My name is Courtney L Bostdorff. This is just a quick blurb about myself which I will elaborate on as time allows. We’ve recently begun a new venture and are excited to say that things are going very well with our 360islandtours.com business. As for now our company is relatively small with just myself and Catherine.

1/07/2012

Courtney L Bostdorff & Catherine Jean Pitts will begin working on the Windward Mall. As far as we can tell, this will be the first Interactive Virtual Tour of a mall ever created. If everything goes as planned we will also be able to incorporate the majority of mall vendors within the tour. This will be a great opportunity for us to further develop our skills and push the limits of our creative process.

1/22/2012

Courtney L Bostdorff & Catherine Jean Pitts have acquired a new account for 360IslandTours. The Honolulu Club which is a private fitness club. This particular project will be the largest project we have started to date. There will be a total of 60 virtual scenes.

I wanted to write about what I see in people trying to network their business, service or products through social networks, and what they do wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

How emotions play a role in success!

It takes more then cognitive intelligence and luck to lead you to success, not just in your job but in your relationships. Having control of your emotions is a key factor in succeeding.

Once  you are able to identify and  take ownership of your emotions you can meet challenges head one with confidence. Knowing you can maintain your cool in any situation.
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One of the most important things about having a website is that it fits your personality. I have seen many, many, many websites that were done with the “do it yourself” website builders, and unfortunately they look like it. My reason for wanting to address this is because you want to hold a certain image in the mind of the visitors. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone!

First, I would like to thank John and Kathleen Parker for pointing us in the right direction. I would also like to thank Patricia Yarc for opening the door and Nancy Calhoun for letting us in. With that said, here’s the pitch!

My name is Courtney L Bostdorff and I run a small web design company called “SiteSires.com”. We are local here on Oahu and we specialize in creating Interactive Websites for small to medium sized businesses while focusing on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and of course a user friendly web design platform that enables our customers to easily edit and maintain their very own customized online website.

We’ll be offering our services to all of the Handcrafters & Artisans Alliance Members at a discounted rate. Our regular design fee is $950. We are hoping that many of you will appreciate our work/price and jump aboard. We realize that many of you only sell your artwork part time while working at a full time job so that you can feed your families and maybe have some extra money to do what you enjoy, so we thought that we would cut everyone a break so that our sites were affordable to ALL OF YOU and that’s why we have decided on what we believe is a very reasonable web design price, $350.

The $350 covers the design fee and all the features that we offer which include:

• Custom Website.
• Custom Logo and Custom Favicon.
• Create Unlimited Pages and Posts with Easy SEO.
• Custom URL such as www.yoursite.com.
• Custom Email such as yourname@yoursite.com with up to 50 different email users and unlimited email nicknames such as help@mysite.com or administration@mysite.com.
• Administrative Access – Username and Password Protected.
• Add “Users” to your site along with the ability to define user roles such as editor, author, contributor, subscriber and administrator.
• We offer all of our customers a free e-Commerce solution with a number of Payment Gateways which include 2Checkout.com, PayPal Standard, PayPal Express, PayPal Pro, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, PayJunction, FirstData/LinkPoint, HSBC ePayments, eWay Payments and iDEAL (by Mollie). These Payment Gateways cover Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, American Express, JBC, Diner’s Club, EnRoute, Electron, UK Maestro and Solo.
• Unlimited number of e-Commerce products.
• Password Protect Your Site.
• Add Interactive Maps.
• Add Video or Audio in all extensions such as MP4, FLV, SWF, MP3, WAV, etc…..
• Link Exchange Feature.
• Run a Blog.
• Run a Forum.
• Contact Forms – Newsletter Opt-in Subscription Forms – Polls – Surveys.
• Over 60 different Image Galleries to display images.
• In Depth Website Statistics to follow marketing campaigns.
• SMS Text Messaging Feature.
• Events Calendar.
• Sitewide Language Translator for your site guests.
• AntiSpam Captcha.
• Sitewide Search Feature.
• Sitewide Copy Prevent Feature.
• Live Video Streaming.
• and many many more features.

As many of you already know the Internet has become a serious marketing tool for all types of businesses both big and small. Not only does a website help to generate more walk-through traffic but it also opens up a doorway where on the other side sits a potential customer with each and every Internet connection, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.

Many of our customers already had websites, however their websites were not doing what they were supposed to do which is to generate more online business or walk-through traffic AND were not searchable when using the search engines for anything other then their business name. Having only your business name searchable does absolutely nothing for your business unless whoever’s searching for you already KNOWS your business name, so forget about getting any organic online sales.

As an example for Search Engine Optimization, go to www.yahoo.com and do a search for “hawaiian photography“. Notice that there are over 11,200,000 results for the keyword phrase “hawaiian photography”. Now take a look at the 3rd listing which is  “Hawaiian  Fine-Art Photography | Freds Fotos and Things“. We created this site for a customer a little over a month ago. Not too shabby to be number three for such a  generic search term in such a short amount of time, if I do say so myself.

We work very quickly and under normal circumstances can have a website completed in about a week. Normal circumstances being that the customer provides us with all the requested information in a quick and timely manner.

If you would like more information or if you are interested in our services please pick up the phone and give me a call at 808-292-6580 just ask for Courtney. Oh, I’m a guy, so don’t be too surprised by my MANLY voice

Customer Examples:
Aloha Stadium Swap Meet Directory
Fred’s Foto’s & Things
Polynesian Arts & Crafts – still waiting on their products
Creative Photo Mats (Old Site) (New Site – Just started)
The Wine Cellar
Computers For Seniors

Relocating is a very serious decision. There are alot of factors that need be be thought through.
Whether you are moving to  new state, new country or just across town. There should be a list of pros and cons to clarify some of the following questions”

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Tips for creating an eflyer

Eflyers are used commonly among real esate agents, but they have great potential for other businesses as well. I would like to discuss a few things that need to be considered when creating an eflyer. Most importantly, you need to have knowledge that an image in the eflyer will probably send it straight to the junk folder. Also there are words that trigger “spam” protection that you should try to avoid. One of the most crucial to avoid is the word FREE….Free anything, examples:
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Blogging is a creative way to have  a personal on- line presence. You can share photos, stories, news, music, drawings, videos, topics and such other related areas of interest. There are many sites that are available to get free blogging services, and for the most part blogging is quite simple and those who do it really enjoy it. Blogging is a great way to also keep in touch with family and friends. Letting viewers capture the moments of the bloggers life as posts are added. One is able to choose from a number of different templates, enabling the customization of their blog.
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Error! Options page not found

Found that this fix opens up your site for hackers so I took it off so that I am not the cause of a hacked site

There is a lot being published lately about the importance of writing articles in relation to Search Engine Optimization.

The reason articles are so important are quite simple if you think about it.
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