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2012 FAIA Convention & Education Symposium

June 7th, 2012 by Rainman Web Development No Comments

This week the Rainman Team is out on the road at the FAIA’s 108^th Anniversary Convention and Education Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Each summer the Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ members gather for an annual convention and education symposium for continuing education opportunities, speakers, hundreds of exhibitors and more.

Hosted at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, the FAIA convention & education symposium is a unique opportunity for members to network and learn about the latest and greatest in the insurance industry.

Rainman will be a featured exhibitor at the 2012 FAIA Convention, showcasing our ability to help independent insurance agents and FAIA members enhance their online presence and get found online.

Through the use of custom websites, copywriting, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), location based listings such as Google Places and Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Blogging, Rainman assists independent insurance agencies in establishing a solid online presence.

After a morning of educational breakout sessions On Thursday and Friday June 7^th and 8th, such as “Top 10 Laws that Every Agent Must Know” and “How to Avoid Medicare Disasters When Settling Workers’ Compensation Liability Cases”, FAIA Convention attendees will be greeted in the exhibitor hall by exhibitors- including Rainman.

Stop by the Rainman Booth, #712, at the FAIA Convention and Education Symposium and learn how Rainman can help your business grow!

National Pet Owners’ Day

April 18th, 2011 by Rainman Web Development No Comments

In honor of National Pet Owners’ Day we have decided to feature a few of our staffers, along with their pets. We have a great collection of furry friends here at Rainman.

Kim

I have many pets. Some are typical like our dog and some aren’t so typical like goats and a donkey. I love them all, but I’ve chosen to feature our donkey Jasper. When we originally bought our farm retreat, he conveyed with the property. While he can have his softer moments, he is also ornery. I can tolerate his moodiness though because he is an amazing guard animal. If a dog or someone he does not know comes too close for comfort, he snorts in warning. When Jasper snorts, everyone listens. When our goats are nearing kidding time, I can tell. He becomes especially watchful over them. I am not making this up. His intelligence is both shocking and amusing at times. When someone crowds his food bowl, he turns and gingerly raises a hind leg in warning. The other animals get the point and move on. I never thought we would “inherit” a donkey, but we did and am happy with this fateful event. I’m sold on the merits of this animal even if I do have to wake up to the donkey alarm some days.

Austin

I have two pets, a dog and a guinea pig. My guinea pig’s name is Mudhouse, and is about 2 years old. I also have a dog, Skittles. He’s a Jack Russell that likes to read to me, play ball, and climb ladders. He is still very energetic even for being about 16 years old.

Amanda

I have 4 “fur-babies”. I have a 5 year old Shih Tzu, Toby, who is not aware he weighs a mere 13 pounds. I also have a rescue dog Molly who ‘found us’ about a year ago, and an Old English Mastiff, Giada. Although Giada is only a puppy she already weighs about 75 pounds! Molly and Giada are inseparable, always playing in the backyard, snuggling with our 2 year old, or trying to crawl on the couch and watch TV. Toby is our trusty dog, while Molly & Giada prefer to lounge around in their bed all day. The latest addition to our crew is a dwarf bunny, Luna. Luna loves eating fresh treats out of our garden, and to taunt the dogs from the safety of her oversized cage.

Andrew

I have beautiful little dog named Buttercup. She is a half husky, half corgi mix who has a very playful spirit. She’s six years old and a little grumpy at times but she still loves to be around people. She is one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever known.

Why Businesses Page Owners Should Explore and Embrace Facebook’s Latest Changes

February 22nd, 2011 by Rainman Web Development No Comments

Over a week ago, Facebook made significant changes to business pages. Since then, we’ve been getting used to the changes and still making some new minor discoveries. Initially the navigation took some getting used to, but overall it is our opinion that the changes demonstrate how the growth in business use has resulted in the changing “face” of Facebook. Now my apologies for that pun—I couldn’t resist.

The most critical change is now allowing a business page “like” another business page. We wrote about it in our previous blog post and it’s mentioned in an article we shared. This holds immense potential for you to comment on other pages within your industry network and your community. Allowing you to comment as a page gives you more options to get your business name out in front of another audience and to increase your partnerships.

So here is a roll call of some other new and noteworthy features:

Category Changes

If you set up your page prior to the changes, you may have selected local business which did not have certain sub-categories. Facebook has added Companies & Organizations and new sub-categories that did not exist previously.

An example is that Insurance Company now exists under Companies. This category/sub-category combination contains new information fields that may be important in conveying details about your business such as mission statement and awards to name a couple.

To update, look at the “Basic Information” section after selecting “Edit Page.” If you do change your category, make sure to complete all relevant fields if they don’t carry over from previously entered details.

