We’re thrilled to announce that Fisher Agency has been named one of the Best Web Designers in Jacksonville by Expertise.com, a trusted platform known for identifying top service professionals across the U.S. This award celebrates excellence in web design, creativity, client satisfaction, and industry experience. With decades of digital expertise under our belt, it’s an…
Maximize Your Traditional Advertising Results: What You Need to Know About Billboard Design and Advertising There’s something powerful about seeing your brand stretched across the skyline—big, bold, and unmissable. For many businesses, securing a billboard is a bucket list moment in their marketing journey. But before you dive in, there are a few key things…
We’re already a few months into 2025, and the digital space is in full swing! Has your website kept pace? Just as search engine algorithms continuously change, web design trends are also developing and adapting to new technologies and user behaviors. Staying ahead isn’t just about aesthetics; it’s about delivering a user experience that keeps…
Congratulations on your rebrand! Rebranding is a powerful way to refresh your company’s identity, aligning it with your evolving goals and audience. This is an exhilarating time, and we’re here to help you make the most of the buzz. Now that the big change is official, it’s essential to follow through with strategic actions to…
Essential Guide to Building a HIPAA-Compliant Website Building a HIPAA-compliant website is essential for any organization handling protected health information (PHI). Here’s a quick guide to get your website up to HIPAA standards, ensuring data security and legal compliance. Know the HIPAA Basics. Start by understanding three key HIPAA rules: Privacy Rule: Protects health information…
We’ve got big news to share! Fisher Agency has been named one of the Top Advertising Agencies in the United States for 2023 by Clutch.co! ???? This prestigious recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence, creativity, and most importantly, client satisfaction. At Fisher Agency, we’re driven by a passion to deliver outstanding advertising services that…
Winning a business community award can be a game-changer for your company, helping to elevate your brand, build credibility, and foster trust with clients and partners. Business awards provide recognition for your hard work and success, while also serving as a powerful tool for marketing and PR. For companies aiming to stand out in a…
Attending industry events is a powerful way to grow your business, network with key players, and establish authority within your field. However, simply attending an event isn’t enough—you need a strategic approach to maximize its impact. Whether you’re in health and wellness, construction, real estate, education, or the non-profit sector, having a solid PR and…
Supporting non-profit and charity events is one of the most effective ways for businesses to make a meaningful impact in the community while also enhancing their public image. In Jacksonville, a vibrant hub for philanthropy, participating in or sponsoring these events not only contributes to important causes but also creates valuable PR opportunities. For businesses…
For business owners in Jacksonville, educational events offer unique opportunities to expand your presence, build partnerships, and make a meaningful impact in the community. Whether your business provides products or services tailored to schools, universities, or professional development, participating in education-focused events can open doors to long-term partnerships and boost your brand’s visibility. From…
Jacksonville’s real estate market is booming, making it a dynamic space for professionals looking to stay competitive and grow their businesses. From real estate conventions to investor summits and open house events, there are plenty of opportunities for agents, brokers, developers, and investors to network, learn about market trends, and elevate their brands. In this…
In Jacksonville, the construction and infrastructure industries are rapidly growing, making it a prime location for businesses to showcase their expertise and build strong industry connections. Whether you’re a general contractor, developer, or supplier, attending and participating in construction-related events can significantly boost your company’s visibility and credibility. From major expos to trade shows…
The health and wellness industry in Jacksonville is thriving, offering businesses in this space a wealth of opportunities to connect with the community, build partnerships, and grow their brand. From wellness expos to charity runs, these events are perfect for showcasing your products, services, or expertise while aligning your business with the health-conscious movement that’s…
In today’s fast-paced business world, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for success. Whether you’re a high-growth business owner or an entrepreneur looking to scale, knowing the right moments to promote your brand can make all the difference. That’s where a PR and marketing event calendar comes in handy—especially for those operating in competitive…
In the competitive world of digital marketing, AI-powered SEO tools are transforming the way businesses achieve organic search success. These tools analyze vast amounts of data to identify the most effective keywords, optimize content, and monitor performance in real-time. By automating complex SEO tasks, AI tools make it easier to stay ahead of search engine…
As one of the pioneering web design agencies in the U.S., Fisher Agency is committed to staying at the forefront of the latest technology and trends in web design and development. Earlier this year, we highlighted the top web design trends for 2024. Now, we’re excited to reveal what lies ahead for the future of…
Fisher Agency Earns Coveted Title: Top Digital Marketing Company in the USA for 2024 In a sea of digital marketing agencies, standing out requires more than just expertise—it requires excellence, innovation, and a dedication to client success. Fisher Agency has not only met but surpassed these expectations, earning the prestigious title of the Top Digital…
We’re honored and excited to announce that Fisher Agency has been recognized as one of the Top 3 Web designers in Jacksonville by Three Best Rated®! Huge thanks to our incredible team, especially our #WebDev superstars, for their dedication and hard work. This award is a testament to our commitment to delivering top-notch service to our clients.…
Drive patient growth for your medical business through healthcare marketing these top tactics In the dynamic landscape of healthcare marketing, staying abreast of emerging tactics is crucial for organizations aiming to thrive and make a meaningful impact. As we step into 2024, let’s explore the top healthcare marketing trends that are reshaping the industry and…
Navigating trends and challenges of healthcare marketing for your medical business In 2024, the healthcare industry continues to evolve rapidly, with technological advancements and changing consumer expectations reshaping the landscape. To thrive in this dynamic environment, healthcare marketers need to employ effective strategies that not only promote their services but also engage and build trust…
Mary Fisher, Founder of Fisher Agency, Completes the Sale of the Marketing Agency and Retires After 35 Years Jacksonville, FL – Mary Fisher has completed the sale of Fisher Agency to Erin Gordon, a digital, traditional, and creative marketing professional and entrepreneur. Fisher Agency is known and well-respected throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia for branding,…
As the digital landscape continues to evolve, so does the realm of website design. In 2024, designers are tapping into cutting-edge trends that promise to redefine the way we experience the online world. Thanks to platforms like Pinterest, a treasure trove of inspiration, we can glean insights into the top website design trends that are…
Seo Marketing Jacksonville Fl: Fisher Agency: Your Expert Partner for SEO and Digital Marketing in Jacksonville If you’re looking for SEO marketing services in Jacksonville, FL, you’re in luck! There are several reputable agencies that specialize in helping businesses improve their online visibility. But Fisher Agency can boost your search engine rankings AND drive more…
Seo Jacksonville Fl: Fisher Agency: Your Solution for SEO in Jacksonville, Florida If you’re looking for top-notch SEO services in Jacksonville, FL, you’re in luck. Fisher Agency is a reputable firm that specialize in optimizing websites for search engines and driving organic traffic. With our expertise, can help your business rank higher and attract more…
Seo Firm Jacksonville: Fisher Agency is Your Go-To SEO Firm in Jacksonville, FL If you’re looking for a reliable SEO firm in Jacksonville, there are several reputable options to consider. Our firm specialize in optimizing websites for search engines, helping businesses improve their online visibility and drive organic traffic. Mastering the Fundamentals of Digital Marketing…
