If the answer to this is no…why not! Signing your business up for Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. is free. Of course you can advertise on the aforementioned sites, but for the purposes of this post I'm just referring to the free accounts.


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Is your site ready for a rush of visitors? The behemoth retailer Target learned a hard lesson this past Tuesday. [More]

We are currently looking to expand our team here at Web Station. If you are interested in web technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with crazy (crazy awesome in most cases :) ) then you should apply. [More]

The following is a guest post by our good friend Stacey Martin. Stacey has worked as a professional copywriter and marketing specialist in Charlotte, NC and is starting a new job with Forest Hill Church next week. We would like to wish her well at her new job and thank her for providing this great content for our readers! [More]

It is always an honor to be able to showcase our amazing clients. MTB Mechanical has been helping Charlotte residents with their heating and cooling needs for over three decades! Recently they have added plumbing services to the mix to offer even more to their customers.

If you have any problems with your HVAC or plumbing give MTB a call - you'll be glad you did! [More]

We have had the good fortune of working with Doctors Yaste and Hufanda of Ballantyne Dentistry for a little over a year. They are a great client for us because they are so open to new ideas in marketing and we are always trying new things.

We are very happy to have them as our first 'Client Spotlight' post here at Charlotte Design Blog. [More]

We are taking local search to the next level with this post. When you submit your business to local search you are far ahead of the competition. But what happens when you take just a little more action? You will surely be a standout in your market and start to compete at a very high level online.

If you think of it in terms of the 80/20 rule - chances are you are in the top 20% of visitors to this blog if you have submitted your company to local search. If you take action on this information and list your business in all these directories you are now in the top 20% of the top 20% and that is a great place to be! It is amazing how universally true the 80/20 rule is and when it starts compounding on itself it is inspiring! [More]

Local search is more important than ever. If your business is not currently listed in local search stop everything you are doing and take a few minutes to take care of that situation.

The great news is that getting listed in local searches is pretty easy. Enter your information and then go through a verification process and your done.

I even have direct links to the local centers for the big three for you. [More]

For the second year in a row we have been fortunate enough to have some of our websites nominated and accepted in the About.com Readers Choice Awards.

We won best use of images last year so we are especially hopeful of the design we have in that category. It would be great to repeat!

We have three websites in all up for awards. Please check them out and if you like our designs please vote for us. [More]

This was the first time I had been on radio and it was a great experience. What really struck me was just how good these guys really are at what they do. Even though I have been listening regularly now for around 9 months you really get a new appreciation when you actually sit in the studio with them. True professionals that are so in tune with each other totally ad-lib routines seem as though they have been rehearsed for weeks. [More]