Image Market has just launched a brand-spanking-new website for Custom Espresso Machines just in time for the holiday season.  Custom Espresso Machines is a green company that specializes in recycling and renovating the Swiss made Thermoplan 801 Espresso machines currently used by the world’s largest coffee chain.  Rather than going to the landfill, the best machines are completely overhauled and made like new.  A variety of colors are available as well as a silver-plated and 14k gold-plated model.  Look for the the company’s full-page ad in the upcoming Dupont Registry.

Image Market has just launched an upgraded website for Elder Law Services of California, at www.ElderLawCalifornia.com, a professional law corporation which provides estate planning, Medi-Cal planning and asset protection services, founded by attorney Judd Matsunaga.

Arto, the premier Southern California based manufacturer of brick veneer, handcrafted tile, pavers and more, is exhibiting at the Coverings 2011 Convention in Las Vegas March 14-17, 2011.  If you’re a Tile and Stone Professional discover the hottest tile and stone trends and stop by the Arto exhibit.  If you can’t make it, be sure to check out the mobile uploads at http://tinyurl.com/4e64n4l or visit www.ArtoBrick.com .

If you’re keeping up with the latest trends then you already know that the hottest new sport is Stand-up Paddle Boarding.  Tyler Lennon has launched a new Stand-Up Paddle Boarding business called Cove Paddle Fitness in Malibu, California.  Cove Paddle Fitness provides paddle board lessons, rentals, fitness classes and tours of Malibu Cove, Malibu Colony and Malibu Pier.   Check out www.CovePaddleFitness.com if you’re looking for things to do in Los Angeles or might be interested in destination travel packages to stand-up paddle board in exotic locales.

Image Market Inc. has been retained to provide website services to SnoValley Coffee Company, the new owner of the popular Snoqualmie coffee house on the corner of Center Blvd. and Mayrand Lane on Snoqualime Ridge.  The coffee house recently changed ownership and will be re-branded, but will continue to serve better tasting espresso drinks and coffee made with beans from Zoka Coffee Roasters.  SnoValley Coffee will also supply a variety of doughnuts made fresh each morning, from Steve’s Doughnuts as well as breakfast croissant sandwiches, scones, muffins, cookies and danishes.

Web-Designers-Directory.com is a well designed directory with features that have captured my interest.  The focus of the front page is to enable customers to quickly solicit bids on their project for free.  Visitor data is captured  and published to the provider side of the site.  The site has Google Page Rank of 6 and provides free listings to web designers looking to drum up some business.

Image Market Inc. maintains a profile here www.webdesigners-directory.com/web_design_profile/9351

Many people don’t know that you can setup your Facebook account to automatically publish the posts you’re writing in your blog  so I’m writing this brief tutorial to demonstrate how it’s done.  Once caveat however is that Facebook has a reputation for changing things every now and then, so what works today might not work next year or next month for that matter.

1. Once logged into Facebook go to this address > http://www.facebook.com/notes.php
2. Look for a box in the upper right corner called ‘Notes Settings’ … if you see a message that says, “You are not importing notes from an external blog” click on the link for “Import a blog”
3. You can import posts from one external blog so that they appear along with your notes. Facebook will automatically update your notes whenever you write in your blog. Imported blog posts cannot be edited. Just paste the URL for your external blog’s RSS Feed into the text box and click the button that says ‘Start Importing’

I’ve learned today that a multi-user (MU) option for the next generation of WordPress 3.0 which is in the works and could possibly be released this May. MU will enable the management of multiple WordPress blogs from one control panel… at last…(maybe). There will probably be a few kinks and it remains to be seen how functional the control panel (CP) will be, but it’s reassuring to know that the development team is definitely headed in the right direction.

Ok, came across this today, it’s too good to not at least mention.  By using www.cheaptweet.com you can tap into Twitter as a new marketing channel, and advertise, I mean tweet to an entirely different audience.

If you need help installing, updating, modifying or configuring a photography website template then Rex Price at Image Market Inc. might be guy you’re looking for (that’s me). I have been providing these types of services since 1995, no joke. Give me a call and lets talk about the possibility of working together to get your best photos organized in an online portfolio which represents your style. I have experience with various website solutions including CRM, Smarty Templates, Flash, .html, JavaScript, various Web 2.0 social apps and dynamic PHP/MySQL database solutions. Don’t worry about it if none of that makes any sense to you. Starting at $750. my fees are reasonable and based on total project time. So if you’re a truly talented photographer, artist or other type of creative professional who is tired of monkeying around with things that you know nothing about or that just wind up frustrating you then give me a call toll-free at (866) 754-7293.