Third Eye Studio Visual Art - Graphic Design in Lake Worth, Boca Raton, South Florida

Use Your Google Alerts for search engine marketing!

2009-07-13T10:55:00.001-05:00

What for? It's important to get inbound links to your website to get a higher ranking in google. Finding quality places to add your website address is tedious and time consuming, so why not put it on auto pilot using your goggle alerts? The alerts function goes out and searches for content on the web that you are interested in and delivers it to your email box. Why not use some of the keywords of your website content that help your clientele find you, in the alerts?. For example, as a web and graphic designer, I added "custom web and graphic design" to my alerts, "holistic web design" and "holistic graphic design".

I did this but will admit that I went a bit overboard and had the alerts set to arrive whenever something was found, and was annoyingly bombarded by alerts every minute or two. So, I went back and set it to once a week. At this point, I can check out what websites were found and do a bit of marketing for myself by adding my website link to the sites that google alerts found. Most of them were related blogs, which allow comments including your website address. Pretty cool huh?

Get yourself a gmail account and set yourself up on the alerts...

Google Alerts

Some of my webdesign work can be found at http://www.studiothirdeye.com

Free Personal Developement Sources - Self Help, Money Manifesting, Meditations...

2009-07-06T14:01:00.006-05:00

I just wanted to post this website I found last night. I downloaded an audio version of the book "Think and Grow Rich" as well as the e version of it. There is a section where people can submit their own resources. This is great...for people looking to build their self improvement business they can get the word out a bit easier and we benefit as well.

Free Self Improvement Resources

Real Photos of Fairies

2009-06-16T21:07:00.009-05:00

I was forwarded on an email from Elizabeth, who was in contact with a woman who took some real photos of fairies. Do you believe in fairies? I do. My friend told me Shannon from www.TheMagdaleneAwakening.com went out with a friend in her backyard and the beach and chanted "Fairies, Fairies, Fairies" over and over again until the showed up. Looks like they did!

It's pretty interesting.

Check out the slideshow...

These photos are not doctored up in photoshop in anyway except to crop and brighten them up. They are so awesome I just had to show them off.

Professional Logo Design for Holistic Businesses

2009-05-11T15:39:00.005-05:00

When you are starting a small business, eventually you are going to need a logo to brand your company. I specialize in professional web design, graphic design and logo design for the small business - mostly holistic and alternative medicine practitioners. Here are two new logos I completed...

This was actually for an energy healer in Palm City, Florida. She wanted a golden lotus for her paypal buttons on her site...check out http://www.skyshealing.com

This logo was actually created for me as a website I am developing to sell holistic products. I wanted to keep the same brand at Third Eye Studio. This one is for Third Eye Vision.

Web Conferencing and Pay per View of your workshops, online classes and more...

2009-05-11T15:35:00.002-05:00

Are you looking to take your business to the next level technology wise and reach a wider audience? Now you can. I connected with a new company that can do:

Live Streaming Broadcasts – This is great for online workshops, lectures, classes etc. You can now sell your broadcasts as pay per view off of your website! You can also interact and take questions from your viewers with live chat during the broadcast. How cool is that!
Video Conferencing
Video Emailing
Video Newsletters

All you will need is a web cam hooked up to your computer. This new system makes it easy to post video broadcasts to your website or send out as an email. Training & customer support is available as well as affordable packages customized to your needs. Please contact me so I can tell you more…IntuitiveInternet@gmail.com

Seamless Photo sharing software and website

2009-04-07T07:47:00.005-05:00

Hi, I came across this solution while looking for a site that people can upload photos and make comments on them, make it private, or not. It looks like a great way to share your photos online, promote your event, show your products or services...etc.

Talking about Web Design, how to get a site, how to design it....

2009-04-04T14:18:00.005-05:00

Hey, I was on the Joyful Light Hour on Thursday, April 2, 2009 talking about what I do, web design and graphic design. I tend to help about holistic businesses so the hosts thought I would make a good guest...I also designed their website...check it out...I was a little nervous but it was fun...they laugh alot...

