A quick-turn splash page project I’ve been working on that last couple of days is for a fast-growing startup based on in Austin, Texas: BunchMonkey.com.  I previously completed work for BunchMonkey.com, establishing and streamlining their online presence to collect user information for their daily deals offers.  BunchMonkey has parlayed their daily deals website into an [...]

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Toombas Jeans & Denim Wear has been a long standing customer of Brownstone Strategies since late 2005/early 2006.  From their initial website design to sell jeans, shirts, skirts and more to the women with curves, Toombas has been a thrill to work with as well as partner with in terms of growing with their business. [...]

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Almost a year ago, my wife and I were blessed to start another business venture centered on women’s boutique apparel: The Unique Closet.  Along the way, we’ve made some very lucrative and successful partnerships with bloggers that has exponentially grown our customer base and business model. One blogger in particular, J’s Everyday Fashion, we’ve been [...]

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Let me guess, as a small business owner of a thriving startup business, you don’t have the resources to hire full-time or part-time marketing and technology positions, right? Like a many small businesses and small business owners, you’ve tried web banners, print ads (newspaper, magazines, billboards), newsletters, pay-per-click, search engine marketing, and all sorts of other paid and non-paid advertising. Nothing works, meaning drives consistent web traffic, or you’ve had a taste of short-lived traffic for a day or two, aye? Well, here’s the good and bad news: you’re not by yourself.

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Towards the end of 2010, Lafe’s experienced quite a bit of small business “heartburn and indigestion” in terms of having a user-friendly, easy-to-use shopping cart. Their existing shopping cart, which shall go unnamed, was a bit archiac to say the least. From not being able to control site/products reviews and ratings to not having social media sharing capabilities for products to not allowing for page and site specific search engine optimization, this shopping cart had seen better days. Due to the layout of Lafe’s chosen shopping cart experience, Lafe’s was unable to truly measure the sales tunnel, conversion rates, and overall user experience throughout the site.

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