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Yesmam.net Joins Free Website Program

2010-12-28T11:57:00.004-05:00

Yesmam.net is please to announce the joining the Jesus C.O.U.sin Ministry free website program. This particular ministry has done a lot both in communities and touch lives through their online publication. To donate our services so that this ministry can raise money to continue their great works is the least we could do.

How to create forms using Google

2010-12-26T21:54:00.000-05:00

How to become Legendary

2010-12-06T10:42:00.001-05:00

If you know me personally, or even digitally , then you know that I am a physical fitness and athletic enthusiast. I find that there is a certain level of determination that is built up by being physically fit and sticking to a regimen. Athletics and exercise are the purest physical expression of true mental discipline that one can find. As an entrepreneur, I don't think I would be able to do what I do without the mental preparedness a daily workout routine brings. With so many parallels between athletics and entrepreneurship, I asked myself "Who is the Steve Jobs of athletics?" This question can certainly be debated, but at the end of the day I arrived with an answer of Michael Jordan. A recent ad campaign by Nike with Michael Jordan is focused on the phrase "Be Legendary." and the quotes that come from them are absolutely golden. In truth, some of the best entrepreneurial advice I have ever received has come from Michael Jordan and this campaign. Here are 23 insights that I've learned from Michael Jordan:

It's About Knowing Where You're Going

You have to have a clear path as to where you want to go. As a startup, things change along the way. Your execution might make you pivot or implement a different solution. At the end of the day, you need to stick to a clear vision and problem that you're trying to solve. If you're lucky enough to succeed, the road to where you're going may look a lot different than it did when you first started. Take a look at Google- make the world's information freely available. That has been the goal from day one, and despite solutions consisting of email, maps, video, operating systems, and more, that is still their goal at the end of the day. Never forget where you are going as an entrepreneur with your company.

Don't Forget Where You Started/Came From

This holds true for you as a person as much as it holds true for the company itself. Though we do it for more than the money, money can often change people to forget their humble beginnings. Many great entrepreneurs came from absolutely nothing - just an idea that might change the world one day. Don't ever forget that child like desire you had the first day you started. If you harness that essence, no money or fame can ever change you. Never forget your family and your close friends that were there before you started upon this journey. The best thing a company can do is keep a list/wiki of company lore that will remind them of their adventures. The long flights, the growth in employees, the launches, the failures, and more from the early days. Andres and I have been traveling the country with PadPressed. We've encountered some victories and many failures along the way, but we're keeping a record of it through writing, tweets, and pictures.

Have the courage to fail

Failure is a part of anything in life, but having the courage to face it head on is what makes you stronger. We hear so much talk about "it's okay to fail", but I don't think there's enough clarification. You shouldn't let your startup as a whole fail, that's not something you should easily let happen. Startups are really a compilation of many small instances of victories and failures. It's embracing those small instances of failures that will let you learn and adapt better. Think of embracing failure as the entrepreneurial equivalent of an immune system. By embracing failure, you learn what went wrong, what's bad, and how to prevent it from happening again. You build up a resistance to that specific instance of failure.

Don't break when broken

What goes up, must come down. Starting a company is a roller-coaster ride like none other. YCombinator actually has a graph here about this exact subject (now updated to include MixPanel analytics FAIL!). You will feel broken inside and figure it's time to give it all up. That might be quitting yourself, selling the company, taking a weak deal, or even calling it quits on a smaller scale. DON'T. Emotions are fleeting and cloud your judgment. For the most part, something that makes you feel broken, should not break you. The true also holds same for the opposite.

Take everything given to you and make something better

Society is all about evolution, especially in technology and software. The greatest technologies take the fundamentals of what already exists in some form, but improves them with the new pieces that have evolved. I wrote about this earlier in a piece called "Build What Was Previously Not Possible." As an entrepreneur you will continually find new tools and innovations brought forth by other entrepreneurs. Take every single relevant thing you can find and bake it in to your product to make something better. For some that might be mobile, social, local,etc. Always ask yourself: "Am I using all the resources that are available and making something better?" We literally get nowhere with complacency, but get everywhere with advancement. Don't change the game, evolve the game.

Work Before Glory

The best entrepreneurs are humble and don't really care about the glory. One of the things that Dharmesh has taught me over the past few months is to keep a level head and be humble. Don't worry about the next press article that comes out about your company. Eventually there will be too many of them that it won't matter. It should be about the work you produce instead of the side benefit of glory. Your work will live on forever, but the glory will fade away when the next acquisition or rumor pops up. Legends are products of their work, NOT their glory.

