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You can’t begin to know Providence Tax & Financial Services without first knowing James Rahal, president and founder of this 100% paperless tax preparation service company. James is a graduate of Benedictine Military School and University of Georgia. He excelled in athletics & academics at Georgia and in true Georgia Bulldog fan fashion, similar bulldog colors were chosen for his website and logo. After working with several tax and accounting firms in the Savannah area and becoming frustrated with the services being too costly, he decided to start a company that would offer tax and financial services but in a paperless and more efficient way. In December of 2001, Providence Tax & Financial Services was started with the mission “To be America’s best and most proficient tax firm that operates with ethics, integrity, and innovation”. The website design is clean and simple with a navigation bar that includes services offered, client login page and frequently asked questions page. Take a look at the site and visit the page describing the mission, vision and history behind the name Providence, I promise you will be impressed with the company.

Tags: Featured Clients, General, eMarketSouth by Suzy Buelvas
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Recently, we at eMarketSouth had the pleasure of rebuilding the website for the Blue Knights GA VIII chapter, a non-profit fraternal organization consisting of active and retired law enforcement men and women who enjoy riding motorcycles.

I will be the first to boast how happy I was that they liked my design. Typically, Doy is our supreme design guru, but as I have a soft spot for non-profits, I requested the task for myself. The design now had a consistent navigation for each page that made it easy to move throughout the website and clean, official branding.

Previously, the site was, well, rather empty. Part of the problem was that chapter officers did not have the time to create HTML code and update the site as regularly as they had information to be added. So instead, the site occupied space on the Internet but didn’t really further the chapter’s mission or provide accurate and timely information to its members.

In rebuilding the website, we created each page to be dynamic, meaning chapter officers can make updates anytime they want, whether it be 3 pm or 3 am. Now, members can have the latest information and resources to stay connected with the chapter’s activities. Persons interested in becoming a member now have information on applying as well as the activities in which the chapter is involved.

We additionally added a photo gallery to showcase the chapter’s events and a memorial section to recognize members who have passed. We gave the site a contact form that allows any visitor to the site to immediately send an email to the chapter, which could be parties interested in becoming a member or becoming a sponsor or current members who just need to ask a question. Chapter members can even list items to be swapped. We even threw in a few SEO tricks as a bonus.

At eMarketSouth we understand the daunting task of providing services to the community. It gives us such satisfaction to help non-profits further their mission through their websites. Contact us to help you increase your marketing ROI with a dynamic website that keeps your members and prospective donors interested and informed.

Tags: Featured Clients, Non-Profit, eMarketSouth by Lisa Scarbrough
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Mopper Stapen Realty Company has been doing business in Savannah for more than 30 years but never have they done business the blogging way. This is all new to Broker and founder of Mopper-Stapen, Dicky Mopper who knows the real estate business and good old fashion face to face relationship building. It is sometimes for guys like Mr. Mopper to imagine the value and impact of blogging for business until they delve into the “blogosphere“. Their first entry was a nice introduction to the business and their decision to create a blog to expand business and add a new way of sharing. And sharing they did … It was the annual beach bum parade at Tybee Island where pictures were made of the agents and office staff riding in the parade float in their next post. A nice example of posting with pictures so your audience can feel a kinship and come back to see what you are doing next. It is a way for the business/work family to show their casual playful side and Mopper-Stapen did it well with this post. They also used the blog to highlight their move into Tybee real estate, another great use of this post. The next post was a featured article by one of Savannah’s well known event writers, Bill Dawers. A great way to link your business to another credible business that you know has routine visitors is share an article on your blog… smart move! The article highlighted the Drayton Towers project which is such a monumental undertaking and fabulous preservation project for historic Savannah. Good for the folks at Mopper-Stapen for the use of their blog for credible information in their industry. If Mopper-Stapen continues to use their blog in these creative ways, they will drive more traffic to their site and ultimately more business to their agents. This is a new and exciting marketing and public relations tool that more and more companies will start using. Check out the site and read up on Mopper-Stapen’s blog from time to time… maybe there will be more parade pictures soon! Post often and post creatively!

Tags: Blogging, Featured Clients, eMarketSouth by Suzy Buelvas
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