Bonnie and Gary's website is at http://www.reysofthelight.com

Custom Carrot Cake Baker in West Palm Beach and how to use meta tags on a webpage

2009-01-19T16:08:00.006-05:00

titled DocumentI found out this weekend that one of my local clients is at the top of google for “carrot cake in west palm beach”. I thought that was pretty cool to know. It means I chose the right phrases for her meta tags, although meta tags are not really all they are cracked up to be, they work pretty well for local markets.

My friend and web design client Roxanne invited me over for a delectable lunch at her house this weekend and I met her friend Janet there. We talked about all sorts of things but it came up that Roxanne was searching for certain phrases in google to see if her website would come up. She was delighted to find she was first for “carrot cake in West Palm Beach”.

Meta tags are not everything, but if your target market is pretty localized, it’s a really good thing to use the right phrases in the website code to get you to come up where you need to be. The title tag is important. This is the tag that will show up in the reverse bar of someone’s browser when they go to your page and it helps to put your key phrases in there. Here is Roxanne’s title tag and probably how she got the number one spot for carrot cake in West Palm Beach.

<title>Cake Baker, Carot Cake Baker, Breakers in Palm Beach, Children's book author Roxanne Birney in West Palm Beach, Florida</title>

So whenever someone is looking for custom made carrot cakes for a wedding or event, Roxanne comes up on the first page of google. This phrase is also repeated on the webpage so it’s a double whammy!

The description code is important as well. Here is Roxanne’s description tag for her products page.

<meta name="description" content="Roxanne bakes delicious cakes for private parties and weddings and also wrote a children's book, plus much more...." />

I won’t go into the key word tags, since from what I have read, the search engines don’t even read them anymore. Personally, I put them in there just in case since old habits die hard. Here is her keyword tag.

<meta name="keywords" content="positive discipline, disciplineearly childhood, child, children, kids, child development speaker, child behavior, speaker, pre-k, kindergarten, teacher, keynote speakers,speaker, aggression, conflict, parenting, brain research, childcare,guidance, power struggles, rituals, relationship building, infants,toddlers, problem solving " />

The title and description tags of a webpage are not as important as they used to be, but they do help. One of the best ways to get a higher ranking in the search engine is really just to have good, descriptive content. Another is having lots of inbound links from other relevant websites pointing to your website pages. So, if Roxanne had her website link on www.allrecipes.com or www.cooks.com, or even the The Breakers in West Palm Beach, since she is local, she would get a higher ranking in the search engines. It’s more about promoting your website than using the right keywords, but it does help and Roxanne’s website is an example of this.

So try it, google “carrot cake in West Palm Beach” and see what comes up…

By the way, the cake really is that good, as you can see from the pics from our garden lunch.

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Chucklehead Music

2009-01-14T22:14:00.002-05:00

I have no idea why, but this band name popped into my head today. I used to listen to them in the early nineties when I was going to school in New Haven, Connecticut. Funk music was making a big comeback at that time and I was into Funkadelic, Parliment....George Clinton...but these guys were sort of local to the northeast.

Chucklehead Official Blog

Dowsing and New Projects for Web Design

2009-01-07T17:05:00.007-05:00

I have to say, I meet the most interesting people and ideas during my career as a graphic and web designer. Since I tend to specialize in holistic businesses, I get exposed to all kinds of different people and techniques.

Today, I met with a new client in his office to redesign and simplify his raw food website…www.RawFoodLlife.com. In an effort to be fair to both parties and come to an agreement on work and payment, my client took out his trusty dowsing rod to get answers to our project. I thought it pretty cool. As we were talking, he dowsed the whole conversation. I guess we came to a good agreement since he seemed happy with the result. He then used the dowsing rod on me and concluded I have very strong energy, especially in my third eye....they don't call me Third Eye Studio for nothing...

What exactly is dowsing? From what I seen of it, it is using a pendulum, a stick, or a rod to divine answers to questions or find to objects or water. Apparently, this tool connects us to the unconscious mind to find. Here is a good article on dowsing…

What is dowsing?

Get a book on dowsing...

Everybody has their own set of tools to get answers and make the right decision. I like to use astrology and intuitive cards to keep me on the right track and do things at the correct time. I find using your intuition a very practical skill that more people should access. It is there for everybody and just makes your days a little bit easier.

Joyful Light Hour Radio show and how to manifest prosperity, abundance, money...