Do what they say you can't

The competitive nature of entrepreneurship is a fun one. Many people will tell you that it can't be done or that it is too crazy. They will tell you that a better X can't be built or you won't be able to accomplish a small goal like fundraising or hiring. The people telling you this might not even be strangers, but close friends and family members. The only way to prove them wrong is to do it.

It's not about the tech, it's about what you do with it.

The tools and technology that is available to entrepeneurs just keeps on growing. Whether it's social, HTML5, geolocation, node.js, cloud services, or whatever else, that's not what this is about. Those tools by themselves are cool, but not that useful. The technology tools are like an artist's paint brush or a baseball players bat. It's about what you decide to create with those tools.

Be Scared Of What you won't become.

As an entrepreneur, you probably have a very big long term vision that you want to accomplish. It can't happen right now, but over time it eventually will. I always point out that Facebook started at one college, with one photo, no wall, and a mediocre design. Look at decisions as if they might compromise what you could become. If you take the easy route and make the wrong decision, you will not become what you should be. That should absolutely scare you. What if Zuck sold to Yahoo! many years ago? That has to be a scary thought as Facebook would not have become what it is today.

Make Others Scared Of What You Could Become

Entrepreneurs are often asked "So what if Google enters your market?" That's a worthy question, but at the end of the day, your vision should be so mind numbingly amitious and huge, that it scares Google or someone else. Today you might be something small, but if you play your cards right, what you end up becoming is scary. The really smart entrepreneurs aren't scared of the bigger guys as much as they are of the smaller, more nimble startups that COULD BECOME who they are now. At some point, everyone was no one.

Don't finish where you began

Startups are all about momentum and forward moving progress. Every task, project, or new feature should be able to take you forward. It might even be okay if it took you backwards, as the journey backwards is still a journey. Spending a ton of time on something and just ending up where you began is something you should avoid as an entrepreneur.

Know what is within you, even if others can't see it

Sadly, too many people in our industry disregard others that aren't in the in crowd or very visible. They look at who an entrepreneur is now, but not at the true future potential of who that person will become. The same way a smart person knew that Facebook would be something big in 2004, is the same way a smart person knew that a 19 year old unknown kid from Harvard would change the world. Some people ask me why I put my phone number and other contact information out there publicly (fyi- it's 201-305-0552). It's simple- You never know who you might meet. They might not be somebody now, but over time they might become somebody legendary. If you can help them get there, it benefits everyone involved. By helping others, you eventually start to develop pattern recognition for finding great talent, which is a key component of being a leader.

Patience is more important than courage

We always want success now or even yesterday. It's hard for us to realize that things won't happen as fast as we want them to. Courage is certainly a very important trait, but more important is having the patience to see things through. When we look at the success of others, we only see the end result. Even if we see the journey along the way, it is still a small snapshot. Take in the whole picture and realize that there are no overnight successes.

Fulfill your destiny.

It takes a while to get to this point, but you eventually realize what your destiny is in life. You clearly know what you were meant to do with your life and what the end result will be. It takes a lot of trial by fire to get there, but once you do, you will become unstoppable. The real key to fulfilling your destiny is figuring out exactly what it is. Once you figure out what that specific destiny is, it's a long journey, but the fire it generates inside, will put you on auto-pilot.

The press leads us to believe it is easier than it is

The press' job is to write about stories that generate pageviews, since pageviews generate more advertising dollars. Failure and the grueling times don't really get too many pageviews. Success, money, glory, and the end result of hard work certainly does get pageviews. This skews us to think that raising money, selling your company, or launching is just so easy. I'd wager a fair amount of money that you will almost never hear a story titled:"Startup X Fails To Raise $2,500,000 Dollars" unless there is some juicy gossip backstory attached to it. Get back to work and close the RSS reader.

The real work starts at the keyboard and with customers.

If you're in a startup you're either making something or selling something. If you haven't made anything or sold anything, then I sincerely have no clue what you're doing at a startup. Sure there are operational tasks that need to be handled, but all founders can bear that burden. As a whole, founders + early employees need to make sure their actions have a direct impact on something be made and/or something be sold.

Not every product or feature launch is a winner

Remember Beacon? Remember Google Buzz? Remember Yahoo! Live? Remember AppleTV V1? Well, you might, but not for good reasons. Not every feature or product launch is going to be a slam dunk. Even the giants in our industry like Apple can have products launch that don't perform well. It's impossible to shoot 100%, but what matters is that you take 100% of the shots that you should be taking.

