Monday, April 03, 2006

Message to Vendors - Spring Time has arrived in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Spring time has finally arrived in Southwestern Virginia. The calender says so, the flowers beginning to bloom say so, the trees beginning to put out leaves say so, and the campgrounds and bike rental shops opening say so, too.
Now is the time to be getting those new websites built and up so that you can be sure of your site being indexed by the search engines in time to catch some of the early visitors and weekend vacationers.
Easter, Mother's Day, and Memorial Day are all coming up in the next 6 weeks. People will be out in force looking for lodging, campgrounds, things to do, and places to do them at.
It doesn't have to be a lot. It doesn't have to be gigantic. It doesn't have to cost thousands of dollars. Just a 1 or 2 page site, well designed to be search engine friendly so that it will be indexed in the search engines in time to help these travelers find your offerings. You're going to miss potential customers if they don't know in advance where you are and what product or service you offer. It's not the same as it was when gas & diesel were 50 cents a gallon. More people want to know where they're going before they get there so fuel and those precious vacation minutes aren't wasted just riding around looking for a place to stay or something to do. Think about it...don't be left out!