In This Issue:

• Coastal Update: Text Writing Services to Increase Your Search Engine Rankings
• Quotes of the Month
•  Customer Spotlight:  Medical Pavilion at Howard County
• Computer Tip of the Month
• Calendar of Events
• Health Tip

Coastal Web Services Update: April 2010

Coastal Web's Text Writing Services to Increase Your Search Engine Rankings

At Coastal Web Services, our web design and web marketing services are formulated to get your website to page one of search engine results as well as increase the amount of traffic to your website. However, we also offer text writing services to give your website even more of an edge over your competitors.

Search engines, particularly Google, base their search engine result rankings on relevancy. The more relevant your site's content is to the services you provide, the higher up in the result rankings your website will be. The most effective way to ensure that your site is relevant is to make your text content easy-to-understand also while including the proper keywords. Web site text is perhaps the most important factor on your site when it comes to search engines and a potential customer finding you.

The key to writing effective text is to base it around keywords with a high search volume, yet a reasonable advertiser competition. In other words, you want to base your text content around keywords that Internet users are frequently typing into search engines; however, you do not want to make use of keywords that all of your competitors are trying to rank for. Search engines also rank your website according to the frequency and location of your chosen keywords.

At Coastal Web Services, we research keywords that will be beneficial in directing traffic to your website as well as increasing your search engine rankings. As a busy business owner, you may not have the time or patience to conduct this meticulous research.

Our web marketing experts, as well as our award-winning text writer work cohesively to ensure your website gets found on search engines. Upon subscribing to our text writing services, our web text writer will interview you to discuss the key elements of your business and what phrases you would like to be featured on your website. Using the information you provide, our writer will formulate clear, concise, and grammatically-correct web pages to attract customers.

Feel free to give us a call at 410-420-9390 if you feel your business could benefit from text writing services!

Megan Byrd
Website Marketing and Newsletter Author

Quotes To Start Off Spring:

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." -Albert Einstein

"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience." -French Proverb

"Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it." ~Author Unknown

"If the light in your life has changed to yellow, I recommend you floor it. It's safer than the alternative." -Jeb Dickerson

Compiled by Megan Byrd
Coastal Web Marketing

Remember us For:

• Website Design
• Website Marketing / SEO
• Website Updates
• Graphic Design
• Computer Training
• Website Programming
• Custom Content Management
• Secured Contact Forms

Customer Spotlight:

After six years in the making, the state-of-the-art Medical Pavilion at Howard County recently opened this past summer. Interestingly, what is now the MPHC once started out as a farmer's ten-acre property. Eventually, Howard County General Hospital came to own the land in order to expand their establishment. However, this land caught the attention of five medical professionals with an innovative vision for the future.

Today stands MPHC- a modern, environmentally "green" medical office building that, as indicated on their website, is "Howard County's largest and most progressive subspecialty medical groups." MPHC conveniently houses 17 areas of medical practices ranging from breast surgery to urology.

Coastal Web Services completed MPHC's web design which includes a convenient side-menu bar as well as drop-down menus, making this website easy to navigate and practical. MPHC also subscribed to our text writing services, which is evident in their easy-to-comprehend, fluid web page content. In addition, Coastal completed MPHC's logo design, which projects an air of sophistication and professionalism, yet is unique and memorable. Their logo also works well with the web design's theme, making their overall website cohesive and aesthetically pleasing.

Feel free to check out the Medical Pavilion at Howard County's website, please visit www.mphcmd.com.

If you have any questions about Coastal's web design, text writing, or logo design services, give us at call at 410-420-9390.

Computer Tip of the Month

Microsoft Excel 2003 Tip
(From Coastal Web's "Productivity Boosters" Computer Training Course)

1. Select the data in your worksheet that you want to chart (include column headings, row headings, and data).

2. Press the F11 function key on the keyboard. A new chart sheet Is now inserted into your workbook!

Courtesy of Terri Ferguson,
Coastal Computer Training Specialist

Calendar of Events

April 24 
9AM – 5PM 
Earth Day Celebration 
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum; 100 Lafayette St.; Havre de Grace 
Participate in Riversweep, learn about how you can protect the Bay, and enjoy live music! Children’s games and activities are also available. Call 410-939-4800 for more information.