Fire over flash

Pretty interface and nifty features are not the path to success. They are certainly a great advantage to have, but the product also has to have fire behind it. If you have a pretty application that provides no real "fire" aka utility to the user, then it won't be used for long. Make sure you have fire before you have flash in your product.

Find Strength In Your Weaknesses

More and more, I'm finding out that my weaknesses are my strength. Weaknesses can be identified and attacked. If your company has a hole in its team, business model, or customer acquisition model, you can attack it head on. Find your weaknesses and figure out how to attack them in order to make your company stronger. It's simple: the less weaknesses you have, the stronger your startup becomes.

Be motivated by your pain

Some athletes hit their high points when they reach the area of most pain. The pureness of facing the most difficult parts of your journey should be the most rewarding as they allow you to level up. When Facebook first started in the college market, they didn't go after the schools where they could gain market share the easiest. Instead, Facebook actually went after universities where they would experience the most resistance and have the most pain ie- schools with existing social networks. If they could conquer this pain, they could easily conquer everything else.

Treat entrepreneurship like a privilege, not a right

I'm lucky to live in a country where entrepreneurship is something that anyone can get into. Many people often forget that other countries are not as lucky and have oppressive governments. We often talk about entrepreneurship as a way out of poverty, but this isn't even possible in some countries. Don't treat this as a lackadaisical experience. Many people would literally kill to be an entrepreneur, because it meant their survival. Be grateful for the opportunities you have and never take it for granted.

You must work for it every single of your day

Work/life balance is important, but there is no off switch for being an entrepreneur. You can't just turn it off and come back to it 3 weeks from now. If you really want to do this. If this is your destiny, which for many many people it just isn't, then it is something you have to keep at every single day of your life. Some are lucky enough that their first thing takes off. Your first, second, or even third thing might not take off. Stick with it and keep working at it every single day of your life.

Do not make excuses

Accomplishing something is a binary outcome. You either accomplished it or you did not. A lot of the times the end result will be the former, but don't sugercoat it. It happened for a reason and don't make excuses that act as scapegoats. Face success or failure head on. We often associate excuses with failure, but I think they can also be present in success as well. Though it's good to be humble, you shouldn't also make excuses for your success. Realize your what you did right and the hard work associated with it. Excuses are exactly just that- excuses. What other athletes and sports references have helped you become a better entrepreneurship? Instead of Michael Jordan, who might you pick and what has been their advice?

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One More Thing...A FREE Special Event And Gift To The OnStartups Community

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OnStartups is helping put on a free "virtual event" in conjunction with the PlusConf crew on December 7. It starts at 12 pm EST, is 100% free, and all you need is a computer with an internet connection. Speakers include some awesome Boston natives such as David Cancel of Performable and Todd Garland of BuySellAds.
OnStartups Presents PlusConf

Where: Anywhere in the world via your browser athttp://www.plusconf.com

When: 12/7/2010 12:00 PM EST

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Learn from the most successful web app founders and CEOs on what makes your startup tick.

Speakers include:

Hiten Shah- CEO of KissMetrics

David Cancel- CEO of Performable

Todd Garland- CEO of BuySellAds

Noah Kagan- Co-Founder of AppSumo

Dan Martell- Co-Founder of FlowTown

Allan Branch- Co-Founder of LessEverything

Do I Need A website?

2010-11-25T11:17:00.000-05:00

Does your business really need a Website?

Not every small business needs a Web site.

The very busy owner of a handyman business — he's fully booked for the next three months — tells me he's not interested in hiring employees and growing into a multi-person company. He just wants enough work to earn a good living, and he has plenty of work. His business grows by word-of-mouth. Customers don't need to find his office; he works at their homes. If ever there was a business that did not need a Web site, this was it.

Maybe "no" . . .

I've heard many small-business owners say they think they "should" get a Web site. They're not quite sure what they will do with it, but they've been told they should have one.

In most cases, they're right. A Web site can be an important marketing tool for almost every small business, but there are a few exceptions.

If you have as many customers as your business can handle and you have no desire to grow larger (as with our handyman), then there's no point in marketing on the Web.

Alternately, if you are really certain that potential customers won't use the Internet to find your product or service, then you can safely skip the Web. One example might be a convenience store, where drive-by awareness literally drives all customer traffic. For most businesses, that assumption is getting tougher to make, at least in the United States, where over 158 million people have Internet access.

Usually, a big "yes"

There's no question that a Web site is more mission-critical for some businesses than others. Companies trying to reach customers in different locations (think hotels or tourist attractions) or who have products that can be shipped to customers far away (think flowers, handmade dolls, telephones, etc.) obviously need to have an online presence.

