Kevin and Ryan have decided to start a monthly newsletter where we share some information that will be useful for all computer users...

Ever wish you could just right click on an image file and resize it? Well you can with the Microsoft Image Resizer PowerToy. Download and install this application to get a new feature when you right click on any image with your mouse. I use this a few times a week to resize JPG photos from my digital camera to a more appropriate size for emailing and uploading to friends.

Cropper is a free, easy to use Windows application that allows you to capture specific areas of your computer screen. It is an application that you can drag and resize to put over a section of your screen, then hit enter and it will automatically save a picture of what is under the Cropper application to your computer. It is great for taking screen shots of websites, areas of a PDF document, cropping an area of a photo or sending a picture of your screen in an email to an associate. It is far better than ‘print screen’ and you can download it for free. I used Cropper to make the screenshots in this newsletter.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an extremely complex subject because Internet Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN do not openly publish all the factors involved with calculating how they rank a website for particular keywords. It is up to the SEO specialists of the world to try different techniques, see what works and publish their findings to others. Here are a few simple “on-page” factors we have identified that can help your website tremendously in Yahoo, MSN, and Google. There are also a significant number of “off-page” factors that have an additional impact on your ranking, but we will cover those at a later date.

Mixtopia Premier of the Metro Detroit area is experiencing excellent results with Web Ascender’s Internet Marketing.

Mixtopia spent only $25 in the month of January, but their Internet ad was viewed over 3,000 times, and produced more than 50 qualified leads to their website. This has resulted in a number of phone calls and inquiries via their online contact form which has ultimately led to booking new bartending appointments.

Here is a quote from the co-founder of Mixtopia Premiere, Steve Csaki, after we revamped their internet strategies.
“What did you guys do! Our traffic has at least tripled”
www.mixtopiapremier.com

Mixtopia Premier uses the Standard SiteCTO plan with 1 Google AdWords package that Web Ascender manages.