http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/summary.html Ovaleye's newest blog posts en Copyright 2010 Thu, 17 May 2012 04:16:46 PDT Interchange rss@ovaleye.com (Ovaleye) http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100319 TOP100319 For the past couple of weeks Ovaleye has done a daily vlog (not over the weekends) of some of the fun moments in our days. Subscribe to the channel here , because coming in June we'll be adding some additional fun videos to the mix when "Kathy & Jenn's 3rd Annual Virtual Road Trip" presented by Ovaleye.com begins! Until then, take a peak into what this small office/home office web hosting company's day to day looks like... Fun Fri, 11 May 2012 09:13:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100318 TOP100318 Ovaleye's Community Relations Manager, Carissa presented a free DIY Web Design webinar this morning that we are editing and posting on Youtube next week. Along with the webinar she recorded video tutorials for Web Presence Builder while she was in the studio. The video tutorials came out great and now we are just editing them up for you. This particular video is on metadata and our DIY sitebuilder, Web Presence Builder that every web hosting member has access to for FREE. Watch Carissa's last webinar on Web Presence Builder here: Knowledge Fri, 04 May 2012 14:58:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100317 TOP100317 Mom and I had a working lunch over sushi today. Neither one of us is very adventurous when it comes to sushi, so when we got this on our table we both laughed after thinking we were ordering our usual avocado and tune based sushi rolls. We were both in the office for most of the day answering support emails and working on a few upcoming in house projects ( like a new ovaleye.com! ). We quickly put up a fun Playlist on Youtube to listen to while in the office (below). What do you listen to while you are working at your desk? Business Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:20:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100316 TOP100316 My mom (and business partner), Carissa (Community Relations Manager), Connie (Business Manager), and our guests Jaime Slutzky and Connie's daughter were lucky to have lunch together today after taking photos for our new Ovaleye.com . Have you been following Ovaleye's ACTION calendar for home based businesses? You can download and print it out for free. Today's action item is to plan a day to spend time looking over your numbers. Mark it on your calendar, set reminders and stick to it. Fun Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:50:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100315 TOP100315 On tonight's Small Businesses Do it Better show on Ovaleye TV, Sue of Chocolate Cake Moments reminded us that, when growing a small business you really need to be extremely passionate about your big picture . The day-to-day is not always as glamorous as you would think. It's a lot of work, especially when you are first starting out. Be sure to love what you do. It's all about family getting closer today-- @ suekirchner on her blog chocolatecakemoments.com in creating memories #SBDIB — Ovaleye.tv (@ovaleyeTV) April 18, 2012 Who does your brand resonate with? @ suekirchner wanted her brand to resonate with busy parents - hence "chocolate cake" :) #SBDIB — Ovaleye.tv (@ovaleyeTV) April 18, 2012 Knowledge Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:04:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100314 TOP100314 Are you looking for a fresh, new and inexpensive marketing idea, well you'll love this idea! Your business already has it's products and services, and most likely you have one website for them all, and that is perfectly acceptable. However, a creative way to market a specific product, service or promotion, or maybe a more memorable way for potential clients to get to your website, is to have more than one domain name. How does this work? One example is to create a shorter, more memorable version of your current website domain name, such as, www.SmallBusinessesDoItBetter.com can be shortened to www.sbdib.com . The shortened version is a memorable acronym for the entire name, and can be used easier on marketing materials. Another example would be to market to your service area. If you are a carpet cleaner you probably already have yourbusinessname.com, but you can also get citynamecarpetcleaner.com, which is very memorable for potential clients in that area. You may also want to protect your brand/business name by obtaining all of the domain name extensions. For example, we have Ovaleye.com , Ovaleye.net , Ovaleye.info , Ovaleye.tv , and so on. These can all have separate websites or can all be pointed to your main website, either way you own the domain name, and it is not available for someone else to purchase. If you have a marketing campaign you are promoting, you can get the project name as the domain name; This is great for search engine keywords too. No need to create a website, you can point the domain name to the product, service or campaign's page on your website. You could gift a domain name, yes, even for a business. Buy your employeename.com and direct it to an employee's own blog, linkedin page, or bio page on the company webpage. Take it one step further and get companynameonFacebook.com and direct it to your Facebook page. Domain names are inexpensive and very fast and easy to obtain. Do a quick search for a name and get your domain names to kick start your marketing! --- About Ovaleye Ovaleye is a Cloud Services company, providing you the freedom to build your Small Office/Home Office business around your unique lifestyle through website and email hosting, web conferencing, VoIP phone and other valuable resources. Get social with Kathy & Jenn over on Twitter or Facebook . Host your site with Ovaleye today starting at $54.45 per year. Watch our latest SOHO Insights Episode, part of Ovaleye.tv Business Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:42:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100313 TOP100313 Going into the office to get a jump start on the week on a Sunday is a habit many successful people have. Ovaleye's Home Based Business Action Calendar suggests trying this out. Here are some items to consider putting on your to do list when it comes to web hosting in planning out your week: Install the Editorial Calendar Plugin in WordPress to plot out your blog posts and get them in draft format. This will create a visual for you of what works well together and with your marketing campaigns, and give you a head start in getting your content published. Review emails in your inbox just from the past week and respond, add the sender's information to your contacts, store documents, or add action items or reminders in order to clean out the past week's worth of communication to start fresh. Buy domains you would like for new projects you are starting this week. Have a sale? Looking to get into a new neighborhood? Buy a domain that is city specific, keyword, specific, or exists especially for an upcoming event, sale, or information product. Business Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:03:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100312 TOP100312 Have you downloaded the free Action Calendar yet? Find out more about it in my new video message. Today we are recognizing what we are grateful for today while yesterday we planned out what we want to accomplish in the month of April. Pop over to facebook.com/ovaleyecloud and let us know what you are thankful for. Health Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:38:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100311 TOP100311 Are you a home based business? Take small actions with Ovaleye everyday to grow your business; check out our April action calendar. Today's action is to pick out a book and plan on finishing it! Ovaleye is reading The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (affiliate). Did you miss yesterday's action item? Catch up and plan for success with Ovaleye by printing out the calendar. Knowledge Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:59:00 PDT http://www.ovaleye.com/cgi-bin/oeye/blog/display.html?mv_arg=TOP100310 TOP100310 On last night's SOHO Insights mom and I (mother-daughter business partners) discussed growing pains that many home based businesses go through. Ovaleye is a small office home office business in that we have a small office head quarters that includes our office and studio and we also all have home offices we work from (our servers are in a data center in Seattle). We understand some of the unique challenges growing your business out of your home brings and created a calendar of daily to do items that help us overcome some of these obstacles. Source: ovaleye.tv via Jennifer on Pinterest Business Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:49:00 PDT