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Promote Your Business for the holidays with 7000K viewers from our AKFF Blog!

2011-11-25T15:56:00.000-08:00

Jagmedia launched the Abbot Kinney First Fridays Blog back in 2008 to help the businesses build a successful monthly event. it became a highly successful and regular event! We worked with the local Chamber of Commerce, Venice Neighborhood Council and local businesses to make it a success story. The next step was to was expand coverage to all Venice area events, businesses, nightlife, art and community events.

The blog has covered events such as the Venice Art Walk, Taste of Abbot Kinney, Abbot Kinney Festival, numerous Venice Festivals and Venice Art Crawl to name a few. This, in addition to blogging about clients such as: Figtrees Cafe, Ascended Living, The Harlot Salon, Pardee Properties, Sinners & Saints, & Venice Artist, Michelle Oppenheimer.

What is the 30 Days on AK: Countdown to Christmas?

It's a 30 Day Campaign to get traffic to your business during the Holiday Season!

✴ Launched on November 25th, 2011 (Black Friday) and for the next 30 days until Christmas Day the AKFF Blog will leverage it's Page 1 Google status with the 7000+ unique monthly visitors to bring this special holiday promotion exclusively to the businesses on Abbot Kinney Blvd and the non-competing supporting advertisers.

✴ Promotion lasts for 30 days from Black Friday - Christmas Eve

✴ Special Page on Blog just for all participating merchants: 30 Days on AK Countdown to Christmas!

✴ Plus, posts on the main blog page every week to give a higher level of promotion! The main blog page will link to this Special Promotion page.

✴ Your Special Deal will include a description, your contact info and link to your website

See the Special Promotion Page for more Details & Ordering

See the Home Page for Daily Deals

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design | Venice, CA | info@jagmedia.net http://www.jagmedia.net

Social Media: Here to Stay or a Passing Fad?

2011-09-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

It was Social Media Week in LA from September 19-23, a free conference that was in locations across the Los Angeles area that included Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills and even Atwater Village. It's international in scope with the conference also in Beirut, Moscow, Berlin, Buenos Aires and other major cities across the globe.

Yes, everyone there had a smart phone, was texting, tweeting, taking pictures and taking notes (yes, with an actual pen and paper.) While it may look like that's what it was all about it was much more than that. There are a number of people that might think social media, ie., Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and so forth, is a passing fad... Well, think again...

When large corporations like Hershey's, Nokia and Frontier Airlines were at the conference and in the keynote panel on Friday, you will see how seriously social media is being taken these days and that it is only becoming more powerful and cannot politely be ignored... as was with the reference of Nestle's (this will be mentioned later.) The speakers at this lively panel were: Anna Lingeris, Manager, Global Brand PR and Consumer Engagement Hershey, Marco Toscano, Sr. Manager Social Media, Frontier Airlines and Bryan Biniak, Vice President, Global Head Partner & Application Development Nokia with two other speakers from agency backgrounds, led by moderator, Shira Lazar, Host and Executive Producer: Whats Trending, CBSNews.com, who was really on it and asked some stimulating questions.

Clearly, these companies are talking it seriously as they have departments with employees that specialize in social media and have strategies for using social media to benefit their customers and ultimately, their company - and yes, it is paying off for them. While metrics are still hard to establish in terms of hard and fast ROI, (which was a theme throughout the conference) there are positive results that were highlighted.

For example, Frontier Airlines uses social media front and center and is able to gauge how their customers react to policy changes; while it may look good to the company on paper, customers can react very differently to their expectations and will voice their opinions. Frontier listens to them and has revised their travel policies as a result of those interactions online. A more definitive example is when there may be a block of say, 40 seats that were cancelled on a particular flight. Frontier posted on Facebook and Twitter that a specific number of tickets were available on a flight at a discount and were all snapped up quickly. That strategy is employed on a regular basis and works well for Frontier; they are engaged with their community online with beneficial results for both.