But local businesses (dry cleaners or shoe repair shops, for example) also can benefit from a Web site that shows their location, lists their services or offers special promotions.

And woe to those who think they don't need a compelling Web site because they serve other businesses rather than retail consumers. Many businesses search for new suppliers online, then order from them that way, too.

In short, if you want more customers, you should be online, regardless of your industry.

Your online marketing tool

For most small businesses, a Web site is rapidly becoming a basic requirement of a marketing plan. A site can help you reach one or more of the following goals:

· Help customers find you in the offline world – your office, your storefront, your phone number.

· Help persuade customers that you have the right service or product for them

· Help sell products online, even across different marketplaces, to retail customers or other businesses.

A simple site helps customers find you

The simplest possible Web presence is a one-page site that tells people how to find your business in the "real" world. It should include:

· A good Web Address that relates to your company name and business.

· Your business address, complete with directions and a good map.

· Your business phone number, along with fax numbers if relevant.

· Your hours of operation.

· A clear and enticing description of what your business offers to customers.

This simple Web presence is most appropriate for businesses that serve local customers (a dry cleaner, doctor's office or plumber, for example) and that aren't actively looking to expand their customer base (as with a fully booked dental practice).

For better marketing, create an expansive site

If you're interested in active marketing for your business, you can expand your Web site to make it a more robust online marketing tool.

In this scenario, the Web site's job is to convince customers to take that next step: Buy the product online, call you to place an order or set up an appointment, or drive to your office or storefront. Your site is essentially your online marketing brochure, one that's more effective than a printed marketing piece. Web sites enable customers to dig deep into the information they care about, without overwhelming them with the stuff they don't want or need to know. That's hard to pull off in a paper brochure.

You can approach crafting the Web site as you would any other marketing brochure. Use color, graphics, photos and words to get across four key things about your business:

· What you provide for customers.

· What kind of customers you focus on and can serve best..

· How your business is unique from others who provide the same product or service, so customers can decide if your solution is the right on for them

· The personality or brand essence of your business – what your company stands for.

So yes, for good reasons

Unless you have all the customers you can handle, a Website can be a good marketing investment. Find a domain name that's appropriate for your business and beef up your marketing arsenal with a compelling Website. Are you ready to started being successful online? The best way for you is to have a professionally build website.

Why Flash Sites Fail

2010-11-08T10:13:00.001-05:00

Why Flash sites fail

Flash sites are heavy and slow. It takes extra time to download and process all those big graphics and sounds, and you can’t afford to make the casual web browsing fan wait. Many of them may be browsing on computers a few years old or spotty wi-fi connections. That “loading” progress bar isn’t part of your story, is it? Nobody likes it.
Flash sites give your site a non-standard interface. Where did the right-click menu go? How do you copy text to the clipboard? Where does that link go? Does it open in another window? What does the “back” button do? Where the hell is the button that stops that loud music? Nobody wants to re-learn how to browse the web just for your little movie.
Flash is not searchable. If you do it right, many visitors will find your site through a search engine. With Flash, that all disappears. It also prevents searching within the browser.
Most of these sites don’t allow deep-linking. That’s the trade-off for not having to reload the whole flash file every time you go to a different section. This is important for encouraging links to your content. See if you can find a direct link to the trailer on the Lions for Lambs site.
Flash can’t be syndicated. RSS and Atom feeds are becoming increasingly important as easy tools for people to follow your updates through news readers, such as Google Reader.
Those animations keep repeating. They’re cool the first time, but don’t make me watch your menu fly in every time I go to another section of your site.
You’re tied to your designer. Most Flash sites don’t allow you to easily change around your interface without going back to the busy, expensive Flash contractor you hired to build your site. What if you want to change one little menu item? Or even redesign the entire layout without losing all the content? Even another Flash expert could have a hard time tracking down the original source files and scripts. Same goes for jpg image map interfaces.
Most Flash sites, like the examples cited above, give the impression that the site is finished forever, that there’s no reason to keep coming back for new content. Even if there’s a news section, it’s much harder and more expensive to implement in Flash than in other HTML-based options.
No need to re-invent the wheel. Web browsers are good at laying out text and images and performing all the functions that go along with it. Flash requires you to re-implement all that, and more often than not you’re not gonna cover all the bases.

That’s not to say that you can’t solve any of the above problems within a Flash-based framework, but it’s a lot harder.

