http://www.quired.com/Quired.com is a marketing company in Phoenix, AZ that helps companies utilize the Internet to develop relationships with new and existing clients. This information is made available to share the Internet marketing techniques that we are using and learning.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:39:14 GMTen-usPaul Duplantis http://www.quired.com/blog/article/371/remote/my-indo-chamber-social-media-presentation---would-like-your-feedbackI presented live at the Indo American Chamber of Commerce on the impact of Social Media at ASU University Club in Tempe, Arizona on February 8th, 2010. I very much well appreciated the opportunity to present and share what we have learned in the realm of s[...]Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:54:20 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/370/remote/who-moved-my-cheese?-will-you-adapt-to-social-media? I had a friend comment on one of my Facebook posts about needing to be sensitive about job losses in traditional media outlets due to the changes in behavior fueled by technology and social media. My original post was on Pepsi pulling out of the Superbow[...]Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:19:46 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/363/remote/social-media-case-studiesI have recently been on a mission to collect social media success stories primarily to help demonstrate to our prospects and clients how their competitors are using social media to find customers. Even though I have conducted quite a bit of research and fo[...]Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:51:01 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/362/remote/how-to-properly-format-an-html-documentWhat is HTML?Think of all of the information that connects together to form the Internet. It is a massive amount of data. The majority of these bits and bytes are unrelated in meaning. One web page might contain information about cars and another about [...]Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:16:34 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/359/remote/inbound-marketing-book-review-by-quiredHaving worked in some form of marketing or another for the last 20 years culminating in the Co-Founding of Quired.com in 2008, I have always felt advertisers had too much control over consumers. Ever since I first learned of the internet in 1994, I knew th[...]Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:55:18 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/358/remote/top-3-new-marketing-bloggers-we-followWhy do I read Chris Brogan, Christopher S. Penn and the guys at Hubspot? Because Quired builds websites to help businesses communicate with their audience and Chris, Christopher and Hubspot provide incredibly valuable insight into how to create an effectiv[...]Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:36:00 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/347/remote/keyword-tags-not-crawled-by-googleMatt Cutts, an engineer working for Google recently posted an article on how Google no longer uses Meta Tags for Keywords to rank pages. This has been talked about for some time but hearing this from a key engineer at Google certainly brings it home.He als[...]Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:34 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/344/remote/helpful-tips-from-top-blogger-chris-brogan-to-find-customersI have been reading Chris Brogan's blog for some time now. For those of you who don't know, Chris is a fairly prominent blogger on all things internet marketing.What stands out to me about Chris is his passion for the end client. He always shoots[...]Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:07:07 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/340/remote/websites-as-a-communication-toolHow effective are you at communicating your message?How many business owners still consider their websites to be a virtual brochure where the content never changes and very little is shared about the product or service behind the site? How many websites do[...]Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:50:49 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/337/remote/top-search-engine-ranking-factorsGreat article from SEOMOZ.org on the top factors to consider in promoting your site to the search engines. Very recent article so the content is very current and topical. Read on below.Top Search Ranking Factors for 2009[...]Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:21:58 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/295/remote/establish-credibility-for-your-business-through-a-websiteWritten by J. Paul Duplantis How does a website establish credibility for your business? First of all your website needs to be well organized with interesting and current content. Just the fact of having a website does not make you credible just as runni[...]Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:06:06 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/279/remote/blogging-for-your-small-businessWritten by J. Paul DuplantisAll Quired websites built for our clients come with the ability to write and share blogs. As we bring on new clients, I am met with a general enthusiasm for the concept but a lack of understanding on how blog articles will benef[...]Thu, 07 May 2009 12:07:38 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/253/remote/consumers-go-to-web-for-couponsWritten by J. Paul Duplantis During the recession it goes without saying that more consumers are using coupons to stretch their dollars but an increasing amount of consumers are using online coupons and promotions. Many businesses are beginning to use co[...]Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:36:40 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/249/remote/new-upgrades-for-quired-websitesArticle written by J. Paul Duplantis Now that we have built a number of websites off of our new platform, we have decided to hunker down for another month of coding (That is -- Tim is going to hunker down - I am going to continue to sell). The changes are [...]Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:54:37 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/204/remote/what-are-product-demonstration-websitesRecently wrapping up an amp video demonstration for Fender Musical Instruments, we decided to take the opportunity to show the power of how a Quired micro website could effectively communicate the features and benefits of a product or product line through [...]Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:23:02 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/178/remote/trigonstaff.com-uses-the-quired-solutionQuired would like to extend a thank you to Trigon Staff Administrators for being a valued client.Trigon is the first website built off of our new platform and look forward helping Trigon grow their business.As you will see on their websitewww.TrigonStaff.c[...]Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:50:46 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/174/remote/our-mission1. Build affordable, easy to setup, simple to manage websites to help businesses sell their products, services and events through internet marketing and social media strategies. 2. Develop relationships with biz to biz providers to offer our solutions to t[...]Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:13:36 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/172/remote/quired-is-live!!After a bit of down time to re-build and re-brand, we are back online and ready for business. Let me start by telling you what we do. We build cost effective, simple to create, easy to update websites to help prospects discover businesses and motivate co[...]Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:56:06 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/169/remote/laid-off?-start-a-business-and-sell-something!It certainly is looking as though things are going to get worse before they get better when it comes to the economy. While record numbers of blue collar and white collar employees are being laid off, fewer opportunities exist to replace these jobs. What n[...]Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:39:38 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/168/remote/reach-and-the-social-graphWhat is a social graph and how does it affect the small business owner? Here is an entry from Wikipedia. "A social network (social graph) is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more [...]Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:12:43 GMThttp://www.quired.com/blog/article/167/remote/the-power-of-micro-websitesA very popular term used in Internet marketing circles these days is (Lens). A lens is simply a view of information provided by a browser or software application. The word itself implies more utility than a passive view. The Lens is how the provider o[...]Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:53:18 GMT