Tim Fahndrich, The Third River, Inc.

As you can imagine, we see a lot of web sites in our web design and marketing business. Today I thought I'd share a humorous look at what's wrong with many of them.

And so, this is our 'top 10 ways to tell if your company web site stinks':

10. You have an animated cartoon character that you grabbed off of freespinningicons4you.com. Ummm, I'm not even gonna go there.

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Hmmm, this is a great question, and one that I hear a lot. The answer, in my best politicians voice (no offense to my political friends) ... is "it depends". You might think that is a copout answer ... but I think it is true.

It depends because the site that is the best for your business is really the one that works best for you.

Ok, so what do I mean by that?

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I had the opportunity this morning to put on my social media "evangelist" hat and spread the word at the Keller Williams Realty office in Corvallis. There were about 20 Realtors and industry folks in the room. As I typically do, I asked by a show of hands who had a Linkedin profile, Facebook profile and/or Fan page, Twitter profile, and blog.

And as usually is the case, most hands went up for Linkedin ... BUT, there was a lot of questions as to "what do I do with it?"

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Let's face it ... with the current economy we could all use some leverage to boost cash flow and profits, right?

So what are some ways that we might be able to gain some instant leverage? I subscribe to a newsletter by an Internet Marketer named Yanik Silver. A while back he sent out a one page diagram that outlined four distinct methods to create leverage. I

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We hear alot about "Getting found on Google", and for good reason. Just about every online marketing plan should include plans to optimize your web site and Google rankings. Why? According to a recent study by ComScore (see below), Google accounts for about 65% of all U.S. online searches.

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