Now for the Nestle example, encapsulated. The company had a Facebook page, which was unattended and largely ignored by the company. It came to light they used palm oil in many of their products, which is in short supply; Greenpeace made a video regarding the subject and posted it plus other comments on the Nestle Facebook page. Once Nestle took notice, the company reacted by deleting all the posts - that had a negative impact on their company. It did result in the company paying attention and treating social seriously; so they did learn from their mistakes... and that social has a widespread impact.
Engagement was another thread throughout the week. There was a well attended panel at Ogilvy & Mather in Culver City, "Social Engagement Advertising, hosted by SocialVibe" with representatives from Ogilvy and SocialVibe speaking and answering questions on the topic. Toby Daniels, Founder & Executive Director, Social Media Week was the panel moderator with Helen Jen, Marketing Technology Director, Ogilvy & Mather and Mike Barbeau, SVP, Account Strategy, SocialVibe. Both companies respectively work with the world's top brands. Engagement is the key. The examples given were for large companies like Disney, however, some of the methods can be parlayed to smaller companies.

As a side note, it would be beneficial for the conference organizers to address this in the next conference, coming in February 2012, how small companies in particular, that aren't well established or with the big budgets can achieve more with social media.

Back to the Social Engagement panel, with "value exchange" discussed as the new currency of social media. The example given was reading part of an article in a large newspaper where you have the choice of paying to read the rest of the article or clicking on a banner ad that will get you to the article for free. Taking a straw poll of the attendees, the majority raised their hands that were willing to click on the banner in order to get to the content. Many of us are familiar with going to websites for tv shows like "The Colbert Report" to see a clip or episode, which is preceded by an advertisement- yes that's the value exchange.

Later in the day a session called "Mobile Goes Social at The Primetime Emmys" was a fun and interesting view on how the Emmys are building a new audience with social/mobile that previously was unaware of the Emmys, ie, the millenials. This is a great way for an older established institution, that's also a non-profit, without the glitz of the Grammys and Oscars can use social to it's benefit.

All the sessions at the conference have a live stream, so if you want to see more, go to http://socialmediaweek.org and click the Schedule link to access the sessions you want to revisit or missed out on, plus a good take at what's in store for next year!

Find me on social:
Facebook: @Jagmedia @Janet Gervers
Twitter: @JanetsCircle

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design | Venice, CA | info@jagmedia.net http://www.jagmedia.net

Do You YouTube?

2011-07-12T14:46:00.000-07:00

YouTube is considered as the second most popular search engine after Google - and it's not even a search engine! In case you didn't get the memo, these are a few insights on YouTube. People are searching YouTube for content - we've all seen YouTube videos that our friends have sent links to or a popular video that's gone viral and is on the news and other tv shows. Cat videos are the most popular.. meow:)

Although cat videos are the most popular, YouTube can be leveraged as a strategic business tool, in building and extending your brand. Oftentimes the best example is a visual, this example is for Rainey Chiropractic, a client of Jagmedia.

Jump on YouTube Today!
CALL Janet at 310-868-6413.

See the website, which features a green theme, while incorporating videos throughout the site along with links to their YouTube channel. All the videos reside on the Rainey Chiropractic YouTube channel. Rainey Chiropractic's YouTube channel carries the same visual theme as the website. In addition, there's a link to the website, a business profile plus a description for each video. Why is this important?, you might ask...

All this information is detectable by the search engines and helps increase your website ranking by garnering more traffic combined with optimizing your overall YouTube channel. This gives your business a more COMPETITIVE EDGE! See the new YouTube Channel below we created for Business Coach Lorenda Phillips (after creating the website.)

You might also be thinking, I don't have a video or know what to do or say... First, it's recommended to look around and see what others are doing in your profession and other fields, plus paying attention to popular trends on YouTube.
Want a Professional VIDEO FOR FREE?
Click here or CALL 310-868-6413.

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design | Venice, CA | info@jagmedia.net http://www.jagmedia.net

Janet A. Gervers Writes a New Column on the Venice Edition of AOL's Patch!

