Magro International is pleased to announce the Beta launch of Boardroom Couple. For the past few months we have been working on building a website to support couples who are in business together. We feel that going into business with your spouse can be a successful yet often overlooked option for many couples.
The new website will provide resources to improve the conference table to dinner table relationship. These resources will help those considering going into business with their spouse and those who already work with their spouse. Leonard is getting close to completing a unique online course that will help anyone to Build a Website. The site will also combine Julie’s work on aMichiganMom.com into a new feature called The Dinner Table, that will focus on helping entrepreneurial couples eat healthy, organic meals despite the busy life of entrepreneurs.
Please have a look around the website. We welcome any feedback you would like to provide! Email us at info @ BoardroomCouple.com
Leonard Magro receiving Young Professional of the Year Award
Congrats to Leonard, Magro International’s President, for winning the Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year at the Sunrise Pinnacle Awards. If you’ve ever been around our office, you know that Leonard works hard and is very passionate about providing all Magro International’s clients with superior products and services. We think he couldn’t be more deserving. We also would like to thank The Athena Group for sponsoring the award.
Congratulations Leonard! Here are some more photos of the event:
Sunrise Pinnacle Awards Winners & Sponsors
Dave Lewallen, Master of Ceremonies
Leonard with the Young Professional of the Year Sponsor, Diane Young from The Athena Group
If you have not heard by now, Bing and Yahoo are partnering to challenge Google.At this point in time Google dominates 65-to-82% (depending on how you measure this…) of all search queries.The landscape is obviously changing, Bing will gain more relevance, but at this point in time certainly not to Google’s expense. After the merger Bing is estimated to have approx 28% of the market share. Bing is definitely worth optimizing more for if this deal goes through, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions at this point in time and we’ll keep you up to date as soon as the dust starts to settle.
I can’t believe it has already been over a month since I started my internship at Magro International. I was so excited to be given the opportunity to work here this summer completing an internship in the field I am going to school for. In the beginning, I was not 100% sure about all the things I would be working on and learning, but just from this past month my expectations have been exceeded.I work more on the marketing side of Magro International with Julie. I have been focusing on helping her put together Local SEO reports for companies they do work for. I really enjoy doing the SEO work because many business owners don’t know exactly how to get their business out there and how to get their search engine rankings higher, which is something Julie has been teaching me how to do.
Something I have been working a lot this past month at Magro is link building. I have learned how important it is to get links to your website from other sites. This can be a very time consuming process, but in the end I know it pays off for the companies we do it for.
Something else I have been working on a lot is keyword research. By knowing the keywords potential customers are searching for can really help your ranking on search engines such as Google and Yahoo. I have been using a tool called Google Ad Words which shows me the amount of times a certain keyword has been searched locally and globally. Keyword research can help companies more ways than just for search engines, it can also help to decide what to name a video listed on YouTube. By knowing these highly searched keywords, you can increase the viewings of your YouTube videos, and website.
I have been learning about all the local search engines to submit businesses to such as Google Local and Yahoo Local. These listings should be step number one when listing a business. Also, I just learned of a new website, universal business listing, which can help to list a business to many different search engines.
Overall, my experience at Magro International so far has been excellent. Leonard and Julie are very willing to help me with anything I need and encourage me to as questions when I am unsure of anything. I like how they are actually teaching me skills that I will use in my future and I know over the next couple months it will only get better.
In May, Leonard Magro, President of Magro International has successfully completed the Leadership Greater Rochester, a program aimed at developing informed community leaders who are interested in helping direct the future of the Greater Rochester, Michigan area.
Magro International owners Leonard Magro and Julie Magro were recently featured in the Professional Pioneers section of the Oakland University Magazine, issue Spring/Summer 2009.
Refer to full article about Leonard & Julie Magro here.
Here is an update to a post I wrote last November when I wrote a post on the Lucky 7, the 7 cities in Oakland County that were going to get free wireless internet. Well, it is STARTING to happen — a little late — but at least they are getting started. Troy seems to be Lucky Number 1 because it is up and running in at least part of the city. There are mixed reports on speed, but I think it is at least a start.