Block Lists and Profanity Screens

If you’ve been spammed by the Acai Berry diet posts, this is for you! You can add comma-separated keywords to prevent posts containing those phrases from appearing to the public on your Page. To add keywords to the blacklist, go to the “Manage Permissions” section after selecting “Edit Page.”

Per Facebook, “When people include blacklisted keywords in a post and or a comment on your Page, the content will be automatically marked as spam. Wall posts will be moved to the Pages Spam filter, which is hidden from public view. Comments will appear in gray to admins, but will not appear to the public.”

Page Owners can set a strength level of strong, medium or none to the community-moderated words and phrases considered profane. Note: Facebook does not provide a list of exactly what words will be filtered under each setting.

If a page owner wants to make an exception, they can click the ‘x’ next to the post or comment in their Page’s spam tab and click “Unmark as Spam” to return it to public view.

Have questions or need help? Contact us to schedule time and we can help you review these changes.

Facebook is Giving Business Pages a Makeover

February 15th, 2011 by Rainman Web Development 1 Comment

Facebook launched the much anticipated business page changes for preview and upgrade late last week. The changes are much more than cosmetic and today’s blog post is devoted to reviewing some of the business page updates. This is a long post, but you’ll see why.

Navigation and Visual Changes

Getting to your business page: As we posted last week, to navigate from your personal profile to your business profile the Account > Manage Pages has changed to Account > Use Facebook as Page.

Tabs: Tabs really aren’t tabs any more. They are basically links and will move to the left column panel under your profile picture.

Photostrip: Visitors will see a photostrip now. To hide a photo, roll over it and click X in the top right corner. Another photo will take its place.

Feature Changes

Facebook has done away with the rule that you have to like a page as a person: You can now like another page as a page. And this is where it becomes important to pay attention because this change results in other feature updates.

Business Page News Feed: If you like another page as a page, you will see those pages’ updates in your new business page news feed. Those pages you liked with your personal profile remain on your personal news feed.

If you want to now see other business page updates on your business page news feed, you will need to like pages as your Facebook page. Note: Liking other pages does not include their updates on your business page wall. However, some of those pages will be featured on your page as Likes.

Business Page Home Button: Consequently another change you will notice: if you select the Home button while you are on your business page you no longer return to your personal profile news feed as before. Because you can now like other business pages as a page, the Home button now takes you to your business page news feed.

Comment/Like as you or your business page: While using your business page you will notice in the upper right corner that you have a toggle select. You can use Facebook as your page or use Facebook as “you.” Please pay attention!

If you are using as your Facebook page, when you comment or like a post or picture—you will like it as your business page—not as you (your personal profile). And, yes, fans of your business page will be alerted that you made a comment or like when they visit your page.

You can toggle back to using Facebook as “you” and this means comments or likes are tagged as “you” not your Facebook business page.

If you want to revert back to you to alleviate any confusion, you can select Account > Switch back to “you.”

Dizzy yet? Keep reading.

Finding Suggest to Friends: When you use Account > Use Facebook as Page to navigate to your business page, you may want to suggest to friends. While on your page, you will have to use the toggle option to use as “you” (personal profile) to suggest to Friends.

Changes to the Edit Page Section

Edit Page has moved first of all: Administrators will find the Edit Page button has moved to the upper right page corner.

Your Settings: You can select how to comment and post on your business page. The default is “your page name.”

Basic Information > Categories : Facebook now allows you to change the category of your business if you wish.
Basic Information > Username: If you have 25 business page fans, Facebook has added its vanity URL feature to this section allowing you to choose a page name. A vanity URL makes it easier to search for your business and to add to your business cards and other publication materials.

Featured > Likes: If you like other pages via your business page, these will show on your business page but only a few will be featured. You can specify which of your liked pages always rotate there by selecting them as featured.

Featured > Page Owners: You can feature “Page Owners” and link to their personal profiles from your Page. To turn this feature on, click “Edit Page” and navigate to Featured option. Select the administrator(s) to feature. You can undo this at anytime. For those who wish to keep their personal and business profiles separate—don’t turn on this feature.

From what we’ve read, you cannot opt out of these changes so please take time to familiarize yourself with these updates. Change can be a challenge, but we still believe Facebook is a useful business social media tool.

The Legend of Kokopelli

October 5th, 2010 by Rainman Web Development No Comments

Kokopelli was know to the Native Americans as a fertility god, prankster, story teller and healer. He dates back to over 3000 years ago, and can be found painted and carved into many rock walls in the south west.

There are many myths and stories about Kokopelli, some say he would appear at the end of winter and play his flute to welcome spring. Another story tells of villagers dancing and singing as Kokopelli played his flute and the next day the woman of the tribe would be pregnant.

What ever the true story may be, Kokopelli always brings dancing, music and prosperity to those around. We would like to be like Kokopelli and help bring propsperity into your business. Once you see that your business is growing and prospering, you might do a little dancing of your own!

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