SPIDERtel, Inc. - Transformational Web Solutions

Business is good at SPIDERtel. We're thankful to all our customers who continue to allow us to provide them with service. We're also grateful to new customers who are giving us the opportunity to provide our "transformational" brand of services to them, including:

• Beans & Greens
• Evans & Mullinix
• Sys-Tek
• Card Compliant
• First Federal Bank
• Johnson Country Education and Research Triangle Council
• Autism Asperger Publishing Company

Read and enjoy these recent posts from the SPIDERtel team.

• Demise of the Yellow Pages
  Only Slightly Exaggerated
  Alex Bach
• Time To Kill Your Web Site?
  Joe Lieberman
• The Grunge Age of Interactive
  Jeremy Walla
• What's in a name?
  Mark Seigfreid

We're a Musical Group: Seems there's something in the water here. Two of our team members are in active and well recognized area bands, and two others have had the experience.

Stephen Gunn, Interactive Designer, is the drummer behind the critically-acclaimed three piece band "Mouth." Mouth plays original dance/funk music that incorporates a wide variety of influences: the harmonies of jazz, the improvisational approach of jam bands, and the irresistible dance rhythms of electronica, hip hop and reggae. Mouth is considerably new to the scene, but have already made their mark by playing shows and festivals throughout the midwest; Mouth has also received national college-radio play. They have created an online media campaign that has lead to thousands of international downloads from over 30 countries, all within the first year of existence. To download free music from Mouth, please go to www.abandcalledmouth.com.

Andrew Schiller, SEO Specialist, is the guitarist involved in the post-rock band Actors&Actresses. A&A play lush, but heavy music that balances eerie and comforting sounds. They tour regionally through the Midwest for the Mylene Sheath record label. To check out A&A's tour schedule, please visit www.myspace.com/actorsactresses.

And, not currently performing but continuing to hone their personal experiences are Jeremy Walla, Interactive Director and Joe Lieberman, President. Jeremy is a much accomplished guitarist with several band and touring experiences in his history, and Joe spent a few years playing with a local band performing his own original music.

Music is constantly being played and shared at SPIDERtel, adding a noticeable energy and momentum to office life. Yes, we're a musical group. We're always humming something.

SPIDERtel is pleased to announce the promotion of Paul Hirsch to Director-Web Developer. Paul joined SPIDERtel in 2009 and has quickly gained the respect of his peers with his strong command of web technology and creative ability to solve complex problems for our clients.

Paul manages our team of web developers handling database applications and complex applications. Congratulations, Paul.

Signup for a lively Q&A session with the SPIDERtel team at your office. Yes, that's right, we'll come to you *.

We'll serve you lunch, and provide you with an informative session on a range of topics, including Social Media, Internet Marketing and Web Design, all tailored for your group. Lunch is complimentary and catered by Grandma's Office Catering (a SPIDERtel client).

Please use the form below to let us know of you interest in having us come to your office. We'll contact you to discuss how we can tailor a session that's just right for your group.

(*) We're happy to come to you, however, please understand that our scheduling ability is limited and we also want to make sure there's an opportunity for SPIDERtel to provide you with service should you find we're a good fit.

2009 was a year of wonderful recognition for SPIDERtel, garnering an award for Best Web Development company in Kansas City and two for Best Company to Work For.

We're not stopping there. We've made it through a difficult recession (which to many we're still living through the effects of) and we just experienced our best quarter in over two years. We attribute that to having a top notch team of web specialists who really understand what it takes to provide professional, quality service to customers who demand the best.

As we grow, we also continue to expand our capabilities. Social media support is high on our list of newest value adds. And, we're also very experienced with the latest in web development for mobile browsers and other PDAs. Our team continues to grow along with the fast pace demands of the internet.

AdWords advertisers are now permitted to use trademarked terms in their ad copy.

Please read more about Google's AdWords Trademark Restrictions that have been recently updated

SplashTop is a new Operating System that is reported to be a strong challenger to Google's Chrome. One of the most exciting features of this new Operating System is that it allows access to the internet within seconds of starting up, eliminating the usual minute or longer timeframe that most laptops take to boot up. This could be a driving force to gain important exposure for SplashTop.

SplashTop has in place a long term contract to use Yahoo as its default search engine and signed agreements that will place Splashtop on millions of laptops within the next couple of years. Combine that with Yahoo's ten year deal with Bing to use Bing's search engine and advertising engine, and that means that with SplashTop's sure to be near term swing into the marketplace, the importance of Bing to your SEO efforts could be very significant over time.

SPIDERtel has always maintained a long term approach to our search engine and web marketing strategies. We have never lost sight of the long term benefits related to diversifying our efforts, and consequently have not focused exclusively on any one search engine, like Google (despite the fact that Google has over 70% market share in the U.S.).

Your own search marketing efforts should definitely include both Yahoo and Bing. Bing is quickly gaining market share and, as it does, it will make exposure within the Yahoo and Bing networks extremely important to your marketing mix.

SPIDERtel was recently honored for the second time this year as one of Kansas City's Best Places To Work. Kansas City Business Journal believes SPIDERtel stands out as a distinct, fun, honorable and relaxed place for our employees. As a small business, every employee's satisfaction and productivity is vital to our success.

We live and breath our values, and the most important of them is to have a working environment that everyone can thrive within. We feel very honored that our employees felt strongly enough to let the world know that we're one of the "best places to work."

For the 11th straight year, SPIDERtel has been recognized as being a top web development firm by the Kansas City Business Journal. We're happy to be on a list with some other great area firms.

It means that we continue to reach out to area Kansas City businesses and provide them with our unique brand of transformational web services. Getting on the list is one thing, staying there for eleven years in a row, shows commitment, longevity and our own ability to transform ourselves over time.

SPIDERtel, Inc. has been selected by Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP to provide technology and marketing support for the firm. SPIDERtel will be providing strategic and executional support for the firm's web sites, Internet marketing campaigns and other related marketing and video services.

Joe Lieberman, SPIDERtel's founder and President said, "SHB is clearly one of the world's premier law firms, a leader in product liability litigation and other categories, and we are extremely proud to be working with them."

SPIDERtel proudly announces our acquisition of two more Google Advertising Professional Certification and the Yahoo Search Marketing Ambassador Certification.

Google and Yahoo certifications are a must not only for web and search marketing agencies, but for any advertiser looking to get a leg up on the competition.