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Naples, Fort Myers, Networking
--Atilus is very proud to announce the unveiling of BonitaBusiness.com, Southwest Florida’s Business Portal! This new website was completed jus...
Young and in Charge
--Just got done reading a very interesting article about young, upstart companies, run by…. very young people. There are a number of businesses...
Wholesalepowertools.com Site Launch
--Looking for powertools? Well we’ve created the site for you! We’ve been working for a number of months with the amazing team at WholeSa...
“Ball Don’t lie”- and either does NBA’s Rod Benson.
--There is a growing trend of athlete-bloggers, who are candidly and courageously giving fans and outsiders the inside scoop and view of their sport,...
Hurricane Fay
--We’ve all prepared. We’ve said our prayers and made peace, contacting everyone we’ve ever done wrong by. Hurricane Fay is coming....
A Foreclosed Home Solution?
--Atilus has worked in conjunction with a revolutionary new company to redesign: Sell Your House to Europe (I guess the name says it all) The problem...
MyHappyTrading - Building Wealth Together
--Atilus is incredibly proud to announce that we have launched our latest project My Happy Trading!!!! What is My Happy Trading? Well, it’s a t...
Iphone: what they don’t tell you.
--After a recent encounter with the intoxicating Iphone, I was captivated by its seamless user interface, seemingly endless cool standard functions a...
I Slingpage, do you?
--If you haven’t heard, one of the newest Instant Social Bookmarking applications is Slingpage. Still in it’s infancy, but gaining ground...
The Best Keyword Tool… Ever!
--If you perform any kind of web services, particularly web marketing services, you are probably familiar with many of the keyword tools available. P...
Pay Per Click Marketing - Market Your Local Business
--I attended a search engine marketing seminar last week and wanted to share some of the information that was talked about and some of the VERY inter...
Customer Service: The 1 true element of business.
--This blog post is technically related by nature but not by content. We have spoken about this issue before, but the business community at large is...
My .ME domain name is here! Wait, no its not?
--“To take full advantage of .ME, it needs to be properly promoted and properly managed. We have an unparalleled track record in promoting domain nam...
Don’t Mess With Google, Duplicate Content
--Don’t break the rules! I just discovered an interesting thing. My colleague, senor Scott Clark, wrote a post about his new blog youtech.me. I...
Promote your web venture
--YouTech.me, created by serial web entrepreneurs for web entrepreneurs, know how difficult it is to simultaneously create, operate and market a new ...
How to Get on TechCrunch.com
--Found this fantastic information from Guy Kawasaki’s “How to Change the World” blog. Ever wondered how you can get on techcrunch....
Better than GOOGLE?
--As seen on Fox News: SAN FRANCISCO — Anna Patterson’s [Ex-Google executive] last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry lead...
Business IS relationships.
--I spoke to an old friend of mine over the weekend to discuss what has been accomplished since we last spoke. It was a pleasantly nostalgic conversa...
The Internet Eclipses TV, Radio - For Good Reason
--Thanks to Joe Baz and digg.com found this tidbit. U.S. businesses will spend $US105.3 billion on Internet advertising and marketing in 2008, accord...
Comcast BUYS business; doesn’t earn it.
--If you run a search for “Comcast Sucks” on Google, you will find a tremendous number of search results (approximately 125,000) all cent...
BAD expert advice.
--Once again, as I have done on many occasions, I will reference todays Marketing Profs e-newsletter that addresses the concerns of big business when...
Stumble Upon’s Star rating System
--For the most part, I understand StumbleUpon.com, and certainly since receiving great reviews and excellent ratings, I very much appreciate Stumble ...
Seth Godin is sweet!
--I often read the ingeniousness that Seth Godin continues to pump out for mainstream consumption, and the post referred to in today’s Marketin...
This ain’t yo Daddy’s PPC, son!
--Amidst internal office discussions, as we love to keep the watering hole occupied, Pay Per Click marketing became a topic of discussion- as it ofte...
