Big Ideas for Small Business

Google has launched their new instant search feature. Because of the way search listings (paid and organic) are displayed, I would suggest reading up on instant search and the impact it may have on your SEO & Marketing strategies.

Here’s a brief article written by Jill Kocher at Practical ECommerce.

Last week, Google introduced “Instant,” a feature that predicts searchers’ queries as they type them and streams the results for that predicted query onto the results page in real time. Google announced Instant on its blog, at “Search: now faster than the speed of type.”

Google Instant builds on personalized search and on the popular Google Suggest feature to bring every searcher a personalized result set based on his or her search history, location, preferences, and other factors. Every letter typed improves Google’s ability to predict the searcher’s intent, enabling Google to refresh the search results set in real time. With. Every. Letter. Typed. Google is the first of the big three engines to launch quick, predictive, personalized search to the masses as a foundational feature. For a helpful overview of Instant, I recommend “Google Instant Search: The Complete User’s Guide,” an article published on Search Engine Land.

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Just launched Volume 2, Issue 3 for Sew WOW Magazine. This time we had 21 garments kits, over 10 articles, 3 book reviews, and an interview with Elinor Peace Bailey.

You can view the flipbook here or preview the issue at MagCloud.

I worked with Barclay McConnell over at the Durham Arts Council to produce all the printed materials for the Durham Art Walk including the poster, postcard, Durham Magazine ad, Indy ad, and Herald Sun insert. The design is a color scheme change from last Fall’s design.

This year’s Art Walk (April 17 & 18)  is bigger and better than ever with more artists, more venues, more food, and music. Free parking is available at Golden Belt where I have my studio. We’ll have food vendors and over 43 artists at our building. So start your tour at Golden Belt.

For more about the Durham Art Walk, visit their website.

I’ve just completed the Spring 2010 issue of Sew WOW Magazine. This was our biggest issue yet with 23 garments, numerous articles, book reviews, and an interview.

This issue is available for purchase as a print copy at MagCloud.

The Flash flipbook version with ordering capability for the sewing kits is found here.