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If you are looking for licensed Delaware Blue Hen Apparel give Tim West at Image Marketing Inc. a call.

Located  at 5 Warner Road Elkton, MD 21921 Image Marketing Inc. offers a number of services including Delaware Screen Printing, Licensed University of Delaware Apparel,  custom embroidery, sign design and promotional products.

Tim can be reached at 302-838-7090
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Amps211 is proud to announce the completion of ZeroEnergyBuilt.com, a website built to promote Green Homes in Delaware.

I pay $112.00 a month for Dish Network Satellite TV but I still have to sit through 15 minutes of TV Commercials for every half hour of programming and on top of that the TV commercials are loud as hell.  So basically I’m paying to be annoyed. Did I mention that of the 400+ channels I receive I only watch three? CNN, Discovery and History. When I called and asked if I could just pay for the three channels they told me to go fly a kite so I’m stuck paying for a lot of crap I don’t use.

To be fair to Dish Network I believe the same can be said for most TV no matter who your service provider is. I bet if Americans agreed to quit watching for a week we could force the programmers to change their evil ways but what are the chances of Americans ungluing themselves from the tube for more than a few hours? Not a chance, they have us where they want us. Fat dumb and glued to the couch.

Tonight I start my personal protest. No TV for a month. I’ll let you know how it goes.

I need to send a fax but my Hewlett Packard printer/fax machine tells me I am low on Magenta Ink and won’t let me send it.  WTF? You don’t need printer ink to send a fax.

Thanks HP,  for sending me out in the snow to buy another overpriced ink cartridge.

Real Estate Agent Martin West of Mann and Sons Inc. Launched www.angolabeach.com today.  AngolaBeach.com concentrates on homes for sale in the Angola Area of Lewes Delaware including Angola by the Bay, Angola Beach and Angola Estates.

Real Estate Agent Martin West of Mann & Sons launched his new website today. DeweyBeachCondos.com is an exact match domain name for the heavily searched term Dewey Beach Condos. We wish Martin all the luck in the world for 2010! If you are looking or a Townhouse or Condo in Dewey Beach Delaware give him a call.

To sell a product at most larger retailers in the USA you need a UPC Bar Code on your product.  Unfortunately there is only one company that controls the UPC Bar codes that the majority of these retailers require.  Anytime you have one company controlling an entire market you have a monopoly. Why is this a bad thing? Because this company can charge what ever they want for their product.  The UPC Barcode technology is nothing spectacular, the databases of product are also nothing very high tech yet this single company has its tentacles on almost every product sold in the USA. What type of prices are we talking about? My sister and I have a small Natural Soap company. This UPC Bar Code company wants $1000 to register and another $200 a year just for our small mom and pop company. As a company gets larger they charge additional fees.  This company does not print your UPC label for you, they don’t help advertise your product all they do is issue you a bar code and put you in a database and for this they want $1000 up front and $200 a year for the rest of the products life.  This certainly seems like highway robbery to me when I’ll build you an entire website and host it for a year for less than $1000 and spend a few weeks working on it. This company charges $1000 to click a few keys, issue you a code and transfer your product info into a database and then another $200 a year to keep you in the database. By the way the $1000 setup and $200 a year is just for the smallest of companies, larger companies pay significantly more.  To learn more about the UPC Barcode Monopoly take a look at their website.

I’ve been setting up a Magento E-commence website for my sisters new Natural Soap company for the last two weeks and while I love many of the features of Magento there are also a number of items that make absolutely no sense.

Today’s Gripe:

Magento E-mail templates.

Just about the time you think you have the store up and running and start processing test orders you realize that the confirmation e-mails are branded with Magento icons, Magento  contact e-mails, Magento alt tags and the wording “Thank you for shopping at Demo Store”.

At first I thought this is no big deal, there has to be one section of the admin area where I can change all of these settings in one fell swoop. No such luck.  There are over 20 e-mail templates that have to be manually updated and then selected in another section of the admin to make them function properly. Rather than a two minute click of the keys to add a default email address, store name, logo image, alt tag and phone number prepare for at least half an hour even if you know exactly what you are doing and as much as two hours if you have to figure it out on your own + another hour of testing to make sure all of the e-mail forms work and go where they are supposed to when the submit button is hit.

In the end it’s all good, Magento is an $8000 piece of software if you purchase the enterprise edition and full support.  I guess if I get something almost as good for free I should not be complaining too much. Still, three hours is three hours that I could have been doing something productive like watching TV;)

This was the first time I noticed this and I spend at least 10 hours on Google a day. Anyone else notice the new Twitter results on Google?

