Casa Watchers – Lago Vista, TX Home Watch SEO and Promotion by Myrtle Beach Website Designer

Let's welcome Casa Watchers to the Myrtle Beach Website Designer Family

As part of Myrtle Beach Website Designer’s agreement with the National Home Watch Association, we offer a full suite of services, including  SEO and Online Promotion for their members.  One of the NHWA’s newest members is Casa Watchers, a Home, Boat and Dock Management Company in Lago Vista, TX.

Casa Watchers offers Home Watch, Home Improvement, Boat and Watercraft Maintenance and Dock Maintenance to Cedar Park, Leander, Lago Vista and the entire North Shore area of Lake Travis.

Their clientele is a diverse mixture of local full time residents, weekenders/seasonal residents, and those with investment properties in the North Shore of Lake Travis.

Need a Home Inspection? Need someone to Watch your Second Home? Need Boat and Dock Management Services? You Need Casa Watchers!

Their phone number is (888) 619-CASA (2272), their email is info@casawatchers.com, and you can use their Contact Form to reach them today!

We are honored with the opportunity to work with Casa Watchers , and look forward to a long and prosperous business relationship!

August T. Michel Photography – Grand Strand Photography Site by Myrtle Beach Website Designer

WE DID IT!  WE GOT MARRIED!

Actually, we got married a few weeks ago, and just got back from our honeymoon.  But WE DID IT!  YEAAAAAA!!!!

Also, we’ve begun work with a Myrtle Beach Photographer August T. Michel.  August offers Wedding Photography (in fact he shot our wedding), Engagement Photography (he did that for us too!), Beach Photography and any other type of Event Photography that you could need in the Grand Strand!

We at Myrtle Beach Website Designer have begun doing Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing work for August’s site.

We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with August and his company!

So let’s welcome August T. Michel Photography to the Myrtle Beach Website Designer family!

Orange Winged Amazons – Bird Info from MRParrots.com!

 

 

One of our clients, Exotic Pet Birds, is featuring parrot and bird info on their website. As a service to their site, we will be posting their features on our blog.

This feature will be on the Orange Winged Amazon:

 

Orange Winged Amazon

(Amazona amazonica)
AKA Orange Winged Parrot or Loro Guaro

 

Description: The Orange Winged Amazon is mostly green in color and is about 33 cm (13in) long and weighs in at around 340 gm. It has blue and yellow feathers on it’s head which varies in appearance between individual birds. The upper mandible is partly horn colored and partly dark-gray. It has orange feathers in the wings and tail, which can be seen when in flight. The male and females are identical in appearance.

There are two subspecies: A. a. amazonica, found on the mainland of South America, and the A. a. tobagensis, found only on Trinidad and Tobago, is a subspecies which is lager than the nominate form, and has more orange in the wing.

Distribution in the Wild: Native to tropical South America, from Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago south to Peru and central Brazil. It’s natural habitat in the wild is forested areas and semi-open country. Although very common in it’s native lands, it is persecuted as an agricultural pest and by capture for the pet trade (over 66,000 captured in the years 1981-1985). It is also hunted as a food source.

 

Orange Winged Amazons as Pets: The Orange Winged Amazons can be noisy birds and make loud pitched screams. They are very good talkers and learn very fast. It’s diet in  the wild consists of fruits and seeds, including the fruit of palm trees and sometimes cocoa, and an occasional bug thrown in for some protein. It roosts communally in palm and other trees, and large numbers can be seen at the roost sites in the mornings and at dusk. Due to bird owners releasing these birds either by accident or by design they have established large feral populations in Miami, Florida here in the United States, and also in London, England.

Diet and Cage Size: When kept as companions you’ll want to feed them a healthy diet consisting of fresh veggies and fruits, a premium pelleted blend, pastas, sprouts, beans, a high quality seen grain and nut mix, and red palm oil. Housing for these birds should be at least a 32×23 cage, with a 36×24 being about perfect.

Never by any type of pet on impulse, and do your research before you buy. Taking one of these beautiful creatures into your life as a companion is a life-long commitment, and should not be viewed lightly.

