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We will be attending the Lower Bucks County Chamber Business Expo Tomorrow at King’s Caterers. Find us out and about the Expo floor networking and snapping photos of the different booths and businesses that will be promoting their services.
Some of the 2008 Exhibitors include:

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About 50 people attended the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce on February 8th, 2008. Among them were business owners, chamber members and clients of Media Components LLC.

The topics were Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), E-Mail Marketing, RSS, Blogging & Web 2.0 Technologies.
Along with Denis Sinelnikov, there were two other presenters: Kathie Jankauskas, Edward T. MacConnell, and sponsored by PNC Bank / Newtown.

Photos from the event:

Denis Sinelnikov talking about blogging, web 2.0 technologies

The Presentation Slides can be downloaded here.

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Denis Sinelnikov of Media Components will be a speaker and presenting on the topic of internet marketing and blogging technology at Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce Technology Forum on February 8.

Also presented by Kathie Jankauskas (KJanStudio), Edward T. MacConnell, CES, CBC (EMA Group Inc.) and sponsored by PNC Bank / Newtown, “Blogs, Mail and Web Driven Sales” What your competitors are doing to attract YOUR customers will be held from 8:00-9:00 a.m. at the Chamber. Their will be a half hour question and answer session following the presentation. Cost $15 members, $30 non-members.

Register online at www.lbccc.org under the events calendar. A continental breakfast will be provided.

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Microsoft has a really cool new technology they showed off at the TED conference.

For more information go to http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

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Thanks to C.C. Chapman for the heads up on this cool event in Doylestown PA, we had a chance to personally experience the power of FiOS.

We met Jim, the blogger and moderator of 2pointhome.com, who hooked us up with a Flip Cam that we used to produce this Viddler Video. Please visit their website to see the great things they are doing for families in need of technology makeover.

We also snapped a few photos that can be viewed on our Flickr.

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Social Media Networking is rapidly evolving, and the buzz in the blogosphere is spreading into business world. Several of our clients are asking how to leverage the power of social networking and use it for marketing purposes. Today we will discuss Facebook, and how it can be used for business.

Social networking is all about communication and engagement and Facebook is the place to be if you are trying to capture attention of the masses. The growth of Facebook is phenomenal!

Some Facebook Stats:

Users have grown by nearly 300 percent to 18.5 million since last July. Half those users log in every day–making Facebook about eight times better read than the New York Times. There are more than one billion photos on the Facebook site. 600 million searches each month using a 200-gigabyte search index, featuring real time updates.

More detailed Facebook growth statistics can be viewed here.

With the masses flocking to Facebook, many businesses starting to look into using the platform to market their businesses and engaging with potential customers. Here are several tips we recommend doing to get your business into Facebook:

1. Sign up to Facebook and invite your co-workers. By having your employees engage and interact with other members your company will build presence and personality. People tend to trust individual more then just a company.
2. Create a Facebook Group. Here you can invite all of your employees, friends, and anyone on Facebook who would be interested about your company and services. Here you can start message board discussions, post photos, videos and attach links to relevant company news.
3. Import your RSS feed from your blog. Your company should have a Blog (if not, we can set one up for you) that updates your readers about news and events surrounding your company. There is a great feature on Facebook that allows you to automatically import your blog posts as notes, and then they are syndicated through the Facebook newsfeed to all of your friends. Import your company feed and post it on your profile.
4. Create a Facebook Application. Since Facebook opened up its platform to third party developers, thousands of new applications have been added to Facebook. 14 million people interacted with Facebook Applications in August. Applications are also highly engaging; capturing more time per session than any other activity on the site. While building a Facebook application will require programming knowledge and time commitment, it can also pay be rewarding for your company. In recent news, TripAdvisor wants to acquire Facebook App for $3 Million is a great example of how Facebook application development can make you money.
5. Spread the Word on Facebook. After you created a profile, group or an application, the best way to promote it is by posting a comment or a note on your friends & co-workers profiles. After all Facebook is social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around each other.

