Check out our latest custom website design for client Custom Pool Pros

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Dave.

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We’re proud to announce the launch of CustomPoolPros.com websites!

Custom Pool Pros came to Foamers with an idea for a website where people could come and fall in love with the idea of owning their own custom luxury pool. Foamers customized a website that exemplifies their commitment to to build luxury pools without compromise. Besides that we strive for the highest level of markup to developed a custom website that was both beautiful and easy to navigate.

I should say website template customization is our primary focus, but we do take on a number of custom design jobs every year as well as site makeovers, general website updates, maintenance services, script installation and much more..

We are all very excited, and I can’t wait to hear what you think, so be sure to check out custompoolpros.com and share it with your friends!

Should you wish to acquire more information about our custom web design services, drop us a line or call and tell us what you think.

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How to improve your lawn care website’s search engine ranking.

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Dave.

Gone are the days when potential customers scoured the newspaper ads or looked through the Yellow Pages to find a lawn business.

Today’s tech-savvy customers more often than not turn to the Internet where they can simply type a few words like, “lawn service” and within seconds they are clicking on some website and dialing the competitor down the street.

SEO plays a big roll these days for local businesses – but what is it?

SEO is a catch-phrase you might be hearing a lot these days if you’ve been researching having your own website.

It means, simply, Search Engine Optimization.

However, many lawn business overlook this, loosing out on hundreds of lawn customers every year, so I thought we share with you 7 SEO tips that can improve your search engine ranking.

1. Build links from as many related sites as possible to your site.

2. Make sure to always include a unique Title & Description for every page.

3. Include your most important keywords in the title and description.

4. Focus, don’t try to cover more than 1 or 2 topics on a page.

5. Every page should have an h1 tag.

6. Don’t use Flash for constructing your site, it’s Ok to include some flash content, but remember search engines can’t read flash.

7. Never ever try to fool the search engines. No hiding white text on white background or deceptive practices.”

I should say if you feel difficulties in designing or optimize your site – any questions, concerns feel free to contact us. Foamers will easily and skillfully do all the necessary changes for you. We bring over 9 years of experience and we work hard on the modifications for your complete satisfaction.

If you are looking for still more ways to improve your search engine rankings, check out some of these other articles..

Does Your Lawn Care Business Have a Website?

4 Things You Have to do to Get on Google (Lawn Care SEO)

5 Design Elements That Can Boost Your Lawn Business

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Does Your Lawn Care Business Have a Website?

Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Dave.

What are you waiting for? Summer is here! Put away all the excuses; give your Lawn care business a more professional and prestigious edge over the competition.

You’ll be amazed when we show you how you can have professional website custom-made to the specific needs and goals of your business at a Very Reasonable Price.

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

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4 Things You Have to do to Get on Google (Lawn Care SEO)

Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Dave.

The Internet is free source of news and opinions. This is a wonderful thing from a buyer and shopper point of view but, for the average lawn care business, so much information in such variety of media equals lots of competition. Things that were heavily relied upon in the past for Ranking, such as meta tag keyword and description information are being deprecated and may not always prove so fruitful. Nowadays, technology is diving distribution and forcing the search engines landscape to evolve more quickly. So in this article we will talk about the first 4 things you have to do to create a Google-friendly site.

Give your customers the information they’re looking for
Provide high-quality content on your pages, especially your homepage. This is the single most important thing to do. If your pages contain useful information, their content will attract many visitors and entice webmasters to link to your site.

Make sure that other sites link to yours
Links help Google find your site and can give your site greater visibility in Google’s search results. Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote by page A for page B. Votes cast by pages that are themselves “important” weigh more heavily and help to make other pages “important.”

Keep in mind that Google’s algorithms can distinguish natural links from unnatural links. Natural links to your site develop as part of the dynamic nature of the web when other sites find your content valuable and think it would be helpful for their visitors. Unnatural links to your site are placed there specifically to make your site look more popular to search engines. Some of these types of links (such as link schemes and doorway pages) are covered in Google’s webmaster guidelines.