UGLY FLYERS AHHHHHH

2010-11-05T09:02:00.006-04:00

One of the most important aspect of promoting an event is marketing. This means the materials in which you use to market is just as important. In our line of work we see daily the results of people who choose against investing in quality flyer designs. To save money, inexperienced promoters and event planners even business owners and artist try to cut corners and either create something their self or try to get an inexperienced designer to create a flyer for them. It results in something that looks horrid. The quality of your marketing material sets the tone of your product. We are not saying for you to buy from us, we are just saying that when it comes to marketing don't cut corners. Invest now for a nice return later.
At Yesmam.net we do offer $25 EFlyers and great same day printing prices. Call today to get a free consultation for your next event. STOP PUTTING OUT THIS UGLY MARKETING MATERIAL! LET US HELP YOU.

Important Information For All Web Account Holders

2010-10-04T14:42:00.002-04:00

Yesmam.net will be doing some updating, redesigning, and cleaning house. All accounts will be assigned a online webmaster. This person will be responsible for updating your account and assisting you with any questions. All updates will have to be formally submitted. Yesmam.net does not charge for hosting for basic accounts, however monthly plans will go into effect for site updating October 6, 2010. We will also be adding a web tracker so that you may be able to track the traffic coming to your site/webpage. We are constantly working on ideas to assist your company. As new plans role out we will keep you posted.
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No More Printing Flyers?

2010-08-23T09:53:00.000-04:00

Current trends show that printed fliers are becoming one of the least forms of marketing. Being that majority of today's consumers are starting to turn to the internet for information, it's important that the market methods adjust to today's trends. The great thing about digital technology is that you can use the same attractive flyers to gain the attention of your target audience via the internet. These fliers are refereed to as e-flyers. They can be posted on the different social networks, blogs, emails, forums, and chats. E-Flyers are environmentally friendly and can reach 100's of more people than you were able to with an order of 5000 4x6 flyers.
On Mondays, Yesmam.net has a special for $20 attractive eflyers. Submit your order today or call a representative for free from the Yesmam.net website.

Advancing Your Situation Podcast

2010-06-09T20:19:00.000-04:00

Its time to step up and step out on faith. Let us help you take that next step towards advancing your situation.
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Cutting Out an Image Using Photoshop

2010-06-05T17:00:00.000-04:00

One of the useful techniques you will need to have down when designing a flyer is the how to on cutting an image out of a photo. This tutorial will walk you through cutting an image out of a photo using the magnetic lasso tool.

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Editing A Photoshop File

2010-06-02T18:53:00.000-04:00

Here is a video tutorial to edit a ready photoshop flyer for your company. Anyone can use this courtesy of Yesmam.net. To complete this tutorial you must first download:
Photoshop CS3 Please note if you already have photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5 same rules apply for the tutorial.
Template Package

Template Package Check List
-Fonts
-PSD "My First Flyer"
-JPEG of Flyer Design
-Video on how to make this flyer from scratch
-Photoshop Brush .abr

Edit this flyer

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New June Specials

2010-06-01T18:16:00.000-04:00

Yesmam.net is ready to kick the summer off right, SAVING OUR CLIENTS MONEY! We are also implementing and bringing back some programs. First thing is first.

Our Specials:
$20 Mondays- Yes you read right! $20 Mondays All webpages, e-flyers, audio commercials, and business card designs are $20. Make sure you take full advantage of Mondays.

Tune Up Tuesdays- We can't get rid of Tune Up Tuesdays, its helped too many people. Computer Tune Ups are still $50

Wacky Wednesday- Free E-Flyers. There was no typo. Free E-Flyers. If you text FREE EFLYER to 704-464-2859 then we will create a free e-flyer for you. There are only 4 slots open for this offer so text early.

Our Programs:
Mam Points- Current Clients can still redeem any MAM Points they have available so don't be scared to use them. It has saved clients $100s of Dollars

Referral Agents- Last Year we saw much success with the referral program, however, we decided to discontinue it for a while to improve the program even more (we know double negative for you English scholars). Now its back new and improved. June 17, 2010 Referral Agents launches a new and improve way to make money doing nothing but referring your friends and family to our company. Be on the look out.

Text-Your-Order
Yes you can now text us for updates, specials, orders, invoices, and much more. The Yesmam.net text line is 704.464.2859. Please keep in mind that this only a text line. If you try to call this number, it will only go to a voicemail.

If you have any questions about whats new with Yesmam.net email us at info@yesmam.net or give us a call 980-355-9172

Photoshop and Dreamweaver Tutoring

2010-04-15T09:57:00.000-04:00

We are now offering Photoshop and Dreamweaver tutoring. For those who would like personal sessions please contact us.