Seo Company Jacksonville Fl: Fisher Agency: Your Trusted Partner for SEO Services in Jacksonville, FL If you’re looking for an SEO company in Jacksonville, FL, there are several reputable options to consider. These companies specialize in improving your website’s visibility and driving organic traffic through effective SEO strategies. Take time to research and compare their…
Top Ways to Revitalize Your Brand and Stay Relevant In the ever-evolving landscape of business, it’s essential for brands to adapt and stay relevant. A brand is more than just a logo; it’s an experience, a promise, and a connection with your audience. If you find your brand feeling a bit stale, it might be…
We are beyond excited to share the remarkable news that Fisher Agency has been honored with prestigious awards, claiming the titles of Clutch Global and Clutch Champion. ???????? This recognition is a testament to our unwavering commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering top-notch solutions to our clients. Clutch, a leading B2B ratings and reviews platform,…
It is an honor to serve clients within the Jacksonville community and across the state. Our team of experts is dedicated to providing the most innovative strategies in traditional and digital marketing. We focus on doing the right thing and ensuring our customers always come first. When you partner with us you can count on…
It’s important to distinguish between a brand refresh and a rebrand. Depending on what your business and brand goals will determine which is the best for you. Let’s Debunk 3 Important Myths “Isn’t a brand just a logo?” Your logo is part of the bigger picture. A logo is a symbol of what…
Newsweek recently released an article stating, “We Have a Long Way To Go With Digital Accessibility.” In the article, Mark Pound expressed, “Digital accessibility is practically non-existent, and having a good user experience with many websites, apps, and other online programs can be frustrating and overwhelming.” While there is no perfect solution yet for ADA…
Southside Business Men’s Club & Fisher Agency Open House Event September 21st, 5 PM – 7:30 PM Join the Southside Business Men’s Club and Fisher Agency to celebrate bold moves in business. This will be an epic night of networking while you tour the new offices of Fisher Agency with Erin Gordon & Mary Fisher.…
Fisher Agency, one of Jacksonville’s oldest privately-owned design and advertising agencies, announced it has a new majority owner as the company begins its transition to current CEO Erin Gordon. Gordon acquired majority ownership of the agency in 2022, and this new structure lays the foundation for the company’s full transition to Gordon in 2024. Founder…
Fisher Design and Advertising Announced as a 2023 Local Excellence Award Winner by UpCity! For more than a decade, UpCity’s mission has been—and continues to be—to help businesses find B2B service providers they can trust. The UpCity Recommendability Rating was developed to determine a service provider’s credibility and recommendations, giving UpCity the confidence to recommend…
Fisher Agency was awarded as a top advertising agency in Jacksonville, FL, on February 10, 2023, by the Jacksonville Business Journal. We are honored to stand aside St. Johns, Dalton Agency, Kessler Creative, Advantage Design Group, Shepherd, Brunet-Garcia Advertising, Tridence, 3D Digital, and Discovertec. Fisher Agency is one of the oldest privately-held advertising agencies in…
2022 Search Engine Optimization Changes You Need for Your Website Get your website ready for 2023 by getting up-to-date on search engine optimization changes from 2022 We know that the world of SEO and websites is ever-changing, but lately, it has felt like raising a baby alligator. As soon as you train and start to…
Building a company is always difficult. Building a company that continues to grow year after year is an immensely more challenging endeavor. That’s why we are proud to be recognized as a company that has been the fastest growing on the First Coast over the past three years. Thank you to the Jacksonville Business Journal…
Mary was recognized as this year’s Distinguished Member by The Women Business Owners of North Florida. Her husband Bruce Evors surprised her at the event. Mary has more than 40 years professional marketing experience in Jacksonville, FL. Mary is the founder/owner of Fisher Design and Advertising and is celebrating 33 years as a business owner.…
Fisher Design and Advertising Announced as a 2022 Local Excellence Award Winner by UpCity! For more than a decade, UpCity’s mission has been—and continues to be—to help businesses find B2B service providers they can trust. The UpCity Recommendability Rating was developed to determine a service provider’s credibility and recommendations, giving UpCity the confidence to recommend…
Erin Gordon was awarded as a Top 40 under 40 by the Jacksonville Business Journal. Each year, the Business Journal selects 40 leaders under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement while also becoming leaders in their communities. To be selected as a 40 Under 40 honoree requires business success, leadership skills,…
It was such a pleasure working with Annell Kuelpman and her team creating this new and dynamic website design for ADK Consulting & Executive Search. Since 2003, ADK has been helping organizations and career professionals propel their success. Solutions available from ADK include retained executive search, interim management, organizational consulting, and leadership development. ADK has…
Website speed is very crucial for your company’s online presence. Why is it essential? Consumers want to be in and out of your website quickly, and if the load speed is slow, then there is a high chance they will bounce off immediately, especially from a mobile device. This could lead to your site speed…
Hashtags can be illusive. Let’s start with the basics. Hashtags are used in social media to increase reach based on the content categories. Some social media platforms allow you to follow hashtags. When you rank high for a hashtag category, your social media organic reach goes up. We build hashtags strategies in 3 categories. Branded…
Reviews are king in marketing. If you just need a little boost, you don’t need a monthly system to generate reviews. Try our reviews request template. Step 1: Download the template below Step 2: Look up your direct links to each of the buttons and replace the links Step 3: Copy and paste the content…
At Fisher, we are big believers in understanding your marketing budget. After working with fortune 500 marketing departments, our Partner, Erin Gordon developed a marketing budget template suited for any organization. Step 1: Develop your marketing margins. Most companies are spending 1-5% of gross income annually on marketing, not including salaries. Then you will need…
Here is our favorite SEO keyword tools to build your keyword strategy for search engine optimization in Jacksonville. The Hoth – https://www.thehoth.com/google-keyword-planner/Why we love it – It’s FREE! SEMRush – https://www.semrush.comA fully loaded search and paid ranking tool. – The Best, but most expensive Keyword Tool – https://keywordtool.ioAn easy-to-use keyword strategy tool with search volume,…
By Deanna Wright It’s important to know your brand guidelines and who your audience is to determine which website design is appropriate for your healthcare business/practice. This article will give you an overview of what makes a website great and brings you more patients/clients. If you are interested in marketing your healthcare practice, review the credentials…
How do you choose? It’s important to make a strategic social media marketing plan for what social media platforms your business should advertise on. This article will give you a brief overview of what audiences are on each social media platform to help you decide which platform is right for your business. If you still…
The expert web design analysts at DesignRush have identified the top web designers in Jacksonville FL that design, build, test and launch high-performance websites. Fisher Design And Advertising was named among the best of the best in website development. Browse through our portfolio of website designs to see what other successful businesses had us create…
Fisher Design and Advertising was ranked among the most trusted agency as the #1 of Top 3 Best Web Designer in Jacksonville, FL by threebestrated.com. About 3 Best Rated – Expert recommended Top 3 Web Designers in Jacksonville, Florida. All of our web designers actually face a rigorous 50-Point Inspection, which includes customer reviews, history, complaints,…
Our company was ranked among the most trusted agencies to design and build professional websites JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has named Fisher Design And Advertising to its list of the best web design firms in Jacksonville. The top companies were selected based…
we are honored to have been named one of the best PPC advertising agencies in Jacksonville for 2020 by Expertise! PPC advertising includes paid-per-click advertising for Google, Facebook, Linkedin, and many other digital advertising services. Learn more about digital marketing services and contact us for a free estimate on your digital advertising.