When you get a chance, check out a new Facebook Application we created:

To sign up to facebook visit: www.facebook.com

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PhIMA strives to provide valuable learning opportunities and networking events for agencies, publishers and clients alike. The organization’s intent is to encourage open communication in an effort to increase the sense of community within the Greater Philadelphia market. Participation and membership will help to support the future of the industry and is open to professionals of all levels.

Denis Sinelnikov becomes a member of PhIMA, and will be attending the regular meetings to stay up to date with the interactive marketing techniques.

For more information about the association, please visit PhIMA website.

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Denis Sinelnikov in conjunction with Media Components, Web Design Firm in Bucks County & Philadelphia, released a new website for Buxmont Jewish Business Netowork:

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We (Media Components) are involved with Podcamp this year, helping organzing & promoting this free unconference for both the pod-curious and the pod-enthusiastic.

Are you part of a corporation wondering how new media can be used as an internal tool and or as external marketing? Are you a venture group thinking about whether to invest in this new media space? Are you an individual, school, or library wondering how to incorporate podcasting into projects and community events? Are you interested in citizen journalism? Do you want to know more about new media monetization?

Podcamp is for people interested in all aspects of new media. Bloggers, Podcasters, Video Bloggers (Vloggers), and those interested in using these new media tools are the people the conference serves best. If you’re interested in doing something with new media, you’ll want to attend.

10 Reasons to Attend PodCamp Philly

1. To Network and Forge Valuable Connections

At any point during PodCamp Philly you’ll share the room with at least one person (if not a dozen) who can offer you huge value or solve a significant problem for you as a podcaster. It may be a sponsor. It may be a promotional opportunity. It may be someone you can interview. Bring lots of business cards and be ready to network.

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Media Components proudly sponsored & participated in the 2007 US Open Soccer Tournament - program that enriches the lives of the neighborhoods and communities.

Among the attendees were the Philadelphia Mayoral Candidates, Michael Nutter, Al Taubenberger & Denis Sinelnikov of Media Components.

The event was very successful with over 400 attendees, and many corporate sponsors.

The Winning Teams of US Open 2007


Denis Sinelnikov with other event Sponsors

Alex Shapiro of Power Marketing World with Commerce Bank Sponsor & Philadelphia Federal Credit Union Sponsor

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Internet Overview

You hear a lot of people talking about the secrets to success on the Internet and how easy it is to make it big. The TRUTH is that just like any other business it takes hard work and dedication to become successful ON and OFF the Internet. What should you expect from your web site? How will people find your site? The answers to these questions really depend on only two factors.

• How much time and effort are you willing to spend creating a compelling sales oriented web site.
• How much time and effort are you willing to spend marketing - getting the word out about your products and services.

The Internet has changed a lot in the last few years. The amount of competition for customers is tremendous and the way customers are finding sites is fundamentally changing. To get noticed, your site MUST stand out from your competition.

How will people find your site? - Recent Changes

The top few listings on all of the major search engines are now being taken by paid advertisers. These listings generate about 95% of all the search engine traffic. We see this trend continuing. What does this mean to you? It means that if you are depending on the search engines to generate business you will likely need to choose paid advertising as an option. It can be extremely affordable and profitable.

BUT: These changes don’t eliminate all of the other opportunities that are available to you. There are literally thousands of places and ways to advertise your business. Your web site is JUST like a phone number. The more places that it is listed, the more likely it is that someone will call. Review all of the setup steps to learn how to setup your site and use it as a marketing tool.

Marketing/Sales

In other words - Don’t rely on the search engines to keep you in business. You need to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy to get potential customers to your site from a wide variety of sources. These sources should include search engines, web directories, paid advertising, links from other sites, and non-internet based marketing. There are many ways that your customers can find you and not all of them are soley through the Internet. Don’t limit your opportunity.

If you would like a FREE - Website Consultation, please contact us.

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Access Lock Technologies hired Media Components to create an online presence and display their product and services over the web.

An Online Brochure Style Website was designed & developed for Access Lock Tech., we used a mix web technologies which included, PHP, AJAX and new CSS treatments which will allow this site to load faster and be updated rapidly.

Below are few screenshots of the LIVE website:

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Media Components attented the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce Business Technology forum on Friday, April 13, 2007. The topic of discussion was: “Til Death do us part” - When do I buy a new computer?