April 24
1PM – 5PM 
City Paper Brew Fest 
Fells Point Main Street; Fells Point 
The 14^th Annual Microbrew fest featuring over 2 dozen local microbrews.  Tickets are $30 - $35 and portions of the proceeds benefit Fell’s Point Main Street. Call 410-675-8900 to order.

April 25 
3PM – 5PM 
BSO SuperPops: Motown Tribute with Spectrum 
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; 1212 Cathedral St.; Baltimore 
Groove to the sounds of Motown presented by one of today’s most talented vocal groups, Spectrum.  Call 410-783-8000 for more information or visit www.bsomusic.org.

April 29 
11 AM 
Nature Storytime 
Eden Mill Nature Center; 1617 Eden Mill Rd.; Pylesville 
A children’s story and craft related to a theme about nature.  We request only donations toward the craft.  Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy after the program!  Pre-registration is required.  Call 410-836-3050 for more info or visit our website, www.edenmill.org.

May 2 
1 PM – 4PM 
Tulips, Tours, & Tea 
Gramercy Mansion Bed & Breakfast Conference Center; 1400 Greenspring Valley Rd.; Baltimore 
Celebrate spring with the special women in your life!  Includes a high tea, as well as a house and garden tour in celebration of mothers everywhere!  By reservation only- call 410-468-1624 or visit the website

May 6 – 9 
All Day, beginning at 11 AM 
Maryland Film Festival 
1711 North Charles Street; Baltimore 
B-More’s annual celebration of its eclectic film community.

May 15 
Gates open at 8AM 
The Preakness 
Pimlico Race Course; 5201 Parks Heights Avenue; Baltimore, MD 21215 
The 135^th Annual Preakness Races featuring O.A.R. and the Zac Brown Band.  More information may be found on their website, www.preakness.com.

Compiled by Megan Byrd 
Coastal Web Marketing 

Live the Life of Your Dreams Today! What are you waiting for?!

by Jenn Parr
Coastal Web's Director of Business Development

Do you want a beach home, mountain climb, or learn how to cook? Do you wish you had more time to volunteer, spend time with friends and family, or take that dream vacation? Guess what!? I have good news for you!! You can re-create your life-- and the life you want IS possible! It will take effort, but the results will be well worth it. In his book, The Total Money Makeover, author Dave Ramsey states, "Live like no one else today, so tomorrow you can live like no one else!"

To achieve the life you want you must first determine exactly what it is you want, make an action plan, and the most importantly, make the effort to learn and become the person you need to be to make that happen. For example, if you want to be a millionaire, you need to learn the skills that millionaires have that you do not. For some, those skills could include leadership, management, organization, etc. You also need to have a holistic balance within your life which means developing not only your mind, but your body and spirit as well. In all areas, knowledge is the key to success.

Goal for the Month:

Read a Book! If you don't have time, download it on CD and listen to it while driving. Try audible.com, a website where you can download thousands of titles for a low price.

Incorporate a balance and variety of books to support you on your journey including spiritual, funny, nutrition-based, personal development, positive thinking and other topics of interest to you.

• You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay (Positive Affirmations-Very good!)
• The Secret (Positive thinking)
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch (Being in touch with and listening to your body)
• Goal Setting by Jim Rohn on audible.com (Can download a goal setting workshop)
• In Defense of Food
• Try educating yourself on different forms of eating - Raw Food, vegan, etc.
• Embraced by the Light (Spiritual)
• Brian Weiss (Spiritual. People that have lost loved ones may enjoy.)
• Only love is real (Story about soul mates)
• Many Lives Many Masters

Choose to be positive and believe in yourself! You are unique and were put on this Earth to accomplish great things!