Seasons Inn website

I am working on the Seasons Inn Motel website tonight. I still have a quite a bit to do.

Google Adwords

I decided to use my Netfirms free coupon for $35 worth of Google adwords. Had to create an account and give billing information plus a $5 activation fee. Good news is that later on, when I typed in my chosen keywords, my "ad" did appear on the right side of the search results page. I am trying out this adword "campaign" on my not-for-profit site www.unionandtowns.com. My keywords include Blairsville, Hiawassee, Union County, and Towns County.

Dreamstime, Netfirms, and Paypal

I have found a way to make money with the click of a button. Here's how it works. If you are a web designer or anyone else that uses stock photos, you click on the blue link that follows: Stock Photos for less than $1.00 each...at Dreamstime! If you decide to buy something or become a contributing photographer, I get a reward because you came to their site from my link. It's easy as 1, 2, 3. Now if I can just generate lots of traffic to my websites and get the users to utilize Dreamstime, Paypal, or Netfirms I can retire. (Don't worry, I'm not moving to the rocking chair just yet.) There are ways to make money on the internet if you look hard enough and choose wisely. We'll see what happens as time goes by.

Clay County Health Department Web Site

I met with Tonya at Clay County Health Department over in Hayesville, N.C. today. I helped her set up in Dreamweaver so that she can update her new web site. She was easy to work with and made doing web design fun. Some clients are so demanding, picky, and bossy you want to hide.

Hayesville is growing really fast, just like Blairsville. The farms are all being cut up into subdivisions. Tony heard on the news that Atlanta grew in population by 1,000,000 in the last ten years. A lot of them are working their way north to the mountain area. I think Marietta will be here soon. It will spread right up Highway 515.

North Georgia has clean water, clean air, low crime, national forests, and abundant wildlife. No wonder people are moving here. Plus we have all the politicians waving welcome signs, "Come to the mountains. Get your mountain view lot before they're gone!"

Oh, yeah. It rained 3 inches night before last. We had a booming thunder and lighting storm so hopefully the drought is over. Now the cold is back. We are expecting a hard freeze and are praying for the baby plums and grapes to make it. All we can do is cover everything with sheets. Maybe it will kill off some ticks, fleas, and other pests.

Working on web sites

I met with Janet Hartman this morning. She is the Project Manager for the Downtown Development Authority of Blairsville. I do their web site and we met to discuss updates. Also Norman Cooper has created a logo and I will add that to the site.

Here is the URL:
http://www.downtownblairsville.com

Tony is still building fences. Ticks are out in full force already. Chickens are laying about a dozen eggs a day. English peas are up about three inches tall. Grass needs mowed. Herbs and flowers need tending. My to-do list goes on and on.