Only natural links are useful for the indexing and ranking of your site.

Make your site easily accessible
Build your site with a logical link structure. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link.

If features such as JavaScript, cookies, session IDs, frames, DHTML, or Macromedia Flash keep you from seeing your entire site in a text browser, then spiders may have trouble crawling it.

Things to avoid

Don’t fill your page with lists of keywords, attempt to “cloak” pages, or put up “crawler only” pages. If your site contains pages, links, or text that you don’t intend visitors to see, Google considers those links and pages deceptive and may ignore your site.

Don’t use images to display important names, content, or links. Google does not recognize text contained in graphics. Use ALT attributes if the main content and keywords on your page can’t be formatted in regular HTML.

Don’t create multiple copies of a page under different URLs.

A few simple changes can go a long way toward creating a Google-friendly site. Experiment with the above dos and turn more of your visitors into lawn care customers. I should say if you feel difficulties in designing/optimize your site, or if you have any questions, concerns feel free to contact us. Foamers will easily and skillfully do all the necessary changes for you. We bring over 9 years of experience and we work hard on the modifications for your complete satisfaction. Here you can order the template customization at an affordable price.

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5 Design Elements That Can Boost Your Lawn Business

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

Website design does matter. Even seemingly small design elements can affect your sales – one way or another. Many new lawn care business don’t think of this so I thought it would be nice to share with you five design “dos” that can have a positive impact.

1. Do make calls-to-action obvious. Make your phone email link/phone number easy to find on a page. Use contrasting and/or bold colors to call attention to CTAs, which allows them to stand apart from other elements and get noticed.

2. Do use an action color for buttons. People respond differently to different colors. Cool colors like blue and green have a calming effect. Warm colors like red and orange inspire passion and impulsive actions. Using red (or other warm colors) for your “Contact us/ quote ” buttons will help increase clicks on those buttons.

3. Do use the principle of proximity to group related items. The principle of proximity calls for related items to be grouped visually, creating less clutter and making for a more organized layout. Items unrelated to each other should be placed further apart, to emphasize their lack of relationship.

4. Do use bold and subtle colors to tell your user where to look. Big vs little, if there is a big arrow pointing at something, guess where people are going to look. Subtle changes in contrast and the like can also help direct the eye.

5. Do use whitespace. Allow your design to breathe. Whitespace helps elements on a page get noticed, communicated the desire action to users. Whitespace also improves usability, is aesthetically pleasing, and increases comprehension.

A few simple changes can go a long way toward helping increase sales on your site. Experiment with the above dos and turn more of your visitors into lawn care customers. I should say if you feel difficulties in designing your own website, or if you have any questions, concerns feel free to contact us. Foamers will easily and skillfully do all the necessary changes for you. We bring over 9 years of experience in the custom web design/template customization field. Plus unlike other companies, Foamers gratefully welcome your feedback (comments, insults) and work hard on the modifications for your complete satisfaction. Here you can order the template customization at an affordable price.

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Big Bold Beautifal Typography For Your Web design

Posted on 27. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

Big bold fonts are the current trend in web design. If you’re designing a poster or a header for a website, but you lack the motivation, in this post we’ll show you 6 templates and website that make excellent use of big bold typography to help you find the inspiration.

Temples # 29083

MailChip

Template # 29212

Template # 29202

blog.spoongraphics.co.uk

heroesorghosts

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Summers is here! Time to stop procrastinating.

Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

Everyone procrastinates at some time in his or her life. As a self-employed web developer, I am certainly guilty as charged. That’s is why in this article I want to show you two things that have helped me, and give you some more incentives to get your business online right now!

A – Complex projects often seem daunting and cause many people to procrastinate. When faced with a project that seems overwhelming in its complexity it is advisable to break the project down into smaller components and tackle each component individually.

