From the Editor

Happy 2010! I hope that you found your holiday season to be peaceful, relaxing, and filled with joy.

I’ve focused this first newsletter in the new year on getting started on the right foot. Included is a guest article on setting marketing resolutions for your business or organization, something we could probably all use! There’s also a tip on keeping your website current in the new year.

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All the best in 2010,

Adam J. Barkafski

Insightful TipSimple website changes for the new year

Now that 2010 is officially here, it’s a good time to make the changes and updates to your website that so many people often forget. Make sure that your website is still fresh and current so that your potential customers see that you care.

If your site uses a copyright date, make sure that you update it to 2010. Visitors will see that your website is current. Also, if you use time references in your text, such as “three years ago” or “last year,” you’ll need to update those, too. And here’s a hint: Why not change that language to include the specific year or to say “more than twenty years” so that you don’t have to worry about hunting for and changing them every year.

Simple changes such as these can keep your website fresh and up-to-date. Potential customers will notice it too!

General MarketingMarketing resolutions for the new year

Everyone knows that with the New Year comes the big New Year’s resolutions. Many of us make personal goals, such as losing weight, being nice to our mother-in-law, not eating out so much, etc., etc. Oddly enough, many of us do not set New Year’s resolutions for our business. This is very important to do. The beginning of the year is a great time to look over the past year and look at our successes, and yes, our failures. What went well last year? What needs changed from last year? This information will help us set our resolutions. On top of this, we need to look at how to help our business grow…

Read more about setting up your own business New Year’s resolutions…