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Where should you be spending your marketing dollars?

Finding new customers is essential to any business, large or small. But today, the digital world has opened the door for new, highly effective ways to generate sales leads. 

To navigate the waters and maximize success, follow these five tips for generating leads online. 
 
1. Rethink your “Contact Us” page. Swap your phone number and email on your website’s “Contact Us” page for a far more effective form. Include fields where visitors can submit information in response to questions you select, for example, a consumer’s education level or a business’ industry. “A form is trackable and can be recorded into a database for follow-up and analysis,” says Mike Volpe, vice president of marketing for marketing software provider HubSpot in Cambridge, Mass

Ameravant Web Studio has recently released

The CMS’ intelligent tools allow the website owner the freedom to change content at the click of a button, eliminating the need for expensive and sometimes inaccessible website programmers. The all-in-one hosted web solution allows for scalability, including mobile responsive design, and comes with free live support. A recent sampling of Ameravant clients showed that 26 percent of website traffic was coming from mobile devices, further proving a need for sites to be viewable on ever-changing mobile devices. Ameravant owner Michael Kramer is an advocate for empowering clients.

Spending on search engine marketing (SEM) in North America is expected to hit $26 billion by 2013, as the industry continues to grow and SEM and search engine optimization (SEO) become deeply embedded in marketers’ advertising strategies, according to the 2008 annual survey and forecast from the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO).

Confused about SEO, SEM, MetaTags & More?  Come to our free web marketing workshop to help businesses understand how to maximize their impact on our web world.  Join us on Tuesday, January 5th from 9:05-10:00 a.m. at Warren Hall, Earl Warren for a complimentary workshop on web marketing.  (Workshop begins immediately following the B2B Breakfast.)

Google identified over 100,000 businesses in the U.S. as "Favorite Place on Google" based on Google users' interaction with local business listings. Each business is receiving a window decal with a unique QR code that you scan with your phone to read reviews, star the business as your own favorite and more.

The Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce selected Ameravant Web Design to create this year’s www.lemonfestival.com   website.  The branding was created by Media27. The site design was create by Ameravant Web Design.  Features of this site include:

1. Time in Business - How long have they been in business.
   
   


2. Depth on the bench - If you are using this person/company to design and develop your new website, have they surrounded themselves with reliable support staff.  It's very difficult to find one person that has the skills of a graphic designer, skilled Html and CSS expert, website developer, content writer, Search Engine Optimization Specialist and has good client communication skills.

Today Goleta Chamber of Commerce is closing their brick-and-mortar office and changing to a virtual business model.  A small handful of companes are making this virtual model possible, including Ameravant Web Studio.

If ou are consdering a virtual business model, The Pros, Cons, Chalanges and How To's listed below will be a good aid.