GAS $$$$ HIGHER for credit card users?
--We all hate a traditional bait and switch scam where you are expecting one thing and are sucker punched with another. With the economy in the curre...
5 Ways your business will BEAT the Economy
--There is no denying that we are experiencing turbulent economical times. DUH! That certainly wasn’t breaking news, but I am noticing a tremen...
Linux Developer found guilty in MURDER of his wife and file system!
--Now, some might accuse me of being a bit tabloid or exploitive with this blog post but… come on! Hans Reiser, well known developer of ReiserF...
5 Website Ranking Gems
--Found this very recent search engine optimization article from USA Today care of a terrific Search Engine Watch post. REALLY want to know how to ge...
Web Design Colors: Do Men and Women Respond Differently?
--A few weeks ago I joined Atilus as the company’s first intern. However, I am very new to the web design business. When I came across Atilus, I was ...
But your customers DON’T use the web?
--Hmmm… I have heard this a million times. And frankly, I’m tired of the excuses. “My clients don’t use the internet.” ...
New Site Launched - SOAMHO
--SOAMHO stands for South American Homes, a crazy domain name, and the company has some crazy plans. The basic site recently completed by Atilus for ...
NO more Windows XP!!!!!!!!!!!
--It’s official! After days, weeks and months of corporate deliberation the decision has been made to pull the plug on Windows XP through most ...
Thank you.
--During a great meditative session last night, I was able to completely let myself be taken over. I opened my heart and shut off my mind. This enabl...
Make Money Online: 10 GREAT tips
--As an internet marketing firm, we are asked more and more if it is possible to make money online with a web application that does not have commerc...
The Tellers Are Key
--Selling to existing customers is easiest, and selling products to existing customers that solves their problems, validates their worth by you the c...
That Smells Like The Death of Conventional Advertising
--Kind of on the heels of Scott’s latest post, it seems that many of the top U.S. advertisers are taking his advice - and that many television,...
Skype 4 Beta First Impressions - Crap
--A short and dirty review of Skype 4. I’m a big fan of Skype. We’ve been using it in the office as our primary method of communication ...
Touch Me, The Future of Web
--Have you flipped a piece of paper between your flesh and fingernail as you make a decision? If you’ve ever been in an uncomfortable meeting p...
GREEN is in! Are you?
--It’s official. The world has gone green. It is no longer ‘cool’ to buy ridiculously large gas guzzling vehicles, and nothing is m...
5 Questions you must ask your PPC marketer:
--I know internet marketing is still very mysterious, difficult to comprehend and often easy for marketers to hide behind fraudulent or misleading we...
Brand Loyalty perpetuates Brand Loyalty
--Ever wonder why Harley Davidson owners are such evangelists for the brand? Ever wonder why certain brands are able to maintain loyalty while others...
Social Media in Plain English
--If you are in need of clarification as to the meaning behind, the purpose of, the use of, or the structure that is social media web applications (e...
Are You Sure You’re Ready to Blog?
--First of all blogging is powerful. You can take your traffic from nothing to 1000’s of visitors a day by writing a great post, and setting yo...
Email Newsletter Hell
--You just want a simple email newsletter right? Well… it ain’t so simple. For years designers have struggled with multiple versions of w...
SWFL Internet Biz day Success!
--Here at Atilus we have a passion and zest for discovering and delivering the greatest, most effective, most inexpensive ways of maximizing someone&...
Testing Out the Blog
--BLogs rule. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atilus.com%2Ftesting-out-the-blog%2F'; addthis_title = 'Testing+Out+the+Blog'; addthis_pub ...
Technology Professionals Networking Opportunity
--Contact: Skye K. Robinson, Communications Chair, 239-410-1418 Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership (SWFRTP) Technology Professionals N...
FREE 2.0?
--I have been noticing more and more articles discussing the ever draining topic of how to monetize a social networking website. Depending on the bus...