For example – if you need to redesign your website, but you don’t know where to start?

Start by taking a good hard look at your website and ask yourself these two questions.

How is my brand perceived as opposed to my competitors?

How is my website doing in terms of aesthetics and functionality?

If it’s not doing a good job, don’t just let it sit there, fix it fast!

B – The inability to make decisions also contributes to procrastination. Many people simply spend too much time trying to make decisions about their website. While it is important to weigh your options carefully and make informed decisions, too much time spent wastefully trying to make a decision can cause a significant delay for a project.

To avoid this potential problem, chat with a template customization specialist – not only are we able to help you design your brand identity, but we can also help you choose a template with a cohesive look and feel that’s right for you. We can design it from scratch or customize any template.

Yes friends Summer is here, and if you are still procrastinating about your website – this is your wake up call!

Right now, order customization and pay NOTHING for the template, PLUS another 25% off on all template customization.

This is a limited time offer so don’t delay!

Chat with a template customization specialist, get a free template and save an extra 25% off customization.

Stop procrastinating!

Every day that goes by is another day of an under performing site.

We’re here to take care of you the way we like to be treated. The consultation is free, the quote is free, no pressure, no hype, none of that…

Hurry up to take advantage of this fantastic offer!

Chat with a template customization specialist right now and stop procrastinating today!

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Webtemplates 25% OFF Monday/Tuesday Only!

Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

We want to let you know about our 2 day special promo. This Monday and Tuesday only, order customization and pay NOTHING for the template. Plus, get another 25% discount on all template customization, but you have to place your order before Wednesday 06/23/10 to be eligible for the 25% discount.

Besides that, don’t forget to enter the Twitter contest! Just by entering the contest, participants will receive a 20% promo code for any Foamers order and, you’ll be instantly eligible for an additional 25% discount on template customization. Click here for contest rules and dates.

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

More about the phenomenon that is twitter can be found at our “What is Twitter” page.

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Webtemplates 25% OFF Friday/Saturday Only!

Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

We want to let you know about our 2 day special promo. This Friday and Saturday only, order customization and pay NOTHING for the template. Plus, get another 25% discount on all template customization, but you have to place your order before Sunday 06/20/10 to be eligible for the 25% discount.

Besides that, don’t forget to enter the Twitter contest! Just by entering the contest, participants will receive a 20% promo code for any Foamers order and, you’ll be instantly eligible for an additional 25% discount on template customization. Click here for contest rules and dates.

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

More about the phenomenon that is twitter can be found at our “What is Twitter” page.

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Twitter Contest – Up to 25% Discount for Every Participant!

Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

The idea of a Weekly Editors Pick Twitter Contest came up in May when the yet to be unveiled site redesign was being done. It was getting to the point where many cool looking templates were being overlooked—great templates that we put back up three, maybe four months ago. I was worried that these templates would be lost amid the sea of daily new favorites.

Thus, the Weekly Editors Pick idea emerged. In fact, we decided why not hop on the twitter bandwagon, make this a twitter contest too and give each participant a 20% promo code for any Foamers order. Besides that, all participants would be instantly eligible for an additional 25% discount on template customization.

So, from now on, each week, we will comb through the site, pick out a couple of templates, and mark them with the prestigious “Editors Pick.” And we want you to help us choose the best!

Contest entry is free of charge, you don’t need an invitation (as if!). All you need to do is follow the instructions below:

Now let’s get to the nominees:

CSS Full Site Flash 8

CSS Full Site Flash 8

Xml FLash Site

CSS Static Full Site

How to Enter

To get the 20% promo code and the additional 25% discount on template customization, all you have to do is choose your favorite template, follow us on Twitter, and press on the “I like It!” button. This will take you to twitter to tweet a pre-formatted message. By default, each tweet will include the “#webtemplates” hashtag, the “@foamersdotnet” in-reply-to mark as well as the shortened template link.

