Salem Skin Care Manufacturer launches new look for 2010

Touch of Mink, a local manufacturer of skin care products, launched a brand new look for their website for 2010.   We first met with Touch of Mink in early 2009 to discuss the possibilities regarding updating their website and their online marketing strategies. For anybody not familiar with Touch of Mink, they have been around [...]

Do I really need to Tweet what I ate for breakfast?

I recently presented a one-hour seminar for the Chemeketa Small Business Management Power Advising Group on the topic of Social Business Networking.  I focused on answering the following questions; Is it relevant? How do I find the time? How do I ‘do it’? Where is the return on investment? During my presentation I talked about [...]

Optimizing titles and descriptions for better search results

Since we provide search engine optimization services for our clients, we get asked a lot of questions about how to improve rankings. One of the steps we take to improve your search engine results is to make sure your meta-titles, meta-descriptions, and meta-keywords are accurate and descriptive for the key words and phrases that you [...]

What the heck is a mind map and why should I use it?

That’s the question that I asked myself when I first heard of Mindmapping **.  I mean, c’mon, it sounded like it was straight out of some science fiction novel, when the evil genius mind-maps the hero’s brain so he can get all of his secret powers… But, I kept hearing the term … so I [...]

Which Social Networking site is the best for business?

Hmmm, this is a great question, and one that I hear a lot.  The answer, in my best politicians voice (no offense to my political friends) … is “it depends“.  You might think that is a copout answer … but I think it is true. It depends because the site that is the best for [...]

Top 10 ways to tell if your company web site stinks

As you can imagine, we see a lot of web sites in our web design and marketing business.  Today I thought I’d share a humorous look at what’s wrong with many of them. And so, this is our ‘top 10 ways to tell if your company web site stinks’: 10. You have an animated cartoon [...]

Do you have an opportunity filter?

If you’re like me, you probably can’t get through your day without being bombarded by new “opportunities” in your inbox or over the phone.  Promote this, sell that … the opportunities are endless.  That is why I’ve created an opportunity “filter” to help me decide what I should pursue and what I should leave alone. [...]

Los Angeles Real Estate Investor Web Site Launches

Mr. J. Massey, a Los Angeles real estate investor, recently launched a new web site created by The Third River, Inc.  Mr. Massey was referred by another local California real estate investor and author, Mr. Matt Theriault. Mr. Massey needed a web site that he could control and provide the opportunity to showcase his investment [...]

Ready to Learn Ready to Work announces new web site

Ready to Learn Ready to Work, a cooperative venture of the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, Keizer Chamber of Commerce, the Salem Keizer School District, and E3: Employers for Educational Excellence, recently launched a redesigned web site designed by The Third River. Sue Bloom, the co-coordinator of the program, contacted Tim Fahndrich about doing a [...]

The “Do Over Guy”, Matt Theriault, Launches New Web Site

After a successful tour of duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and 13 years successfully running a small record label, Matt Theriault found himself in dire need of a Do Over.  The Dot Com crash, 9/11, and advances in online music downloading quickly rendered his entire business obsolete. At age 34 he found himself flat [...]

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