Hensco Technologies has continued the growth of their technology services business by offering quality services to small businesses throughout the region that help customers to have reliable communication and networking services.

With technology changing on a day to day basis it is always important to work with a company that has been involved in both legacy technology services as well as keeping an eye on the future. Hensco Technologies does this by keeping trained on new services such as VoIP and cloud based technology services.

Hensco Technologies has long been a partner of LocalTeks as we have worked together to provide web site and online marketing services to our joint customer bases.

Dennis Henson, Founder of Hensco Technologies, says “Our customers continue to ask us about exciting new technologies, based on this we have invested in training and products that will help our customers take advantage of technology in todays business environment.”

To find out more about Hensco Technologies you can visit their website at HenscoTech.com or call 573 756 9055

Think about how you yourself search for information. Most people have ditched the phonebooks of yesterday and started with a simple search online to find the number they are looking for to a local restaurant or store.  A poll taken by PollDaddy shows that 20% of people rarely use the phonebook, 76% never use the phone book and 4% definitely using  the phonebook. Also, studies have shown that people thinking about making a purchase on the web 52 times a year, while .2% think about making a purchase using the phonebook.  Many times they are looking for basic information such as hours or services or menus offered. If you have a website to answer some of these basic questions, the need for people to call is minimized and thusly letting you take care of customers walking in the door or providing services.  Are you starting to see the ways marketing has shifted in the last 5 years?  If you have not shifted the way you have always done your marketing, you are risking not being around the next 5 years.

LocalTek has now been helping businesses with their online presence for almost three years with great success. We analyze your current campaign as well as listen to what you would like to accomplish with your online marketing. Whether it is a small website optimized for keywords pertaining to your business for just quick informational purposes, or a large campaign for national or global markets including social media, Search Engine Optimization and an online store LocalTek can bring your business into the 21^st century.  If your business is ready for the next steps or you want to see how we can assist you, please contact us at info@localtek.com or call us at 573-756-4300.

Stonehaus Furniture

LocalTek is pleased to announce the launch of our latest customer, Stonehaus Furniture, a quality furniture store based in the Farmington, MO area.

Visit StonehausFurniture.com for more information on products and services.

Account Executives will be responsible for driving new business through educating and helping customers understanding the shift of consumers and businesses online.

If you are a motivated, energetic, sales professional please contact us today by calling 800-647-2909 or using out contact form to email us today.

Skills Required:

Account Management

Lead Generation

Understanding of Social Media, Online Marketing, and General Internet Use

Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel

LocalTek is pleased to announce the launch of our latest customer, the City of Farmington, MO.  LocalTek worked with the Farmington city officials to migrate an extensive content rich website that had been used for the past years and move it into a website that is easy to use, and based on the most widely deployed content management system on the web to allow the city to easily add and update pages on the website. By basing the website on a widely deployed content management system, that is supported by thousands of programmers around the world, the city can be more efficient and provide information to the residents in a timely manner.

LocalTek will also be launching an upgraded social media presence on Facebook for the city by providing a landing page for their Facebook page which the city uses extensively for communicating with the residents of Farmington.

Grape.com and LocalTek are happy to announce the launch of the most complete winery tour and directory site on the web.

The Castello Brothers (Founders of CCIN.com) are leaders in the domain name investment space and own other online real estate such as Nashville.com, PalmSprings.com, and many more and have agreed to a business development arrangement for one of their leading properties, Grape.com. The Castello Brothers are renowned for their leadership in the online investment and development industry.

The winery vacation and tour planning site has a nationwide directory of wineries and will soon include a full nationwide database of hotels, golf courses, spas and hotels which will allow visitors to plan a full winery vacation without having to search across the web for the information.

The winery industry does not have an updated nationwide tourism site that is focused on providing an easy to use marketing tool to wineries across the US. Most sites that focus on directories of wineries are either hobby related or based on technology from the 1990′s. The Grape.com team felt it was time to bring a site to the web that allowed for interactions through social media, search engines, and reviews directly on the site.

The team has launched a presence on Facebook at Facebook.com/WineryTours.

Visit the site and review or add your favorite winery and take advantage of the resources to plan your next vacation at Grape.com.