2011-04-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

Janet A. Gervers, Creative Director of Jagmedia, is writing a weekly column for the Venice Edition of America online's new news website Patch. The website focuses on neighborhood news and Janet writes an events column for the weekday happenings going on in Venice.

Events range from art gallery openings including the Venice Art Crawl, live music to a fundraiser for school children in Japan to name a few. The column is generally published on Tuesdays and can be found on the homepage. The rest of the week it's found in the News tab or just click on Janet's name in the Contributors column on the left when the News tab is clicked.

Click Here to see Janet's articles.

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design | Venice, CA | info@jagmedia.net http://www.jagmedia.net

Branding: What is it REALLY All About?

2011-03-11T11:44:00.000-08:00

Branding, a word used frequently, yet often misunderstood...

For Starters: This example should bring an immediate image to mind: Lady Gaga. Did you see an image of her wearing a dress made out of meat or arriving in a translucent egg to the Grammy's or some other outrageous ensemble? Lady Gaga is a brand, a personal brand.

How about Madonna, an international icon over the past few decades, constantly reinventing herself and her brand?

Now on to Companies: Then, there's companies such as Apple and Nike with very strong consumer brands that immediately elicit an image and most likely a response or commentary. Apple's branding image (also called identity or branding identity) combines their light, clean look with technologically advanced - and ground breaking products peppered with the personality of Steve Jobs in his uniform of a black turtleneck and jeans.

Nike is an ever present athletic brand with their "swoosh" logo emblazoned on apparel, shoes, accessories plus world class athletes advertising their brands by wearing their products.

What image do you want to pop into people's minds when they think of your company?

Contact Jagmedia to get started on brainstorming your image.

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design | Venice, CA | info@jagmedia.net http://www.jagmedia.net

See our Blogs! Evolve, KTR Promo, Abbot Kinney 1st Fridays, Janet's Circle!

2010-12-28T12:57:00.000-08:00

It's been a busy year and I'm guilty of not updating this blog often enough! I've been busy creating blogs for Clients and updating my other blogs, so now it's time to show them off!

Evolve Electric Motor Co.

This blog uses the Blogger platform, owned by Google and is the perfect vehicle (no pun intended) for an initial company website that gives a snapshot of how Evolve is bringing electric cars to the US!

A fresh, clean green look is key here and the blois utilized as a corporate website, which can easily be updated by others in the company and has great leverage with the search engines.

KTR Promo

A Los Angeles PR company is utilizing the Blogger blog platform (yes we like Blogger and so do our Clients!) to promote area events, namely in Venice and West LA. The company likes how the Content Management System is so easy to use!

Janet's Circle for Entrepreneurs

Jagmedia's owner, Janet Gervers is an Entrepreneur and also runs a networking group, which will be 4 in 2011, Janet's Circle for Entrepreneurs! The website was originally an HTML/CSS based site, it was decided to utilize a blog format, again Blogger is used, for quick and easy updates. Yes, even web designers need this! The site includes columns to promote members, Google Adsense ( as an income stream) , interactive features such as links to photo galleries, subscribing to the newsletter and a search within the blog to name a few.

Abbot Kinney 1st Fridays

Jagmedia's owner, Janet Gervers is an Entrepreneur and started this blog to supprt the merchants back in 2008 when the monthly 1st Fridays event started. Listings for the businesses that participated were and are still on this blog, with Janet's recommendations on the hotspots and get the most out of the event. The next year postings for Venice area events were added to the blog, creating an all around Venice community events blog.

In 2010 after the blog became a PAGE 1 Google blog an advertising banner program was started. Business in Venice and Los Angeles advertise here to promote themselves to the numerous Angelenos (4000-5000 a month) doing searches for Venice. Advertisers have included: The Venice Art Walk, Taste of Abbot Kinney, LA's Largest Mixer, Paypro, Figtrees Cafe, Ascended Living and other retailers.

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design | Venice, CA Blogs - Search Engine Optimization - Web Video info@jagmedia.net http://www.jagmedia.net

Do you have 5 minutes? Want to Improve your Search Engine Ranking?