It took a leap of faith to get us here and we want to share our news with you. This year has brought us together and we are thrilled to announce the growth of the business, services, team members, and our customers’ businesses. We are so proud of how our teams came together. We couldn’t…
We are currently in discussion with the local Jacksonville Ace Hardwares regarding their Google Ads strategy. Their corporate marketing department has a big portion of their local ads budget focused on branded keywords. Ace Corporate feels strongly that the branded keywords are chosen due to the algorithm proving them as highest converters. It’s not a…
We were named among the Top advertising agencies in Jacksonville in 2020 by the Jacksonville Business Journal. Honored for digital marketing, graphic design, social media marketing, outdoor advertising, website design, search engine optimization, healthcare marketing, construction company marketing, and franchise marketing.
Fisher Design & Advertising is excited to announce we were voted #1 Advertising Agency in the 904 by Void Magazine. We are thrilled that our amazing team is getting the recognition they deserve. They work so hard and are so talented. Thank you all who voted for us. Cheers to many more years of helping…
If your website is broken because you have updated to WordPress 5.5. here is a tutorial how to fix yourself.
DID YOU KNOW? Email Funnels can bring 13% higher revenue & 39% happier customers due to tripling sales team capacity and increased retention rates. Here are 5 Email Funnels that every business should have. 1) Prospects – Build an automated funnel to attract, educate, and convert targeted leads. 2) Hot & Cold Leads – Build…
Construction companies run on leads, whether from referrals or other sources. Without successful lead generation, your company may not be on target for the year. How is your construction company marketing working for you? We discussed the need to incorporate online tactics into your lead generation strategy in this blog post Top Methods for Online Lead…
Making a movie versus a photo sounds more challenging, but in reality, it is not really complicated, you just need to follow some basic rules and everyone will be impressed! This article will explain 5-easy steps on how I shot a maternity video, but this can apply to any video project you wish. 5 Tips…
Jacksonville, FL – On July 1, 2020, two of Jacksonville’s advertising firms joins forces to diversify services and grow clientele. Mary Fisher, Founder/CEO of Fisher Design & Advertising (recognized as one of Jacksonville’s Top Advertising Firms in 2019), is one of the most revered advertising and marketing professionals in the region. With a career of…
We just launched North Florida Oral & Facial Surgery: Oral – Maxillofacial Surgeons website design. Dental specialists practicing in Ponte Vedra Beach, Orange Park, St. Johns Bluff Road, Southpoint, and Mandarin in Greater Jacksonville, FL
Besides your company name, your logo is one of the most important things people will notice when they see your brand. Your logo design absolutely matters for how your business is perceived. With just a glance, the questions a potential client thinks of: Is it worth checking out? Is it a company or product…
We just launched the website for All About Docks Marine Construction – Residential and commercial marine construction services include custom design/build for docks, decks and boathouses in Jacksonville, FL. We worked with Julie Clements, who we met through the Southside Business Men’s Club, one of our favorite civic organizations in Jacksonville.
Mort Crim has a Zoom Conference with Lindsay Powell about his new book design
The Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing Best practices for developing content and building email marketing campaigns to bring you more business Good email marketing contains a combination of short and long messages and up to 6 touch-points (a series of different methods you contact a lead, for example: text, call, email, etc…). If you are…
We launched Elizabeth Edgar Hall awards college financial aid scholarships to women who pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree in Jacksonville, FL
We just launched O’Neal Investigations website design – Private Investigations in Jacksonville, FL
We just launched the new website for Fred Wilson & Associates. For nearly 60 years, Florida’s Fred Wilson & Associates, Inc. (FW&A) has provided public & private clients with engineering consulting services in the electrical & civil engineering disciplines. We were so pleased to get to work with long-time clients William Wilson and Brad Wilson…
Great sunsets or sunrises are hard to predict, it depends on many factors including humidity, cloud coverage, prior rainfall, visibility, wind speed, and fog. Here is, Alpenglow, a great iOS app that will predict based on your location if there will be a change for a spectacular sunset or sunrise. Alpenglow iOS/Android App to predict…
We just launched the website for McCorvey Law & Mediation – Business dispute attorney and real estate litigator John H. McCorvey, Jr., also provides mediation services in Jacksonville, FL
We just launched Walker Mediation and Consulting website design. They offer expertise in mediation, global logistics and international supply chain management, and business operations. The company is based in Jacksonville, Florida
In this weekend I was able to test the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K and I really liked it. It can record up at to 6K resolution in Raw format which creating video at super high resolution and with incredible high dynamic range. Make sure to read also my article on 10 things to look…
I’m entering in the video making industry and I did a lot of researches on what will be my work camera. I have experience in making videos for youtube mostly using my iPhone X, my consumer Panasonic or my Insta360 camera for my drone-look-like video, but they don’t make that professional, television and cinematic look.…
15 Tips for Smart Business Owners Mary Fisher frequently speaks to groups on a number of topics. This is a presentation she delivers with the Entrepreneur students at UNF. 1) Set up your business as if you are setting it up to sell in the future. Always start with the end in mind. Don’t name…
We just launched the website for Jaguar Technologies, Premier Telecommunications Company, Fiber Optics, Electrical Installation and IT Construction Partner. The website features a unique custom video slideshow.
We just launched Merit Helmets, a leader in aviation and flight helmet market with world-class reputation as a trusted military, commercial, and civilian aviation industry helmet resource for pilots and crew members.
We just launched Jacksonville’s top interior design firm by Brigetta Dawes Lamsback – The Design Studio
We just launched Fred Tromberg Mediation & Arbitration Jacksonville, Florida
We just launch the new website for JAX CARE Patient Transport, a 24/7 non-emergency wheelchair, stretcher and ambulatory patient transport services in Jacksonville, FL.
We just launch the new website for Florida Sun Printing full-service printer in the Southeast U.S. The website features a custom video on the homepage showcasing the company services.
We just launch the new website for Family Law Attorney and Mediator Christina St.Clair of St.Clair Law, P.A. that offers a comprehensive array of Family Law Services in Northeast Florida, with locations in both Orange Park and Jacksonville
These are the tips the SEO pros use to raise their website rankings. If you want your website to bring you more business, schedule a no-cost consultation with Fisher Design to see what we can do for you. 2019 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Checklist Set up Google Analytics. www.analytics.google.com Set up Google Tag Manager. Install…
JC Home Medical is an online medical catalog with e-commerce for medical equipment and products with quoting cart system. Based in Jacksonville FL, JC Home Medical is the best choice for medical supplies in Jacksonville FL. Instead of buying from a national company, buy locally and get great customer service and with all of your…
We just launch the new website for Jewish Home Family based in New Jersey.
We launched new website for Degrove Surveyors, Inc.! It’s a custom web design mobile responsive layout using wordpress.
We launched new medical website for Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine! It’s a custom web design, mobile responsive layout using WordPress and has a robust egg donor database.
We were named among the Top advertising and marketing firms in Jacksonville in 2019 by the Jacksonville Business Journal. Thank you to my superstar team: Bruce D. Floyd, Mirkojax, Joanelle Wood Mulrain, Kelly Young, Glenda Jacobs, Marv Conn, Rosemary Salter Jackson, Andre Boyd, Erin Gordon, Marcia L. King, John Weiner, Marta Bonet, Debbie Deangelo, Lindsay Stump Powell.
