Studio490: Creative Services

ReThink – Why Your Company Needs A Website

If you have a business, you need a website. It doesn’t matter the size of your corporation, small or large, a website presents a presence of your company in the internet world. You are losing business because other companies do have a website that is promoting or selling their products/services. The purpose of having a website is so that anyone who may be interested in your products/services may find you quickly and easily and to learn more about your business.

With that being said, it isn’t enough just to have a website. You will be given only one chance to make that first impression and it best be a good one. With a well designed website, you can compete with other companies regardless of their size. You must have a professional looking website so that your potential customers will want to purchase from you. If your site looks like it was designed by a 13 year old with no experience, your chance of making that first impression a good one is lost. Customers come to the web world seeking information about product before purchasing anything. Make sure they find you on the web.

Other reasons you must have a website:
You are open for business 24/7. Customers can contact you via your website at any time during the day/night. This, in turn, increases your business’ revenues through the website. Your customers will increase in volume as well.

You can reach customers from all over the globe. You are not confined to just local businesses. Your products/services can be offered to anyone who interested in your products/services in the global market.

Having a website is an inexpensive way to advertise your business. A website offers good value to money spent. And you can launch promotions easily and costs less than the traditional methods of advertising.

As you can see, there are lots of pros for having a website. The most important reason being making your presence known in the web world!

Next up: Your website and SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Tj and Dana Todd

Studio490


ReThink – Search Engine Optimization

One of the most critical components to getting top search engine ranking is the number of inbound links and link popularity a web site is able to build. There are several existing link building strategies available to small businesses. Social media can help create additional high value on target inbound links that are essential to achieving top placements in the search engine.

To be valued by the search engines, inbound links must be from relevant web sites. Search engines give social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkIn great value. These sites are highly visible to search engines and are constantly taking updates from users.

Creating visibility for your business and your brand is really the key when using social media for building links. Brand recognition leads to your inbound links coming from bloggers, colleagues, customers, and other people who are exposed to your links that find your links useful and then share with their own contacts.

Many businesses are starting to use social media as a way to promote their business, reach their customers and find new customers. By increasing those inbound links, you will improve your visibility in search engines which will increase your business.

Contact us today to see how we can help improve your company’s visibility in the search engine world!

Tj and Dana Todd

Studio490


ReThink – INsourcing Creative Services

INsourcing is outsourcing part or all of your creative services to a company within the US. Reasons why to choose INsourcing your creative projects.

1.    Utilization of Resources

A good alternative to adding a new department or creating a costly task force to complete a specific function is INsourcing. Some tasks may take up an inordinate amount of an employee’s time. By INsourcing, companies can free up their employee’s time which would allow them to do the important day to day function in a timely manner. This increases overall efficiency and improves employee morale.

2.    Reduces Operating Cost

Companies that try to do everything themselves may incur very high research, development and marketing expenses.  Keeping an employee trained and up to date with within certain fields can be costly too. INsourcing the secondary functions to experts whose only function is one particular task can be much less expensive in the long run. Additional costs, such as SS tax, WC benefits and health insurance, are all part of hiring a full time employee. A company will not incur these cost with INsourcing to experts.

3.    Access to Experts and Specialists

INsourcing firms are comprised of highly trained and very experienced specialists who know how to handle all aspects of that particular project. For difficult tasks, this allows for many companies to manage those complex projects. The employees will have more time to do their aspects of their job which would increase productivity and customer service. By INsourcing these projects, the company will not be confined to their geographic location.  The company will  have access to even a greater pool of experts by outsourcing through North America.

4.    Improve Customer Service

When an employee is bogged down with lots of tasks to complete, he/she is less capable of providing excellent customer service. INsourcing permits a company to redirect its resources from non-core activities toward activities that serve the customer.  The level of customer service will increase because time and resources are being focused on that area.

5.    Improve Efficiency

Cost, quality, service and speed are critical measures that a company must aim for in improvements. This need to increase efficiency directly conflicts with the need to invest in the primary focus of the business. By freeing up time and resources, the company is able to concentrate on making money and growing the business.