2010-10-12T20:07:00.000-07:00

BLOGS - an effective Search Engine Marketing Tool to Improve Website Page Ranking

(Did you know Blogger is one of the first blogs ever? Jagmedia has used Blogger since 2005.Google liked it so much, they bought it about 2 years ago!)

These are some reasons for using Blogger - Jagmedia Uses Blogger:

This is the EASIEST blog tool to use - period.
While Wordpress is a good tool too, just trying using the administrative interface- it's much more complex and not as user friendly as Blogger. You can quickly update your Blogger blog, change it's look (many templates to choose) plus use a customized blog builder tool (see next)
Easy to Use Customized Blog Builder.
Add "widgets" for features like social media: see the Facebook badge on Janet's Circle Blog Here, Google Search for your blog posts, Affiliate Advertising and more...
Improve Your Website Search Ranking!
This can't be stressed enough! If you have 5 Minutes each week to post to your blog, have a clear focus to it plus use relevant keywords, there's potential for a Page 1 Google Ranking!
See Jagmedia's Page 1 Google Blog created with Blogger Venice, CA events.
Monetize it!
Both blogs linked in this article use features for monetization: Affiliate Ads with Google Adsense in the Janet's Circle Blog and custom ad banners in the Venice blog.

These are some strong reasons to jump on Blogger now and Jagmedia can create your custom BLOG.

See Jagmedia's Blog Special - Ends October 30!

Plus, in honor of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 10% of the fee will be contributed to the American Cancer Society. This is part of the THINK PINK campaign I started this month for both of my companies, Jagmedia and Janet's Circle for Entrepreneurs. Yes, it's a WIN-WIN for all!

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See Jagmedia Recent Projects on Facebook: Websites, Email Newsletters, etc

2010-08-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

Jagmedia's Brand New Facebook Page!

Jagmedia recently launched a Facebook page for our website and graphic design business! What does that mean? Anyone who visits the page will see examples of our latest projects and how we are helping clients. Facebook pages are a great way to promote your business on the fly! Even web designers need something lightning fast to showcase our businesses! See Example.

For example, you will see recent Email Newsletters we have created as part of our client's Branding strategy. Our clients can create and edit emails with a drag n' drop system, plus track results. See how we helped Figtree's Cafe in Venice, Partyby5.com ion Westchester and more. See it Now!

See our Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jagmedia/102400076481513

Jagmedia can create and maintain your Facebook Page! Learn More!

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A Great Photo Album Tool: Google Picasa

2010-06-14T22:13:00.000-07:00

I'm reposting (plus updating) this since more people are asking me for a great photo album tool and our blog has been "moved" due to some changes with Blogger. Plus a great and affordable stock photography/images/art website.

photo gallery tool:
create galleries, slideshows, store it for free, embed it in your web page, order prints, free storage
Google Picasa
See below for details

stock photos: for cheap- not free but close to it:
buy photos for as little as $1 each- good quality alot of variety- also illustrations, video, audio and flash
Istock Photography

Google Picasa Photo Album Tool:
It's as simple as clicking a button to browse to your images, which the tool uploads to Picasa from your desktop- also there is a plugin for the Mac so you can use Iphoto to quickly batch upload photos and choose what quality you want to use. There are a number of cool settings in there, for instance, you can choose which photo you want as your photo album cover, plus change it whenever you want to and make the album public or private.

The feature I really like is the slideshow tool, which instantly creates a slideshow plus generates code that can be copied and pasted into a webpage. Code can also be generated for a link to the photo gallery page. Also you can choose to have prints made from Kodak and a few other companies.

I've been using this for my Janet's Circle for Entrepreneurs website for monthly mixer photos. See Janet's Circle home page for the latest slideshow example.

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2010-03-16T15:30:00.001-07:00

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Jagmedia Launches New Website Design in 2010!

2010-01-05T14:29:00.000-08:00

It's a Brand New Year and TIME to get Your Website in Gear!

Jagmedia has taken the advice of it's President/Creative Director, Janet A. Gervers with a completely new website design.