LocalTek is pleased to announce a great new customer, Bonne Terre Chamber of Commerce. As a very active local Chamber of Commerce the leaders were interested in offering a website that provided users the ability to take advantage of social and mobile media as web trends show that people are increasingly using Facebook and their mobile phones to access local business information.

The site features text message integration to allow for interested parties to receive messages about events and new members or promotions. Also, based on mobile internet usage the site also features an easy to use mobile version of the website that loads faster on mobile devices.

At the same time the Bonne Terre Chamber of Commerce wanted to ability to increase their revenue sources by taking advantage of online advertising and featured listings on their website. LocalTek was able to integrate this functionality into the core of the industry leading content management system that was chosen to for the base of the website.

Based on this the BTCC will be able to offer new ways to promote local Bonne Terre Business.

LocalTek has also assisted the Chamber with increasing their presence on Facebook by integrating Facebook “Likes” and creating a Facebook page for the organization. Members will be able to use the social media site to help promote events and businesses in the area.

Visit BonneTerreChamber.com for more.

LocalTek is pleased to announce another new customer, Botkin Lumber. Botkin Lumber has  a focus on providing wholesale lumber and southern yellow pine products to customers as well as other pallet products that are specialized for various industries.

LocalTek provided Botkin Lumber with a non-proprietary content management system that has been tested around the world on millions of websites. LocalTek has relationships with leading suppliers of widely deployed software for web development and can provide customers with a system they can be sure has been tested before delivery rather than the in-house, minimally deployed systems that smaller web development companies that are not familiar with the shift happening on the web today towards more open and search engine friendly website management tools.

The wholesale lumber industry is very competitive and as such requires a search engine optimized website to help Botkin Lumber be found as people search for their various products. The customer also needed a long term content plan to keep the site fresh after launch with new information about the industry they are in as well as expert analysis on various areas.

LocalTek is happy to have Botkin Lumber as a customer and providing long term online marketing and search engine optimization now that the site has been launched.

Ste. Genevieve winery, Twin Oaks Vineyard, recently launched a new website with LocalTek that allows them to take advantage of an easy to use content management system plus take advantage of search engine optimization to bring visitors to their website looking for Missouri wines and tours.

Twin Oaks is a top winery in the Farmington, MO region and has been recognized for their quality wines. Previously the customer would have to pay hundreds of dollars to do something as simple as add a line to an already existing page on their website.

With the new LocalTek developed website the customer can now add new pages or pictures to the website in minutes with just a few clicks, at the same time automatically optimizing for the site to be found by leading search engines.

The site also integrates in external shopping carts and ticket purchasing based on already existing arrangements the winery has in place. This allowed an easy migration for the customer with minimal impact on their day to day business processes.

Visit TwinOaksVineyard.com today.

If you would like assistance with online marketing and web development that brings customers Call LocalTek Today at 573 756 4300

Simply put, you want your products and business found when consumers are doing their research. Local online marketing specifically caters to the locale around you. That way, the person a half mile away searching for a product finds yours before a nationwide outlet. Local SEO is a very important niche when one considers the primary goal of search engines. They want to provide the most relevant information to their browsers. What is more relevant than a business that has the product they are seeking only a half mile away? Seems more relevant than a business with the product three states over.

That puts local business owners in a great position. If your local SEO strategy puts you at the forefront of search results on your product for your area; how many of those researchers are you going to be able to convert?

If you are using an online marketing strategy, is it appropriate for local online marketing? National exposure is all well and good. What good is it if the people finding your product live across the country? With as many people that Research Online Purchase Offline, it’s a fairly safe bet they are not going to buy from your business. They are going to go to their own local business and buy what they were researching. The way to remedy that is to increase exposure to local searchers.

Many of the ideas and thoughts presented here can seem intangible. It may seem hard to think that there is so many people simply doing their research and looking elsewhere. If you want a concrete way to consider the ramifications; think of the last month. How many times did you look up information for something online and then bought it elsewhere or offline? At least once, right? Probably several more times than that.

Local online marketing and local SEO strategies are the key to turning those browsers into buyers. If consumers doing research are finding your website and your information, it is a lot more likely they are going to come to your store to make that purchase. The best way to make that happen is to make your information friendly with the search engines. Your consumers are educated when they come in the door. Whose door do you want them entering to make that purchase?