What’s The Purpose: Websites ARE SOLUTIONS
--I just got back from a meeting by the SWFRTP. I don’t really want to talk about the meeting, more touch on something someone said at the meet...
SWFRTP - Upcoming Event June 12
--Just wanted to make a quick post about a new upcoming Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership event. On June 12th there will be “Ne...
Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership
--FORT MYERS, FL., May 6, 2008 – The Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership will host a launch event on Thursday, May 22, 2008, to discuss...
Blogrush
--Just found this cool new service called Blogrush that we will be trying out. It is a little widget you add to your blog that shows posts similar to...
New Site Launched - CarbonNet
--CarbonNet came to Atilus as many new clients do. Battered and upset. Unfortunately, CarbonNet’s former web development company left them with...
New Site Launched - CarbonNet
--CarbonNet came to Atilus as many new clients do. Battered and upset. Unfortunately, CarbonNet’s former web development company left them with...
Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership
--SOUTHWEST FLORIDA REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP TO HOST LAUNCH EVENT ON MAY 22, 2008 FORT MYERS, FL., May 6, 2008 – The Southwest Florida Regiona...
Barack’s Already Won
--The 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination process is being fiercely contested by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both candidates are using the ...
Skype, skype, Skype…
--Part 3: As you know, I have been diligently trying to figure out why Skype has been failing in these departments: 1) Contacts appear ‘offline’ and...
Effective Tips when writing a Press Release
--I held a meeting with Phil Borchman, CEO of Comm-Ex.com, a South West Florida commercial real estate news website, as well as author of the GulfSho...
Effective Tips when writing a Press Release
--I held a meeting with Phil Borchman, CEO of Comm-Ex.com, a South West Florida commercial real estate news website, as well as author of the GulfSho...
links for 2008-05-15
--How Much Does a Website Cost? | Atilus Fort Myers Naples, Florida Web Design Blog How much does a website cost? Well… that depends. How much d...
links for 2008-05-15
--How Much Does a Website Cost? | Atilus Fort Myers Naples, Florida Web Design Blog How much does a website cost? Well… that depends. How much d...
Controversy is good!
--The towns people are angry! Apparently my ever controversial blog post What does a website cost? has the web design community stirring… for v...
Controversy is good!
--The towns people are angry! Apparently my ever controversial blog post What does a website cost? has the web design community stirring… for v...
Microsoft XP Shelf life Extension?
--As seen on Yahoo! homepage, Christopher Null of Yahoo! Tech writes… With concern over the end of the road for Windows XP reaches feverish lev...
Microsoft XP Shelf life Extension?
--As seen on Yahoo! homepage, Christopher Null of Yahoo! Tech writes… With concern over the end of the road for Windows XP reaches feverish lev...
Skype Problems Resolved?
--As promised, I am here to offer an update to the ongoing Skype problems I have been experiencing as of lately. To recap I am having the following i...
Skype Problems Resolved?
--As promised, I am here to offer an update to the ongoing Skype problems I have been experiencing as of lately. To recap I am having the following i...
How Much Does a Website Cost?
--Subtitle: Meditations on the cost of a website, addressing the developer community. How much does a website cost? Well… that depends. How muc...
How Much Does a Website Cost?
--Subtitle: Meditations on the cost of a website, addressing the developer community. How much does a website cost? Well… that depends. How muc...
What is wrong with my Skype?
--Skype has been the proud sponsor of Oprah’s “A New Earth” web event, which has been created with spiritual guru Eckhart Tolle. Bu...
What is wrong with my Skype?
--Skype has been the proud sponsor of Oprah’s “A New Earth” web event, which has been created with spiritual guru Eckhart Tolle. Bu...
New Site Launched - ICAN
--The Island Coast AIDS Network (ICAN), was founded in 1987 and incorporated as a not for profit corporation in 1989. Its mission is “To stop ...
New Site Launched - ICAN
--The Island Coast AIDS Network (ICAN), was founded in 1987 and incorporated as a not for profit corporation in 1989. Its mission is “To stop t...