 

STOP WILD TRAPPING NOW!!! 

 

 

For more information about Orange Winged Amazons for sale, go to MRParrots.com.

 

 

 

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“When Spouses Travel” – Page 69 of Moms’ Lifesavers Book

The newest feature of the Mothering Advice Book Moms’ Lifesavers: Tips to Make Life Easier for New Mothers, is a sneak preview of Page 69, which discusses the disruption that can be caused when the spouse is away on travel, and gives some tips and tricks on “keeping the peace” with the kids, as well as staying connected to the spouse.

As with many of the pages, this one has a Notes section at the bottom for the tips and tricks you will no doubt come across on your own.

Click here to read the PDF, or just read below:

 

When Spouses Travel

 

Parenting becomes even tougher when a spouse’s job requirements involve traveling for extended periods of time. Suddenly you are left with the challenge of being “on” twenty-four hours a day. Without the welcomed breaks you get from a spouse, these times alone can be difficult and tiring. Planning and organization prior to their departure can help to make the days easier.

Maintaining routines and activities will help to make the parent’s absence less disruptive to family life. It is also important to try to keep the children connected to the absent parent. With sensitivity, consistency, and love, the time will pass by less stressfully.

 

How to Stay Connected

• Have pictures of the traveling parent around where the child can touch and hold them.

• Talk about the traveling parent often and schedule regular phone calls.

• Allow and encourage older children to write, email, and phone their traveling parent.

 

Making Things Easier

• Before your spouse leaves, make sure you have the house stocked with food and other necessities.

• Remain consistent with discipline and routines.

• Make sure you tell friends and family that you’ll be alone, and ask for help if needed. You will be pleasantly surprised with the offers you get!

• Schedule play dates, and time with family and friends.

• Plan an evening meal with another family or parent whose spouse is also traveling. This will fill the most difficult time of day and provide social opportunities.

• Do a kid-swap with you watching your friend’s kids, and then having them watch yours so you can get some errands done.

• It’s inevitable that a child may get sick or other unforeseen things happen. Have a good relationship with a neighbor or a friend close by to help in a time of need.

• Have all emergency phone numbers in a visible area.

• Schedule a babysitter in advance to help out during this time, so you can take a nap, or get some quiet time.

• Do what you need to do to make life less stressful for you. If your house gets messy, your kids don’t get bathed, or you order a lot of take-out, it’s OK!

• Enjoy quiet solitude when the kids are tucked in.

• Allow time for traveling parent to adjust back into the home.

 

 Moms’ Lifesavers is a great gift for New Moms and Moms-to-Be!

 

 

 

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“Dining Out” – Page 30 of Moms’ Lifesavers Book

 

As part of our ongoing feature of the Parenting Book Moms’ Lifesavers: Tips to Make Life Easier for New Mothers, this next sneak preview comes from Page 30.  This part of the book has some really great tips for dining out with baby.

As with many pages in the book, this one has a Notes section at the bottom of the page.  This can be invaluable, since raising a child is a constant on-the-job training experience, and this book can serve as your primer!

Click here to read the PDF, or just read below:

 

Dining Out

Restaurant Etiquette
• Make a reservation or use call-ahead seating if available. Always try to minimize the time your children will have to wait.
• If you have to wait, ask to look at a menu so you can order soon after you are seated.
• Choose restaurants that are kid-friendly with fast service.
• Booth seats keep kids more contained, and the baby carrier can be placed on the bench beside you.
• Don’t let your child “wander” around a restaurant.
• Try going out to dinner late when the baby will be sleeping in the car seat. Ask for a highchair to turn upside down and set the seat into.
• Order food you know your children like. This isn’t the time to introduce new foods, especially for picky eaters.
• Be courteous and make an attempt to clean excess food up off the floor (and if you aren’t logistically able, drop a few bucks under the table for the person who has to clean it all up!).
• Tip very well if your children have made it a challenge for the wait staff, or if they have gone out of their way to make it easier for you.
• Remove children from restaurants for unruly behavior, and do not waiver – it’s an effective way to teach consideration of others. As soon as your meal is served, ask for the bill in case you have to make a quick exit or the wait staff gets busy.

