ppc campaign | atlanta web design

Marketing Monday #5: How PPC Can Help By Using Adwords and Facebook Campaigns

Pay per click marketing (PPC), is a very strategic and effective online marketing tool which can be created using several effective methods such as Google Adwords and Facebook campaigns. PPC is an online advertising tool used to send traffic to your site from search engines. Search engines populate based on keywords, which are the words/phrases […]

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Social Media | atlanta web design

Marketing Monday #4: Social Media for Business Marketing 101

Whether we love it or hate it, social media is here to stay.  It continuously grows, with more and more sites becoming significant: Twittering has become the new email, IM, and advertisement in one, Facebook statuses can replace the customer survey and LinkedIn is placing people in jobs more accurately than and as frequently as […]

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seo | atlanta web design

Marketing Monday # 3: How Implementing SEO Can Help You Gain Big Wins.

First the basics, SEO stands for “search engine optimization” which, in short, is a series of steps you complete in order to increase the visibility of your website on the major search engine’s results pages.  SEO is a must have in the internet world.  The formula for the algorithms is updated regularly. Based on a […]

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email marketing | atlanta web design

Marketing Monday # 2: Why Are E-Newsletters More Important then Ever?

Many people think that e-mail newsletters have been superseded by social media. This Monday, we will highlight some points that prove otherwise. Social media has not replaced electronic marketing; in fact, they are complementary. What do we do when we find an article, post, video, or tweet that we really enjoy or that contains important […]

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tracking your site | affordable web design atlanta

Marketing Monday #1: Tracking Your Site With Google Analytics.

Ultimate Design Solutions wants to help other companies with their marketing plans. Since we are a small business ourselves, we know how tough it can be to generate new leads or even figure out how to create a marketing strategy. Each week, ‘Marketing Monday’ will offer a tip that you can apply in thirty minutes […]

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atlanta web designer

5 tips to Consider when hiring a web designer.

In my years as a developer, I have run across many people who’ve had bad experiences with web designers. These designers can promise the world, but they often don’t deliver, especially in the areas of aesthetics and usability. The reason for this is simple: they are not really graphic or web designers. They are what […]

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A different Joomla Framework

A thing I found particularly hard to do when I began my career as a website developer was work with CMS (content management systems). After researching extensively which of the three major platforms to learn—Joomla, WordPress, or Drupal—I opted for Joomla. Why Joomla? Well, at the time, it seemed like the easiest one to deal […]

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The Ultimate Website Grading Tool that You Can Learn About Today

One of our most requested services is our SEO. Google algorithms are constantly changing, and to maintain a good ranking, you need to keep up to date. When clients request our help, we first assess their site to determine which areas need the most attention. Today we would like to share with you a great […]

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atlanta web designer

The Ultimate Welcome

Welcome to the first blog post of Ultimate Design Solutions! Let me introduce myself. My name is Raul Cruz, and I’m a freelance web designer based in Atlanta. I work with CMS (content management systems) such as Joomla and WordPress. As a Joomla expert, I’ve spent countless hours contributing to the forums, developing my own […]

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