As a side note, it is important that you DO NOT EDIT any of the tags in order for us to be able to count your vote and define the winning template.

A winner will be picked based on the number of votes(tweets) they receive.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE JUNE 22 2010.

PROMO CODES WILL BE DELIVERED VIA TWITTER DIRECT MESSAGE WITH IN 72 HOURS AFTER THE VOTE.

More about the phenomenon that is twitter can be found at our “What is Twitter” page.

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New Weekly Editors Pick Twitter Contest – Up To 25% Discount for Every Participant!

Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

The idea of a Weekly Editors Pick Twitter Contest came up in May when the yet to be unveiled site redesign was being done. It was getting to the point where many cool looking templates were being overlooked—great templates that we put back up three, maybe four months ago. I was worried that these templates would be lost amid the sea of daily new favorites.

Thus, the Weekly Editors Pick idea emerged. In fact, we decided why not hop on the twitter bandwagon, make this a twitter contest too and give each participant a 20% promo code for any Foamers order. Besides that, all participants would be instantly eligible for an additional 25% discount on template customization.

So, from now on, each week, we will comb through the site, pick out a couple of templates, and mark them with the prestigious “Editors Pick.” And we want you to help us choose the best!

Contest entry is free of charge, you don’t need an invitation (as if!). All you need to do is follow the instructions below:

How to Enter

To get the 20% promo code and the additional 25% discount on template customization, all you have to do is choose your favorite template, follow us on Twitter, and press on the “I like It!” button. This will take you to twitter to tweet a pre-formatted message. By default, each tweet will include the “#webtemplates” hashtag, the “@foamersdotnet” in-reply-to mark as well as the shortened template link.

As a side note, it is important that you DO NOT EDIT any of the tags in order for us to be able to count your vote and define the winning template.

A winner will be picked based on the number of votes(tweets) they receive.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE JUNE 22 2010.

PROMO CODES WILL BE DELIVERED VIA TWITTER DIRECT MESSAGE WITH IN 72 HOURS AFTER THE VOTE.

More about the phenomenon that is twitter can be found at our “What is Twitter” page.

Now let’s get to the nominees:

CSS Full Site Flash 8

CSS Full Site Flash 8

Xml FLash Site

CSS Static Full Site

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Need help with website Maintenance?

Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

Are you wondering how often should you update your content?

Imagine a movie house that showed the same movie for a whole month.

Moviegoers will definitely hate viewing the same movie for several times!

Similarly, with the dynamic nature of the Internet, your site should continually hook and delight readers.

If your website is not doing that then you need to fix it.

Websites can be updated daily, weekly and monthly depending on the nature of your services.

We’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about a very special offer.

For a limited time, all maintenance is 25% OFF, offer expires 06/13/2010.

Click Here to sign up now, or to learn more about our website maintenance package…

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

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2 Day Special Promo Monday and Tuesday Only

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by Dave.

We want to let you know about our 2 day special promo. Monday and Tuesday only, order customization and pay NOTHING for the template, PLUS another 25% off on all template customization, but you have to place your order before Wednesday 06/09/10 to be eligible for the 25% discount.

As always, our professional web designers guarantee our work is W3C validated and thoroughly tested before being put into use. Plus unlike other companies, we gratefully welcome your feedback (comments, insults) and work hard on the modifications for your complete satisfaction.

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

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Getting New Customers For Nothing – Part 2

Posted on 04. May, 2010 by Dave.

The best way to get more lawn care customers to your website is by getting to know your audience. How? By providing some interaction or means of communication (that is one reason why social sites like facebook, which will allow you to comment and share thoughts and opinions, are increasingly popular) in other words, find a way to open a dialog. The possibilities are endless, for example, you could start a lawn discussion groups where a customer can ask your knowledgeable staff anything and everything to help with their lawn.

Good communication is a two way conversation. So whether you are a large corporation or a small lawn business you need to listen to your customers and even to prospects, this will enabling you to not only better market your brand, but it will also provide you with the right feedback to help make more informed decisions concerning your lawn business.

Don’t offer cheap gimmicks or resorts to questionable ethics that may later tarnish your business reputation – here is one company offering to mow your lawn dressed in bikinis



lets hope they don’t do a man version.. that’s just wrong.

One way to ad all the elements I just mentioned, is to use a blog as your lawn care website. One might think that the lawn care service industry does not fall under this heading, largely due to a misconception of what a blog should be, but don’t think of it as a blog, think of it as a CMS (content management system). Generally speaking, a blog is nothing more than a website, with regular pages, links, portfolio etc.

In reality a blogging platform is the ideal way to easily install and start your website right away..

Here are some examples non-blogging sites using WordPress, WordPress is the CMS I use, and recommend my client to use, to establish and grow their online business.

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Getting New Customers For Nothing – Part 1

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Make Me A Website – Flash VS HTML, Which One Would You Choose?

Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by Dave.

What is the appeal with Flash? I understand that Flash is very pretty and we want the website to be eye catching, but in order to let Google know what the website is about your going to have to do it in HTML. This is the one thing that I always let my clients know, specially in lawn care marketing, websites that are pure Flash have a very tough time being indexed in Google. All search engines in general have a very hard time reading Flash files, so though at first it may appear that Flash might get the job done, the truth is that Flash may be pretty on the outside but ugly on the inside.

So before you decide what to use for your lawn care website ask yourself, why not HTML? HTML is cross browser compatible, doesn’t require a plug-in and loads faster. From a usability standpoint having a good website is all about giving users what they want in as minimal amount a time as possible. But even before that can happen, you have to make sure people can actually find your website. In other words why would you want to use something that makes it virtually impossible for Google to find your website?

Flash may be great for huge players like Wlat Disney, or Sesame street, but when it comes right down to ranking quickly and getting your phone to ring, I really have to say, enough with the flash already!!!

Love to hear what you think, leave me your comments or question bellow…

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The Most Aesthetically Challenged Lawn Care Websites Ever!

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by Dave.

This list looks at 6 examples of some really bad impressions.

This one has do it yourself written all over it..

love the borders guys very 1991-1995ish – white, yellow, green and red font nice touch..

Had to search really hard to find this one cause the page titles show up as Home, Home, Home on every page in the browser bar – guess its true what they say “where ever you go, there you are“.

Nice!

oh, it gets worse!

Saved the best for last.

Read the footer, I’ll bet Homestead ’s made a million of these babies. 121 hits since 2008! Great job Rob!!!

A lot of people make a lot of money in this business selling tools that sound good but don’t actually work.

You have built your lawn care business on word of mouth and worked tirelessly to foster long-term customer relationships.

Don’t blow It!

Every day that goes by is another day of an under performing site.

Our professional web designers guarantee our work is W3C validated and thoroughly tested before being put into use. Plus unlike other companies, we gratefully welcome your feedback (comments, insults) and work hard on the modifications for your complete satisfaction.

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

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So You Think You’re A Web Designer..

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by Dave.

That is the questions Homestead-design-seo.com asks. Is it ethical to pass yourself off as a web designer, when in fact your using Intuit’s Homestead software to cut paste. Personally I would say there’s nothing wrong with using the software within of itself, but just because anyone can make a website doesn’t mean everyone should.

Unfortunately because it is much easier to want to believe that it is that simple to make a successful website, many unsuspecting clients do fall pray to these guys.

However these wannabe web designers aren’t the only ones to blame, the majority of their client base are pretty wishy-washy too – cheep always looking to get something for nothing.

I’m talking about small business owners who will rent expensive equipment, spend hundreds of dollars advertising on Yellow pages, and then hire an amature to do their website, or what’s worse, try to do it themselves.

“Do yourself – a HUGE favor. Do something else until you learn the right way to design sites. Otherwise you are doing the client a disservice and contributing to the bad name that website designers have gotten because of the amateurish attempts of many.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself!!!

Having the ability to easily make sites with ready made website templates is not a bad thing within of itself, and whats more, using something like Intuit’s Homestead software, as a learning tool, might make sense if you’re just starting out. I remember getting my first taste of HTML in the 90s on some AOL website builder. Ultimately this sparked a real interest for web design and web applications and lead me to pursue some higher learning and a career in web design.

Nevertheless, its not for everyone.

If your getting ready to get a website or if you already have a website, but it doesn’t seem to be bringing you any work, taken a good hard look at your website and asked yourself these two questions.

How is my brand perceived as opposed to my competitors?

How is my website doing in terms of SEO, aesthetics and usability?

If it’s not doing a good job, fix it fast!

For you, good branding and a strong presence are huge!

Every day that goes by is another day of an under performing site.

Our professional web designers guarantee our work is W3C validated and thoroughly tested before being put into use. Plus unlike other companies, we gratefully welcome your feedback (comments, insults) and work hard on the modifications for your complete satisfaction.

Should you wish to discuss your website or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line and tell us what you think.

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3 Resources To Organize And Easily Email Your Leads For Free

Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Dave.

There is no doubt, being able to follow up with your prospects & customers is the single most important marketing tool you absolutely need to have in order to continue to grow and sustain your business.

To do that, and be affective at it, you need some sort of tool that allows you to organize and easily email your leads – where’s once text-based emails where consider the norm, and perhaps to this day you are still doing your marketing with basic text emails, there’s now a wealth of rich media, technology and functionality to consider.

One solution, which is what I use and recommend all my clients to use, is the help of something like MailChimp, CakeMail and PHPList, these tools really make it easy to send and manage your HTML messages. Phplist in particular is great because it has a built in WYSIWYG HTML editor that allows you to create and view your HTML message even before you send it out, plus it’s free! Other services such as MailChimp and the like, offer free newsletter templates you can edit.

Besides that, in our continuous effort to increase our level of service, Foamers now offers custom newsletter template design,(at just $249 a pop), in a number of custom styles…

In sum, them, while basic text email might be slightly less complicated to built, HTML formatted email can look just like a real web page, with everything from graphics to links, colorful fonts, interactive form, charts you name it. Combined, this allows you to follow-up and interact with your customer in a more professional and effective way.

The bottom line is that email marketing is one of the most powerful marketing tools available for developing relationships with your customers – finally, the other thing you need to remember is that most website visitors don’t become customers on the first visit, but if you can keep them interested and engaged, you have a better chance of winning their business in the future. When it’s done well and with your customers in mind, Email Marketing is a powerful tool.

Finally, follow these five fundamental elements when designing your newsletter template.

1 – Always use absolute URLS for your graphics (ie http://foamers.net/blogger/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mailchmp.jpg )

2 – Do not save your images as attachments (nobody in their right mind will ever open some strange attachment,) but store them on your web server so that they may display properly in the email.

3 – Send it to yourself before sending it to your subscriber list. And if possible send it to a buddy who has a different email program than you, to be sure most of your subscribers can read it on their computers.

4 – Once your satisfied, save it as a template. Then you can just open the template whenever you want to send html mail and most of the work will be done for you.

5 – If you still feel uncomfortable around HTML I highly recommend that you go on a multimedia or web design course just to get a feel for the fundamentals – and to pick the brains of other Internet entrepreneurs, which is always useful. One way to learn from us right here is simply to subscribe to this feed.

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20 of The Best Resources To Get Your Lawn Care Website Ready for Lawn Mowing Season

Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Dave.

A lawn mower is a fairly inexpensive peace of equipment, yet no other power equipment is as essential to landscaping as is the lawn mower. You need to have a lawn mower that will consistently get the job done without any hassles throughout the lawn mowing season. And you should also know how to use the lawn mower to your best advantage. Similarly being online is not an option for your business today, it is vital to its growth.

A website not only establishes your presence as a professionally run business, it’s also where your customers expect to find you. Yet so many lawn businesses do not have a good searchable website, or worse they have no website at all!

So whether you want to re-design your website, or whether this is your first online presence, the following list of links will help you get your lawn care business ready for lawn mowing season

1 – The Fact That Your Competitor Has A Website Means What?
It should be obvious but maybe you should read this anyway…

2 – 13 Creative and Colorful Themes for Your Lawn Care Website
Image Is Everything!!!

3 – How to Show Up on Google’s Search Engine Even if You Don’t Have a Website?
Well you can and it’s FREE too!

4 – Lawn Care Marketing and Google 101 – Episode 1
Hands on tips to help you get more lawn care customers to your website.

5 – Lawn Care Marketing On-Page SEO – Episode 2
How to setup your meta tags title tag description keywords etc.

6 – Lawn Care Marketing – Creating and submitting a Sitemap (Episode 3)
How do I create and submit my sitemap to Google?

7 – Make Your Landscaping Website Thrive How?
Guide to keeping your lawn care customers interested and engaged…

8 – 5 Social Media Tools to Grow Your Lawn Care Business
Even if you don’t spend very much time online, you can do this…

9 – Customer Testimonials – The Power of Having Others Tell Your Story.
How using customer testimonials is a powerful way to overcome skepticism and concern that potential customers might have.

10 – The 5 Pillars of Creating a Successful Website

11 – GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Advertising & Marketing Discussions
Gopher Forum

12 – 40 Free Lawn Care templates available to all HostGator Web Hosting customers.

FREE Tools to Showcase Your Portfolio
An online portfolio is needed for sure. Not because you will get that many visitors necessarily, but because it is an easy reference point for a potential lawn care customer.

13 – Carbonmade
Great site to display your portfolio online.

14 – JonDesign’s SmoothGallery

15 – Supersized – Full Screen Background/Slideshow jQuery Plugin

16 – More Amazing jQuery Image Gallery/Slideshow Plugins Plugins

Lawn Care Marketing Email Newsletters campaigns

17 – MailChimp
MailChimp makes it easy to send email newsletters to your customers, manage your subscriber lists, and track campaign performance.

18 – Constant Contact
Constant Contact allows you to keep your lawn care customers informed with Email Marketing, Online Surveys, Event Marketing, Email Newsletter Templates and much more..

Other marketing tools for your lawn business

19 – Custom Craigslist Ad Design
With an estimated 10 million visitors and 4 billion page views each month Craigslist ads offer you the incredibly profitable opportunity of showing your ad to literally thousands of lawn care customers.

20 – Advertise your business on Google
No matter what your budget, you can display your ads on Google and pay only if people click your ads.

Everything you just read is very simple very easy to implement yet, for most landscaping company owners who have been in business for decades, venturing into the web may be an intimidating experience, or it may be that you are, as one client put it, not very computer orientated – that’s where we come in!

Foamers is committed to helping our clients achieve the highest return on their investment. Should you wish to acquire more information about our landscaping template customization services simply get in touch and tell us what you think.

So there you have it, you now know one of the most important steps you need to take to start making your online business thrive. In the upcoming weeks we will be continuing this discussion, under the heading, lawn care marketing, and show you how you can launch your very own landscaping website and have it work for you 24/7.

If there’s anything you wish to add on the subject of lawn care marketing, questions, comments, please feel free to share your thoughts and comments and keep checking back for more updates. See you real soon!

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13 Creative and Colorful Themes for Your Lawn Care Website

Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Dave.

I found all 13 themes for your lawn care website just searching online. Some were specifically design to be used as a lawn care website and others you’ll notice I’ve exercised a little creative license to use it as a lawn care theme by switching the images that came with the theme with our own.. Also feel free to leave me a comment down bellow – which of these do you like best? Enjoy!

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