Northern Contracting - Client Spotlight
--After speaking to one of our clients last week I found out some interesting information. I have two Papillion puppies which have found the baseboar...
Are you Local?
--At this point you would have to be crazy if your business is not located in the major Internet Yellow Page search engines. Or perhaps you don’...
Will Internet Marketing Replace Traditional Marketing?
--With the arrival of the next great internet boom – the internet marketing boom - the possibilities are limitless. The internet is exploding with n...
links for 2008-05-09
--Plastic Surgeon of Naples | Luciano Boemi, MD, FACS | Home Luciano Boemi, MD, FACS is Naples, Florida’s premiere plastic surgeon. D...
New Site Launched - Equity Management Solutions
--I recently authored a post regarding the housing market situation in the Southwest Florida region as well as throughout the country. This situation...
EE Plugin: Atilus Dynamic Menu Items
--Hello to all of you web designers out there! If you’re like me, you prefer designing your sites using some form of css, especially when it co...
Choosing Effective Marketing
--It’s Sunday morning and you’re in the “library” flipping through the newspaper sales ads. Joe’s Furniture Store (Art Van where I’m from) has a ful...
Flirting with Disaster…
--The SXSW (South by Southwest Interactive Conference) interview, March 9th, Austin Texas. This was no ordinary interview, chosen Business Week Jour...
New Site Launched - Plastic Surgeon of Naples
--Luciano Boemi, MD, FACS a Naples Plastic Surgeon, and his team approached us recently. With a great looking site, sophisticated online seminar book...
links for 2008-05-04
--Lehigh, Lee County Party Rental - A Fiesta Party Rental Helpful local party rental store. Great for renting bounce houses, giant water slides, gian...
Internet Marketing Spelled Out
--Excellent article authored by Ali Mustika Sari, Increasing Sales Through Strategic Internet Marketing: The Internet has now become an important med...
CSS: A Look into the Future
--As you read this there are people working on furthering the advancement of web design. You know, like CSS3 and stuff. Well here is something that w...
3 Dimensional Blogger
--“I blog but its not getting very popular… nobody comments on my blog… this is useless.” Have you ever found yourself utteri...
Effective Ways of Blogging
--A blog is commentary or news on a particular subject. A blog allows the reader to leave comments in an interactive format, unless comments are bloc...
Internet Marketing Works!
--Yes, internet marketing works! When you think of looking up information or an address where do we usually turn to? If you said the internet you are...
It’s Got a Good Beat … and You Can Dance to it
--I love PPC. I also love music. Put them together and what do you get? Beats and Rhymes by Chuck Lewis - The Poetic Prophet. Scott first found t...
Nickel and Dime Marketing
--I was eating at the Fort Myers Ale House last night, while watching the Red Sox cream the Yankees(2 home runs from good ol’ Manny Ramirez), a...
SEO Rappers Delight. G!
--As seen on Marketing Profs, ‘The SEO Rapper’ host Charles Lewis is an online marketer for Pop Labs whose alter ego—the Poetic Prophet—l...
Random Internet Tangent #16
--After having a conversation with JumpSwap.com creator, Devin Castro, I had to think about a couple of his comments in reference to the current stat...
Windows XP getting pulled off the shelves
--As seen on Yahoo! Microsoft originally announced over a year ago that Windows XP would be going off the market in January 2008. XP was later given ...
Web Developer Cartoons
--Thank you to Kathleen Davey for forwarding these hilarious cartoons. Please click the image to see the full cartoon series:
March Foreclosures
--This is completely off of our normal topic, but it is something I just needed to highlight. I get the “Gulfshore Business Daily Email Newslet...
Remove Breaks/Spaces Before And After Comment Text
--This plugin removes html line breaks, nl’s, p’s, and whitespace before and after comment text. It’s primary purpose is to stop th...
Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
--Before going into detail about how you can optimize your website for search engines I would like to quickly explain what search engine optimization...
What does a website cost?
--First of all, let’s get this out of the way… you need a website. Period. And not just any ol’ website, but a great website with c...
5 Reasons People Unsubcribe From Email Newsletters
--Can’t take credit for this one, but needed to share some incite from Marketing Profs. Ever wonder why some of your email newsletter subscribe...
links for 2008-04-10
--Free Firefox Rank Checker for Google Very nice plugin for firefox that allows you to check your site’s rankings on major search engines. (tag...
links for 2008-04-09
--85% of Inc 500 Companies Never Take Outside Money! - Entrepreneurship Education Blog - Starting A $100 Million Business… over 85% of the companies ...
Internet Marketing: Get With it!
--As an internet professional, I often take my knowledge for granted. So I have taken the liberty of expressing some random thoughts that I have abou...
The Power of Personal Branding
--Looking to get that job you’ve always wanted? Or maybe you want to get accepted to one of the toughest schools in the country. Personal Brand...
Body is a Wonderland
--The body is a wonderland! I mean the body of social networking sites available for so many applications. There’s Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook...
New Wordpress Design
--Wordpress.org and the wordpress blogging software have been updated. After years of few design changes in the back, the latest version of wordpress...
The Revolution Will Not Take Very Long
--You will not be able to treat your customers badly. You will not have time to hide. You will not have time to cover up the mess. This is a word of ...
What Makes a Social Network Tick (Part Duece)
--Ok, we’ve created our fancy login system for our site. Now what? How do my members intereact with each other? This bring us back over 5 years...
What Makes a Social Network Tick (Part Deuce)
--Ok, we’ve created our fancy login system for our site. Now what? How do my members intereact with each other? This bring us back over 5 years...
What’s Your Color(s)?
--Have you ever wondered where to get great color ideas for websites or for anything for that matter? Well look no further. There is a great website...
PRESS RELEASE Atilus: Moved In and Movin Up
--Bonita Springs, Fl 33928 – Atilus, a Bonita Springs based Web development and Internet marketing Firm, has moved into the former WCI Design buildin...
Search Marketing A-ha’s
--The Upper Left Corner Without fail, in my efforts to stay professionally developed, there is always an A-ha moment where I bonk myself on the foreh...
Search Engine Changeover
--As many of you know Atilus is new. We are not a new company, but we do have a new name. We decided, after much internal debate, to change our name ...
What Makes a Social Networking Application Tick?
--Social networking applications usually take the form of websites that allow people to share information with other people. To really wrap our minds...
Social Media Marketing
--Read a terrific post about social media marketing over on Pronet Advertising: Linkbait - Will Search Engines Ever Regulate Your Linkbait? Is it po...
What’s in a name?
--We need your help! As stated in my previous blog post, Zach and I are co-producing a series of internet webisodes about web apps, internet marketin...
Atilus goes Hollywood
--I am proud to announce that Zach Katkin and I will be actively participating in a new online video series where we will discuss everything from the...
2008 Tech XPO Bonita Springs Chamber
--The 2008 Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce Tech XPO was a huge success! Businesses from all over the Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Naples, and Ester...
2007 Addy Award Winner
--Best Consumer Website WGCU Public Media What do you say when you win an award? Personally I rarely win things. I remember I drew a picture for art ...
New Site Launched Qorval
--Atilus is proud to announce the completion of the newly redesigned QORVAL website. Qorval approached Atilus looking for a fresh, easy-to-navigate r...
New Site Launched Qorval
--Atilus is proud to announce the completion of the newly redesigned QORVAL website. Qorval approached Atilus looking for a fresh, easy-to-navigate r...
New Site Launched Qorval
--Atilus is proud to announce the completion of the newly redesigned QORVAL website. Qorval approached Atilus looking for a fresh, easy-to-navigate r...