Items to Bring
• Have a few ideas of games or activities you can play at the table to keep kids entertained before the food arrives, such as coloring book and crayons, a book to read, or a quiet toy that is fun to play with on a table top, such as “Wikki-stix”.
• Bring wipes for hands before, during, and after meal.
• Disposable placemats that stick to the table are great! You can put food directly on the placemat and not worry about germs from the table, or glass dishes that may end up on the floor.
• Use disposable bibs or bring a bib clip (www.onestepahead.com).
• Most restaurants have only adult cutlery, so bring a small spoon and fork along.
• Using your own sippy cup will avoid spilled drinks.
• Bring your own baby food when possible, as little baby jars of food can be heated up for you.
• Know that eating in public is not a known skill – young children need plenty of practice to handle this VERY demanding task. If at first you don’t succeed – keep trying. Be sure you’re not expecting too
much of your child – 30 minutes is a good length of time to have them sitting in public and behaving.

 

For those co-workers out there looking for a great gift for that expecting co-worker, Moms’ Lifesavers makes a perfect gift for New Moms and Moms-to-Be!

 

 

 

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Online Marketing/Promotion & Link Building Services by Myrtle Beach Website Designer

Online Marketing & Link Building

 

Every bit as important as a high search engine ranking is high popularity among other sites. Have you ever gone to a website, and you’re reading where it says “Wow! Here’s a site that is the best ever when it comes to such-and-such, click here to go their site…”? That’s called a link.

The best compliment you can get from another site is a raving review from them, followed by a link to your site. That’s the Internet equivalent of a “word-of-mouth campaign”, and it even helps your search engine rankings too!

Google and Yahoo have figured out that, the more links a site has, the better and more relevant it must be, and they weigh their rankings accordingly. It is VERY important that your site have links to it from other sites, and vice versa.

Another important means of getting your site out there for the world to see is through internet directories and social bookmarking sites.

Internet directories are the online equivalent of the yellow pages. The most well-known internet directory is Yahoo! Directory, but there are literally thousands of others, and we’ll get you on every single one that pertains to your site.

Social bookmarking sites are the online equivalent of a community corkboard. The most popular social bookmarking sites are Digg, Del.icio.us and Clipmarks, and we’ll get your site on them too.

Having your website listed on these sites helps get your name out there, and it also has the positive side effect of giving you a higher search engine ranking. After all, Google and the rest know that if your site is so popular that it has all these mentions on other sites, then you must be a site worth placing higher on their search engine too!

The fact is, most website developers will never mention internet directories, social bookmarking sites or link-building to you, and if you ask them about it, they will downplay their importance. But the fact is, these things are the future of online advertising, and if your site isn’t on the wagon, it will be left far behind.

Myrtle Beach Website Designer can manage a massive online marketing and link-building campaign to help your site gain popularity, and your business gain revenue! And we don’t get you a couple links….we get you HUNDREDS of links! Sometimes THOUSANDS, depending on what business you are in.

And all of this, with NO Spamming or any other illegitimate means of marketing. All of our marketing and link-building is “organic”, which means that all the sites linked to yours are doing so voluntarily and without any monetary incentive. They are doing it because they want to mention how great your site is!

In addition, we give information and regular updates about your site on this blog, which is the highest-ranked Web Design Blog in the Grand Strand! This gives you even more exposure!

As always, we can provide these services as part of a Comprehensive Website Package and we can also provide these services for an already-existing site.

If you’re ready to have your website promoted all over the Internet by Myrtle Beach Website Designer, click here to Get a Quote and to find out about our Best Value Guarantee! Or for more info about these and other services, email us at spike@spikecohen.com or call us at (843) 902-7256.

Whether your business is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina or Kazakhstan (or anywhere in between), trust Myrtle Beach Website Designer to handle all of your Online Marketing, Promotion and Link-Building needs!