This has been a rough few months for the world, with Covid-19 running the show, but thankfully we here at Surf Your Name have been able to keep working with great small business owners to revamp their operations and give their companies a boost. So – during this trying time for everyone, who wouldn’t want…
Videos are the number one way to increase engagement online. Which makes sense, right? A video gives your clients an inside look at what your company is all about. You’re able to put faces to names and encourage personal connection. Which is what the internet is all about. We had been talking with our clients…
Millennials. The very name causes a wide variety of reactions from head-nodding respect to annoyed sigh. As seen in news articles, this generation is killing industries left and right from fabric softener to casual dining chains. However, the real story is a bit deeper than that as Millennials are reshaping the way businesses communicate. As…
At Surf Your Name, we understand the importance of your company’s social media outlets. And we often get questions from clients wondering how they can increase their sphere of influence and they’re often surprised by our answer. What most business owners don’t know is that one of the most successful ways to tap into an…
Website content writing – the process of providing relevant content for a website. All websites have a target audience whose attention they want to get. Different audiences require different content. To be able to be found by its target audience, content should include special keywords. People use these keywords to look for products and services…
We’ve written a few times about the powers of animated explainer videos for your business and we’ve been making several successful videos with a number of our clients. We’re excited to announce that longtime Surf Your Name client, Erin – the owner of Extreme Air Trampoline Park has joined our long list of happy animated…
Every business needs to start from something. When you create your business page on Facebook, it’s very hard to find your first followers. Your new page will probably not attract any new followers if it has zero likes. You can obviously start a Facebook Ads campaign spending the extra money to find someone who will…
There are many different ways to promote your business with social media. You can start a PPC-campaign, work with influencers, do product placement, etc. The point of these promotions is to engage with people who are already subscribed to your page and get more new followers that will turn into potential customers later. One of…
We love helping businesses grow their audience! Whether that means email marketing, social media marketing, or even a whole new website to increase their sphere of influence – our team of expert marketers, social media gurus, and website designers take pride in delivering the best results. That’s why a majority of our clients trust us…
We love helping our clients grow their business, and we pride ourselves in our incredible client retention rate. Our goal is to be the go-to digital marketing specialist for all of our clients, no matter their marketing needs. We’ve been working with the owner of BR Masonry & Restoration Inc. for years, ever since we…
Facebook is a super-popular social network, but on the other hand, it’s also a place for all the customers to leave reviews for local businesses. Long dependent on a five-star evaluations framework, the social network is streamlining its approach with the new recommendations system for Facebook business pages. Rather than appointing a star rating and…
The website that we designed for The Country Times back in the early 2000s. At Surf Your Name, we have clients who come to us from all over because they have a website that is outdated and not producing the results they’re looking for. In the past, we’ve written about how important having a…
One of the most common things that we hear from our clients when they’re looking for a new web designer or developer is the lack of customer service they are experiencing with their current web designer. So many designers and developers charge their clients for phone calls and emails, some disappear completely once their website…
Every business has its specific language and acronyms they use to communicate with each other and to outsiders, it sounds like a foreign language. SurfYourName is no exception to this rule and sometimes web designers, web developers, and social media geeks are worse than average! While what we say may make sense to us,…
A popular Internet and social media hoax surfaced again. Thousands of Facebook users have been copying and pasting a warning about changes to Facebook’s privacy policy. Below is a sample of what is being copied and pasted on millions of Facebook users accounts “As of September 26th, 2015 at 01:16 a.m. Eastern standard time, I…
Do you ever dream about having 50 or 100 new customers walking in your door in a month? Do you ever wonder if you could be doing a better job in marketing and spending less money? Making a small budget produce huge results isn’t easy. There are several key techniques needed to consistently develop new…
