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Electric Bricks owner, Keith Paul, will be giving a free seminar next Wednesday, September 27th at 9:00am aimed at helping small business owners understand the complexities and benefits of Search Engine Optimization. This 1-hour seminar is part of the Miller Business Center’s Business Bites series. All Business Bites programs are completely free and include 30 minutes of networking and refreshments beforehand.
Site Management
A New Website for the Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics & Shirley
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Being a member of a Chamber of Commerce is a good idea for any small business. It provides great networking opportunities as well as getting to contribute ideas on how to improve business in your area. Electric Bricks is currently a member of three Chambers: the Chamber of Commerce of the Moriches, the Greater Middle Country Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics & Shirley (board member).
We were both please and excited to be asked by the Mastic-Shirley Chamber to redesign their website and make it something that the membership could be proud of, as well as a tool to help give them more exposure. Here’s a quick tour.
We Gave the Merckling Chiropractic Site a Major Adjustment
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Merckling Family Chiropractic had a problem so many bustling doctor offices have. They were so busy taking care of their patients that they had let their aging website site site idle. By today’s standards, the site was poorly laid out and looked dated, had cluttered and confusing navigation, and was all but unusable on a smartphone. But you may ask yourself, “if they’re so busy, who cares if their website gets old?” The answer to that question is simple – all of their current and future patients!
LIVE from the Professional Development & Social Media Symposium
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The (purposely short) article you are about to read was published as a demonstration during the Professional Development & Social Media Symposium.
At this very moment (or on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016, for those of you who aren’t reading this at the exact moment it was published) I am speaking at the Professional Development & Social Media Symposium held at the Nassau Country Club on Long Island. This event is being hosted by Meaghan Janedis, owner of Legacy Sport and partner at Glam Slam Gear.
Electric Bricks Presenting at the Professional Development & Social Media Symposium
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Happy New Year! We are excited to announce that Keith Paul, owner of Electric Bricks, will be doing a presentation at the Professional Development & Social Media Symposium on Wednesday, January 13th at the Nassau Country Club. The event, hosted by Meaghan Janedis, owner at Legacy Sport and partner at Glam Slam Gear, will focus on using the web and social media to help grow or start a new business. Also presenting that evening will be Elisa DiStefano, reporter at News 12 Long Island.
Gimenez Guitars – A New Project. A New Endeavor.
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This has been an especially busy year for Electric Bricks. Many new clients and many new projects for existing clients. But there’s one project that I haven’t mentioned yet. It’s one that’s been in the works for… well… years. A few years back a long-time friend of mine, Dan Gimenez, developed a new body style for an electric guitar. I won’t go into all the details about what makes it so special (yet!) but the two of us decided that the music world needed a fresh perspective on a traditional instrument so we joined forces and launched Gimenez Guitars LLC.
Electric Bricks Gets a Facelift
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Been to electricbricks.net lately? If you have, you may have noticed that it looks quite a bit different. It’s been over 2 years since I updated the theme on the site and it was overdue! The old layout, while good for it’s time, had started looking a bit dated. The content layout had grown cluttered, the brick motif wasn’t working for me anymore, and the navigation was minimal, at best. After spending a good deal of time planning, I decide to practice what I preach to all my clients, and make some significant changes.
Am I Allowed to Use This?
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I Am NOT A Copyright Expert!
I repeat, I am NOT a copyright expert! Nor do I understand intellectual property law or trademark law. But I can tell you this – if you are ever in doubt about whether you should reuse, repurpose, rewrite, transcribe, copy, or “borrow” something that someone else created then don’t. There are plenty of attorneys that make their living practicing (and defending) copyright law so if you have a burning question about what is legal I’d advise you to find one. What I’m sharing below is my layman’s understanding of what I think you should be aware of. But it is by no means intended to be a definitive guide to copyright law. In other words, don’t rely on this article to tell you everything you need to know. Do your own research and check out the links mentioned in this article for more information. And of course – use common sense!
9 Photo Editing Tools for Blog & Website Owners
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There are a few social media and web marketing blogs that I follow pretty regularly. Social Media Examiner is one of them. They consistently produce relevant, easily digestible articles to help you get a better handle on your social media efforts. Their recent article, “6 Simple Photo Tools for Creating Social Media Visuals“, offered up several easy-to-use Photoshop alternatives that could not only be used for creating graphics for social content, as the article suggests, but for blog articles and web pages, as well. In the article they quickly outline the strengths of each tool and show an example of what can be created with it. Read the article to get the list (most of them are free!) and see if any of them could be beneficial to you.
I Have No Idea What to Write About on My Blog!
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How many times have you said that? I’ve probably said it a hundred times. Blogging can be really hard for most of us. We all know how important it is for generating traffic to our site, but coming up with fresh ideas can be difficult. Google and the other search engines want a never-ending stream of fresh, original content but if you’re like me you feel like you’ve already said it all. What else is there to talk about? How do I keep coming up with new ideas for articles?