We will be able to cover

Basic Photoshop Tools Usage (Mandatory)

Event Flyer Design

Attractive Advertisement Design

Photo Retouch

Animation

Email Blast

If interested send a email to info@yesmam.net

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2010-03-11T08:09:00.000-05:00

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Ardyss International Promotional Specials

2010-02-25T10:13:00.000-05:00

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Free Computer Tune Up- Legacy Park Sign Up

2010-02-15T12:05:00.000-05:00

If you are a Legacy Park Resident in Fort Mill, SC. Please fill out this form to have your computer tuned up for Free. March 6, 2010 7am-3pm. If you like our Tune Up Team to come to your neighborhood or community center, please send a request letter to tuneup@yesmam.net

Wednesday Networking Chat- 2/10/10 hosted by Tony Proctor

2010-02-10T11:20:00.001-05:00

About Mr. Proctor:
For several years, individuals and small business owners alike have counted on Tony Proctor and his staff at Proctor & Assocs. Tax and Bookkeeping Services to lessen the stresses of taxes and bookkeeping. Tony founded Proctor & Assocs. on the basic principles of trust and reliability. Specializing in tax preparation, bookkeeping, and administrative assistance, they have surpassed current industry standards. Proctor & Assocs. continues to increase the level of expectations within both the accounting and business services sectors by establishing genuine client relationships, and offering competitive pricing.

When customers walk through the doors of Proctor & Assocs. Tax and Bookkeeping Services, they are more than just our clients--they are our family.

Advertise During CI 2010

2010-02-02T19:07:00.000-05:00

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Are You CI Ready?

2010-01-22T09:20:00.000-05:00

If you are a company in the Carolina area, then mark these dates in your calendar. Feburary 23-27 The CIAA Basketball Tournament
is right around the corner and over 10,000 students, alumni, and fans will gather in Charlotte, NC to cheer on their favorite college team. This is a time of excitement
and pure fun. For a company however, this could be a great opportunity to promote to the thousands and thousands of people. Yesmam.net is here to
help you in making sure your company has what it needs to reach the masses. Check out our specials.

Meet the President

2010-01-03T20:19:00.000-05:00

The dream was simple; move to Charlotte armed with an electrical engineering degree and find a nice comfortable career building circuits. Though he played with the idea of running his own company, it wasn't until the negative turn of the American economy that forced Shelton D. Lewis into a position where he would have to make ends meet. Jan 2006, Shelton along with his business partner DJuana Fitzpatrick joined forces and began working on building an empire. They named it Modern Age Media, LLC.

A Rochester, New York native, Shelton moved to Charlotte, NC immediately after graduating from University of Buffalo. Like most college graduates, he thought the mere fact he had a degree would serve as his sure pass into the engineering world. "I was in Charlotte working at Fed Ex thinking 'whats really going on?' I had to change my situation and change it fast!" As the third son of five children, Shelton came from two who preached the importance of education. The only thing he thought was wise was extend his educational resume. In 2008, he now had a MBA and was positive that he would be great working material. Yet to his disappointment, with the combination of layoffs and high unemployment rates, the chances of landing a great engineering job became dim.

Meanwhile, he and his business partner slowly toyed with the idea of starting a multimedia company to help feed their secret desires to entertain. "I remember DJuana showing me an article in a magazine about podcasting, and making money from that. She said, we can start a multi-media company that would sponsor a podcast her and I could host. Sound like a great idea. She was telling me about charging for ads and things like that. Honestly, it did sound very good." As the two completed the business plan they decided to add different aspects to the company such as graphic design, video production, and audio production. Slowly, without any real direction the two started doing their podcast and generating a small amount of business.

"At the time she and I were doing phone tech support for a company and we weren't really into pushing Modern Age Media full time. It was sort of our hobby." That soon changed the day the two got fired ... together. It was at that time they decided that Modern Age Media could no longer be "just for fun". It turned into their only income.

"We struggled, and we struggled bad. It wasn't that we weren't making money, we just had no clue how spend it. The company wasn't growing because as soon as we made ten dollars we spent nine. We had no clue what we were doing." For the next year, the two barely made ends meet but continued to run the company. It wasn't until mid 2009, the two finally woke up with a plan. "I had to become a leader," Shelton explain. "I couldn't go another day just getting by. It was time to run Modern Age Media the right way".

Since that day, Shelton has worked tirelessly to change the face of Modern Age Media. New programs have been implements and new policies set. Since the change, the company has seen growth as well as small successes. "Organization is key. I also find it very important to appreciate our current client base".

"If its one thing I would like to say its, thank you Lord. Everything my business partner and I have been through has bought us to this point today. My advice not only in business but in life is to keep God first."

