Sound Insurance is ranked #1 for Seattle Auto Insurance AND Wa Auto Insurance

No April Fools joke here, Google "Seattle Auto Insurance" for yourself!

Everyone is buzzing around the office as another Bonsai Client is now top ranked in the map for their industries most competitive terms. Sound Insurance is now ranked #1 for Seattle Auto Insurance AND Wa Auto Insurance. The two most competitive terms in the Seattle and Washington markets.

So what does that all mean? According to an industry study the #1 Ranked site receives 42% of the clicks for a given keyword. The image below is a screenshot from Google Keyword Tool:

As you can see there are 5400 people searching "wa auto insurance" and 3600 searching for "seattle auto insurance" for a total of 10,000 searches (Note: Google normalizes there data so it's not exact but gives us a good idea of how many people are searchging for each term).That means Sound Insurance can expect to see 4200 additional visitors to their site from just those two keywords.

Also, notice people are paying $37.89 on average per click for seattle auto insurance. That means if Sound Insurance had to pay for the "organic" traffic they're recieving they would have to pay $57,289.68! Just for one month! If they also had to pay for the wa auto insurance traffic they'd pay an additional $53,479.44. That means they're saving $110,769.12 every month by employing Bonsai Media Group to manage the Search Engine Optimization. We're here to serve our clients. Do you want to enjoy these kind of rankings? Do you want to drive new business? Seriously, do you? Call us! We're dedicated to results. We're inexpensive. Now is the time to do it, before the ship sales, it's more competitive and we're more expensive :)

To all you working warriors, my hats off. I'm signing out. And getting back to acheiving rankings.

    As an Interactive Media Designer I often get the question "So Interactive Media…. what exactly do you do?" Up until about 2 years ago I would direct people to various examples of my work on the internet or try in varying degrees of success to tell them what it is I do. Then I did what all tech savvy, geeked out, people in the design field did. I bought an iPhone. The iPhone has revolutionized the way I share my work with people away from a computer. From storing my T-shirt designs in my Photo Library to keeping iPhone compatible versions of my motion graphics projects in my iPod feature, I try to utilize every aspect of the iPhone to turn it into my own mobile portfolio. The biggest upside? It's with me all the time. Even at the bar where I just ran into a business owner who is unhappy with her website's design and functionality and is looking to make a switch.

    I've never met another designer that has taken the time to set up their iPhone to make it work for them. In fact, if you're in graphic design, web design or motion graphics and you have an iPhone and you aren't using it as a personal portfolio and sales piece you are out of your mind. Personal devices like the iPhone that allow you to keep examples of your work at the touch of a finger are going to set you apart from the designer with only a business card that likely gets logged away in a wallet.
    I personally keep my phone branded and positioned to sell my services as a designer, screen printer, and motion graphics animator. I usually have between 3 and 4 wallpaper images that I optimize for display on the iPhone. I can cycle through these images depending on where I'll be and to whom I'll be talking to. That sets the stage. Then I keep a log of all the shirts I have designed, (whether they get printed or not), logo's, website comps, and flyers in my Photo Library. This way if I meet someone who is interested in having a run of hoodies or T-shirts done I have a visual example of what Gryphen Graphics is capable of. I also keep my pricing guide on mobile.me as a .pdf so I can quickly and accurately give them a quote. Next I make sure to have all apps related to the services that Bonsai Media Group offers. Facebook mobile, TweetDeck, YouTube, and Safari usually suffice. This way When I run into the owner of the new bar down the street and get to talking about how he can use SEO, Social Media Marketing, and effective Web Design to drive local business to his bar, I have access to these apps and can demonstrate to him how it's done. Finally when I meet the business man who simply isn't impressed with static images of t-shirts and logo design I open the iPod feature of the iPhone to Videos and show him one of my motion graphics pieces which showcases the versatility and capability of Bonsai Media Group.
    When I bought the iPhone the first week it came out, I knew that it would primarily deal with software upgrades not hardware. In fact it hasn't changed much from what I call the "OG" (1st generation iPhone) to the 3G and 3GS except for the metal casing, which I favor over the latter. The nice thing about the iPhone is when the next one comes out you are not going to have to re-size, re-export or re-encode your files. Once you've got your mobile portfolio library built and optimized it's simply a matter of updating and adding new work.

    These are just 3 examples of ways that you can take casual conversation about your career and transition into the networking side of business just by being prepared to show somebody what exactly it is you do. I would strongly suggest putting in the time to design yourself a great looking business card and please, spend the money to have them done right. Even more impressive after a brief portfolio tour of your work is a business card that they can take with them that they will remember. It's all about separating yourself from the pack, finding your zag and I believe this can be a great compliment to any conversation a designer will have concerning the work they produce.

please feel free to ask questions, there are many ideas behind this strategy that I haven't thought of and for the better of the graphic design community we should hurl our thoughts, ideas and questions into the design-o-sphere.

We're very excited about our new client: Compendium is a publisher of Inspirational Gifts, Books, Cards, and more.  Recently, their Positively Green line of environmentally friendly greeting cards won the LOUIE award for Card of the Year at the 21st Annual International Greeting Card Awards.  Founder Dan Zadra's The 5 Book - Where will you be five years from today? is the 2009 Gold Medal Winner in the Personal Growth/Motivation category of the Living Now Book Awards.

http://www.live-inspired.com

We love our clients. We're especially excited about Jail Sucks Bail Bonds. These guys are great. They're down to earth folks who really care about their customers. Hopefully will you never need their services, but they understand that one bad break could put you, a friend, or someone you love behind bars. They can get you back to your life quickly, and always treat their clients with respect. We're helping grow their business through our viral marketing and Local SEO service as they open a new Seattle location.  We welcome them to the BMG family.

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