Customer retention Infographic collection.

What do you think about customer retention now? Are you retaining all your customers? I think we talk about this more then acting on it. We know how important it is to make customers loyal, but we rarely show appreciation for their business. The above graphics should propel one to take action and make customer retention strategy part of your marketing plan.

Online Business Listing Improve Your Search Engine Result Page (SERP) Rank

Most of the companies know the benefits of business listing to online business directories. These online business directories are two types one is paid and second is free both are doing same work. Online business directories allow the owners to list their company names, website link, details and you can also add brief details about your business services and products. These free online business directories has become a popular way to produce income and improve their SERP results. In online listing no need to any special understanding, just create account, activate your profile and add your business that's it.

When you submit or list your business in these directories then your business globally promoted by these directories and this can improve your SERP ranking. If you have an effective website, then it's a powerful tool for your business, especially if it gets manipulated by the latest SEO approaches. Nowadays, most of companies are doing search engine optimization and improve ranking on particular search engine. Free online business listing is playing a nice role and you can easily prompt your business worldwide.

Now doing SEO is become difficult because competition is become so hard and every business owner knows where they can get the traffic for their website and what things can make their business effective more than other businesses. So go with the world and add your business at free online business directory listing. In the last I want to say something to about your business that on the internet the most effectual to advertise your online business is internet directory. Their visitor's find your business listed under in relevant categories, so make sure before listing that your business listed in relevant category.

Engagement Party

This past weekend, I had the honor of helping put together an engagement party for a very sweet friend's nephew. It wasn't supposed to be at her house originally, so when I got the call, we had to put all crafty gears into over drive.

I had her email me a few pictures of things she wanted to see at the party and ran with it.

I'll provide some of the details, but I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking.

This little sign was at the base of the stairs as you walked up to the front porch. It's made of balsa wood. The sign was stained and hand painted with their names and the date of their wedding.

 In the front entrance, there was an heirloom Bible for guests to sign or highlight their favorite verse along with photos of the bride and groom when they were children.

The gift table

Aren't the flower arrangements beautiful? I love hydrangeas and blue mason jars...you can never go wrong with either of those:o)

There was additional seating outside.

 Here are the center pieces for the tables. Battery operated votives and tea lights were life savers for this outdoor affair.

This was the drink station. I thought it was pretty lucky that we share the same last initial...The mother of the groom made the little flags for the paper straws. I wish I had taken a closer shot of them. They were adorable. 

I had a lot of helpers in putting this together, and it wouldn't have happened without all of their help. 

I was so grateful to be apart of making this sweet little couple feel extra special and I wish them great joy and happiness in the years ahead! 

Wash, Rinse, Repeat-Free Bathroom Printables

Here are the bathroom printables I promised. I have wanted to use the old phrase from the back of a shampoo bottle "wash, rinse, repeat" for quite some time now, but I was waiting for the right fonts to come along. I have fallen in love with all of the chalkboard fonts available. I think they are so fun, and they look really cool. 

I found exactly what I was looking for at A Nest of Posies, and played around with the fonts until I got the prints just right. I am so excited with the results, and happy to share. They are set to print as a 5x7. 

To download each print, just click on the names below.

Wash

Rinse

Repeat

Enjoy:o)

To see the full bathroom reveal, click here

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Bring More Traffic to Your Business through Online Business Directory Listing

Nowadays Internet plays an important role in the success of any business. Internet is the best place to prompt your business today. Internet marketing can help in this so much and you can get a nice return on investment. If you want to start an online business and want to promote it locally or globally, then the best mediums is to add your business services and products in online business directories. These free online business directories are one of the best sources of online business solutions. According to customers searches these directories are best in the market, they refer these directories to deal for any product and service. You can easily bring a large amount of traffic through these free online business directory listing.

One of the most important facts in these types of directories is that these directories are updated regularly so you can stay certain of getting latest information related to your businesses. Another benefit of these directories is that your business services and products are categorized under separate section and thereby making the navigation easy and user-friendly. And, this is a most important thing in online business directories so make sure that your services and products are in relevant category.