Presented by: Chris Mendla (CGM Systems, Inc.) and Bruce Diamond (Computer HelpLine, Inc.)

Some of the topics discussed were:

• Making the move smoothly
• My key program is making me upgrade
• My computer is eligible for medicare
• “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t boot up!”
• The benefits are huge!

Fore more information about LBCCC events, please visit www.lbccc.org

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Media giants pooling resources to create an online video site that will take on Google’s YouTube.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Media giants News Corp. and NBC Universal announced Thursday that they will create an online video site that will rival the popular YouTube.

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If you are a business owner/operator in Bucks County, you are invited to attend the Technology Committee of Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce.

The Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce is the largest organization promoting business in the area. Consisting of over 1500 members representing businesses and professionals, the Chamber offers a wide variey of programs and services for members.

The featured speaker was Mr. Donald Jacobs, CIO/County of Bucks, he addressed the topic of the County’s plan to improve their infrastructure.

Media Components is planning to sponsor one of the Technology Forums in the future and be one of the presenters.

Several photos from the meeting:

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Media Components is going to attend the Lower Bucks County Business Expo on March 28th at King’s Caterers, Bristol, PA. We will have a table setup at the expo to display our services and answer any questions visitors might have. Media Components has been a member of the Lower Bucks County Chamber for more then a year and is very active in networking through out Bucks County & Philadelphia areas.

Be sure to stop by our table and drop off your business card to be entered into a drawing to win a FREE BROCHURE STYLE WEBSITE.

Fore More info visit www.lbccc.org

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We received a very nice testimonial from one of our clients who is using ProPageBuilder Website Builder system to maintan and update their website. We thought we would share this:

ProPageBuilder is simple and easy to use.  I use it on a weekly basis to make changes and to update any web specials that I may have.  I enable the mailing list option to my site to email my customers and visitors with any news, information or deals.  With a click of the mouse, you can view how many visitors came to your website, how many pages they viewed and who referred them to your site.  I definitely have an advantage over my competitors by using ProPageBuilder.

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http://justthissideofheavenmassage.com/

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The DVPO is dedicated to inspiring, entertaining and educating the community by providing high quality, artistic and diverse symphonic concerts performed by professional musicians. Our Creative Arts competition includes three Fine Arts with original compositions in Music, Poetry and Art. It is believed to be the only one of its kind in the region.

The second annual Youth in the Arts Live Auction raises over $20,000 for their spring concert. Media Components has donated an item for the Live Auction- a Custom Brochure Style Website (valued at $3500) to raise money for the concert. The Auction brought in several business owners, Bucks County residents and even our newly elected Congressman - Patrick Murphy who is born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia.

Photo from the event:

In this photo, left to right: Michael Pratt - DVPO Music Director, Patrick Murphy - Congressman, Jane Ward - Third Federal Bank, Denis Sinelnikov - Media Components, Elena Antonello, M.D., Vice President of DVPO, Stan Marcus, ESQ., President of DVPO.

For more information about DVPO, please visit their website.

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One of South Africa’s highly successful music writers Ken Levine, has hired Media Components to create a unique & user friendly website which resembles the taste and brilliance of this talented individual.

Each page of the website translates the monumental contribution Ken Levine has made to the music industry. Technologies such as Macromedia Flash, PHP, HTML were used in this project.

URL: www.kenlevinemusic.com

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Fresh Start Foundation has hired Media Components to create and manage their website. Complete User Interface & Administration section was implemented to complement their brand colors, logo and other marketing materials.

Fresh Start is a non-profit organization that serves recovering addicts. We serve both walk-in clients, and clients who are referred by other agencies. Our transitional homes are located in the Kensington and Harrowgate sections of Philadelphia. We pair each new client up with a “buddy” as soon as they arrive to help them in their early transition to our facility.

URL: www.freshstartfoundation.org

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If your business has a name that doesn’t say anything about what your business does, you’re losing potential new clients and you don’t even know it. We ran across this great article has explains several SEO tips that will result in better  SEO rankings.

Read full article here.

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New design for a local DJ / Promoter:

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We just launched our latest E-Commerce project for local Produce, Gift Basket Company located at the Reading Terminal, center city Philadelphia.