2008-12-16T18:20:00.003-05:00

Hi, once of my clients over the past year gave me a really nice plug on their radio show...it's about 35 minutes in...but the whole show is pretty cool in that they give free online empowerments. This one was about prosperity and how to manifest and bring more light into your body and life. It's worth a listen to and especially my little plug...

Joyful Light Hour with Todd Stockwell

Also, the website I created for them is at http://www.reysofthelight.com....they do good work, so check 'em out...

Christmas in Lake Worth, Florida...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

2008-12-10T10:34:00.005-05:00

Hi everybody, just wanted to share a couple of pictures of the cool christmas tree a few blocks from my apartment. They must have had alot of fun emptying all those beer bottles!

Rolling Rock, huh....I actually prefer Heinekin or a nice glass of white wine...

Looks like a good time was had for all making this beer bottle christmas tree!

Feng Shui decorating cure for my living room...tips for better Chi.

2008-11-29T15:55:00.022-05:00

Mostly, my one bedroom, one bath apartment has good Chi...people that come to my place feel comfortable and tend not to want to leave. But, there is always room for improvement and my living room fit the bill. I use the book, "Move your Stuff, Change your Life", as the feng shui bible. It works for me since it is so simple and easy to implement...yes, the branch Karen Rauch Carter uses is a newer feng shui, but it is based on the ancient principles and you know, those asians are smart.

To start, you had to kind of walk over and around a couch and tv to enter my apartment, not good feng shui. The door is the mouth where the chi enters your home, so it should not be obstructed. Why didn't I move everything sooner? Well, the electrical outlet didn't work on the wall near the door so it had to be that way, but this was remedied a few months ago, suppose that is another interesting symbolism...

Here are some before pictures...by the way, I am self employed and work from my home so good feng shui chi is important for generating wealth and that much needed cash flow!

The picture above is the view when you walk in the door, notice the couch sticking out and the tv blocking the way. Your entry way corresponds to the career area of your life, so there should be no obstructions.

This is another before picture...and my work area. It's kind of zig zaggy and behind me was a wicker shelf with all my old artwork on it, not organized at all!

Tearing it up! I moved the couch near the wall facing the door....good placement since you are supposed to see whoever enters your home. I also got rid of the artwork shelf and said goodbye to old works I didnt like too much. The most important and least thing you can do for youself via feng shui is to de - clutter and get rid of things you do not use anymore...it holds energy and throwing it out releases it.

Cleaning the whole way through...yes, he cleans!

and the result is...

The new view to my apartment, notice the clear view, no obstructions. Also notice I strategically placed the fish tank and my water fountain there. The career area of the bagua corresponds to the color black and the element water...so water features are great here.

Get a water feature for your entry way/career area...

Moocher knows positive feng shui when she sees it...that couch top is now her new home. Nice clear and opened room. This area of the bagua corresponds to health. I intended good health by jazzing it up with the red rug. The element is earth, fire, metal, triangular stuff, the color red. The book suggested not to place wooden items here but there was no place else for the table. So, I balanced it out by placing my little triangle purple pyramid, a Himalayan salt lamp and a candle. I also hung a little crystal off of the ceiling fan.

My new workspace, right in the helpful people and travel section. Not bad...it was in the creativity section before. This was a good place since as a designer, I use creativity on a regular basis. But, I also depend on referrals for repeat business AND I did pump up the creativity area by neatly stacking my organized artwork in that area, and placing my silver lamp and metal bike. The element and color that correponds to that area is silver and metal.

All of this took me about a day and a half because I threw out so much. I kind of figured I would have a healing crisis from making a big change all at once, energetically, and I did. I have been suffering from allergy and asthma attacks since I stirred up all that dust and cat hair...my lungs couldnt take it. I feel good today with the windows wide open though.

A curious thing DID happen this week...possibly from more chi flowing into my home. The money and prosperity area of the bagua is located in my bathroom. Thanksgiving day I was brushing my teeth getting ready to meet up for a feast and my sink just bubbled up with black filthy old water, out of the blue. I did nothing out of the ordinary except keep the water running....bad me. The drain was slow running prior and this forced me to take the plunger to it and now the drain runs free and clear.

It's only been a week since I made this change to my chi. All I can say is I feel happier and peaceful in my space and thoughts create reality!

Check out some of the feng shui items I added to my store....

