• Answering phones & directing calls
• Data entry Filing/File management
• Creating new client files/in-process contract paperwork
• Collection calls/receive payments
• Ordering office supplies/pick up supplies
• Organizing office/supply room
• Check & distribute mail, feed turtles, make coffee, facilitate office luncheons
• Welcome visitors/prepare conference room for meetings
• Other duties as needed

We are looking for a self-motivated go-getter! You provide the great attitude and we’ll provide the daily variety, motivation, stability, and a fantastic team-environment! If you seek an upbeat atmosphere with great perks, THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU!
REQUIREMENTS:

• Beginner/Intermediate Quickbooks knowledge
• Knowledge of MS Office a must (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Publisher)
• Knowledge of internet use & function
• Qualified individuals must possess between 1 to 2 years of receptionist experience and have the ability to interact and communicate effectively with staff members, vendors and clients.
• Mature candidate must have a sense of humor, front office appearance required, great personality, flexibility, and a helpful attitude when needed.
• Personality traits must include a “can-do” attitude, anticipates needs before asked, cheerful disposition and must be up to the challenge of a fast paced environment.
• Enjoys supporting multiple staff members with their skills as an Assistant.
• Candidate must possess excellent grammar and typing skills.
• Candidate must have a professional appearance in our business casual setting.

Position will be held without transfer for at least 1 year
Serious inquiries only please
Please send resume & salary history to careers@fasturtle.com
Missing salary history will not be reviewed

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Salary; $10 to $12 an hour (DOE)
PT (30-32 hrs/wk) Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Scottsdale Airpark
Must be reliable and have dependable transportation
References will be checked
Front-lobby position
Immediate placement needed

You have all been warned. :) Here at Fasturtle we take deadlines seriously.

During the American Civil War, the guards at the notoriously brutal Confederate military prison at Andersonville drew a line on the ground around the perimeter of the compound, a uniform seventeen feet inside the prison walls. Any prisoner crossing over that line was presumed to be trying to reach the wall in order to escape, and was summarily shot. This boundary was known succinctly as “the dead line.” The first appearance in print of this original sense of “deadline” came in the Congressional Record in 1864.

Nice little trivia for your day. Have a great day and if you ever need any interactive marketing done we use “deadlines” :)

This individual will be responsible for account management and internal marketing efforts. You will be responsible for the management of our newsletter, interactive marketing efforts, Review projects with our clients, up selling Fasturtle services.

We offer a fun environment and believe in building a strong relationship with our employees and clients.

Located in an easily accessible, beautiful office with a great view of the Scottsdale Airport! We are looking for a self-motivated go-getter! You provide the great attitude and we’ll provide the daily variety, motivation, stability, and a fantastic team-environment! If you seek an upbeat atmosphere with great perks, THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU!

Skills/ Requirements:

• Very Computer savvy, must be able to “walk the walk” in trafficking the Internet
• Attention to detail a must
• Project coordination and client contact
• Organizing and managing marketing collateral
• Other marketing duties as needed
• Knowledge of MS Office a must
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• 2+ years of customer service or sales experience
• BS or BA in related field or industry experience in advertising or web design

REQUIREMENTS: Qualified individuals must possess between 2 to 3 years of customer service experience or marketing experience and have the ability to interact and communicate effectively with staff members, vendors and clients. Must have a sense of humor, great personality, flexibility, and a helpful attitude when needed. Must be well organized, project oriented and task driven. Personality traits must include a can-do, cheerful attitude and must be up to the challenge of a fast paced environment. Candidate must possess excellent grammar and basic typing skills. Candidate must have a professional appearance in our business casual setting. Person must love working with clients and making sure client needs become their own to get things done for the client. Person must be able to up sell Fasturtle services to existing clients and close additional business.

Specifics

• Salary;  (DOE)
• Health Insurance Benefits offered after 60 days
• Monday – Friday,  8:00 a.m- 5:00 p.m.
• Location: Scottsdale Airpark
• Must be reliable and have dependable transportation
• References will be checked
• Immediate placement needed
• Email your Resume to:  careers@fasturtle.com
• OR Fax your Resume to:  Fasturtle HR Department, 480-452-0926
• Reference: Account Manager Position 82410
• No phone calls please!

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 With a variety of new clients added to the Fasturtle Family and a number of projects in the works, the Fasturtle office is teaming with activity as we strive to become Arizona’s  #1choice for website design and internet marketing. 

 Here are some of the projects Fasturtle has completed this past month!

