Blogging has both a good and a bad reputation. Those who like it swear by it. Those who don’t swear at it. I recently had a conversation with a local antique dealer about blogging. I shared with him an idea I had about publishing a local blog about antiques. I figured with as many local…
Tag Archive: Adams County
A Cub Scout Dad Says You Need A Website
My grandson this year is a Webelo. First year Webelo. We were invited to spend the weekend with Boy Scout Troop 88 at Camp Tuckahoe. So the Webelos went and spent all day Saturday and Sunday morning with the Boy Scouts at Camp Tuckahoe. It was a fun weekend. One of the things that happens…
Today’s Marketing Is Conversational
People in Adams County, Pa. know what most city slickers are just learning, namely, that markets are conversational. Why is that we’re ahead of the curve ball? In a sense it has to do with our way of life. We still go to farmer’s markets and congregate in the town square to discuss politics, business,…
Did You Have A Happy Thanksgiving?
We took a week off for the holidays. It was a good Thanksgiving at Taylor and Associates. We hope the rest of Adams County and York County, Pa. had a good Thanksgiving as well. Now we’re coming up on the weekend and December. We’ll be putting our Christmas tree up this weekend. That means the…
Why Google+ Is Important For Locals
It appears that Google is now telling searchers how many people in their local area have +1ed a particular piece of content. This could be an indicator that Google+ will become ever more important for local businesses in South Central Pennsylvania. But the kicker is, in order for Google to see that information, you’ll have…
Get Your Local Adams County Google+ Page Now
Yesterday, while you were running your business, Google+ rolled out its long anticipated Google+ Pages for Business product. It has the Internet marketing world going ga-ga. Quite frankly, I’m pretty excited too. I was so excited to see Google+ Pages for Business that I didn’t waste a single moment in creating a page for Taylor…
Order Rocco’s Pizza York Springs
Every now and then we like to highlight our local customers. Today we’re focusing on Rocco’s Pizza in York Springs. The website we designed for them was done in Joomla! If you’re wondering what the “Evolution of a Pizza” graphic is on the left side of the screen, that’s a video. Be sure to click…
Power Outage? Let’s Jump TOC
When I served in Iraq in 2005 we occasionally had the power and communications in our battalion operations center go out on us. This occurred through any of various reasons, but one common scenario is when an incoming rocket hit close enough to the power center that it interfered with our connections. We of course…
A Typical Day At Taylor And Associates
I just came in from cutting fire wood and realized that I have a very unique business. While I reside in the most rural county in Pennsylvania (Adams County) and live as far away from any semblance of civilization within that county, I also run an international business from my home. My wife is my…
An Awesome Business Referral Strategy
I recently came across a video by a fellow Internet marketer that I thought had a great tip for small businesses. Any business can benefit from this strategy and it’s really easy to implement. In fact, I’d like to implement it for my own business so if you are a business owner in the Adams-York…