Want more information on Shelton Lewis, President of Modern Age Media email him at shelton.lewis@yesmam.net.

MAM Points

2010-01-02T17:19:00.001-05:00

MAM Points

We at Modern Age Media want to implement a program that will reward our clients for spending their hard earned money with us. We understand that there are millions of multi-media companies that one could go to, however there are those who choose Modern Age Media and we want to show our appreciation. We have developed a point program that will add discounts to our client's purchases. Its great to have specials that will generate more clients, however, we believe in making sure our current client base is happy.

The point program is simple:
We keep a solid record of every purchase each customer has with Modern Age Media. Take Mr. John Doe for example

Mr. John Doe

Flash Page	3/10/2009	cash 75
web page	2/24/2009	cash 55
web page	9/10/2009	credit card 110
web page	11/29/2009	credit card 55

Mr. Doe has 4 purchases with us that total $295

We take the total dollar amount of Mr. Doe purchase (295) and divide that by the total of orders with MAM (4)
295/4=73.75
Then we add the numbers together that are before the decimal
7+3=10

Mr. Doe will receive a $10 discount with his next purchase if he decides to use his MAM points.

Earn 1/2 points for referrals.

MAM Point Rules:
1. Clients must let their MAM representative know they wish to redeem their MAM points verbally or through email.
2. Once the points are redeemed the client's point count returns to zero.
3. Points cannot be used with purchases under $50.
4. Points cannot be used with already discounted services.
5. Points for referrals are added when the referred client completes their purchase.

*Please note existing customers purchase files begin at Jan 2009, files before then are not included.

If there are any questions about MAM Points please contact customer service at 980-355-9172 or send a email to info@yesmam.net

Email Blast

2009-11-30T17:18:00.000-05:00

Yesmam.net will be sponsoring a free newsletter to blasted out via email. If you have information of an event, your company promotions, your music, or your website submit your information now! There will be a music based newsletter and a business base newsletter. Business base emails shall go out every Monday and the music newsletter will be sent out every Wednesday. Join now! If you would like to see the layout, email info@yesmam.net. Please have newsletter in the subject. We will send you a layout of the newsletter at that time.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT INFORMATION

Website Give-a-ways for Christmas

2009-11-30T09:58:00.001-05:00

With Christmas time right around the corner, Yesmam.net has caught the bug of continuous giving. As of December 1st, we will be designing 10 free websites for those who want it! Its really easy. Throughout the month of December, we will be sending out various email blast, tweets, facebook announcements, live broadcast and myspace bulletins. At certain times we will put the call out to contact us for your free website. Be the first to contact us and you will recieve a website designed by Yesmam.net.

Are you following us? Visit our Yesmam.net home page and make sure we are on of your friends. Don't wait! Do it today!

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2009-11-11T16:14:00.000-05:00

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2009-11-11T16:01:00.000-05:00

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2009-11-11T15:51:00.001-05:00

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Importance of Meta Tags

2009-11-11T14:52:00.000-05:00

Importance of Meta Tags

When in comes to achieving top search engine rankings how large of a role do keyword tags actually play? This is a simple question with no easy answer. Not only does the answer vary depending on which search engine a marketer is targeting, but it also depends upon the changing valuations search engines place on these tags.

At one point in time the keywords tag had an impact on a web site’s position within the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). Now the keywords tag has little impact on where a site will appear in the search results. When search engine first started determining the relevancy of a site they placed a larger emphasis on these tags.

Soon every webmaster used these them and oftentimes overused these tags and therefore the search engine placed less importance on them. After all, not every site that adds “SEO Company” into their keywords tag can have a top 10 ranking within the SERPS for the phrase “SEO Company”.

Still there is some value associated with this tag. Type the following into Google, Yahoo, and MSN only without the quotations, “dsrurejjnr“. This is a made up phrase that appears only in the keyword description tags of Real Good Furniture (take a look at the website’s source code). [note, some geocities spammy pages are listing it too]

Now look at the SERPS and notice that only in Yahoo does the site appear number one. It is not even listed on Google or MSN. The takeaway is that while the importance of this tag is minimal, Yahoo still gives it some weight.

Now this test is partially flawed since this information has appeared within the site’s source code for some time now. As one might notice when following the instructions above there are websites that have linked to Real Good Furniture, which have included the made up words on their page.

Therefore links pointing to the site now have some association with the fictitious keyword.

My suggestion is to try this test with your own website. Make up a keywords phrase and add it as the last keyword with the keywords tag of the source code. Wait a couple weeks and then do a search on the major three search engines. Now you will know the true importance the keywords tag plays in SEO.