Business Online Marketing Tools

2008-11-15T16:23:00.004-05:00

Here are a couple of links to some tools that will help you out with promoting your website and your products and services. I used the article submitter tool and noticed the daily traffic to my website really increased...so if you have any articles you wrote and want to increase your traffic, this is a good way!

Automated Article Submission Software ...Free Download! Upgrade if you like...

Directory Submitter

Caution: This is a good program to submit your website to multiple directories, but it would be recommended you do NOT submit to more than 100 a month. It's possible to get banned from the search engines if they see a large amount of in bound links in a short amount of time...do it gradually...

Lots of different ways to get a higher ranking and promote your website

Constant Contact Email Newsletters and Evites

You can use Contant Contact email templates or I can design something custom which you can update with a good html editor and paste into the custom email section. It's easy!

Check out some of the emails I created on the web design section of my website...

The Economy SUCKS and we want your Business...A CUSTOM logo and CUSTOM one page website ...for only $500!!!

2008-11-10T10:40:00.010-05:00

Third Eye Studio and The Fae Group have teamed up to offer you this great promotion through December 30th, 2008. Get a CUSTOM LOGO and one page CUSTOM designed WEBSITE for just $500!!!

Sure, you can purchase a logo template or a website template for cheaper, but you can't get this kind of branding custom designed, for this price.

If you have been holding off on getting some professional branding and internet identity because of the cost, this promotion is for you. Sara from the Fae Group will design a professional and eye catching logo for your business...and I will create a great looking, fast loading, and search engine friendly website. This would include tagging the page with key phrases that people use to get to your website and submitting it to google, yahoo, and msn. Put it together and you have some AWESOME branding before the start of the new year!!!

Check out some of Sara's logos...

Check out some of my sites...

Down to the Wire Interior Design
Delray Beach, Florida

Reys of the Light
Pompano Beach, Florida

Just remember although this promotion is for a ONE PAGE website, I would be happy to create places for the buttons so you can add more content in at a later date or use a web editor like Front Page or Macromedia Contribute. This is a superb solution for those of you who like to to update your website yourself.

Domain and hosting goes through you, but Godaddy is very affordable...

Please contact me at IntuitiveInternet@gmail.com to get started on your project immediately!!!

Video Editing for YouTube and websites

2008-10-27T15:50:00.003-05:00

I edited a video for an Energy Healer in Palm City....what fun! I used to turn away video editing jobs because when I have had a request, it was when I only had one computer, my desktop, and these video files are so huge you really can't do anything else when the file is conforming in premier pro, so I didnt think it was worth it. But, around the beginning of the year I bought a laptop, and I also have have a portable hard drive...making it possible for me to do video editing.

Sky emailed me to see if I knew anybody who could do the work, and that person happend to be me! I forgot how much fun it is to do these things, adding music and custom graphics....etc.

Check out the video I edited...she is also on the first page of YouTube for Oneness Blessings and Integrated Energy Therapy...

Carrot Cake Cupcakes and feeling appreciated

2008-10-17T10:24:00.007-05:00

I just finished up a website for a client, who does lots of things, including making fantastic looking and tasting bakery goods. I was working on the products section of the site and got so hungry reading the cake descriptions I went down to TooJays and bought a chocolate brownie, which of course, I gobbled up and felt sick for three hours afterwards....but, it was worth it, and so tasty!

Check out Roxanne's new website:

http://www.roxannebirney.com

She was so happy with the website and now having an internet presence she dropped off a big and delicious looking carrot cake cupcake. I just can't wait to eat it, but want to wait until I at least eat some lunch before diving in. What a nice way to be appreciated...baked goods always works for me!

The Toilet Paper Enterpreneur and Ask Allie

2008-09-30T12:45:00.003-05:00

My psychic friend Allie sent this website to me..the video is hilarious...check it out.

Oh, and if you get a chance, check out Allie's website and podcast. I have been listening to her podcast for a few years now and just booked a reading with her this week...after a few years of submitting free questions and her enthusiastically reading them on air...its about time!

Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur - The 8 TPE Attributes - Website Video from Toilet Paper on Vimeo.

New Custom Website Projects I want to show off!

2008-09-25T09:43:00.004-05:00

I finished up these sites this month...it's so cool to see ideas coming together and the final project up and online...

