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  • Learn about using, importing and designing attractive user profiles at #Drupalcamp Colorado: http://bit.ly/c6gjBX . Thanks, Caleb! 14 weeks 5 days ago
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Convergence of the web and video

A while back, we completed developing and producing a series of instructional and sales videos for Altus Brands’ CrossFireSling. View a snippet of one of the videos here.

Every time we do a video, we are targeting multiple venues.

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Blogs as a proof of confidence

When I talk to most baby-boomer business owners, I can always elicit an emotional reaction when I suggest that they blog on their web site. The reaction is traditionally fear:

  • Fear of more work.
  • Fear of not having anything to say.
  • Fear of writing.
  • Fear of saying something stupid.

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Web Marketing: The more you give, the more you make

It is completely counter-intuitive: Give stuff away and you’ll make more money. That’s how the web has turned economies upside down. My challenge is to convince business people like me that this system actually works.

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Going Stealth with Gmail

In my previous post, I talked about how we use Gmail as a low cost, no maintenance email client.

Gmail has recently added the final feature to make it a great email client.

You have been able to set up Gmail to retrieve email from your personal or business domain and send it as if it was coming from your own domain. However, in email clients (like Outlook), the recipient would see a message showing your gmail address and then “Sent on behalf of yourname@yourdomain.com”.

You don’t want people seeing that information. It’s just confusing.

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Using Gmail as an email client

How did I ever become a salesman for Google? I know they don’t need me selling for them, but I know it’s best for my clients (and me).

As part of implementing a new web site for small and medium-sized customers, we always reevaluate how email is being handled.

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Driving Business to your web site

We have been leveraging some powerful traffic-building techniques for our customers. I recently shared these techniques with our existing customers.

The topics turned out to be so popular, I thought I’d share it with everyone here.

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Dasgupta and Perron's new web site is released

Monarch Digital is proud to announce that the Denver investment firm of Dasgupta and Perron has released their new web site to the public.

Learn more about the site by reading the case study at the Monarch Digital web site.

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Monarch Digital featured: 70 beautiful Drupal sites

Monarch Digital’s website has been featured as one of 70 outstanding Drupal websites.

http://mogdesign.eu/blog/70-beautiful-drupal-sites/

From their write up… “Who said that Drupal sites are ugly? There are many Drupal sites out there from which some may be ugly because of lazy developers or lousy designers :) But this statement in general is not true. Take a look at 70 outstanding sites a an inspiration and a proof that Drupal can be beautiful.”

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DrupalCamp Colorado Interview

SDR News interviewed Pat Nashleanas as one of the owners of Monarch Digital at DrupalCamp Colorado.

View the video here.

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SCUG and DrupalCamp Colorado

Rick evangelizes the Drupal Southern Colorado User Group (SCUG) at DrupalCamp Colorado.

Click here to see the video.

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