Jagmedia had used the same look for a number of years, gradually upgrading it over time. Our site was a Flash based one and is now completely html based, which is more competitive for search engine rankings. We may throw in a few tidbits of Flash here and there...

Make sure to see our Services page, for our NEW WEB VIDEO service, plus details on the many web related and print offerings from Jagmedia, started in 2001 in Venice, CA the creative heart and soul of Los Angeles. If you want to go directly to the web video page and -
CLICK NOW TO TRY OUR FREE WEB VIDEO DEMO ON DEMAND FOR YOUR WEBSITE!

Also, see our Testimonials page where you can see it straight from our clients. At Jagmedia, many of our clients have been with us for four years or more. We help businesses of all sizes including small businesses, non-profit organizations including chambers of commerce, etc. Come back for our next posting with more clients and project samples.

Call Janet Gervers at 310.868.6413 from Jagmedia to see how we can help with your design needs.

PS: Get 3 FREE months of web hosting when Jagmedia creates your new website!
(See our Specials page for details.)

Got a Q? Email Janet

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design
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info@jagmedia.net
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Title Tags: Can they help Optimize your website?

2009-11-19T21:12:00.000-08:00

Yes, the Title Tag is on every website - and highly important. So what is it ? Look at the top of a browser window, or see the example for Rainey Chiropractic, a client of Jagmedia. See the grey bar with text at the top of the image- that's a title tag; a description about the site- & one of the first things the search engines pick up. Click the image to see the site.

This is what High Rankings Advisor website says about title tags: "The title tag has been and probably will always one of the most important factors in achieving high search engine rankings.

In fact, fixing just the title tags of your pages can often generate quick and appreciable differences to your rankings. And because the words in the title tag are what appear in the clickable link on the search engine results page (SERP), changing them may result in more clickthroughs." Read more at http://www.highrankings.com/allabouttitles

Yes, Title Tags are one important component in helping to optimize your site and a great starting point!

Email Janet at Jagmedia for more about title tags.

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info@jagmedia.net

Social Media: How to use Twitter, Linked In, Facebook 4 Business!

2009-09-04T19:25:00.000-07:00

Social MEDIA Networking Teleseminar hosted by Jagmedia

Jagmedia is hosting a fabulous Teleseminar to educate you on how to use Social Media for your business. Yes, it can be done! Let experts Gregg Towsley of WSI (Jagmedia's SEO partner) and Stephanie Hubbard of Beekeeper Productions, Web Video and yours truly, Janet Gervers, Creative Director of Jagmedia.

Wow! This trio of Web Experts will spend an hour on the call- make sure to be in front of your computer. We will also include Q&A. Stay tuned for a Special Offer on my blog!

Social Media Teleseminar
Tuesday, September 29, 3-4pm

PS- If you didn't catch the call, just email me info@jagmedia.net and I'll put you on the list for a future SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING call.

Jagmedia | unique websites and graphic design

Top Social Networking Sites for Business

2009-07-25T16:40:00.000-07:00

I'll just tell you right off the bat- it's Twitter, Facebook and Linked in - the Top 3 Top Social Networking Sites for Business Professionals.

Linked in is completely business which I really like and is a great starting point for social networking. People list their current and previous business experience, can join specific groups related to their interests and easily link to other professionals.

While it takes time to complete your profile, I strongly urge you to do so because you never know who you might link to! (the more info the better) Oh, you have a full-time job and think you don't have to network? Think again and jump start your networking here, then move on to Facebook & Twitter.

Facebook is professional and social, however it is a good marketing tool and fun! You can post video, photos,etc and a short entry on what you are up to. Make it pertinent to your business, no fluff!

When I first joined Twitter, I didn't really know what to do with it- it's not the most intuitive or as user friendly as the others in getting started. My tip for you- import your contacts when you start because it takes longer to do it later like I did. Since the posts are short, 140 characters (same with Linked in), tweet something relevant to your business and make it interesting! More to come in future posts.