We just launched the new website for Eikner & Eikner law firm in Jacksonville
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for The Brumos Collection. It was a great experience getting to work with Dan Davis, previous owner of Brumos Porsche and the Brumos Racing team who started The Brumos Collection as an eclectic, private automotive collection that was stored on-site at the Brumos car…
We are excited to announce the launch of the redesigned website for Snowbird Technologies. We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Snowbird Technologies. The team over at Snowbird wanted a new site to showcase what they can do. It was important that the new website has a fresh clean look…
If you have updated your website to the new WordPress 5 version you may get confused with the new Gutenberg editor. Don’t worry, here are a couple of video tutorials to explain how to continue editing your site yourself.
(Custom Shopping Cart vs Woo-Commerce, Shopify, Big Commerce, Magento, etc) When it comes to setting up an e-commerce store, in almost every case you are better off with a commercial shopping cart rather than a cart that is custom coded for your website. That is because custom coding is expensive, more difficult to maintain and…
Having a website designed is a fairly straight forward and easy process. There are many great developers in Jacksonville. The process is simple, you sit down with them and get a proposal; pick the best, and they build your website. As long as your business needs a standard business style website, the process is simple…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Stellar Industries Corp. Stellar Industries Corp. is a major supplier of metalized ceramics to the Defense, Medical, and Telecommunications industries. The new website is a mobile friendly, custom WordPress design, with Woocommerce ecommerce store and written with organic SEO (search engine optimization).
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for US Auto Credit. US Auto Credit is a Reliable Subprime Lending Service for Auto Dealers. The new site is a mobile friendly custom WordPress design and written with organic SEO (search engine optimization).
Here is a collection of my best drone footage in no-fly zones! New York Ground Zero, Monument Valley, Rome, Paris… But don’t worry, I didn’t break any laws because I shot all the videos using Google Earth! That’s right, using Google Earth or Google Earth Pro you can have full color, 3D buildings and high…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Benchmark Commercial Group. Jonathan Plumb needed a site to better showcase the many commercial construction projects he works on.
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Romp and Roost. The new site integrates a new design with a stronger focus on selling the product. Check out the new website that is mobile friendly and written with organic SEO (search engine optimization).
We have been working with Rattles To Tassels, a Jacksonville daycare company to develop a website to bring them more child care and pre-school business. See the tricks we have done to help them rank higher.
If you have a website, especially a site developed in WordPress, you probably are not be happy with the loading speed. This not only affects end-users that are annoyed and may leave the site, but also the ranking on Google. In fact, Google has stated that the speed of the website load time will be an…
If you are not getting sharp images out your camera maybe you lens needs a calibration, especially if you have an old lens. It’s a technique that not many people know but, it’s a common practice for professional photographers.
I’m also proud of my superstar web development team: Mirko Bonet, Marv Conn, Kelly Young, Bruce Floyd, Joanelle Mulrain, Erin Gordon. With so many changes in web development, we have got to be on top: WordPress Gutenberg, page load speed, AMP, SEO, mobile responsiveness, updates, hacking. We continually educate ourselves to be on top. We…
Gutenberg is the new editor by WordPress 5 and it was released on December 7, 2018! The main question everyone is asking is whether their website will be compatible or it will mess everything up. Here’s what you need to know for the new upcoming WordPress 5 update.
We are working with Harry Hayes Plumbing in Jacksonville FL. It seems they have been doing some work with YP. But it didn’t help their business. So, we updated the search engine optimization meta data including the body copy. In one week we moved them from page two of Google to page one of Google…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new interior design website for Beaches Woodcraft which specializes in custom cabinets in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. The site is built on WordPress with a responsive mobile theme.
Metadata is the verbiage you code into a website that may not be visible to the visitors. Each page should have a unique set of metadata. The metadata is carefully crafted to work in conjunction with the copy on each page. Make sure not repeat the same metadata on multiple pages. Each page of a…
One of the issues that website designers and programmers always face is that we have to make assumptions about what our customer’s customer is going to want to do with the website, how willing they will be to provide data and how the format of that data can be difficult to work with for them.…
While you are surfing from your smartphone, have you noticed on the Google results page a new thunderbolt icon next to a website? That means that website is AMP website-compatible and this is the new “thing” from Google.
If you are a photographer, sooner or later you will need a web portfolio. At Fisher Design we created several photography websites. Here are some of the most recent WordPress photography portfolio websites we designed.
Without a doubt, WordPress has become the most used CMS (content management system) platform on the web because it’s easy to use and easy to set up. Without much knowledge, almost everyone can install their own WordPress website using free or purchased pre-built WordPress themes. But is it all too good to be true? What…
Fisher Design was named one of the top three website design firms in Jacksonville by ThreeTopRated.com. We do have the top website designers in town. Mirko Bonet, Bruce Floyd and Kelly Young do the design work. Mirko Bonet and Marv Conn do the programming. And Marv Conn also does the complicated database programming, ecommerce programming…
Beginning mid-Summer 2018 Google will identify not secure websites in the Chrome browser. This will be a big drawback for people visiting your site and thinking the website is unsafe. Having the badge “Not secure” won’t mean necessarily your site is hacked. You will get this label if you don’t have an SSL certificate installed on your…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new industrial website for Jackson Equipment in Hilliard FL. They didn’t have a website at all. It was important that the new website have a fresh clean look and user-friendly experience, along with having a content management system they could easily make updates when needed. Our website…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Beau Chêne Plantation. Beth Spencer needed an updated website to showcase their beautiful property. It was important that the new website have a fresh clean look and user-friendly experience, along with having a content management system they could easily make updates when needed.…
New website for Peninsular Pest / CritterGitter is live! The new site with a complete redesign and custom wordpress programming integrate new design and a friendlier admin interface. Go check out the bugs running on the screen!
YouTube can be a great tool also to improve the ranking on your business having back links to your website. However, if nobody can find your videos it won’t be any good. Here are my 10 basic tips on how to upload and optimize your youtube videos for more views and better ranking.
Having worked in WordPress for many years, I created my top 10 list of my favorite, free, must-have WordPress plugins. I always use these in my website development and they all FREE* Yoast SEO Premium – Yoast SEO is an all-in-one SEO plugin to optimize your site for search engine and make it rank better. I use…
The recent Facebook algorithm changed how its News Feed prioritizes content. On January 12, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg announced that users should “expect to see more from friends, family, and groups” and less from “businesses, brands, and media”. This obviously has a lot of businesses that were focusing on Facebook posting in a panic. Organic reach on…
In the past, making a video look like professional footage was a very hard thing to do. You needed a very expensive camera and complicated software, but nowadays everyone can do it and even with your smartphone. Here is my latest video shot at the beach and read below for my 12 step-technique to make…
General Data Protection Regulation and how it relates to your website You have more than likely received a lot of emails about the GDPR these past couple weeks. This is directly related to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) going into effect on May 25th 2018. The new regulation expands on consumer privacy protections and outlines…
Search Engine Optimization for 2018 – Meta Data Update In December 2017, Google updated the number of characters (and spaces) in the meta description (an important piece of onsite search engine optimization) from 140 to 320. The meta description is the paragraph of copy you see when making a Google or Bing search. It should describe what…
We just finished the website design for Jacksonville interior designer Alice Designs For You by Alice Atkins McCoy, CMKBD, ASID Allied who creates full-service kitchen and bath design from concept to development and installation. The website is powered by WordPress and purchased design theme.
Here’s a video tutorial to How To Increase Productivity on Instagram using the Flume App that lets you upload photos and manage tags on your computer.
