Based in Las Vegas NV, AMI Studios specializes in design, development, and implementation of online and offline marketing solutions. We utilize all of our talent, knowledge and experience to help others succeed.
Here are a few projects we’ve been working on. If you’d like to see more of our completed projects please checkout my online portfolio
Dorwin Systems (New Site)
AshleyTesoro.tv and Tesoro.cc (Site Updates)
CarpenterStreetHotel.com (Site Redesign)
ComicArtDepot.com (Site Updates)
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Public opinion has a global voice with many online directories offering visitors a chance to rate businesses they’ve had experiences with. I’ve always said that testimonials are a critical component of your online presence, but now Google may have made it an even higher priority.
Search engines primarily consider public reviews as objective and assign some value to them as part of their ranking formula. Basically that means public reviews could influence the placement of your website in Google to some degree.
It’s now more important then ever to cultivate a positive image for your business. If negative reviews can hurt your search engine placement and positive reviews can improve your placement over competition it makes sense to get as many positive reviews as you can.
There are several local directories that visitors can leave opinions about your business and you should check them all. The one I’m focusing on is Google Places. If you don’t have your Google Places page then I recommend setting one up, it’s easy and you should be able to do it quickly.
After you setup your Google Places page, send an email to everyone you know and ask them to write a review about your business just like I’m doing.
Here’s the link to my Google Places page. Please go there now and write a short review about AMI Studios. Then let me know when your Google Places is up and I’ll return the favor.
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A client of mine recently received the following solicitation about selling links on his website.
Hello,
I’m interested in placing a text ad on your page: http://clients-domain.com/. The link ad would point to a page on a website that is relevant to your page and may be useful to your site visitors. We would be happy to compensate you for your time if it’s something we’re able to work out.
The best way to reach me is through a direct response to this email. This will help me get back to you about the right link request. Please let me know if you’re interested, and if not thanks for your time.
Cheers!
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Client replied as follows:
Hi (Name Removed):
Thank you for your inquiry. Can you please send me a copy of the ad so I can take a look before deciding?
Thank you,
(Client Name Removed)
Surprisingly the solicitor replied with the following response:
Hello (Client Name Removed),
I’d like to have a simple text link Ad on your page http://clients-domain.com/ to link to http://www.soliciters-domain.com/ for $80 per year. Let me know if possible.
Sincerely,
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While I am surprised that the solicitor actually replied and it’s quite possible that this solicitor’s offer was legit, I am very cautious when considering advertising on any website. This particular client’s website is more of a personal website, but it is still professional in nature and the site ranks very high for some local keyword terms. The other important factor is that my client is well known in his local market so reputation is important. These things in mind I sent my client the following message.
(Client Name Removed)
The safest way to make money off of paid advertising is to setup accounts with Google AdSense, Clickbank or CommissionJunction or contact companies in your industry with products or services that may be valuable to your visitors and establish some kind of agreement with these companies to sell their products from your website.
Aside from that steer very far away from this particular type of solicitation. They are at best spammers who can hurt your search engine placement, and at worst proxies of Google, trying to catch people who sale links on their website, a practice which is highly frowned upon by the Google monster. If they catch you doing it, they can and have banned many sites.
I wouldn’t sweat this one, I did some research and seems to be just a spammer firm so I would just cut off any further communication with them and it should not be a problem. But for future ref… delete first and ask questions later when you are solicited by these types of emails.
Andrew
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