Tips Computer Repair and Maintenance

2009-11-11T14:49:00.000-05:00

Computer Repair And Maintenance

When a computer freezes your aboriginal aptitude may be to the auto the buzz and alarm a computer adjustment shop. However, a ample amount of computer problems can be anchored or abhorred with one of the 5 simple accomplish categorical below.

Reboot Your Machine: Over bisected of the abutment issues that we accept calls on can be apparent by rebooting your computer or restarting your printer.

Update Your Software: Software Updates don’t just break aegis problems; they can generally times advance achievement and fix software bugs. Accomplish abiding to consistently appointment the websites of your admired software vendors to accomplish abiding that you accept the latest patches for the software you use a lot of often. San Francisco Laptop repair For Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office®, be abiding to analysis Windows Amend and the Microsoft Office amend website.

Keep Your Equipment Clean: Dirt and dust accretion on your computer’s admirers can abate your computer’s adeptness to accumulate cool, consistent in accouterments failures. Be abiding to apple-pie these areas out with aeroembolism air on a approved base to advice abstain cher repairs.

Check Your Connections: If you’ve all of a sudden absent the use of your keyboard, the adviser chock-full working, or you can’t see your iPod in iTunes, bifold analysis all of your connections. The best way to do this is shut the apparatus down, unplug anniversary of your devices, and San Francisco Computer Repair reconnect anniversary cable to accomplish abiding you accept a solid connection.

Backup Your Data: Accept a solid plan for approved advancement of analytical data. Depending on how irreplaceable your pictures, tax abstracts or claimed files are, appointment with a able may be bare to accomplish abiding you accept a acceptable plan to aegis these items from not alone viruses, but domiciliary disasters such as fires and floods.

Tune Up Tuesdays

2009-11-11T14:42:00.001-05:00

Tune Up Tuesdays!
$50

Its hard to get your work done on a slow computer. We at Yesmam.net understand that. We further understand that with today's economy, it is not easy to run out to the store and purchase a brand new computer. We can help you maintain the speed of your computer and make sure your computer is optimized. If you are in the Charlotte, call 704-277-2322 each and every Tuesday and a representative will come and tune up your computer. No more slow running computers effecting your productivity. Call us todayand set up your Tuesday appointment.

Website Design

2009-11-11T13:56:00.000-05:00

Yesmam.net has a great team of young web designers with innovative ideas and impressive work ethics. They get the job done for you and create ways to help your business grow.

Check out our work

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Promotions

2009-11-10T23:37:00.000-05:00

Join the Yesmam Playoffs

Unfortunately, the Yesmam executives are disappointed that their teams will have no place in the NFL playoffs. However, that does not mean we can have a little fun. Use your MAM Points and enter the Yesmam playoffs.

Play against the President, Shelton Lewis
Game Rules
Client vs. President

Submit Your winning team prediction for each playoff game. Whichever team you choose, Mr. Lewis will be stuck with the other team. If your team wins you can add the difference in the score to the amount of MAM Points you already have. Here is your chance to rack up! One Prediction per round.

Don't have any MAM Point? Use the Yesmam Playoffs to earn points toward your first purchase. Its fun, its easy, and it saves you money!

All points earned by players who did not begin with MAM Points will have to be redeemed by the Feb 10, 2010.

Print Prices

2009-11-10T23:26:00.000-05:00

ALL PROCEEDS FROM PRINTING WILL BE GIVEN TO
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Submit Order

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2009-11-10T22:02:00.000-05:00

Online Payment

2009-11-10T21:42:00.000-05:00

Before you make your payment please read our approval policy and our refund policy. Making your payment for your services signify that you understand and agree that we have provided services to your liking. Do not make a payment if you have not received a invoice. If everything is approved, please make your payment now.

Graphic Design

2009-11-10T21:07:00.001-05:00

Yesmam.net has five talented and experienced graphic artist avaliable to bring your vision to life. With a total of 18 years experience, these designers are able to do everything from photo restoration to animation.

Clients list:
Sky Night Club- Birmingham, AL
Scores-Atlanta, GA
Kareem Abdual Mix Martial Arts
No Ordinary Soiree
Color Perfect 24
Queen City Films
Equity Plus Investing
Body Magic
Mary Kay
Fenomenon Entertainment
Untouchable Music Group
...Just to name a few

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Prices:

Business Cards
Posters
Event Flyers
CD Covers
$55 per side full color
($55 for two sides w/printing)

Brochures
$25 per page

E-Flyers
$25 400x600 150dpi