You can easily promote your business website here because these directories also allow adding your website link which definitely can help's to you get great deal in attraction more and more audiences on your business website. Adding your business details and your website link in some good business directory positively helps in bring more traffic and getting more clients. If you target a local business than local business listing and local search engine optimization can play a very important role. Update your business products and services regularly in these directories in order to have more traffic on your business websites.

Cottage Style Kids' Bathroom

Last Saturday, while the hubs was hard at work in the backyard, I was wasting the day away indoors. It dawned on me that I have started SEVERAL projects over the last few months, and haven't finished ANY of them. 

I decided that since hubs was working so hard, I probably should get with it, and do something myself:o) So, I finally finished the kids' bathroom.

Our kids' wipe their little paws all over the walls, and leave the paw prints behind. We needed a solution where we wouldn't be using a Magic Eraser on our walls every other day.

I had noticed a lot of magazines using horizontal boards as a wall treatment, and I knew that would be the perfect solution to our dilemma. 

I happened to be in Lowes one day, and these boards were marked down significantly...and in my van they went!

 I have gotten the hubs do so many wood working projects over the last 10 years, that he has gotten really proficient at it;o) Mad skills I tell ya.

He's not a fan of miter cuts, but he did a fantastic job in this bathroom!

There is a lot of storage space in this Jack and Jill bath. This closet was only holding towels, so I decided to make it into a little nook for taking shoes off. 

 It was full of wire shelving, so we had to rip those out and patch a lot of holes. I really like how cute it turned out. The fabric for the seat cushion and curtain came from Hobby Lobby. The basket was a Marshall's purchase.

I found this cute little hook at Hobby Lobby. They were 50% off this week, so it was around $4. This is where the kids hang their towel while taking a shower. Notice that awesome mitered corner?...mad skills..I'm telling ya, mad skills;o)

 I spray painted this coat rack a metallic silver, and now it serves as a towel rack.

The art work is something I came up with. I'll share how I did it in my next post, so stay tuned!

I'm so glad to be able to check this bathroom off the list. Now to finish S.R.'s quilt, and the playroom!!

Whole Wheat Cheeseburger Pie with Bacon

Since we are on this health kick, I have been using whole wheat flour instead of white flour. It wasn't easy at first, but there are actually some really tasty recipes out there using whole wheat. S.R. calls it the "brown flour," and turns her nose up at it every time I use it. The funny thing is, she gobbles it right up:o)

I was looking for something different to do with hamburger meat over the weekend, and remembered a recipe off of the Bisquick box, Cheeseburger Pie. I wondered to myself if it would be as good using whole wheat. 

I felt it was worth a try, and put my math skills to the test...trying to figure out the correct ratios and ingredients, and came up with a recipe that was a crowd pleaser :o)

Cheeseburger Pie with Bacon
Adapted from the Bisquick Recipe

1 lb of ground beef

1 small onion, chopped finely

2 T butter

1/2 ts salt

1/8 ts ground black pepper

1 c shredded cheddar cheese

2 eggs

1 c milk

1/2 c whole wheat flour

3/4 ts baking powder

1/4 ts salt

2 T cold butter

3 slices of cooked bacon crumbled

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare pie plate. I use butter to create a non-stick surface. Not a real fan of non-stick spray. In a skillet on medium high heat, melt 2 T of butter. Cook onion until it is translucent. Add ground beef, salt, and pepper. Cook until browned. While meat is cooking, use a pastry blender to blend cold butter into the flour, baking powder, and salt. The mixture should look like small peas when you are finished. Whisk in eggs, milk, and cheese. Once the meat is cooked all the way through, drain off any grease. Place meat mixture in pie plate first. Then pour the cheese batter over the meat mixture. Lastly sprinkle the cooked bacon on top. Place pie plate on a shallow baking sheet to catch any drippings. Bake for 25 minutes, or until cooked all the way through.

This was a delicious meal, and very filling. I'm so glad that I was able to use the whole wheat flour in this recipe! Another step in the right direction:o)