyList.com to connect with Connie on the Internet.

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Social Media Boosts Small Business Marketing Efforts

Social media increasing investments in websites

Only 37 percent of small businesses say they are highly successful at coming up with new ideas to grow their business compared to 47 percent last year, according to a new report from Network Solutions.

“Creative thinking and the determination to push the limits on innovation are the hallmark characteristics of entrepreneurs,” says Tim Kelly, CEO, Network Solutions, an advocate of small business success.

“Having a strong presence on the Web gives business owners a great launch pad to showcase their innovative spirit and build brand awareness for the products and services they offer.”

Small business owners who are highly successful at marketing and innovation differ from the majority:

*39% consider Internet technology to be important to their business

*26% use online advertising, more than other businesses (18%)

*72% expect to make a profit from using social media

“The ongoing recession has certainly pushed our limits on marketing and innovative thinking. It’s difficult to stay inspired and optimistic when the economy remains stagnant,” says Heidi Kallett, owner of The Dandelion Patch, a stationary and gift retail business.

“Technology is a huge ally for small businesses. I stay ahead of the curve by leveraging the Internet and social media to stay connected with my customer base and also maintain an online presence for Dandelion Patch. The internet has no doubt helped me to form personal relationships with my customers.”

More than two-thirds (67%) of small businesses have or are likely to have a website in two years. Instead of replacing website investments, social media is increasing them. Among small businesses that use social media, 30 percent are likely to increase their investment in their website because of social media, and another 60 percent do not plan to change their website investment in the next year.

While six months ago small businesses were focused on the goal of attracting leads with social media (71% vs. 73% in Dec 2009), they now look to social media simply to build awareness of their organizations (77% vs. 56% Dec 2009). They are also more likely to use social media to stay in touch with their current customers (62%) than six months ago (46%).

The number of companies conducting business globally has dropped from 19% to 14% since December 2009, but companies buying supplies from outside the country has seen an increase from 11% to 18% since December 2009. Also there is a positive correlation between small businesses using social media and the income they generate from multiple countries.

“Small business owners who hit roadblocks on marketing and innovation should turn to social media,” said Janet Wagner, director of the Center for Excellence in Service at the Smith School, at the University of Maryland.“

“Tools such as Twitter and Facebook have made it faster, cheaper, and easier for even the smallest business to communicate with its customers and get ideas for new products and services.  Technology-savvy small business owners who leverage the Internet will be in a strong position to compete going forward.” 

IDG News Service - Facebook has filed lawsuits aimed at cracking down on a variety of scams that have been running wild on the social-networking site in recent months.

The lawsuits accuse two men, Steven Richter of Kings Park, New York, and Jason Swan of Las Vegas, of attempting to trick Facebook users into visiting Internet marketing websites. A Canadian affiliate marketing company, MaxBounty, is named in a third lawsuit. All three were filed Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, California.

The lawsuits target what’s become a big problem for Facebook in the past year: too-good-to-be-true offers that flood the social network, often promoted by gullible users. Victims are typically told that they must post the commercial message to their friends’ Facebook pages to qualify for US$1,000 gift cards or free iPads. The offers are ultimately either fraudulent or involve signing up for expensive online services.

Facebook representatives couldn’t immediately be reached for comment, but in a post to the Facebook Security group Wednesday the company said, “the defendants, among other things, represented that in order to qualify for certain fake or deceptive offers, people had to spam their friends, sign up for automatic mobile phone subscription services, or provide other information.”

Swan created Web pages with fake Facebook “dislike buttons” that redirected victims through “a series of unwanted commercial websites that took the users’ money and paid [Swan] for Internet traffic,” according to Facebook’s lawsuit.

Richter is accused of making fake “Facebook Gold Account” pages that offered users nifty features such as video chat with no advertising. Victims who clicked on the links ended up on marketing websites, Facebook said. Richter earned about $170,000 from one marketing company by luring more than 388,000 Facebook users to these sites, Facebook said.

Facebook has sued spammers in the past, but this time the company has also taken aim at an affiliate marketing company, MaxBounty. Affiliate marketing companies pay members to generate Internet traffic but are not the ones who directly entice visitors into clicking on links and are not usually named in spam-related lawsuits.

But Facebook calls MaxBounty the “mastermind” of several spam schemes. In court filings it says MaxBounty “encouraged its affiliates to carry out these schemes by providing them with assurances that their advertising methods were legitimate, by encouraging and coaching affiliates on ways to increase the effectiveness of their Facebook activities, and by providing technical support and substantial financial gain to the affiliates who agreed to participate in the scheme.”

MacBounty affiliates created Facebook Pages that advertised free gift cards and iPads, but tricked victims into spamming their friends and then redirected them to websites that collected personal information, Facebook said.

The Ottawa company could not be reached immediately for comment. Its website lists a large number of gift card offers as “Current MaxBounty Campaigns.”

Robert McMillan covers computer security and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Robert on Twitter at @bobmcmillan. Robert’s e-mail address is robert_mcmillan@idg.com

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