Thursday, November 30, 2006

What a Week

At the end of last week I was ready to throw in the towel. You see about 2 months ago I lost my job of 7 years. After about 3 weeks of sending out resumes I decided to start my own business. I had some people interested in giving me small projects so I took them and formed Inspiro Solutions Group (http://www.inspirosolutionsgroup.com) . I spent a lot of time coming up with a logo, which I finally like:
So I have a few clients. I have the Curacao Tourism Board (http://www.curacao.com), I have HillBilly Brand (http://www.hillbillybrand.com), I have The Mood Shirt (http://www.themoodshirt.com), I have Modular Marine (http://www.modularmarine.com), I have Open House Poker (http://www.openhousepoker.com), and I have several new ones starting this month.

I have been trying to learn about search engine optimization. I am so used to having someone to do this stuff for me that I have never really bothered to learn much about it. One of my strategies is to use MySpace.com to get some exposure. We have several MySpace.com pages. We have HillBilly Hotties (http://www.myspace.com/hillbillyhotties), we have HillBilly Heidi (http://www.myspace.com/hillbillyheidi), we have HillBilly Gang (http://www.myspace.com/hillbillygang), and we have HillBilly Hats (http://www.myspace.com/hillbillyhats). I have also been doing some promoting on Craigslist, which has not yielded any sales, but it certainly does provide some traffic. We don't really know what kind of conversion to expect yet.

Anyway, this week has been hectic, I have been spending a lot of time on SEO, promotions, marketing, etc. I also picked up a small sub contract this week, which I need to get working on and I have two sites I need to finish up. Its a good thing my wife is going out of town this weekend. I can maybe get some work done.