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Are you a designer looking for tips and tricks to help your business?  You've come to the right place!

Tuesday
Jun152010

SEO Literacy for Business Owners, Non-Profits, Artists & Bloggers

We can't say enough great things about Melea Seward, Chief Amusement Designer.  This social media and SEO guru has helped SeekingDesigners.com grow from 5% search engine traffic to 70%.  Lucky for you, she's willing to share her knowledge!  Take her class for 5 weeks and watch your website traffic GROW like never before.

A word from Melea:

People who you don’t necessarily know are looking for you. And they’re doing it either by asking a search engine, like Google, or asking their networks. Search and Social Media are the tools we use to find the information we want and the people we want to do business with. Can the people looking for you find your content?

Who Should Take This Class? You manage a website or own a business, a non-profit, are an artist, selling ______ online. Regardless, you need to know how search engines work. You need to learn how to get other, notable sites to point to your website, how to create search-friendly, relevant content, and how to make that content spread.

This class is five weeks. Optimize your site, optimizing your off-line content, and build strong back-linking relationships.In this class, you’ll learn:

  • How Search Engines Work
  • How to Optimize on-site content
  • How to Create a Link-Building Strategy
  • How to run a Pay-Per-Click Advertising Campaign
  • What to Pay Attention to In Analytics
  • How Search Engine Marketing Can Affect Your Business
  • How to Do Keyword Research and Capitalize on the Results

For more information and to register for this class and others like it, click here.

Monday
Jun142010

Want to Win an iPhone4?

Twitter users, rejoice! We're running a Twitter-only campaign in an effort to gain more followers and increase our website traffic. We're randomly giving out an Apple iPhone 4!

 How to enter:

  1. Follow us on Twitter: @findthefabulous
  2. Post our website url (www.seekingdesigners.com) on your blog or website somewhere visible.
  3. Tweet us the url where we can see our link.
  4. Retweet the following message:  I just entered to win an #apple iPhone4 with @findthefabulous and you can too! Details: http://bit.ly/9Lxhz0

Remember, you must do each step 1-4 to be eligible to win!  We will be announcing the winner on June 24th (when the iPhone 4 is released).


Contest Guidelines:

  1. Make sure your tweets are public. If your tweets are private, we can't see them, which means you can't win.
  2. iPhone 4 winner will receive an Apple giftcard in the amount of $200.


Good luck and happy tweeting!

Friday
May072010

SeekingDesigners Mother's Day Promo!

Designers!  Sign up for SeekingDesigners.com by Sunday, May 9th, 2010 11:59pm and get more value to your membership!

Click here to see what you get with your SeekingDesigners.com standard membership.

Sign up before Monday and get these extras:

1) 1 FREE month-long feature on our homepage (a $200 advertising value).

2) An extra 13th month for free added to your year long subscription.

3) Free BLOGLIST link (your website posted on our blog, indefinitely).

All you have to do is sign up by Sunday May 9th, 2010 11:59 and you will get all this plus all the benefits of being a designer member of SeekingDesigners.com.

Email us if you have any questions or problems registering.

Become a member now and watch your business grow with us!

Not sure?  Read our designer testimonials from members who love being a part of SeekingDesigners.com.

 

Monday
Mar082010

Awesome Free Business Course: FastTrac GrowthVenture NYC

New York Small Business Services presents FastTrac GrowthVenture, a free business course you must take advantage of if you live in or around NYC!

1) Become an entrepreneur and pursue your business idea.

2) Learn how to start a business in New York City.

3) Reshape your business model to changes in the economy.

Do you need guidance on how to sustain or grow your business in the current economic climate? Are you interested in reviewing your business model? Then FastTrac GrowthVenture can prepare you with the tools and support to revise your business plan.

FastTrac GrowthVenture will teach you how to reshape your existing business. At the end of the program, you will have updated your business plan for strategic growth.

FastTrac GrowthVenture consists of:

  • An 8-session classroom training held twice a week over 4 weeks (4-hours per session)
  • One-on-one assistance from experienced entrepreneurs who will help you review ideas, assignments, and business plan
  • Interactive presentations from successful entrepreneurs who can share their experience
  • Connection to services that will help you operate and expand your business, including NYC Business Express to learn about the licenses and permits required for your business and NYC Business Solutions to get loan facilitation, legal, hiring and training assistance, and learn about incentives you may be eligible for

Who can apply for FastTrac GrowthVenture?
Growth Venture programs are offered to operating small businesses that have demonstrated market potential and financial stability. You are eligible for FastTrac GrowthVenture if you are a New York City resident with:

  • A business that has been in operation for one or more years
  • A business that has achieved sales targets and has demonstrated market potential
  • A well thought out argument for how FastTrac GrowthVenture will benefit your company
  • Access to a computer to complete assignments
  • Commitment to attend all sessions (approximately 30 classroom hours) and complete prep work
  • A business that specializes in manufacturing and technology (only applicable to next February course)

When and where is FastTrac GrowthVenture offered?
FastTrac GrowthVenture is offered on a monthly basis.

Dates for next FastTrac GrowthVenture:
(5PM- 9PM)
Thursday, April 8th
Monday, April 12th
Thursday, April 15th
Monday, April 19th
Thursday, April 22nd
Monday, April 26th
Thursday, April 29th
Monday, May 3rd

Location: Midtown Manhattan
The Levin Institute
116E 55th Street,
New York, New York 10022 

Future FastTrac GrowthVentures: Courses are offered on a monthly basis. New course schedules and applications are made available once the current applications are closed. Please check back for upcoming course dates.

How do you apply?
Please fill out and submit an online application only once to be considered for FastTrac course that begins on April 8th.

Application deadline:  Tuesday, March 16th at 2PM

Monday
Feb152010

Build Your Own iPhone App--For Less

Looking to create an affordable iPhone application for your business?  Check out My App Creator and build your own app for less!  http://www.myappcreator.com


Look who's using MyAppCreator.

Take a tour.

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