2 Women with a Big Heart - Tia Crystal and Rochelle Schwartz

Aromatherapy for Life Christa McCourt - Lake Worth, Florida

I learned quite a bit about numerology and aromatherapy from these projects. Aromatherapyforlife.com had me using my peppermint oil again for tummy aches and rose oil for opening my heart chakra.

Numerologist, Intuitive Counselor, Reiki Healer Rhoda Jones in
Lake Worth, Florida

I am not obsessed with numbers...ok, just a little bit. AdohrSpirit.com talks alot about numbers and the meanings behind the combinations. I would like to move into a more peaceful apartment or home so have been checking out the house numbers of places I am interested in. I decided an 8 (prosperity) or a 9 (completion) would be a good fit. It's also very interesting I have been seeing 1111 since the start of the year, on a daily basis...

Migraines and Graphic Designers

2008-09-20T13:59:00.003-05:00

Just a little note, had a migraine the past two days. Those things make me feel grumpy, tired, and unmotivated to do anything....YECH...

Nobody is endorsing me, but this stuff works!

It worked so well, I put all over my forehead...thank goodness, in a much better mood now!

YAY!

Third Eye Studio (me!) gets interviewed by Nancy Tursi on her radio show!

2008-09-18T10:02:00.007-05:00

I was interviewed by Nancy Tursi on her radio show at Contact Talk Radio.

My disclaimer...I was a little nervous!

Check it out....

Interview with Nancy Tursi Psychic Medium September 2008

Why it's important to pay your creative contractor on time (graphic and web designer for me!)

2008-09-11T10:48:00.005-05:00

1. Creativity thrives on a relaxed state. Not recieving compensation for the work completed keeps a designer in survival mode. We can't be creative if we are spending our time worrying about paying bills.

2. The time we spend chasing money owed to us is time we could be using to brainstorm ways to get you more business!

3. Not being paid on time means we have to take on more projects to stay ahead, which means we rush. Rushing usually means we are not at our best and mistakes are made. It also means we take longer to finish projects because we need to the money, so we overbook!

4. We don't feel valued when we are the last person you feel you have to pay. You become the last person on our list the next time you need a website change or a print ad done yesterday!

5. We do this work full time and depend on cash flow to stay in business.

6. Although I love what I do, it is what I do to pay rent and buy groceries...its not a hobby, it's a business and needs to be treated as one.

7. The dotcom bubble burst years ago. Internet workers don't work for free anymore to "get more work" or have something notable to show in our portfolios. Most of us have years of experience and don't need to work for free to get more work.

8. YOU are stopping the flow of more money coming into your life by not paying your bills. It's a lack of faith saying you don't believe more money will be coming in so you need to keep what you have. Open the flow and watch what happens!

Fairy and Angel Psychic Readings from 2Believewithin.com!

2008-08-25T20:30:00.006-05:00

Just wanted to show off another website I finished up last week. Its all about fairies and angels and Elizabeth Smith, who does intuitive readings and workshops in Palm Beach County, Florida.

I love fairies! I love pixies and leprechauns and anything related to the earth angel realm, so I had lots of fun designing the layout and asked for help from the fairies and designing it...they were happy to oblige...

Yogathon to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

2008-08-18T21:22:00.005-05:00

I did a YogaThon at Yoga and Inner Peace in Lake Worth, Florida this Saturday. The benefit was to raise money for Cancer for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. I did 100 rounds of sun salutations...WOW! I probably could have done more, but got a little hungry. I don't I have ever done that many sun salutations continuously. It was like the boot camp of Yoga.

It was for a very good cause though and I got that warm fuzzy feeling your are supposed to get. Two of my very generous clients sponsored me for the event...check out their websites...they do good work!

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Need a channeled reading, a message from the Elohim, a Goddes class, or a peaceful meditation? www.TiaCristal.com

Big Fat Cat

2008-07-31T18:18:00.002-05:00

I love CATS!!! Even fat ones...

On another note, had a cat emergency this week with my production manager "Moocher". Moocher had to be taken to the vet this morning because of "digestive problems". She got a shot in the butt, some itch cream, and some frontline to kill the itchies...was interesting getting her from the apartment to the vet in a bag...

Check out the fat cat vid: