Realistic SEO Pricing In a Sluggish Economy

January 28, 2009

Sozo Firm Inc slashed its rates today almost fully across the board in response to the very weak economy. Hourly rates have dropped twice in the past 60 days from a recent high of $195 per hour in December 2008 to the current rate of $120 per hour. The monthly minimum to secure a discounted [...]

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Website Design in York, Pennsylvania

January 28, 2009

Whether you’re a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator interested in starting her own blog or a custom flash drive company going international, the Sozo Creative web team can help you get your business off the ground and running. Our York, PA web designers are experienced in helping small businesses boast professional appearances online. We bring a lot [...]

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Experimental Blogging

January 28, 2009

We were snowed and iced in today. One of those “big” storms that could have potentially blessed us with a foot or two of sledding snow to make my three sons happy.  However, the couple inches of white stuff we got in the middle of the night were quickly coated by about 1/4 inch or [...]

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Sozo Creative to Target Small Businesses, Non Profits

January 21, 2009

Sozo Firm Inc announced today the relaunch of SozoCreative.com as its web design division targeting small businesses and non profits by offering simple, streamlined CSS based websites.
“We’re helping businesses where they need it most,” Andrew Jensen, Sozo Firm CEO stated, “particularly during these difficult economic times. Small businesses are looking to get the biggest bang [...]

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Industrial Wire Basket Manufacturing in York, PA

November 28, 2008

One of our local clients is Three M Tool & Die Corp located at 1038 Elm Street in the manufacturing district of York, Pennsylvania.  Austin Hunt is the president/owner of Three M Tool and, through consolidation of a couple other companies, he has pushed Three M Tool forward into successfully meeting the demand for custom [...]

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Handwritten, Handmade Christmas Cards

November 18, 2008

I knew we were on to something long ago when one of my staff began a Sozo tradition of sending out handmade (with Stampin’ Up! products, of course) cards every Christmas season.  Perhaps we’re one rung above Write On Results or Tom Richard Marketing which offer just handwritten Christmas cards? 
What drew my attention to handwritten marketing [...]

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Browser Compatibility Made Simple

November 18, 2008

Here’s a great browser checking site for you web designers who can’t figure out why that client has funny thoughts about your latest, greatest piece of web art: www.browsershots.org
Give it a few minutes after you’ve punched in your url and it will feed you with warm thumbnails (expandable) of how browser A in conjunction with operating [...]

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Trouble for Facebook?

October 23, 2008

Hitwise recently released a report on traffic to the top social networking sites documenting trends since August of 2007. While MySpace saw a drop of 10% over the year next to Facebook’s 50% increase, what surprised me is how long MySpace is retaining its crown. Typically social networking sites come and go in 3-5 year periods [...]

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