We are excited to announce the launch of the new architectural website for TTV Architects in Jacksonville FL. It was important for the new website to showcase photos from their amazing portfolio with a fresh clean look and user-friendly experience, along with having a content management system they could easily make updates when needed. Our website…
Fisher Design just finished the redesign of the JOI (Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute) a healthcare website. In this new website, we moved the CMS platform from Expression Engine to WordPress. This will make it easier for the client to update the site, even though WordPress software needs more maintenance. We programmed an AMP mobile site for the fastest…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Jacksonville Brain & Spine. Dr. Petr needed a site to launch his new Neurosurgery practice. It was important that the new website have a fresh clean look and user-friendly experience, along with having a content management system they could easily make updates when needed.…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for KMC&A Design. They wanted a fresh new site to showcase some of their beautiful designs as well as a content management system they could easily make updates when needed. Our team at Fisher Design created a new website that is simplistic in style,…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website, MindyBarkerAssociates.com for Barker Associates, financial strategists, that reveals their new branding (a new logo and color palette with a fresh new look also completed by Fisher Design). Barker was seeking a new website with a fresh clean look and more user-friendly experience. They also hoped to…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Living Hope Wellness. They were seeking a new fresh website where they could provide education, resources and products to aid in wellness. They also wanted a content management system they could easily make updates when needed. Our team at Fisher Design created a…
We just launched InterviewSolutions a Jacksonville-based InterviewSolutions® offers an affordable job interview prep and leadership development semina
We just launched The Smile Factory offering affordable U-Smile-Veneers™ in Jacksonville, Florida
We just launched TIger Gomez photography and fine art studio based in Jacksonville, Florida. Tiger is truly an artist. Her work is a mixed media of photography, oils, moving water and more.
We launched [M4th]odology, an interactive environment where students and teachers are excited to reason, problem solve, communicate and think mathematically. The website features forums and videos for member only and an class and event calendar where parents can RSVP and pay for the classes.
Did you know that only 2-6% of the people who like your business Facebook page will actually see your unboosted posts? The reality is, the algorithm has changed. Back in 2016, the algorithm changed for Facebook News Feed prioritizing content from friends and family over Pages. Essentially making it almost impossible for your page to…
Google by default shows results based on your IP, location and history, but using a VPN (virtual private network) you can easily be anonymous online to check and test your website real google rankings. Did you know that if you test your Google rankings from your office, it will rank higher than if others do a…
We finished optimizing Florachem.com. The design was, and still is, looking great but we discovered several issues that was affecting the google ranking: The whole site was one page There are many WordPress themes that people can easily buy and install on the market. The problem with this kind of websites is that we don’t have pages to…
Using this little small camera LG 360 CAM we shot a 360º Video VR Virtual Tour of our office. Enjoy! The quality is still not super sharp but they are getting there. You will need to view this video on Google Chrome or Firefox.
To adapt to the ever changing environment in atrracting new customers to boutique law firms and wealth management companies, Purcell, Flanagan, Hay and Greene wanted to focus on growing their digital presence in 2017 which starts with getting found on the search engines for the most important keywords in their industry. For this project, we wrote…
Fisher Design was chosen to do a rebrand for Southside Business Men's Club. This civic organization has been around since 1932. The new logo design was rolled out at the first meeting of 2017 at San Jose Country Club. We designed the logo and pull up banner used at each meeting. Kelly Young, art director was…
With the launch of a new JOOMLA website, Hugo's Interiors wanted to ensure that people who want fine furniture, upholstery, custom cabinets and more, could discover the expertly crafted fine furniture at their furniture stores in Jacksonville, Florida. The keyword strings were just as carefully selected as the pieces in their showroom ensuring the right customers…
When it comes to On-site SEO, everyone has a different formula. Here is my secret sauce: You know, SEO means different things to different people 1. Select your proper keyword string. (ask your clients what they would put in, sometimes the business owner is too close to subject) Also do the keyword research to find out what people…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Natural Look Medical Spa. They were seeking a new website with easy navigation and a fresh, simplified look and feel. They wanted a more user-friendly experience and hoped to help people learn more about all the different, top of line treatments they have…
We just launched a new custom design wordpress website for Ponte Vedra Law Group, formerly Wilcox Law Firm. Their areas of practice are: Business Litigation, Corporate Formation, Transactions & Operations, Business and Individual Reorganization and Bankruptcy Reorganization, Banking and Financial Services, Commercial Collections, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts & Estates, Family Law, Real Estate Law.
We just launched Eagle American Realty Group website for realtor in Panama City, FL, James Fisher. It's a WordPress website with MLS / IDX integration to find residential and commercial properties.
Fisher Design worked with Kennetic Productions on these great TV spots for Watson Realty Corp. They were real people telling real stories in their own words. It was such an honor to work with Mr. Bill Watson and his marketing team on these spots.
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Southeast Pipe. They were seeking a new website with a fresh clean look that would reflect the revised branding we worked with them on. They wanted a more user-friendly experience and hoped to improve SEO (search engine optimization); along with having a content…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for SEDA New home builder in Jacksonville. The new site is responsive and it use wordpress
Are you searching for answers on making your website rank higher on Google? We are working on several websites right now. It does come down to making the website page relevant to what people are searching on Google. Use actual verbiage people would search in the page title, meta description, headline, and in the body…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Industrial Cleaning Technology. Working with Julie Doughtery and her mother, Janet Thomas, owner of the family-business was so much fun. We were able to create a new website with a fresh clean look and a more user-friendly experience. Julie also hoped to improve their SEO, as…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new website for Lee Conlee House. They were seeking a new website with a fresh clean look and more user-friendly experience. They also hoped to improve SEO; along with having a content management system they could easily make updates when needed. Our team at Fisher Design…
How To Market Your Business During A Recession “In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to” – Bruce F. Barton, Advertising Executive and Congressman MARKETING DURING A RECESSION When times are tough, the tough start marketing. That’s especially true in challenging economic times. The number of unemployed people is off…
Mary Fisher Desig had the awsome provilege to design the New Website for North Florida OB/GYN, creating a dynamic, new website: http://www.nfobgyn.com/ It’s been a wonderful experience working with Dr. Cameron Greene and Sande Doolittle at North Florida OB/GYN to create a website that gives them…
Just as water is vital for our bodies, so, too, is having sufficient Google Juice in your website. Without adequate quantities of this essential ingredient, your website will very likely get lost in the ever-shifting no-man’s-lands of the Internet. A decomposing relic. We’re going to focus on Google, because approximately 70% of all Internet search and research is done using it…
The Jacksonville Ski Club has created a dynamic, new branded website <http://www.skiclub.org/> that makes it much easier for skiers and members to see upcoming meeting dates, plan trips and check out a wealth of useful information. For many years, the Jacksonville Ski…
This information is drafted from SECOND WIND, a nationally known expert in the advertising agency industry. Companies such as logogarden.com have claimed to be the fastest growing logo site online. They have over 10,000 designs available for use. In August 2011, designer Bill Gardner discovered over 200 designs stolen from his firm’s portfolio on that site. And the…
One of my hobby is photography and videography. Here’s one of my favorite video at Big Talbot Island at sunrise. At 6 in the morning the view was beautiful but the sand flies were not!
