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In the hottest area in Texas Marc Fantich remains cold.

Malcom — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:39:19 +0000

I was surfing the web this evening the other night and found that Marc Fantich is trying to reclaim his name on the web. He purchases almost every single domain name you can imagine.

I am saddened to know that I was so ahead of the time while all of this was going on . Here is a link to one of Marc’s blogs

http://marcfantich.blogspot.com/

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In the hottest area in Texas Marc Fantich remains cold.

Twitter and Social Marketing: The Perfect Combination

Malcom — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:22:58 +0000

Ever since MySpace was invented, highly technological entrepreneurs are doing everything they can to think of the next big marketing idea. Some ideas have failed, others, however, have done well and have become not only great social applications, but excellent social marketing tools. Twitter, for instance, is one amazing social networking tool that has become extremely popular and that has huge potential in the social marketing world.

Setting It Up

In order to effectively use a twitter account for social marketing, it is vital that you set up your Twitter profile correctly. If you don’t, you could be taken for a spammer, which will not gain you any favors in the Twitter world. Make sure you put your real name in the username space, and not your businesses name. You can promote your business better in the Bio section. Next, make sure your web address is written correctly in the web section. Also, make sure that you put your company’s location. Having a real location is a great way to begin a connection with your potential Twitter followers.

Your profile picture is also important to consider. If you want to be very sociable, you can put a headshot of you in the picture. Many businesses, however, use their company’s logo. Make sure that the logo looks good and is recognizable when it’s minimized so that your followers will know that it’s you when you post a Tweet.

Conversations

In order to effectively use Twitter, you need to engage in conversations and to have some friends. The best way to find friends for your business on Twitter is to look first to actual people you know. Befriend them and then you can start looking to their friends. This spirals out quickly and will give you a number of followers in a fairly short amount of time.

In order to keep these followers, and to gain more, make sure that you are using your 140 characters correctly. In some cases you only have one tweet to gain the attention of your followers, so make it a good one. If you’re talking about products, include shortened links to that product, and try to keep your tweets as fun to read as possible. You can especially garner a great deal of attention if you start having giveaways or contests via your Twitter account, as this allows your readers to connect to you and to get something in the bargain.

Malcom Chakery
President, Chakery Design LLC
Twitter: @chakery
Website Design | Search Engine Optimization | Logo Design

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Twitter and Social Marketing: The Perfect Combination

Fantich Media Group

Malcom — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:45:43 +0000

Marc Fantich… Told me in an email that he spoke with some of his friends and was advised to settle with us for the website but his remark was that he was not going to pay the full $1,000.00 owed to us by him. He wanted me to settle for less. Why should I settle for less when Fantich Media or Fantich Media Group has chosen to use the website. They pull it down and put it back up at their discretion. I want Marc Fantich to realize that this is not just about the money. It is about the lies that he has told me along the way to try to get me let this lack of ethics on his behalf just slide and go away.

With all of that said and if you are just hearing about what has happened you can fully catch up on this story on my blog here or on a website that we purchased http://www.fantichmediagroup.com

Also see the video on you tube.. Fantich Media

Also we have a new domain name called http://www.fantich.com and that site will be live soon with full details about the scenario that Marc Fantich has put him self in by simply not keeping to his part of the deal that he made with us.

More to come soon…

Malcom

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Fantich Media Group

Brand Identity and Your Website Design

Malcom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:51:38 +0000

Companies who have been in the public eye for awhile know all about brand identity. People who are just starting their companies, however, often have never heard of that term and have no idea what brand identity even is! And then there are those people who have had a successful business in the world and who are just bringing it to the digital realm – they often have no idea how they can take their current brand and can bring it over to the internet. Thanks to a website design company, you can not only create a new brand, you can make an existing brand even stronger.

What Is Branding?

When you hear somebody talk about the “Golden Arches” and you know exactly what they’re talking about. Or maybe someone draws a picture of a red bulls eye to hint to you where you’re going. You’ll know then too. That is branding at work. A brand identity is what you create in order to help represent your company visually. It is something that is meant to be only yours, and is something that will stick in the mind of your customers or clients at all times. One of the best ways to get your brand out there is through your website design. Dallas web design companies can help you to achieve that.

Bringing a Brand Over

If you’ve already got a brand, you’re halfway to where you need to be. A good web site design company can help you to transfer that brand over to your website, so that you not only catch the attention of new clients or customers, but so that you also create a cohesive bond between your website and your physical site.

Creating a Brand

If you’ve just started your business and have not yet created a visual identity, or you’ve got one but it doesn’t seem to be working, a developer who is skilled in website design can help you. They can work with you to create something that not only exemplifies what your business is all about, but that is memorable to the average person as well. Then it is a simple matter to take this design and to use it wherever you’d like to, making your brand even more powerful than it would be if it were only online.

One of the most important things to remember when creating a website is to incorporate your brand. If you’ve got one already, get it digital, and if you don’t have one, you should definitely think about getting one!

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Brand Identity and Your Website Design

What Is Important For Your Company’s Website Design?

Malcom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:49:09 +0000

When you’re getting a website created for your company, it is vital that you know what is important for your design and what isn’t. One thing that many company owners forget is that what is vital for their company isn’t just what they want to have on the site, but what will make the client or customer who is visiting the site comfortable as well. Here are a few tips and things to remember when you’re getting your website design ready.

