Hello Kolb Net Works Clients and Friends,
With the holidays and New Year just around the corner, please allow the Kolb Net Works team to wish you and your family Happy Holiday wishes. 

Our office will be closed Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2.

Carlos is on vacation during the week after Christmas - December 24 thru January 2.

Kathy's cool web links:

• Microsoft's Beta Local mapping web site - http://local.live.com/

• See what people are using Google maps for at http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

• Accuweather blog - 38 below - very funny and it has good weather information, too.

Information Technology Grant info:
Operation Acceleration: IT Kickstart Road Tour

Find out how to qualify for this grant, which is to help Pennsylvania companies with IT project funding, including web site improvements.

For more information visit www.itkickstart.com  or call (814) 898-6500.

New Clients / Projects:

Medieval Majesty's Renaissance Fair will take place next Summer (in 2006). Their high and low bandwidth web sites have gone live.  The faire is located on thirty acres near Williamsport, PA.

Marketing Tips
Obtaining and retaining good search engine ranking results for your targeted keywords are important for most web sites.

You can subscribe to a bunch of Search Engine Optimization newsletters, try out most of the available tools, and invest $1000s of dollars for computer hardware and software to help you track and improve your positions, or you can call us since we've already done that.

E-commerce Tip: Email your prior customers.

I've ordered items from numerous web sites that I've forgotten the names and addresses of. If they would just send me an email from time to time, and offer an incentive like a discount or free shipping, I'd probably place another order. Why don't you consider contacting people who have purchased items from you before and offer them a special?

Would you like an objective comparison between you and some of your online competitors? Give us a call.

Note: issues of current and past newsletters are online and can be viewed at: http://www.kolbnetworks.com/newsletters

As you start your email newsletter address list, please include my email address so I can see how you are doing.

We appreciate your interest and business,
-----
Kathy Kolb
President, Kolb Net Works, Inc. - Powerful Web Solutions
http://www.kolbnetworks.com --- (570) 326-2888 --- kathy@kolbnetworks.com

" If our service is great, please tell the world.
If not, please tell me!"

 Click to hear our December radio spot - What do you want for Christmas?
(580 KB MP3 file)

If you are looking for a tasty gift to send someone for the holidays, consider sending some Germans Roasted Nuts.

Browse German Roasted Nuts web site for more delicious gift ideas.

Are you reviewing your marketing plans for the new year? Give Janway a call for key chains and more to help you promote your business and web site.

We publish this newsletter to help show our clients and friends how to market using the Internet.

We believe one of the best ways to learn something is to do it!

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Additional Services:
Did you know that Kolb Net Works also offers marketing design services including:

• Web Development / ECommerce / Database / Maintenance / hosting
• Multimedia Production: CDROMs, web sites, Video spots, DVDs
• Domain Registration
• Search Engine Optimization
• Email marketing
• Streaming Media live broadcast and archive
• Flash & Shockwave Development
• Logo Design / Development
• Print Ads
• Brochure / flyer / newsletter design
• Poster design / Buttons / Election campaign
• Postcard design
• Kiosk development
• Ad Campaign Development
• Radio spot writing and producing
• Voice over narration / On Hold messages

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334 East Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA 17701