Changing Homelessness was in need of a new website. They needed it to be user friendly, clean and have a fresh new look. We worked with them to create a custom designed word press CMS, responsive / mobile friendly site. http://www.changinghomelessness.org We enjoyed this challenging, yet very rewarding project. It was an honor to work with…
With more than 80% of people booking excursions after they get to their destination, it’s super important for Backwater Cat Adventure to be at the top of the search engines in both Amelia Island, Florida and Hilton Head, South Carolina. After researching the competiton and industry search volume trends, we developed a list of keywords strings…
We are excited to have just launched the Spina Bifida of Jacksonville’s new website. We worked on a custom, CMS wordpress site with Mobile Responsive programming to make it fit well across multiple platforms. Spina Bifida of Jacksonville was founded in 1973 to advocate for, educate and serve patients and families living with Spina Bifida. When…
Hole In One Marketing Below is a link to the story my friend Matt Beyler, president of Shipping and Handling shared about Marketing Tips anyone can implement. http://mailchi.mp/64bc50cfc2ab/may-newsletter-hole-in-one-marketing?e=4bd2a063b9 It was such an honor to be highlighted by Matt, who I admire and respect. Here is Matt’s account of our conversation: In the April newsletter, I touched on…
We launched new web design for Shimp Sign & Design a full service design/build sign company specializing in custom signage for the Florida/Georgia region.
The Center for Health & Sports Medicine with Dr. Ross Osborn is focused on developing long-term patient-physician relationships, built on a foundation of overall health and prevention. Dr. Osborn's Team combine the best practices in primary and preventative care, as well as exercise and sports medicine, to accommodate a range of care needs, striving to provide their patients with a place…
We had the pleasure of working with Terri over at Earth Works on creating a new site with an updated look and feel to showcase some of the beautiful projects they have worked on. Creativity is a huge part of what they do and we created their website to reflect their style. Earth Works in…
We designed and launched the new website design for Dr. Lindsay Maples at Ponte Vedra Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics, which is their second location as a Pediatric Dentist in Nocatee. I had worked with Dr. Maples last year creating a new logo for the Nocatee practice featuring her now 'trademark alligator' holding his favorite toothbrush. Dr. Lindsay Maples had a 'Muralist' create several…
We launched the new website for Kim Robinson Real Estate: It's a WordPress responsive and mobile friendly with MLS integration for real estate agents.
We enjoyed working with the team over at Great Strides Rehab in the redesign process of their website: http://greatstridesrehab.com Their site needed a makeover to make it more user-friendly with an updated fresh new look. We took their existing logo and color palette and developed a new Word press CMS / responsive and mobile friendly website. Great…
I thought I would share this story. We had a client who had her logo done by Vista Pr***. When I asked for a vector file of the logo, they were not able to give it to her. In fact, the logo did not belong to her at all. She was not authorized to use…
Google Analytics is an free advanced solution to get report and statistics from the site. It's all free but it's required to have a gmail or google account email. We usually ask clients to give us their gmail email and password so we can handle the installation, but in case you prefer to install the script yourself, here are the…
We just launched the website for Food Truck City. Food Truck City of Jacksonville, FL is a Food Truckies’ dream for convenient and centralized one-stop parking and covered storage paired with important amenities to help you prepare to get back on the road faster to serve your fabulous food and beverages the Northeast Florida community. Check…
We enjoyed working with America's Call Center in the redesign of their website: http://webcallusa.com Their site needed a makeover to make it more user friendly with an updated fresh new look. We took their existing logo and color palette and developed a new Word press CMS / responsive and mobile friendly website. They are based in the…
By Meaghan Alvarado, SEO Expert, Digital Strategist Blog articles are a vital component to your internet marketing strategy and can help improve your Google rankings. A great blog article aligns with your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy and creates a “micro” moment on your website that encourages current and prospective customers to take action. This…
To enhance her healthcare marketing and acupuncture campaigns, Mary Romaine hired Fisher Design, Advertising and Public Relations to improve the SEO on her wellness clinic website, sending more organic traffic from the searches in Jacksonville, Florida to various pages on her website. This included writing custom titles, meta descriptions, alt tags and internal links suggestions for every page on the site. …
Patriot Rail Company LLC is one of North America’s safest and most reliable rail and rail-related services companies. Managing over 630 miles of short line and regional railroads in 12 states throughout the continental U.S., Patriot's customer base includes an array of diverse commodities – everything from crude to grain and other food products. Their short line…
WordPress is one of the easiest, affordable and most commonly used CMS on the market. Therefore, it’s also the main target by hackers and spammers. Regular Wordpress software and Plug-in updates will help prevent your site from being compromised. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to do it yourself. Let us know if you need our help. Update WordPress Make A Backup Having a…
The Jacksonville Online Marketing Meeting Board is looking for a few new leaders. I am on the board and one of the founding members. We have the most interesting topics each month: Facebook, LinkedIn, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click Aadvertising, Videos, WordPress Content Management Systems. This group started out focusing on Search Engine Optimization. Now…
We launched Sandy Creek Mitigation Bank! The Sandy Creek Mitigation Bank offers a cost-effective option for wetland mitigation in Northeast Florida
In addition, we updated the ecommerce software to the latest version which among new feautures we were able to have cleaner and SEO friendlier URLs.You can view the Jill's Consignment here »
We truly enjoyed working with the owners and head chef of Burlingame Restaurant which is located in the heart of Downtown Fernandina Beach. Their excitement and passion for food was truly inspiring in the design process of their logo, website and business cards. They are scheduled to open early in 2016 and we are excited to…
DrAshchiHeart.com is designed to offer ease of navigation, comprehensive information on health and wellness education, plus a unique blog, which will feature medical articles as well as sharing healthy lifestyle tips our patients, their families and friends can benefit from during their personal health journey. Ashchi Heart and Vascular Center has a Central Scheduling appointment line…
We just did SEO (search engine optimization) for Dr. Ross Osborn at The Center for Health and Sports Medicine. The SEO copywriting includes the title tags, meta descriptions, H1 headers and alt tags. The Center for Health and Sports Medicine is a Family Practice and Sports Medicine Clinic for the Jacksonville Area. Dr. Ross Osborn, M.D., founded the Center as a source for…
This information is from our social media workshops taught by Dara Gourley. How to use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest Facebook 1 billion users What can you do on Facebook? You can engage your community. Who can you target? It’s pretty close, but there are slightly more women on Facebook. Pretty much everyone…
Sterling Search & Consulting is a boutique retained executive search firm headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. The website is a CMS Wordpress built on Bootstrap 3 Framework to make responsive to all mobile devices.
We were tasked with developing a website for a government software developer and records management company in Sanford Florida. Pioneer Technology Group develops software for municipalities all over the United States. If you have ever been to your city’s website and found that it was hard to navigate and didn’t work well, they can do…
At Family Services and Resource Center, we understand that family and personal issues can get in the way of living your best life. Life transitions, such as separation, divorce, unemployment, childhood behavior problems, addiction, terminal illness, and death are difficult to manage.