 Simply Put Organizing works to create organizing systems tailored to specific needs. The owner, Charlotte Steill is one of only three certified professional organizers in the state of Arizona. Through streamlining environments and defining spaces, her focus is to help busy families and professionals reclaim their spaces and manage their time more effectively.

Simply Put Organizing launched their new website

Just as unique as the services Simply Put Organizing provides, Fasturtle provided a semi-custom fast site to manage this online space. We used a mix of pre-designed and custom elements to cater to her unique needs. Her new CMS (Content Management System) website gives Charlotte the flexibility to update her website instantly. The Simply Put Organizing website advertises organizing services, showcases projects and displays various media segments that Charlotte has appeared on as she is also a spokesperson for various local and national television shows. click here to check it out 

Cypress HomeCare Solutions is a homecare agency that provides top notch caregivers and home care delivery. Cypress needed a new website to represent and host more information and engagement with the company beyond the facility while extending the personal touch of their services.

Cypress Homecare Solutions

Their old website was outdated, hard to update content and was not keyword optimized. Our client was concerned about driving new traffic to the redesigned site and establishing high rankings to better compete in the online presence and hold more open communication with the families and clients about what is happening in their community.  Fasturtle provided Cypress with a complete website redesign, search engine optimization (SEO), and e-mail program.Click here to Check it out:

Fasturtle Technologies proudly announces the redesign and full service website management solution for the Mountain Pointe High School Football. The new website was designed by Fasturtle’s award winning design team to reflect the passion and dedication of a team that wanted to reflect their professionalism, not only on the field, but on the web as well. 

Mountain Pointe Football redesigned website

 The outstanding new site provides the Team with a valuable asset in its efforts to make communication more clear, and the timing of the launch corresponds perfectly with the upcoming season. In addition to the website redesign, Fasturtle Technologies also implemented a convenient content management system for The Mountain Pointe High School Football Team.  The amazing new technology will allow the coaches to easily monitor and update the content of their new website, ensuring that its communication with parents and players is clear and up to date with the latest games and events around the football team’s activities. The ability to customize their rosters and print off before games is a time saving tool for this fast paced team. This new site also has a full feature blog, interactive team roster, customizable photo galleries and online merchandise ordering and more! 

 Fasturtle continues to expand its efforts in design, technology, and optimization in order to help the Mountain Pointe High School Football, and other organizations that are part of Fasturtle Community Affairs.   Click here or go to  http://www. mphsfootball.com to check it out!

We are helping our clients get ranked in the top positions on search engines, if you haven’t signed up for our SEO programs; you have been missing out on some great opportunities for increasing your visibility online. If you have any questions about our Search Engine Optimization packages or any of our other great services such as our fast site programs, Website Maintenance and Email Marketing and contact Our office at 480-348-0467 x103 or Info@fasturtle.com

“Because of the SEO you are doing for us we just Tuesday got two calls in the same day from NBC and a local LA TV station that found us not from our PR but from searching the web. I am excited to say the least. We will be on MSNBC’s Today Show tomorrow!”

-Deborah Vinci, President, Cool-it Caddy, by Vinci Designs, LLC.

Cool-it Caddy’s featured product; the “grab and go” clutch bag, conveniently travels with you in high temperatures keeping your costly beauty or health care products protected from “heat meltdown”. The Cool-it Caddy™ concept came about when founder, Deborah Vinci, was golfing in the summer heat and went to re-apply a lip protective product only to have a large chunk come off onto her lips. She began the process of designing a bag that outdoor enthusiasts could use to safely store heat sensitive products (cosmetics, health care items, protein bars, etc). Vinci Designs, LLC is happy to introduce your answer to “heat meltdown” with our patent pending Cool-it Caddy™. To learn more about Cool-it caddy’s products, go to their website that Fasturtle designed and optimized, http://cool-itcaddy.com/ or call (480) 621-5756

About Fasturtle Interactive
Fasturtle is the leading provider of website management solutions and award winning website production. Fasturtle offers a wide range of services, including website design and hosting, E-mail support, and search engine optimization. With precision optimization techniques, Fasturtle ensures current as well as prospective customers can find clients’ sites easily via search engines, where 87% of all internet traffic begins. Clients range from small business owners to large multinational corporations and are located across the US Europe, and Asia. Call (480) 348-0467 or visit www.fasturtle.com for more information.

Pine Hardware is yet just another example of the extraordinary work that Fasturtle can produce.  We pride ourselves in creating highly functional websites for any business! 

Pine Hardware provides a hardware resource for local handymen, contractors, painters, plumbers, electricians and “do-it-yourselfers”.  They also will help with buying and planning jobs.

