Posts Tagged ‘Content Management Systems’

Why Social Media Means Big Bucks to Business

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

—and What It Can Do for Yours

When you think about promoting your business, you need to be thinking SOCIAL MEDIA. Social media has completely revolutionized the landscape of business promotion, blowing other prominent marketing tools out of the water.

Dell, the popular Laptop and PC retailer, has generated over $1 million from their interactions on Twitter, the latest “mini blog” social media outlet on the web. BlendTec, a company selling high powered blenders, increased their sales five times over, by using YouTube to share quirky videos of their products blending everything from whole foods to a sneaker. President Barack Obama used Facebook during his campaign and gained over 5 million friends and more significantly, $500 million in fundraising through his social media network.

With our Social Networking service, your business could have a social media success story of its own.

The social media phenomenon has the potential to go beyond the power of print ads, commercials and web sites. It’s a force to be reckoned with, and here’s why.

It’s about the people.

Social media works because it’s not about businesses talking AT potential customers, bragging about why they should admire them while they squeal, “Buy me now!”

Facebook, Twitter and other networks are so darn infectious because they step back from the typical, “aggressive/desperate seller” “naive/intimidated buyer” model, and offers a neutral ground of communication. The spotlight isn’t solely focused a company’s product or service, it’s an interactive way to get engaged, creative, funny and plain old human with your network of friends.

Satisfied customers and entertained network followers are the people that share info and links about their experiences with your amazing business. Imagine the potential business that would come from re-links to your products. Your website being mentioned and posted again and again over a host of websites and blogs could increase your brand and your bottom line by leaps and bounds.

ABC Web Service will create and maintain these networks for you. Our service provides regular social media updates, so you’ll never have to worry about tweeting, blogging or adding Facebook friends. However, you will be able to login, contribute and interact with your network friends as often as you’d like. We can setup interactive applications to further establish lines of communication with your followers, allowing you to respond to positive or negative feedback and gain your social network’s trust.We also organize promotions, contests, special coupons and anything else you could think of to propel your business to new heights.

Social media has been a hit for countless entrepreneurs, big and small, looking to promote their business. Billions of dollars later, the results speak for themselves.

Clearly, it works. Why not let it work for you?

Time is money, so don’t waste another minute! Visit www. abcwebservice.com

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ABC Web Service Expands into the New York Market

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

ABC Web Service proudly announces our expansion into the web design New York market. If you do business in the New York City area please call us at (646) 862-3300 .

Content Management Systems

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Content Management Systems ( CMS ) are gaining in popularity and allow website owners to edit / add information and images easily. Once you login to your CMS administration area you can simply click a page and edit it from any computer in the world.  There are many CMS systems currently available that are open source and free to use. Depending on your skill level you may want to hire a professional to install and configure your CMS software on the server. Once the system is installed and skined almost anyone with basic computer skill can make updates to the website.

For smaller websites we like to use WordPress as a CMS system. It is easy to use, stable and secure it is also search engine friendly. WordPress is used on thousands of websites worldwide.  There are many plugins available can add functionality to the software at the click of a button. 

Another CMS system we have used is CMS Made Simple. This is also easy to use but does require manual updating of the software from time to time. There is a community where you can download modules to extend functionality of the CMS.

Joomla is one of the powerhouses of Content Management Systems. While the interface can be daunting and complicated the software is very robust and customizable. We would only recomend using Joomla for larger projects that require extended functionality that is not available in the other CMS mentiond above. Several hours training might be needed to administer the site depending on the way it is built

Keep in mind, no mattter what CMS you decide to use you will have to be sure to keep the software updated to be secure. Over all CMS systems can save you time and money by allowing you or one of your staff members to update your own website easily.