Make the colors friendly. If your website has colors on it that just don’t mix well together, your customer or client will click away from your site as fast as possible, or will wind up with a splitting headache that will definitely make them remember your company, but not in a good way. You should always make sure that you choose colors which work well together, and that any web site design company you hire knows this vital color rule.
Make it easy to navigate! If people who are visiting your blog can’t find what they’re looking for, they’ll give up on your site and may go to a competitors. This is why it is very important that you make sure the site is easy to navigate, which can be accomplished thanks to good website design. Dallas design companies should work with you in order to get the design to be not only something you enjoy, but also something that is easy for visitors to maneuver through.
Put interesting things there. If your site is boring, your customers or clients may wander off to play another game of internet chess or to check their Facebook account. Make sure that you and your website design company work together to get some interesting content on your site so that you can keep their interest.
Have fun with it! If you don’t have a bit of fun working with a website designer to make your site, it will likely show. Try to relax and to have a little fun with helping to create your site. All of the hard work is being done by the website designer, and all you have to do is to work with them, giving them information that can help them to create a site that you enjoy. By the time they are done you should have a site that you not only love to look at, but that your customers or clients will love to look at as well.

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What Is Important For Your Company’s Website Design?

Website Design for Dummies?

Malcom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:46:25 +0000

About fifteen years ago almost no one would conceive of putting together a website. The internet was used only by people who were technologically creative and who were mathematical geniuses. And then those mathematical geniuses decided that they would make it easier on themselves to create websites, and in doing so they actually made website design easier for the rest of us. There are not literally hundreds of different websites you can go to, or books that you can read, which are designed to help you to design your own website. Why, then should you look for a website design company?

Truly Easy?

It is easy to look at a website, or at a book, and to believe that you do not need to hire a company that does website design. Dallas has a few of them, and some can be quite expensive. Why, then, would you need to hire a company to do your design when you’ve got the tools right in front of you to create your own website? One reason is because the websites and the books may make designing a site look easy, but it’s actually much more difficult than it looks. Yes, if you choose to make a website that looks exactly like the one on the page, or on another site, all you have to do is copy and paste, but this will give you a cookie cutter website that looks just like every other second rate site online.

And what happens if you decide to change things up on your website? What happens if you want to have the color on the background green instead of blue, or if you want to have your sidebar moved from the right side to the left? Or if you want a header that is designed specifically for your company that will grab the attention of anyone who lands on your site? Just a few quick clicks on your keyboard and you could not only make your website look horrible, you could take it down for good.

That is why almost all professionals choose to use a company that specializes in web site design. Dallas web design companies can help you to not only make your website look great, but to make it personal. They can help you to design the site so that it appeals not only to you but also to any person who happens upon your website.

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Website Design for Dummies?

A Digital Checklist for Website Design

Malcom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:38:45 +0000

You’ve finally decided that it’s time to involve a professional website design company so that your website can become all that you want it to be. You’ve even found a company that is affordable and whose work you truly enjoy. But now you’re at a bit of a loss. You have tons of ideas but you’re not really sure where you should start! A good web site design company should help by walking you through the steps, but there are some things that you can think about or have prepared in order to make the process go smoothly.

What’s your main objective? Before you can have a website created, you should know what your main objective for that site is. For instance, are you trying to give information out to the public, or are you trying to sell something? Are you trying to sell goods or are you trying to sell your services? Every website has a different purpose, and knowing what you want your website for will make it easier for the design team to come up with something that perfectly suits your needs.

Do you have special colors? Some companies have special colors that they associate as being their own. Some may have blue and silver, or they may have gold and white. If you have colors that you connect with your company you may want to have them brought over onto your website.

Get your personal information ready. When you’ve got a website you will want to have contact information available on that site. This way your clients or customers can discover how to contact you easily through the site. Would you like to make things run more smoothly for the company you’ve chosen for your website design? Dallas website design companies appreciate when you’ve got your personal information ready and in order, so that they do not have to keep contacting you asking for it.

Don’t be afraid to speak up! If, when you take a look at the test site you see something you don’t like, speak up! Any company would be much happier if you spoke up before the design was finalized, as it is much easier to change things to suit your needs before the site is completely finished than after.

Getting your website designed should be not only a necessity, but something that is enjoyable as well, and
the better prepared you are, the easier it is to have your site be finished quickly and to your liking.

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A Digital Checklist for Website Design

The Chakery way

Malcom — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:30:27 +0000

People who find our website http://www.chakery.com typically are looking for website design, website development, or other keyword terms or phrases that tye into the search engines in some way. These people are searching for a company to design or redesign a website that is search engine friendly. They are looking for someone who has experience with building websites that will yield results. Once they have visited our website and have reviewed our website design portfolio they will then either call us or fill out our website design quote form on our website. We then contact the person by phone or email to get a better understanding of what the potential client is looking for with regards to their new website design or seo project. We then put together a website design quote for the client. Our quotes include unlimited mock-up concepts or designs of the actual homepage until the client is happy with the look and feel of the website. We inlcude free stock images that we purchase online on behalf of the client from istock photo. Most competitors will only allow for 2-3 initial mock ups and will typically charge you for each stock photo you need for your website. We charge the client 50% down to start the project and the final amount is due upon successful completion of the project. We feel that this gives us a committment from the client and the client has a committment from us to complete the project.

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The Chakery way