Check out their new Fastsite^SM at www.pinehardware.com!

For more information on Fasturtle and how we can build a website for your company, please call 888-468-8785 or 480-348-0467. Not a phone person? We’d love to see you in person! 7575 E Redfield Rd Ste 213, Scottsdale, AZ 85260.

Jet Safety International is another great example of great service that Fasturtle continues to offer.  We pride ourselves in creating highly functional websites for any business! 

JSI is an aviation consultancy company offering consultation on three main areas: Pilot Training, Operations Safety Audit and Accounting Analysis.  They also offer crew training courses.

Check out their new Fastsite^SM at www.jetsafetyinternational.com!

For more information on Fasturtle and how we can build a website for your company, please call 888-468-8785 or 480-348-0467. Not a phone person? We’d love to see you in person! 7575 E Redfield Rd Ste 213, Scottsdale, AZ 85260.

As many ways as we can say it, we are! We are reflecting on what makes us run here at Fasturtle this summer, and that is you, our clients! Always reshaping & evaluating our business, we always ask what can we do better?…the best place to start, is to start by saying thank you!

It’s a small gesture of our appreciation, we know, but we also know that you have a choice when you choose your partner’s in marketing. We take pride in the opportunity to be your partner!

In a continuing effort to perfect our service, we ask our clients what can we do to better serve you? What do you look for in a marketing partner? What do you value the most in customer service?

Their retail loca­tions offer a unique expe­ri­ence… you can shop in peace and quiet! Conveniently located in North Scottsdale as well as Tempe near Ikea.

At Salt Creek, once they greet you, they are there to help, as you require. This is a fam­ily busi­ness and there are no com­mis­sion sales peo­ple on the floor.

Salt Creek Home Furniture was a true demonstrator of our ability to create an innovative and highly functional website for any business – no matter how small or big.  We offer a truly affordable local solution to help Arizona business continue to grow and prosper by using the Internet.

You can see their new site at www.saltcreekhomefurniture.com!

If you have any questions about office and home furniture or a question about working with Fasturtle please give Ed or Jason Cameron a call at (480) 443-1400.  

For more information on Fasturtle and how we can make a website for your company, please call 480-348-0467 or visit our website at www.fasturtle.com.

Requirements:
• Understanding of XHTML and CSS (Dreamweaver is acceptable, but core knowledge is required)
• Proficient understanding of user-friendly interfaces, layout & composition, typography, and color theory
• Willingness to learn new technologies
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in an agency environment, internship acceptable
• Understanding of user-friendly design / coding practices
• Ability to cut up a design composition into XHTML code
• WordPress development/skinning
• Cross-browser testing (sites that work in IE 6, IE 7, IE8,  Firefox, Safari)
• Thorough understanding of CSS, CSS hacks, workarounds, and common bugs
• W3C Compliance
• Good communication skills a must
• Enjoy life and website design
• Wants to take over the world with great design

Preferences:
• Associates Degree or better

• Table-less XHTML code
• Hand-coding techniques
• A self-starter with a passion for the Internet and new media technologies
• Desire to learn new languages and new techniques on-the-job
• MySQL and PHP Programming experience

About Fasturtle Interactive
Fasturtle, the leading provider of website development, hosting and website search engine marketing for small business. With over 9 years of experience servicing our clients website management needs, we specialize in offering the highest level of technical hardware and quality support. In today’s ever competitive digital marketplace, Fasturtle provides its customers with complete solutions that make sense.

Salary requirement needs to be submitted with, portfolio and resume, thank you.
We will provide the competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a casual work environment. You provide the great work ethic and passion for website design. No phone calls please or agencies
Email your Resume to: careers@fasturtle.com
OR Fax your Resume to: Fasturtle HR Department, 480-452-0926
Reference: Junior Website Designer

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So here is a list of terms to familarize yourself with, we hope it helps.

•Above the fold: Content and/or ads that appear on a page before a viewer needs to scroll.

•AIDA (attention, interest, desire, action): The direct marketing acronym for steps to purchase.

•B2B (business to business): Companies and sites that market to other businesses.

•B2C (business to consumer): Companies and sites that market to individual customers.

•banner ad: A graphic ad that links to the advertiser’s site.

•call to action: A marketing technique that asks prospects to take a specific action to move toward a sale.

•cookie: Identifying code downloaded to a user’s machine to recognize repeat visitors or track online activity.

•conversion rate: The percent of site visitors who take a particular action or make a purchase, often called converting browsers to buyers.

•CPC (cost per click): Amount actually paid for a click-through to a site from an ad.