-Dara Gourley, SEO Strategist, Fisher Design On April 21, 2015, Google will list businesses with responsive websites higher than businesses that don’t have responsive websites. If you want to dominate Google and have a chance at leads from Google that you don’t have to pay for, your website needs to be responsive. A responsive website…
It’s been a great experience working with Connie Byrd and Terry Byrd of Byrd & Byrd, LLC < http://lawbyrd.com > creating a new website that gives them an updated branded, new look. The new website offers great information on Accidents & Injuries, Worker's Comp, Family Law and the latest information regarding Collaborative law. Check out the new website <…
Search Engine Optimization: Winning Local Search -Dara Gourley, SEO Strategist, Fisher Design Many of you remember that infomercial for a rotisserie in which the famous phrase “Set it and forget it,” was coined. While that phrase sold a ton of rotisseries and actually worked great for cooking chicken, you can’t setup a website and forget…
Debbie Bullinger, CKD (Certified Kitchen Designer), makes your dreams come true. Based in Jacksonville, FL, her prominent clients live comfortably in her designs, which include luxurious river estates, gated residences and historic homes. Debbie specializes in new home and renovated construction. She carefully integrates fine cabinetry with unique or artisan finishes made expressly for you…
The Hummingbird Hypothesis According to Google, the use of algorithms is what sifts through billions of web pages to find what is most relevant to a user’s inquiry. One of the popular categories utilized is news and blog results when it comes to finding the data and information we are seeking online. In a survey from Top…
One of our clients had his website hacked. The site was automatically sending out over 30,000 emails a day. The CEO received a call and a visit from the Jacksonville FBI! And we were tasked with making it stop. This is only a one example of what has happened. Another client had his website hacked and it…
It’s been a wonderful experience working with Dr. David Yrastorza and Linda Clark of Dermatology of Central Florida website http://dermatologylakeland.com creating their first website. The new Website utilizes the newly created Logo that gives them a branded, new look and makes it easy for their patients to navigate while offering useful information. Bruce D. Floyd Senior Art Director & Photographer,…
We just launched FSI Jax – "Your source for commercial office furniture, interior office design, high-density mobile and filing storage, and document management systems" The site is an 3-page website programmed in html 5 and with a responsive layout for smartphones
We just launched the new website for Secure Space LLC. Secure Space provides a comprehensive, integrated approach to Risk Management that considers every part of your organization. The site is built using custom and responsive design using Wordpress CMS.
What the heck is a responsive website and why is it so important? A responsive website is a website that automatically resizes to the size of your media: phone, tablet, laptop or 24 inch monitor. Most important is that the responsive site resizes to your phone. That way, when you are on the road and looking…
Tilt-Shift is a photography technique to give the illusion of a real scenery to be a model. It's achieved simulating a very short depth of field using a special (expensive) tilt-shift lens. Today it's possible to create the effect very easily with a photo editing software or even an iphone app. I applied this effect to a video and…
Dental Temps Professional Services offers direct communication between dental professionals for the purpose of employment. Some of the dental staffing services that we provide are: Dental Job Postings Resume Database Human Resources Consulting Human Resources Support Resume Writing Public Speaking The site features a custom design with wordpress and custom programmed membership area for people…
Mary Fisher was honored as one of the Jacksonville Business Journal’s Women of Influence on August 28, 2014. There was a wonderful luncheon at the Hyatt downtown to celebrate Women of Influence. There appeared to be about 500 people at the event. Candace Moody was they keynote speaker. Each of the 27 honorees was recognized for achievements…
Kelly Young designed a new WordPress mobile responsive website for Unity Chiropractic. She worked with Dr. Natasha Musser and Dr. Andre Gaulard on the website. It has a full content management system with a blog. http://www.unitychiropracticjacksonville.com. Kelly also designed a new corporate identity system for the practice.
Kelly Young designed a new WordPress mobile responsive website for LifeSkills Resource Group of Orlando. She worked with counselors Cindy Fabico and Amy V. Smith to create a beautiful website for a compassionate practice. http://www.lifeskillsresourcegroup.com
Mirko Bonet designed a new website for Augustine Asset Management, a fee only investment management firm in Jacksonville, FL. Working with Jeffrey and Elizabeth Bernardo, we created a dynamic website that was different from all other firms, exactly what they wanted. Under their direction, we created a site that showed high technology, with a global…
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Doctors and healthcare providers are already being talked about on social media…so, be proactive and join the conversation – or start one! Patients and consumers use social media to comment about their health experiences, to post reviews on doctors, medical procedures, medications, and more. Get started – the top social media channels used by healthcare…
Several of us in our office belong to the local SEO group, actually it is now Jacksonville Online Marketing Meetup (JOMM). The people who attend are all generous to share what they know and don't know about SEO, digital marketing, and social media. I have heard and read lots of speculation about the new Google…
The office of Dr. Mary Pentel was filled with purses for Hubbard House residents. Mary Fisher and Kelly Young attended a Hubbard House fundraiser at Southside Dermatology. Each person there brought a purse filled with goodies that residents at Hubbard House might need. Local dermatologist, Dr. Mary Pentel from Southside Dermatology is the brainchild behind the…
It’s been a wonderful experience working with Dr. Robert Ellison and Penny Ellison at Ellison Vein Institute http://www.ellisonveininstitute.com/ creating a website that gives them a branded, new look and making it much easier for their patients to navigate while offering a wealth of useful information. This was a great time to update the website with…
Dr. Margaret Lessig's web site had been designed several years ago and she was ready for a new, fresh look. We worked together to develop a contemporary site that more closely resembled the Fleming Island Family Dentistry's personality. We picked up colors from the office decor and used the beautiful lake view as the backdrop…
I made a short video on very basic search engine optimization. I was testing some new software called screenr. Basically we review the basic components of organic search engine optimization, including: domain name, page titles, meta description, text, bulleted lists, regions, meta tags, social media, contact information and page load. Obviously, this video is not…
These are results I found on Google when searching Endicia Expert in Jacksonville FL. Do website links from social media, such as Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and Google+ give any juice to the linked website? I have spent a bit of time researching this. Facebook used to have "no follow" tags and is not supposed to…
A physician website that does not use search engine optimization (SEO) is about as useful as a book without a publisher. It may be well written and have pretty pictures, but unless it gets seen by the intended audiences, it just sits there in cyberspace. SEO is what moves your website up on Google and…
Now, this is not your typical dentist’s Logo! Dr. Ross Fishman and Gina Fishman wanted a logo that was not your usual stuffy doctor variety, but instead had fun, child friendly images with vibrant colors that would create miles of smiles. We had a great time designing…
Dr. Smith and Dr. Rosario of First Coast Dermatology adds a new PA, Erin Harris to their practice and their website <http://firstcoastdermatology.com/>. This was a great time to update the doctors group photo as well as a new photo for Erin. It’s…
In the January issue of Jacksonville Hospital News and Healthcare Report (a new newspaper in Jacksonville) I wrote an article for physicians who had recently exhaled from the anxiety over Medicare and fiscal cliff negotiations. In “How to Stem the Tide of the Affordable Care Act and SRG,” I talk about the timeliness of aggressively…
We have just finished the website design for The Hartley Press of Jacksonville Florida. The site includes a flash animation of a running press on the homepage. Plus a great portfolio gallery of work with description of each project. Linda Hawkins designed the site and Mirko Bonet did the programming.
Welcome back to our second installment of Google Juice part 2. A quick review before we continue: You’ll recall in “What the Heck is Google Juice? Part 1” in Entrepreneur's Anchor Magazine, we said that Google Juice is the value that Google assigns to each element in your website that helps position or list it…
Children’s Medical Group creates a new website: http://www.childrensmedicalgroupjax.com/ which links the 3 practices, Beaches, Southside and Mandarin together through one website. It’s been a great experience working with Dr. Karen Ostergren and Sherri from the Beaches office to create a website that gives them a…
We have just finished the website design for Olive My Pickle. The site will include ecommerce to sell olives, hummus, pickles online.
