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Featured Client: Victoria Gardens
Recent Google Changes
New Facebook Pages Change
New Loving the Deal Website Launch
Learn How To Compete Online
Support Tips & Updates
Commitment to Customer Service
Zimbra Upgrade - New Email Features
What Are Billable Requests?
Copy writing Services Available
New Blog Skins Upgrade
AAF Luncheon - March 15

We Love Daytona Beach


We can hear the roar of the motorcycles as bikers are coming in for the 70th Annual Daytona Bike Week.With our offices being on International Speedway Blvd and close to Beach Street, we get to witness all the action.  Our company has a core client base of Daytona Beach businesses, hotels, tourism sites and Realtors in our area. While we still have clients in more than 30 states all over the nation, we have realized that our connections and history in Daytona Beach are a true asset for Alternate Image.

We love Daytona Beach!


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Featured Client

Port-Orange-Apartments

This month's featured client is Victoria Gardens Port Orange Apartments off Dunlawton Avenue. This is a brand new website with a bright and tropical design by our Sr. Graphic Designer, Graham. The home page features a mini-photo gallery that pulls images from their gallery and a video tour of the property, along with resident testimonials.

Victoria Gardens Apartments is managed by Nova Property Management and we are excited about the launch of their brand new website.  Check out the website at
VictoriaGardensApts.com.

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Google Changes - How This Affects Your Website

Google-Changes
The Google Farmer Update has been affecting many major content driven websites like eZine and WikiHow. Read how this new update to the Google algorithm may affect your website's search engine rankings and what steps you should take to prevent it.
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New Facebook Changes for Pages & Page Admins
Facebook-Page-Changes

Facebook has made some changes to the way that Pages and Pages admins (aka Owners) an interact. These changes allow people to post to other Pages for businesses as a Page for their business Page, rather than as their personal profile. This opens up the amount of posting people will want to do on their businesses behalf. Read how this can benefit your company's Facebook page.  Read More
AI Launches Loving The Deal Website
Loving-the-Deal

Loving the Deal is for people who like to save money. Alternate Image recently developed this new website, which was a major programming project for our team. The custom "deal" application posts offers each week and members can buy deals on goods and services around Daytona Beach at 40-90% off. 
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"How to Compete Online" Free SEO Class - March 24
No fee to attend! Alternate Image will be teaching their popular class, "How to Compete Online" with some fresh new SEO tips at the Small Business Development Center at Daytona State College. This class will be a one-day workshop on Thursday, March 24th from 1:00 - 5:00 PM. Registration is required. Read More

Customer Support

OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE
A Letter To Our Clients
Tascha

Read the entire letter from Tascha here.
Our new Customer Support Specialist, Tascha, has written her goals to maintain our commitment to great customer service and support, which include fast response time, open communication, going the extra mile and more. Customer service is important to us and we pride ourselves in our close relationships with clients. 

ZIMBRA 7.0 EMAIL UPRGADE

NEW Email Features You Will Love

Zimbra-Upgrade
If you use Zimbra for your emails you will notice some new features coming soon. We are upgrading to the latest version of Zimbra!

The new version offers features like the new scheduling wizard for the Calendar, you can restore previously deleted data, add multiple attachments in one click, and schedule mail for delivery. There are so many new features that will help increase your work productivity - be sure to read them all here.

NEW CHANGES TO USER GROUPS
Create Mailer Groups Using "Tags"

Tags

We are phasing out User Groups, which will soon only be used for security purposes (to assign user rights). To send emails to specific groups, we will now be using "Tags", which will create easier to manage Mailer Groups for your email lists.  If you use the Mailer application to send emails to different user groups,please read our Wiki Article to learn more about this update.

WHAT IS A BILLABLE REQUEST?

Website Requests: Free or Billable?
Billable-Requests
Alternate Image receives many requests each week for special design or custom programming work from existing clients.
We strive in helping you grow your business and help you utilize our products while doing so. Many of the requests received are not billable; however, this article will give you some examples of items that are billable.
Read more.

WEBINARS
Need Additional Training?

Sign-up for our Wednesday group webinars at 2PM . Every Wednesday we offer a 30 minute interactive webinar where you can ask questions to our support team about using any of the AI applications in your admin area.
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Other News
NEW! COPY WRITING SERVICES AVAILABLE
Copy-writing-services
Due to an increase in demand for copy writing services, Alternate Image is now offering copy writing as an added service for new and existing websites. Have your website content professionally written and formatted to articulate your marketing message.
All copy writing is completed with search engine friendliness in mind and starts at $500 per website, depending on the scope of the project.  Contact Michelle for details at 386-760-1774 ext. 3000 or email her at mic@alternateimage.com.

NEW BLOG SKINS
RSS
We have recently given all of the blog applications a new "skin", which will display the posts in a cleaner, sleeker design then the previous version.  Blog categories will also display at the top of the main blog page. All clients with the blog application can see the new skin on their blog.  Check it out!

AAF LUNCHEON - MARCH 15
"Build Your Business with Networking Techniques"

WHERE:
Daytona 500 Experience, Bill France Room (2nd Floor)
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 18 from 11:30am - 1pm.
COST: $35 for guests


Greta-Schulz

The American Advertising Federation offers educational luncheons for marketing and advertising professionals. This month, the Daytona Beach AAF has New York Times bestseller Greta Schulz speaking about building your business with networking techniques.  See details.