•CPM (cost per thousand): The advertising cost to reach 1,000 viewers or listeners; allows comparison among various advertising methods.

•CTR (click-through rate): The percent of people viewing an ad who click on it.

•PPC (pay per click): Payment method for online ads in which advertisers pay for each click-through, rather than by number of impressions or flat rate (see CPM).

•ROI (return on investment): The amount of money earned (or lost) as a percent of the amount invested, usually stated for a period of a year; can compute for a Web site, an ad campaign, or an entire business.

•SEO (search engine optimization): The process of making a Web site search-engine-friendly to improve ranking in search results.

•SEM (search engine marketing): The combination of SEO with paid search marketing through PPC, paid inclusion, or paid appearance.

•URL (uniform resource locator): Address designating the location of information on the Web; includes a registered domain name.

•Widget: Small application tool placed on a Web site to add value.

Responsibilities
•    Establish and maintain a consistent pipeline of leads and opportunities
•    Penetrate “targeted” accounts within a vertical market structure, doctors, lawyers, health and medical industry, etc.
•    Identify decision maker, research and obtain business needs analysis, and present Fasturtle solutions to begin sales cycle.
•    Ensure strong communication and follow-up with all designated calls-to-action, follow-up dates, complete profile information, lead source, etc.
•    Contribute account management with our in house customer service representatives to ensure client satisfaction

Must Have
•    Must have experience selling to small business owners.
•    Must have successful sales experience of at least 2 to 3 years
•    Must have worked in a small firm
•    Must have earnings of $45K-$60K plus.
•    Must be involved in networking or advertising associations in Phoenix.
•    Must be able to speak to points about sales pipeline, call volume, close rates, sales expectations in a fast paced factual manner.
•    Must have completed some sales training program; Sandler Sales, Dale Carnegie, Sales/Marketing training (Arbon, AT&T, Dex, Avon, etc.).
•    Must have computer skills; MS Office, Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com, MS Outlook

If you have high energy, good persuasive skills and are self disciplined, submit your resume now. Only serious candidates should apply.

Email your Resume to:  careers@fasturtle.com
Reference: Account Executive

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You could say that it’s a stupid application, that no business gets done there, but there are too many of us that can disagree and point out business value. Here are the Top 7 reasons why you should use Twitter for your business.

Your business should have Twitter because:

7) Everyone else is doing it.

Your neighborhood convenience store owner is using it, the flower shop down the street, and even your landscaper.   Even big corporations like Dell, HP, AT&T and Microsoft. Having your business on Twitter is the thing to do!

6) Twitter is good optics.

Using Twitter is evidence that your small business is hip to the social media craze.  Although having a website is a good tool, it just doesn’t seem like that’s enough anymore.

5) Twitter is a fast way to get the message out.

You can let potential or existing customers know what’s going on with your business, whether it be a new product or a deal that your company is offering.

4) Twitter will help you stay on top of your industry and/or market segment.

Twitter lets you hear what other people are saying. Using Twitter Search you can find out what people are saying about a particular topic, that way you stay aware about your company and the competition.

3) Twitter will help you refine your brand.

By participating in Twitter, by communicating and not just spamming advertisements for your business, you can present and develop the kind of image that attracts your potential customers, and refine your brand.

2) Twitter is a great networking tool.

Being on Twitter will give you the opportunity to talk to people that you would never get the chance to in everyday life.  And some of those people might be the very business contacts you’ve been seeking, people you want to start projects with, source product from or even hire.

1) And the most important reason your small business should use Twitter – because Twitter lets you engage your customers.

Posting information about your products and/or services is the obvious use. But Twitter also gives you a tool to listen and found out about your customers – what they like or dislike about your company, how they feel about your brand, what suggestions they have for improvement, what their favorite products are and why.  This will make your business more successful, feedback from current customers or even potential customers.

You will want to make sure, though, that you’re following the Twitter promotion rules for small businesses. If you don’t use Twitter properly, you can end up being seen as a spammer and damaging your small business’ reputation.

Too often business owners get a website built, post it and leave it alone. This is the most economical piece of marketing you have as a business owner. When built right you can easily update specials, offers and great information on a weekly basis. This all generates buzz about your business and increases inquiries.

Whether adding new products and services, keeping information fresh or upgrading your entire site. Maintenance must be done on just about every site on the internet to maintain or increase visitor traffic and to keep or better your rankings in the Search Engines. Letting your information become outdated or not placing new products and services, and not striving to place new information and solutions, deteriorates your site’s value for your business.  