Looking for a Delaware Home Builder? Here’s a list of some of the best.

•  Schell Brothers
• Toll Brothers
• Ryan Homes
• Gemcraft Homes
• Piccard Homes
• NVHomes
• K. Hovnanian Homes
• Country Life Homes
• Beazer Homes
• Rosemark Designbuild
• Insight Homes
• Rdm Builder Developer
• Providence Of Brookfield Homes
• L3 Homes
• Chase Communities

Cape Shores is a waterfront community located in Lewes Delaware directly on the Delaware Bay within walking distance of the Lewes - Cape May Ferry Terminal and Cape Henlopen State Park.  If you are interested in a home for sale or a bayfront lot in Cape Shores Lewes please visit their website.

If you are looking for a Home for Sale in Henlopen Acres drop in at henlopenacreshomes.com

Looking for Rehoboth Beach Carpet? RehobothBeachCarpet.com was launched this afternoon.

I remember one of the 1990’s motivational speakers saying something to the effect of “Most successful people have failed at dozens of business plans before they were able to succeed and what separates them from most people is that 1. They actually try in the first place and 2. They continue to try after repeated failures.” If this is true maybe my third attempt will be a success.  I’ve done the keyword research, I’ve checked out the competition and found a supplier to work with.  BarSoapNatural.com will be an online Handmade Natural Soap store. I’m a big fan of exact match domain names and I was surprised at how few were available in the soap field. BarSoapNatural may be a mouthful but the traffic is decent and the competition is mild. I’m thankful that most of the other soap sellers are better at making soap than promoting it.

Just Launched. NorthRehoboth.com a real estate website featuring North Rehoboth Homes for Sale and North Rehoboth Real Estate.

Just Launched. SouthRehoboth.com a real estate website featuring South Rehoboth Homes for Sale and South Rehoboth Real Estate.

Realtor Paul Maltaghati launched a new website NewDelawareHomes.com today. The site features New Homes and New Construction Communities throughout Southern Delaware. Whereas most real estate websites will provide you with every type of property imaginable Paul Maltaghati’s site caters to those who don’t wish to sort through mountains of used homes in lackluster condition to locate the cream of the crop.  If you are in the market for New Delaware Homes be sure to drop in and take a peek.

Subject: BIG BIG BIG NEWS!!!!

Team, just wanted to let everyone know that last night we won an unprecedented 5 National Awards from the NAHB (National Assoc of Home Builders).  These are the  most competitive and most prestigious awards that a U.S. Builder can get.  We won “Silver” awards and at the Builders Show we will find out if any of our Silvers turn into Golds.  They award the Gold Award (only 1 per category) to the best Silver Award winner in each category at the Builders Show every year.  Anyway, here’s what we won:

 

·         Best “On the Boards” Single Family Detached Home:  The Milton model at Heritage Creek:   Congrats to Rebecca on this one . . . . this was all Rebecca and she deserves this award.  This is the best looking house I think I have ever seen.  I tried for months to design this home and couldn’t get it right . . .  Rebecca really rocked it on this one.  Great work!!!

·         Best Product Design for a Custom Home:  Robinson Residence (Echelon):  Great work Tim Tice on this one and nice work to Lance and especially Mike Criswell who pretty much lived in this house for 10 months.

·         Best Interior Merchandising for a Model Priced Under $500,000:  The Marina model at the Retreat at Love Creek:  AWESOME JOB Joni . . . this was all you!!!  That house looks awesome!

·         Best Website for a Builder:  Echelon Custom Homes:  We have Ivana, Jeremy, and Mike Brown to thank for this.  They did an incredible job.  I think we have the best website for a custom builder in the country and I would not be the least bit surprised if we win the Gold on this one.  Great work guys!!

·         Best Clubhouse:  Independence Hall at Independence:  This was a team effort involving a lot of people.  Nice work to Pat Mulligan for building the Clubhouse and Great work to Jordan for the awesome Christmas decorations.

 Anyway, I couldn’t be more proud of our company and everything we’ve accomplished together.  To put some perspective on this:  No other DE builder has won a single National Award in the last 5 years and we won 5 IN ONE YEAR!!!!   This is incredible!

 This is the life and company I’ve always dreamed we’d have together and I hope all of you are having as much fun as I am.

 You guys Rock!!!!