New Site Launched Qorval
--Atilus is proud to announce the completion of the newly redesigned QORVAL website. Qorval approached Atilus looking for a fresh, easy-to-navigate r...
links for 2008-03-11
--David Walsh Blog :: PHP, MySQL, CSS, Javascript, MooTools, and Everything Else Nice and informative blog about issues in programming and web design...
ATTENTION: Your opinion is requested.
--Everyday (sometimes twice) in my email box I receive a little treat titled Marketing Profs. This very insightful daily piece of email literature of...
5 Questions to Ask an SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
--Thinking about optimizing your website for the search engines? Or, starting to build one and want to make sure you’re ready with a site that is “se...
New Site Launched The Powerhouse Group
--Atilus is proud to announce the release of The Powerhouse Group website. The Powerhouse Group is a world renowned entertainment and special events ...
New Site Launched AnytimeBonita
--Atilus is proud to launch Anytime Fitness’ Bonita Springs, Gym website. As the first official site launch under our new name we are particularly ex...
The Google Vote of Confidence
--I read an interesting email newsletter this afternoon by Google AdWords Expert, Perry Marshall. The article, revolving around the quality of Google...
4 Steps to Internet Lead Generation
--I was on a conference call yesterday when it dawned on me that, at our core, we are an Internet Lead Generation service. There are a number of ste...
Don’t pay for your ad; let it pay for itself!
--Regardless of your market, industry, or business size there are many great ways to make money online. Of course, everyone wants to expend as little...
Include Proper HTML/CSS in Any Wordpress Page
--Yesterday, we were working on a typical client site that required us to do the usual HTML/CSS template to wordpress template work… and when i...
links for 2008-02-23
--Email Newsletter Marketing | Atilus Fort Myers Naples, Florida Web Design Blog Email marketing is one of the most powerful, effective ways to ...
Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track Networking
--Last night, February 21st, 2008 Scott and I had the opportunity of attending the Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track hosted networking event. The eve...
Email Newsletter Marketing
--Email marketing is one of the most powerful, effective ways to market your company and its products, but it’s often overlooked. My colleague Scott ...
7 Deadly (Business) Mistakes
--Our long time client, Burruano Group, has created a great series of articles for the web called the “7 Deadly Mistakes Construction Businesse...
The Future of Web Apps
--We are all very excisted at Atilus as next week myself and one of our lead PHP developers will be attending The Future of Web Apps. The Future of W...
Super Bowl Ads & Social Networks
--I just got finished reading a very interesting article from MarketingProfs. Last year Nationwide Insurance decided to “leak” it’s...
You don’t need any more business?
--“I don’t need a website. I have more than enough business. We are doing just fine.” Somebody recently said that to me, and I near...
links for 2008-02-15
--WGCU Connect! - Southwest Florida The new connect site features blogging, multiple forums, idea submission, and the ability to add and upload pictu...
New Site Launched WGCU Connect
--After over a year of planning and production we are proud to announce the release of WGCU Public Media’s revolutionary new web platform, call...
links for 2008-02-14
--Bonita Springs Gym Florida - Anytime Fitness Anytime Fitness Bonita Springs Florida is Bonita Springs’ only 24 hour gym. My friends, and fami...
Bonita Springs Chamber
--This morning I had the opportunity to attend the Bonita Springs Chamber New Member Welcome Reception along with Scott Clark, Atilus’ Director...
You Need A Website. Hey, I didn’t say it. He did.
--Here is a great article from entrepreneur.com written by Tim W. Knox, and I must say… I coudn’t have said it better myself. Enjoy…...
Does your website need its diaper changed?
--Just like you mow your lawn, cut your hair, and change the oil in your car, your website needs maintenance work done too. You wouldn’t let yo...
I’m not you, you know?
--All too often in business, and in every aspect of life for that matter, we forget that people are not in our own heads. Sometimes in conversation y...
Atilus
--Unique ID Web Design, LLC is now officially Atilus, LLC. First a little background. Unique ID, now Atilus, was started in late 2005 by Harry Casimi...
