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Welcome to Footenote!

Welcome to the home page for Footenote, Inc. This is the home port for the various enterprises we operate here on San Juan Island.

They say that people that live here either have three jobs or three houses. As dot com 'refugees' (actually, those years were a lot of fun and took us to many wonderful places) we are in the three-plus jobs un-retired category. So we keep hearth and home together by doing our best to provide several kinds of services to our fellow islanders and visitors.

  • Voice Lessons - Angel teaches singers of all ages, skill levels and vocal styles. She also directs three island choirs - Sound Vibrations, San Juan Singers  and the Island Chordsmen Plus. Read more at www.islandsongstudio.com
  • Bed & Breakfast - we run States Inn & Ranch, a 60 acre ranch on San Juan Island with 10 rooms and suites. You can view our place or make a reservation at www.statesinn.com
  • Farm Fresh Products We sell fresh farm eggs, and produce during the season.
  • Horse Boarding and Training We offer natural horsemanship care and training for horses and owners.
  • Internet Technology - More than just websites. Using the internet effectively means a good site that attracts visitors, turns them into customers, and allows you to manage the whole thing without lots of $$$ to the computer guy. Want to know how to tell if you getting your money's worth from your online investment? Learn more about technology with these Internet Articles.
 
Visits, hits, pageviews and profitability
Today a website is your most important marketing tool. Especially in an industry with a high internet usage such as the travel industry, or you serve (or wish to serve) a client base anywhere but a very small town. This article will help you change from a Jackson Pollock splatter style to a neo-realist precise technique when applying your advertising budget to the web canvas. We'll show you how to compute the effectiveness of your ad spend.

If you are not regularly collecting and reviewing your website statistics, stop reading and contact your web designer or hosting provider and get started. If you are...
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Picking a web development firm
Picking a Winner

Back in the dot com go-go days, i worked for the largest web design firm in the world. Then they went bankrupt. But that's another story. During my time with them I got the chance to work with some of the world's best designers, artists, and technologist as we built award winning successful sites for customers around the world. Here are a few things I learned from building multi-million dollar sites (yes, that's right!) that might help you get the most out of your online budget.
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Google wants to help - Part II
Last time we looked at Google's Site Status Tool. Now let's take a look at more in depth tools, Google Webmaster Tools.
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