For those too busy or afraid to tweet, Jagmedia has just rolled out:
Social Networking Subscriptions! That means we tweet for you! Facebook and Linked in too!
Month to month, no contract costs $299 a month; for a 3 month block it's $249 a month.

Email Janet to get started.

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design

Ready, Set, Start Tweeting!

2009-06-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

What's all the Twitter about Tweeting?
After Ashton Kucher and Larry King's recent Tweetoff to see who could get 1 Million Followers first, Twitter has stepped up to a new level in our conciousness. BTW, Ashton won with Larry catching up shortly after in the friendly contest.

Our Jagmedia Ezine has the full story on Tweeting.
How do you get it?
Just email Janet at Jagmedia

Articles On Twitter: Get the scoop from these great articles posted below.

Thanks to Zeke Camusio from The Outsourcing Company for allowing me to quote from his articles in my ezine. I found Zeke via Linked In, a professional social networking group. Within Linked In there is a group I joined called- Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs that has his articles, with more found on his website. Join Linked in to access the first article.

Articles by Zeke Camusio:

Twitter Marketing: Using Twitter to Promote Your Business

Twitter Tools: The Definitive List of the Best Twitter Tools Ever

Articles from Macworld/PC World:

Nine Twitter Tips for Business

Using Twitter for Business Information and Advice

Jagmedia | unique websites and graphic design

Cool Tools- Free, Fun & Useful

2009-05-06T19:25:00.000-07:00

photo gallery tool:
create galleries, slideshows, store it for free, embed it in your web page, order prints, free storage
Google Picasa
Scroll down to posting below for the full story

blog tool:
create a blog like this using Google Blogger- yes, Google rules! Change your design; if you know some code you can customize it with alot of sweat equity
Google Blogger
Scroll down to posting below for the full story

stock photos: for cheap- not free but close to it:
buy photos for as little as $1 each- good quality alot of variety- also illustrations, video, audio and flash
Istock Photography

Jagmedia | websites and graphic design

A Great Free Photo Gallery Tool

2008-11-28T22:39:00.000-08:00

See examples on Janet's Circle website, Created by Jagmedia

I found another great Google tool that's free, easy and fun to use. It's called Picasa, not Picasso.

It's as simple as clicking a button to browse to your images, which the tool uploads to Picasa. There are a number of cool settings in there, for instance, you can choose which photo you want as your photo album cover, plus change it whenever you want to and make the album public or private. The feature I really like is the slideshow tool, which instantly creates a slideshow plus generates code that can be copied and pasted into a webpage. Code can also be generated for a link to the photo gallery page.

I've been using this for my Janet's Circle for Entrepreneurs website for monthly mixer photos. Usually this is posted on the Janet's Circle home page. Also, it's posted on the Gallery page - make sure to see the September and October events on that page for more examples. I also use it for art photography.

Where do you get Picasa? Click here and have fun! I'd like to hear from those of you who have used Picasa- how was it for you? Are you happy with results? Just click the Comments link at the end of this post and follow the prompts. This is a moderated blog, so all posts are reviewed first before they are posted.

Something new that I just discovered on Picasa, that ups the cool factor- you can order prints from compaines like Kodak from your photos. Again, there's no charge for posting photos on Picasa, unlike Kodak which is now charging...

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Wanna Start A Blog?

2008-08-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

Tips and Tools to help you Get Started

So you're thinking about starting a blog? You already know that it benefits your website by driving more traffic to your site, which increase your ranking with search engines.

Jagmedia's blog tool is Google Blogger- originally named Blogger, it was picked up by Google a few years back. Their smart, they know a good tool when they see it and it happens to be FREE.

Start by clicking to www.blogger.com and get your blog running in 3 steps. Choose from a ton of cool templates, use the dashboard (adminstrative tool) to change your settings. For Example, in the dashboard, click Settings, then the Format tab, type in the number of posts you want to see on your blog. No worries, previous posts are archived. See the archived posts here on the lower left.

See a comparison chart of blog tools and features. While it's a few years old, it's still relevant and helpful; many of the tools are for MAc and PC although the headline says Mac. Click Here!

Get Blogging!