Buttonwood Technology Group, L.L.C.

The Spectrum of Online Friendship

Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by David in Strategy

This is an interesting way to look at online friendships….BTW- Click on the image to make it bigger so you can read it.

Tags: Social Marketing

Sell Promotional Products On Facebook

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by David in Announcement

Use your Buttonwood eStore to sell promotional products on Facebook.

How cool is that!!  Watch the video to see how it works…

Tags: Promotional Products, Social Marketing

Most distributor websites have no traffic.

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by David in Strategy

Here’s an interesting graph.  Apparently there are over 10,000 distributors who use a Logomall website…and collectively they get less traffic that 4imprint.com or Branders.com.

This means that the average distributor has ONLY 10 people per month visit  their website.

Just for fun try and find out how many people are visiting your website each month.  If you have more that 10 visitors per month then you’re above average! Amazing, right?

If you’d like to have more than 10 visitors per month visit your website then come join Buttonwood and we’ll help you grow your business using the internet!  If you’re satisfied with only 10 people visiting your website then that just means more customers for the rest of us!

Tags: Promotional Products

Keep It Simple

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by David in Takeaway

Google doing an awesome job of keeping the message simple and fun.  What a great lesson in the importance of understanding what the market thinks before trying to sell something. 

Tags: learning

Social Marketing with your eStore

Posted on 28. May, 2010 by David in Announcement

We’ve added all sorts of Social Marketing features to Buttonwood. Here’s a short video explaining why social marketing is important for distributors and how Buttonwood is helping distributors sell using Facebook.

Tags: learning, Promotional Products, Social Marketing

Social Media Revolution

Posted on 25. May, 2010 by David in Fun Stuff

Thanks John Pecher via Facebook!

Tags: Social Media

SEO for Small Business

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by David in Strategy

I’m often asked for my opinion and advice on search engine optimization (SEO).

This article from Small Business Search Marketing does an excellent job of explaining how a Small Business should approach an SEO consultant.

Here’s the summary…

• You have to invest either time or money.
• You usually get what you pay for; if you invest only a little time or a little money, you can expect little success.
• There are no shortcuts to true, long-lasting SEO success.
• Nothing matters more than ROI.
• If you spend your money wisely on SEO, it should bring back returns that are substantially higher than the costs.

One of our 2010 projects here at Buttonwood is to apply the power of Search Engine Marketing to help our clients.  Now you can let Buttonwood worry about setting the correct value of the “rel“ attribute to “canonical“ (?!?!) and you can stay focused on selling promotional products. Stay tuned for more updates over the summer and stay away from shady SEO consultants who promise you fame and glory for $500!

Tags: pr, Promotional Products, Social Marketing

Buttonwood Adds LIKE

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by David in Announcement

Click here to LIKE Buttonwood!

We’ve added the Facebook LIKE button across our entire network.  Now your clients can like something and it will show up on your website.  Go ahead and try it…liking stuff is fun!!

Tags: Promotional Products, Social Media

Buttonwood Adds Instant Company Stores

Posted on 13. May, 2010 by David in Announcement

Checkout the demo site with 7 new instant company stores ready for you to set up for clients right now.

Financial, Non-Profit, Healthcare, Golf Shop, Golf Tournament (tis the season), Chocolate & Nuts and Tradeshow Traffic Builders with more to come!

They’re so easy to set up!!  Just click on Company Store Quickstart, chose the theme store, add a client’s logo and the store is ready to show them immediately.

Remember, start as many as you like for as many customers as you like.  Be inspired and show your customer’s you believe in what you do and you offer them the best tools and service out there.

Tags: Company Stores, Promotional Products

We’re all done with the upgrade

Posted on 08. May, 2010 by David in Announcement

The upgrade went much quicker that we thought. System access is back and you may see some random strangeness during the day while we make sure everything is working.

Thanks for your understanding.

Tags: About Us