Their main goal was to sell their unique fruit, nuts & gift baskets online as well as an ability to fully manage their online store and dynamic updates.

We developed a custom solution which included completely secured shopping cart website and the administration section which runs their entire online store. This solution includes account based ordering, order management and full e-mail notification. Our E-commerce solution includes all the latest technology such as big online stores (Amazon.com, Buy.com) such as coupon creation, gift certificates, downloadable products, e-commerce tracking and the newest plug-ins for online merchant account gateways.

Here are several samples of the designs and back-end system:

Visit the Online Store here.

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Google has acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in an all stock transaction.

Read the entire article at Techcrunch.

Listen to the Conference call with Google & YouTube Ceos.

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One of our clients International Subsidiary Development Inc. has hired Media Components to create several branded materials for print, web and mass media purposes.

We have designed their Presentation Folder, Newspaper Ads, Custom Graphics and Email / Press Release Templates:

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We came across a great video discussing Web 2.0 and the hype that’s going on with all the new technologies like AJAX and Flux. One of our favorite blogs, Techcrunch sat down with a number of startup CEOs and executives to video their feedback about this new “bubble” that’s growing rapidly. Participating in the discussion were Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare (edgeio), Steven Marder (Eurekster), Joe Kraus (JotSpot), Jeremy Verba (Piczo), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Chris Alden (Rojo), Gautam Godhwani (Simply Hired), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr), David Sifry (Technorati), Matt Sanchez (Video Egg) and Michael Tanne (Wink).

We like the metaphor Aaron Cohen from Bolt.com gave, all of these new web 2.0 startups such as YouTube, Myspace, Technorati, Flickr, are like the Republic in the Star Wars movie. They are all working together to take the advertising money away from TV Media which he compared to the Empire. More and more startups are expanding the web 2.0 sphere and taking away the spotlight of primetime TV. Where will the web 2.0 take us? We shall see, lets just hope that Tom Anderson does not become the Darth Vader and start charging for MySpace!

Here is the video compiled by TechCrunch

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We had the pleasure in developing another Wordpress Blog for PhillyFinance.com. Blogging technology is great when it comes to broadcasting your expertise to the broad range of audience.

At PhillyFinance.com you will find the most vital and useful financial, real estate news, tips, and information that you wouldn’t find on traditional informational websites. PhillyFinance.com will be posting tips and information for not only consumers, but Real Estate, Mortgage, and Law professionals that are in or some way related to the Real Estate business. As one of the hottest industries and most lucrative personal investments one can make, people tend to get mixed information about Real Estate and when it comes to getting involved and informed.

Technology used for this project was Wordpress and Adobe Photoshop.

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Media Components is proud to announce the launch of our web based site builder. This solution is perfect for any business who are looking to builder, manage and market their online presence.

In a nutshell, we’ve made it possible for every small business, charity and entrepreneur to be equipped with a powerful web presence, including every feature they need to be successful online – with NO design or programming knowledge required whatsoever.

Getting a professional web site is now as easy as sending an Email and more affordable than your home phone bill!

That’s important because the top three reasons why small businesses report that they do not have a website is because they either believe the upfront costs are too high (31%), websites are too costly to maintain (8%) or they think sites are too difficult and technical to do themselves (27%).

This is because until now, small businesses basically had only 3 options when it came to getting a web site:

What OnlinePageBuilder has done is consolidate all the services a small business could possibly need for their website under one roof and in a way that they can actually manage themselves even if they’re non-technical.

Though OnlinePageBuilder’s website builder offers a template website solution, our designs are dramatically superior to anything our competition offers. In fact, every design is developed by our award-winning design team which takes the time to make sure each template communicates a strong message.

And because our system is entirely web-based, people from all over the world can build and manage their websites securely on the web. Being web-based means no software installs and downloads, no upgrades and no headaches. As long as you have an Internet connection you can run your OnlinePageBuilder website from anywhere!

We invite you to consider OnlinePageBuilder as your website partner. After all, we’re committed to going to any length to ensure your online success!

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I read an interesting article about how search engine-friendly design can make it easier for your ideal customers to find you.

Read article here.

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