 -Chris

Schell Brothers Provides Unique New Home, Delaware Location

Schell Brothers is a leading Delaware home builder located in Rehoboth Beach, a thriving resort town that has become a year round destination driven by low taxes and a high quality of life. Under the leadership of twin brothers Chris and Preston Schell, the company is one of numerous businesses they established to serve the Delaware real estate market. The scope of their business endeavors ranges from offering Delaware homes for sale with renewable energy features to creating innovative commercial ventures. With strong roots in Sussex County, the Schell family has been involved in Delaware real estate since 1997 when Preston Schell and Gene Lankford founded Ocean Atlantic Associates.

As graduates of Harvard Business School, Chris and Preston Schell have combined their business talent with a passion for creating beautiful communities to establish the company as a leading Delaware home builder. Prior to attending Harvard Business School, Chris earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, graduating at the top of his class, while Preston received magna cum laude honors from Amherst College. Chris launched a successful career as a hedge fund manager before pursuing his lifelong dream of building homes – in a beautiful beach environment – and Schell Brothers was born. Offering attractive and efficient Delaware homes for sale has been a priority ever since, and the company has continued to thrive regardless of market fluctuations. For prospects in search of a new home, Delaware provides numerous benefits, including a beautiful coastal environment and one of the lowest tax rates in the nation.

Chris is well-known in the area as an expert on the housing market, providing economic statistics for local Realtors who specialize in Delaware homes for sale. Preston’s reputation as a respected and responsible land developer, combined with the energy and expertise Chris brings to architectural design and homebuilding, have resulted in a truly unique company catering to those in search of a truly unique new home. Delaware is a sought-after destination and Schell Brothers is committed to providing homes with energy efficiency, craftsmanship and curb appeal in communities that have lasting beauty and value.

As a respected Delaware home builder, Schell Brothers takes a leadership role in giving back to the local community. The company has given thousands of dollars and hours of service to various charities including Habitat for Humanity, the Lower Delaware Autism Foundation, the Lewes Delaware Canalfront Park Project, the Sussex County Land Trust, and local firefighters. In addition to building attractive communities and supporting local endeavors, Chris and Preston have set the standard for responsible land use and historical preservation. Together, they have made a positive impact on the landscape of southern Delaware. For more information about Schell Brothers and new home Delaware opportunities, please visit our website at www.schellbrothers.com.

Sometimes a friend needs a little help promoting their website.  Occasionally a change on a server from something as simple as http://www.NorthGaLife.com to http://NorthGaLife.com Can make a dramatic change in your search engine results.  If you are looking for Lake Lanier Real Estate give my good friend Cal Carter a call at 678-617-7665

I’ve never been into politics. I’d rather work with my hands than my mouth, but enough is enough. I don’t like the socialist road the current administration is taking us down.  To tell the truth I was not a big fan of the previous administration either for starting a war for bogus reasons and stealing our personal privacy rights. If you take all of the yearly profits from all of the fortune 500 companies and add them together they do not equal a Trillion Dollars. How will America ever pay back the Trillions of Dollars it is currently borrowing from other countries?

Maybe it’s time to join the Libertarian Party of Delaware?

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Recently we experienced a nasty nor’easter and what felt like two weeks of rain. There was a good deal of Coastal flooding and I myself had a good deal of water pooling in my yard.
As I was about to leave the house this morning I took a look into my crawlspace access and noticed almost a foot of water.  This would not be the first time I had rainwater accumulate in this location.  To remedy this I took the fountain pump from our pond and stuck it in the access expecting it to take less than two minutes to remove the water.  After five minutes and a hundred gallons of water I realized the water level had not gone down at all. Removing the access hatch I realized there was actually a good 12 inches of water under the entire house.  To make matters worse one of my five naughty cats decided it would be a good idea to jump into the water filled crawlspace only to land upon the semi-floating plastic moisture barrier which wrapped itself around the cat and started to pull her under water about 15 feet from the access area.  I could let the cat drown or go in after her. I ended up crawling in up to my chin in the cold dark crawl space and scooped her up from the water. As thanks she scratched the $hit out of my hand.

All’s well that ends well.  The cat is safe. The crawl space is almost dry and we will have a new liner and dehumidifier installed later this week. No damage was done to the house other than the brick getting wet.

Aftermath

Just another keyword ranking test. I love Pink Furry Bunny Builders

Jeremy and I  launched another new site last night at around 9:00pm Friday 13th November 2009.  SchellBrothers.com is a website featuring New Delaware Homes for Sale