Small Business Internet Marketing Strategies

A "Tax" for using Internet Explorer!
For years, web designers have complained about Internet Explorer.  It doesn't follow the web's standards, so web designers have to take extra time to make sure pages look similar to what thye would in any other browser.  Internet Explorer 6 was the absolute worst, but every browser since has Microsoft ignoring basic parts of the HTML standards.
That adds to the cost of designing a website.
Now, Kogan, an online retailer in Australia is passing those extra expenses to consumers who refuse to use modern, standards based browsers.  If you attempt to purchase something on their site using IE7, a popup window tells you they are adding 6.8% to your bill for the cost of supporting the outdated browser.  And the rate will go up .1% a month.
It's overdue.
FYI, last year, Microsoft issued a warning about IE6: IE6 Countdown Warning.  IE7 has also been implicated in a high profile security hack.  If you're still using it, it's time to move on.

Lynn McColley is a Mesa Web Designer with his own agency: McColley Marketing Media.  With more than just a couple of years (saying how many might make you think he's not as young as he used to be) in advertising, marketing and media, he approaches his work with the crazy idea that a website is a marketing tool and that it should actually sell something.  You can reach him at 480-704-4286.

Michael has been taking the California bar. He's back and taking cases.  Visit his site at www.urbanolaw.com. 
Yeah, we did his site.

My link to show off the Tires Tires Tires connection between Facebook and Joomla had a bad link.
Here's the right address for Tires Page at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TiresTiresTires
The Special Offers page is pulled into Facebook from this page on their website, which is completely controlled by their content management system (Joomla), making management of timed offers automatic. 
When the deal ends, it disappears from both Joomla and Facebook without any intervention. 
We can also start content by date and time, or even run the same content every Wednesday, with different content on Thursday, and on Friday… (think daily specials).

Thanks to Brad Prose at LinkedIn who caught the flub!

Lynn McColley is basically lazy.  He doesn't like to do things over and over again, so he finds ways to streamline his effort while getting more impact.  "Lazy" actually sounds pretty good when you describe it that way, doesn't it?  Want more time to sit around the pool this summer?  Call 480-704-4286 to interrupt Lynn while he's enjoying a frosty adult beverage next to the water.    McColley Marketing Media is a Mesa Web Design Company that provides Small Business Web Site Design Services and Local Internet Marketing for Small Businesses.  We're Phoenix Joomla Web Design experts.  We also help local companies as a Small Business Email Marketing Consultant.