While writing Google Juice part 2 for Entrepreneurs Anchor magazine, I was using Google Webmaster tools to verify some of my statements. Look what I found: Google's search engine optimization starter guide. http://goo.gl/ji7N It is not exactly Google Juice for Dummies, it is a little more technical. It very much parallels what I have in my SEO…
We had so much fun working with Mort Crim on his website. You've got to see all the celebrities, presidents, dignitaries he is photographed with. It was hard for us to choose just a few to put on the website. Mort has the most distinguished voice you have ever heard. There is no wonder he…
Local Designer and friend, Mary Fisher Design, publicly takes on the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA). In today's Times-Union article brilliantly written by Alison Trinidad, Mary claims that the JEA made little to no effort to publicize a $7,000,000.00 contract (numerical for emphasis) that came up for renewal this June.= And why should they? Just because…
While writing an article on Search Engine Optimizaton for Entrepreneurs Anchor magazine, I ran across this Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide by Google. I had never seen this before, but it does echo the things we do optimize our clients' sites. The article doesn't give up any breaking news of all of the SEO changes…
Art Director Bruce Floyd worked with Senior Bathtubs owner Alan Knight to create a fresh, new design with better photos and graphics, SEO (Search Engine Optimized) copy and easier to navigate pages <http://www.seniorbathtub.com>. This is definitely a ‘must have‘ product for those…
We have just finished the website design for Full Circle Agency Management. The site includes CMS to manage events and library.
Digestive Disease Consultants creates a wonderful, new website. It’s been a great experience working with Dr. Abbassi and Donna Revuelta at Digestive Disease Consultants to create a website that gives them a new branded look while making it easier for their patients to navigate. Our goal was to design a site that would clearly portray…
Affordable Water rebrands with a new fresh and clean website. It’s been a great experience working with Terri Kinder to create a website that gave them a new branded look and was easier to navigate. Our goal was to design a site…
Art Director Ron Hubbard worked with Kristi Wyndham on her business rebranding: logo, stationery and a new website. She also got a beautiful new posh San Marco location out of the deal.
Lately we are retrofitting a lot of existing websites that we did not design with organic search engine optimization. By writing (copy writing) the website properly, having proper page titles, h1 headers (subheads) a bulleted list of services and a list of regions you serve, will greatly increase your Google and Yahoo rankings. Personally, I…
a medical billing, consulting, electronic medical records and bad debt collection company based out of Poteau, OK has launched its new website. This cost effective website designed by Ron Hubbard and coded by Mirko Bonet. It has 4 pages and is completely expandable as the business grows. They do work in Tulsa, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Hot…
This is Precision Turf’s newly launched website with large, HD images. It’s been a great experience working with Trey Lineberger to create a website that was unlike any other landscape and lawn maintenance companies’ site. Our goal was to design a site that would…
An excerpt from MD News From the Editor column: Does your marketing stink? Take notice because this issue’s cover story subject — Fisher Agency — is experienced in marketing and advertising physician practices. In our cover photo with Mary Fisher is Amit Chokshi, M.D., a local ophthalmologist whose practice Fisher has been marketing for several years. She…
Shooting ruffles neighbor’s feathers A neighborhood feud turned fowl Tuesday when a Bay County man shot and killed three chickens and a turkey with a .357-caliber Magnum during an argument in his neighbor’s front yard. Ron Daniel, 54, said he got into an argument with Sandra Lawrence when his birds wandered onto her property near…
Learning how Google and other search engines, see your website is the key to a good search engine optimization of your site (SEO). One way is to view google cache text-version. [image] However this method won't show the cache unless Google has crawled your page. The other way is to use the Lynx browser. It is…
Apple has already sold 1 million of iPads in the U.S. and in the next weeks they will start to deliver millions of iPads outside the U.S. Ipad is an ingenious touch-based computer that lets you surf the web, listen music, watch videos, write emails. But if you are not aware Apple decided to not support…
We had the great fortune to work on Stephen Trendler's website: TrendlerUSA.com. The company will begin to save costs immediately because of the flippable catalog on the homepage. They will no longer have to print and mail out catalogs. And their compatible toner cartridge customers will have a catalog immediately without having to wait on…
Lumpy Mail: An Engine for Lead-Generation By Steve Cuno There’s nothing quite like a box or bulging padded envelope in the mail. It makes your inner child hop up and down, tug your sleeve and ask — nay, nag: “What’s inside? Huh? HUH? WHAT’S INSIDE?” This happens even when the package contains something you ordered.…
Rick Picerno, a commercial and residential contractor in Jacksonville, is one of the most honest and talented craftsmen I know. There has never been a better time to build or purchase the home that you have always wanted. You will find that the market is ripe for buyers, and Picerno Construction is the perfect partner…
Now, this is not your typical CPA website. Katherine Ashley wanted a site that was not your usual stuffy CPA site, but instead had vibrant colors, unusual photos (no stuffy shirts, no tax forms, no pens and glasses) and made prospective clients feel comfortable. She also wanted it to be a good resource for her…
We have just published the new Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute website. Mirko Bonet, our web architect worked alongside Joanelle Mulrain to produce a dynamic new website for JOI. The site uses a Expression Engine as the content management system. This is a dashboard so that the client can update many sections of the site themselves, without…
95% of the neighbors signed a petition against rezoning a residential property to Commercial on Hendricks Ave. City Council voted to change the zoning anyway. The neighbors felt there was enough commercial property on Hendricks Ave. and that it posed a safety issue for school children at the elementary school. They don't want historic San…
Mary Fisher Design has just completed the new website for Florida Farm Bureau. The visitor can make a payment, report a claim, get a quote or find the nearest location. The site was designed for agency manager Chuck Allen by art director Ron Hubbard and programmed by Mirko Bonet of Mary Fisher Design
We have just completed a new website for Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Realtor Mandy Morrow. The competition is tough in the Real Estate world. Even tougher to compete with the other realtors to come up on the search engines. This site includes IDX integration, a full content management system utilizing Expression Engine and has an…
We have just completed the new website for Bushnell & Company. Of course a website is never finished. We just keep perfecting it. Daily tweaking, making it better, working to make sure it comes up on the search engines for CPA Jacksonville, FL. We still have our work cut out for us. This will not…
I am a proponent of spending locally. If you find something online for less than you can buy it locally, ask your local retailer if they will match the price. I did exactly that at Christmas. I bought personalized notecards for some of my friends. I found it online for a bargain. But I went…
AIGA Fellow Award, New York, NY. This national award given by American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) was awarded to an elite 13 people in the United States this year. The award recognizes mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or…
Women in Business awards laud business savvy, involvement Four business women—all pioneers, leaders and trailblazers in their fields—were honored at the 21st annual Women in Business Awards luncheon on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. A top health care administrator, a railroad company executive, an insurance agency franchisee and an owner of an advertising agency received kudos…
Mary Fisher Design has been honored by the receipt of several awards from the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, The American Advertising Federation, The International ARC Awards and was named a finalist for Woman Business Owner of the Year. At the Gallery of Superb Printing Banquet held January 29, 2005 Mary Fisher Design was…
Jacksonville, Florida. Mary Fisher Design, a 17-year-old graphic design and advertising agency, was recently honored by the receipt of five international awards from the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. At the Gallery of Superb Printing Banquet held June 10, 2006, Mary Fisher Design was presented with three Gold awards and two Bronze awards from…
