Getting slammed with new business, orders and even enhancements is exciting, but it’s cost us a good bit of the forward progress on the blog.  Now that there’s a lull in what’s happening, we’re going to reflect on how to keep that from recurring.  We’ve not updated, we’ve not done what we preach.

Now–I never hide anything, they don’t call me GenuineChris for nothing.  And, it’s invariable–some of our best customers get so slammed with business that they can’t update their blogs as much as they’d like. We know we’re going to get busy again, but the blog will want updates,  and we’ll want to stay connected. We’ll add to our blog what it needs to succeed and take more of our own advice.

Consistency is the thing that our clients value most.  Even if we’re only getting a few hits, the return and repeat customers are the ones that buy down the road.  So demonstrating our commitment to consistency is critical to our short & long term success.

  • Have some surplus blog posts. The WP plugin “auto schedule posts” can be configured such that you can have something post FOR you when you’re gone.  It’ll take finished drafts and post ‘em if you don’t post for 3-4 days.
  • Schedule tweets in advance.
  • Jump in and do a 5 minute “back soon, slammed with customers, call me to become one” post.

First, client work comes generally before our normal internal marketing.  We have to ship sites because people depend on us to do them.  (http://joeyd23.com) is an example of a new delivery.  We can’t be just working on our stuff while people are waiting for us to deliver theirs that’s bad form–to say the least.

Anyway, more is coming as is always the case–we’ll be back and better than ever very soon.  Our sister company, PatriotConnect.Com is also a place to go.   More soon!

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Just so you know–for those of you liberty minded political junkies out there, we’ve created a libertarian and third party website design company.  It’s a sister company of Flat Rate Web Jobs.
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Mortgage Loan Officer Business Plan For Social Media 2010: Originate Using Social Media

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Chris and I are constantly talking about personality traits and habits that point us toward or away from success. One of the biggest impediments, we both agree, is making yourself wait for perfection, 3 years under the belt, a large portfolio—or whatever your imagined starting point is—before diving in and getting something done. Put something [...]

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From their [...]

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I will admit one thing: I have an unfair advantage delivering this plan and kicking off the “public” plans with this section.  In addition to owning this business, I also do some realtor coaching and training at Harris Real Estate University. So, I know–first-hand–a lot of what works today (and what doesn’t).  Having had 100+ [...]

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Delivered: Custom Facebook Page for Nanette Labastida

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Nanette already had the bare bones structure up, but it wasn’t [...]

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Webinar Replay: 3 Things To Fix Blog Leaks

Webinar from today… turned out OKAY.

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Prevent Your Blog From Leaking!

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You’re getting traffic, but now what?  Are visitors staying?  Are they becoming fans?  Are they engaging?  And most importantly, are they buying?
Most bloggers are failing at what’s most important: getting people that show up… to engage and become clients.
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Facebook Fan Pages That Don’t Suck: Yes, They Exist

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A free webinar that won’t suck, either.
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Blog Content Plans That Produce – Free Webinar

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Planning posts that sell & sticking with it.
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