Many small business owners are busy running their business to really understand that a website that generates leads consistently will make a big difference in their company.  Your website can capture leads for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when you’re closed.  Your website is where people get information about the business. When you aren’t keeping your website up to date, then that is the image that your company is portraying.  Your website is your greatest sales tool and should be your number one lead generator!

Would you let your grass over grow on your lawn?  Or let food in your fridge spoil and cause that awful smell in your kitchen?  Then why do so many small business owners build a website and forget about it?  Profitable businesses update their website at least quarterly, if not monthly.

 Fasturtle offers great monthly maintenance programs starting at only $199 per month!  Call Fasturtle today at 480-348-0467 to get more information on how you can continue to generate leads through your website!

The new site features tutorials, videos and tips from small business owners to help ensure that your small business is successful!  These small business owners have used the internet to become more efficient, cost effective and successful!

Fasturtle wants to make sure that all their clients are successful and if you would like to talk to one of our account representatives on how we can help your business have success online, please give us a call at 480-348-0467!

Stay tuned for our new website “insurance” programs!

Knowing these things can help you satisfy these concerns and prevent an abundance of negative information from harming you in the long term. You can engage in defensive public relations when you feel like something is going to affect your reputation negatively. Now you can learn who is having the real influence over how you are perceived by the general public and work actively to perfect it.

Google has a great FREE service called Google Alerts, where users determine the frequency of checks for new results. Three options are available: “once a day”, “once a week”, or “as it happens”.  You would select keywords like your company name, the CEO’s name, an executive at your company, etc. and Google will notify you when new results come in for those keywords.

Don’t let the internet run wild with your reputation. Take charge and get an account with Google Alerts so you can ensure that you are viewed in the proper light.

If you need any help, give Fasturtle a call 480-348-0467 or email us at sales@fasturtle.com

When blogging, we like to use other people’s work to help justify or explain our point, which is fine, as long as we give credit where credit is due!  We as bloggers have the right to quote in context, and to say ‘The Arizona Republic said this.’  Another way of making sure that you give credit where credit is due, is by adding a link to the site that your reader can read the article or story themselves.

So next time you want to quote someone else’s thoughts or ideas, make sure you are staying within your fair use rights!

How much time do you have, as a business owner, in your life?

What is the value of your time?

The end result of your website is to draw business to you! The point of your website is to showcase your products and or service in a professional manner to help make the phone ring! When the economy’s slow, these values move from beneficial to crucial.
Easiest way to put value to your website is to take your average sale per client. If you get one client per month, what does this look like for you? And this is just the minimum. Now say you get ten clients per month, what does this look like for you? Now somewhere in the middle of these two numbers is what you should be spending on your website and some form of internet marketing for your business. There are design companies that charge anywhere from $6,000 to $30,000+ for just a basic information site. And there are companies that will pay that much for their website.

Why do you think they pay that much?

Call Fasturtle today at 480-348-0467 to get more information on building your company a GREAT website at an affordable price!

As some of the larger ‘household name’ web companies start to stand out with catchy commercials that feature a bevy of young beauties or race car driving spokes models, we have been asked the question recently by some of our long time clientele, what makes us any better than these large corporate companies, who offer deals that just seem too good to pass up? Well, the first thing that comes to mind is, Customer Service. Ever try to call your telephone provider, or internet provider with billing questions, technical support needs or just general questions about your service? What do you get? If you’re like any of the rest of us, chances are, you get to speak to a recording. Sometimes, you can’t even get a real ‘live’ person on the phone. Just to make matters worse, if & when you do get a live person on the phone, rarely do they have an acceptable answer to your questions. Here at Fasturtle, if we’re by the phone, we’re answering it! You might even get to speak to the President himself, any way you look at it, you get to talk to real people who understand your needs & listen to you…And surprise!… you can even talk to the exact same person if you called back next Tuesday! No need to track case numbers, or departments, we know who you are. We are familiar with our clients, and we remember our clients. Good luck getting that kind of service in a call center housing over 500 employees!

We’re located in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the beautiful Scottsdale Airpark. Our neighbors are small business owners, and we love teaming up with our neighbors & offering them a service that we know can help increase their business, this is something we truly believe in.  If you’re looking for a solution driven web services provider to grow your small business, medical practice, or law firm, & you put value in not only the tangible results, but also the level of Customer Service you receive, then you’ve just found your match! We’re up for a challenge & we love making our customers happy. Call us today for a free, yes, that’s right a FREE consultation on how Fasturtle can help GROW your business!

Jennifer Lee, Manager of Client Services