Month: June 2014

  • The Top Five Reasons to Hire a Social Media Marketing Firm

    The Top Five Reasons to Hire a Social Media Marketing Firm

    Increasingly, companies and businesses around the world are seeing the advantages of developing a social media marketing strategy, and for good reason. According to research, One in five users on Facebook say they have purchased a product after seeing an ad for it on Facebook or after seeing a friend leave a comment about the…

  • Business Owners, What Is The Best Way to Make a Good First Impression?

    Business Owners, What Is The Best Way to Make a Good First Impression?

    Attract more customers and/or patrons to your establishment — and rise above the competition — by carefully paying attention to one thing: compelling exterior design. Too many restaurant, hotel, and store owners are so focused on meticulously planning every detail of interiors that they leave exteriors bland, boring, and under-maintained. In other words, they give…

  • Increase Your Online Presence With the Help of an SEO Company

    Increase Your Online Presence With the Help of an SEO Company

    Marketing has changed significantly in recent years. Print ads, flyers, and email used to be the main way to reach out to consumers, but search engine optimization (SEO) has gained repute as an effective way to drive traffic to a company’s website, potentially increasing its profits. Search engine marketing firms work with clients on boosting…

  • The Three Components Necessary for Tube Bending Machines to Operate

    The Three Components Necessary for Tube Bending Machines to Operate

    When you think of tubes, what do you think of? Most people think of plumbing, but there are plenty of other uses for tubes in machinery, construction, automotive, aerospace, and other applications. For instance, cars contain pipes, tubes, and hoses in order to transfer gasoline, fluids, and oil from one part of the car to…

  • What Are the Different Types of Blister Packaging?

    What Are the Different Types of Blister Packaging?

    Most everyone has had some kind of experience with blister packaging, which is a way to pack and protect various kinds of goods with a hard plastic that’s either been folded over on itself or heat sealed shut. But did you know that there are different types of blister packaging? Clamshells. Clamshell packages are one…

  • The Top Three Reasons You Should Consider Shipping Goods Overseas in Planes

    The Top Three Reasons You Should Consider Shipping Goods Overseas in Planes

    International purchasing agents are responsible for the transportation of a great deal of product over a great deal of distance, most often in planes and boats. When you consider air and ocean logistics, though, air cargo just makes more sense. Here are three reasons you should ship in a cargo plan rather than on a…

  • Four Local SEO Strategies Your Business Should Be Using

    Four Local SEO Strategies Your Business Should Be Using

    Search engines are the gateway to the Internet. Studies have shown that a whopping 93% of all experiences online begin with a search engine, and about 83% of Internet users use search engines. But is your local business benefiting as much as it could be from search engines? It’s been proven that 75% of Internet…

  • Three Essential Services that Supplemental Health Insurance Plans Provide for Canadians

    Three Essential Services that Supplemental Health Insurance Plans Provide for Canadians

    Canadian healthcare is known for its “universal” accessibility when compared to many other developed nations, but for most Canadians it is really more complex than that. The Canada Health Act of 1984 paved the way for healthcare reform in the country by stipulating the guidelines for basic care in Canada. In fact, the CHA actually…

  • You Can Help the Environment by Recycling More

    You Can Help the Environment by Recycling More

    A typical individual throws out more than four pounds of garbage daily and approximately one and half tons solid trash on a yearly basis. What makes this statistic even more disconcerting is that more than three quarters of our garbage can in fact be reused. Less than a third of it actually is recycled. That’s…

  • Business Owners, What You Need to Know About the Halo Effect

    Business Owners, What You Need to Know About the Halo Effect

    Customers overwhelmingly prefer approaching and interacting with employees in service uniforms. Automotive uniforms, food service uniforms, maintenance uniforms, and uniforms for women all subconsciously convey the same thing: professionalism. Experts describe this as the halo effect. What is the halo effect, and how can businesses use this information to attract more customers? What is the…