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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
eHarbor, Inc.’s softball team suffered its first loss on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 to the only other undefeated team in the Provo/Orem area’s recreation league up to that point. We lost by the closest margin for either team this year: 11-14.
Before its first loss, eHarbor won the two previous games by 12 points and 15 points, respectively. You can read about those victories in my last two blog posts about eHarbor softball: “eHarbor unbeatable after 5 games” and “eHarbor softball wins by 15 points.”
Last night, however, our team bounced back, redeeming itself with a stunning blowout. Expect more eHarbor victories as the season continues.
I will return to ecommerce and online marketing on Monday with an awesome blog post about changes coming to the paid-search industry. Stay tuned!
Tags: baseball, company, eHarbor, event, Fun, game, orem, provo, sport, success, utah
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
After winning by a 15-point margin in its third game, eHarbor, Inc.’s softball team set a new record by winning its next two games to maintain a perfect record this season.
eHarbor played its fourth game on May 6, 2009 and its fifth game a week later on May 13, 2009. The scores of the two games were 16-5 in the fourth game, and 27-17 in the fifth.
Highlights of the fourth game:
- Five players batted 1.000.
- One player went 4 for 4 with an in-the-park home run.
Highlights of the fifth game:
- One player hit a ball out of the park for a home run.
- Two players batted 1.000.
- In its first inning at bat, eHarbor went through its batting order 1.5 times.
- This is the fourth game eHarbor has won by 10 points or more this season.
As I mentioned in one of my first blog entries, eHarbor’s slogan for 2009 is “Swinging for the fence.” Our softball team is doing just that. Our success on the baseball field is symbolic of our success in the field of online marketing and ecommerce.
Our next game will be on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in Provo, Utah. The photo of an eHarbor player hitting the ball is from the fifth game.
Tags: baseball, company, eHarbor, event, Fun, positive, provo, slogan, sport, success, utah
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
eHarbor, Inc.’s softball team continued its winning streak on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by beating the other team 27-12. That’s right, a 15-point victory. Our team’s record this season is now 3-0.
eHarbor's softball team includes President John Russell (top left) and CEO Oliver Bigler (top center, with three on his right and left).
Here are some of the highlights:
- Five players batted 1.000.
- One player had two triples.
- Despite the high score, no one on the eHarbor team managed to hit a home run. One player hit the ball off the fence, though.
I’ll get back to ecommerce topics soon. Stay tuned for more positive stories from eHarbor and its affiliates.
Tags: baseball, company, eHarbor, event, Fun, orem, positive, provo, sport, success, utah
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
You might remember my blog posts on eHarbor, Inc.’s celebration of its successful start to 2009 with a showing of the movie “Knowing.” I’m pleased to say the good times keep coming, as the company recently announced its annual summer party on June 12-13, 2009.
That’s not to say that we’re celebrating all the time or that we’re focused solely on having fun. Our slogan for 2009 is “Swinging for the fence,” and we’re doing our best to live up to that ideal by working hard and giving our best effort.
Back to the eHarbor Summer Party, it is going to be fun. All eHarbor employees are invited to come enjoy camping, barbecue, an outdoor movie (I love movies!), golf tournament and some sort of water e-lympics.
These festivities will take place in Hobble Creek Canyon, near Springville, Utah.
The photo of a tiger playing with a ball is from Flickr, and it is the copyright of Tambako the Jaguar. This is the second photo of a tiger I’ve included in the eHarbor Blog. I also included a photo of a lion with my blog post on making content king. I really like cats.
Tags: company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, event, flickr, Fun, growth, Knowing, marketing, movie, online, positive, slogan, success, utah, website
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
Two weeks ago I mentioned eHarbor, Inc. won its first game of the softball season in the Provo/Orem recreation league. On Wednesday, April 22, 2009 our team played its second game.
We were supposed to play our second game last Wednesday, but, amazingly, it snowed several inches and made the field unplayable. Snow in spring! Global warming, I guess.
Our softball team took the field Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. and kept swinging for the fence until we won 21-16. We’re now 2-0!
The game’s highlights included:
- Four eHarbor players batted 1.000.
- Two players hit home runs. Mike Sorenson, a Submit Solution representative, got an in-the-park home run, while Calvin Russell once again hit one into the parking lot.
Our team’s next game is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6:15 p.m. Hopefully we won’t see any snow this time.
This is my 30th blog entry on the eHarbor Blog. We’ve come a long way in the past three months. I’ve been talking a lot recently about social media, news media companies like the New York Times and, of course, ecommerce. I thought I’d take a break from that hard and heavy stuff to talk about other things I find interesting – things that make me happy.
I hope you notice the tag logo we added to the eHarbor Blog. You can see it in the address window above. We made it using Favicon.
The photo of the baseball player swinging is from Flickr, and it is the copyright of AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker.
Tags: affiliate, baseball, company, eHarbor, flickr, Fun, game, news, orem, positive, provo, slogan, sport, Submit Solution, success, utah
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
eHarbor, Inc. has a tradition of playing softball in the Provo/Orem area’s recreation league. It’s a fun way for eHarbor employees in different departments to come together and build teamwork. In March, eHarbor’s team re-formed and on April 8, 2009, we played our first game.
And we pretty much blew out the competition, winning 13-3.
One employee in particular, Calvin Russell (who works in the support department), really swung for the fence and ended the game with a home run. It’s so cool that eHarbor employees can not only achieve great results in their web-design projects and online marketing, but also spend time excelling in fun activities like this.
The team’s next game is scheduled for April 15. Hopefully we’ll triumph again on the field, just like we do in our ecommerce business.
The photo of the baseball celebration is from Flickr and it is the copyright of sakura_chihaya+.
Tags: 2009, baseball, company, division, eHarbor, event, flickr, Fun, game, history, orem, positive, provo, slogan, sport, success, utah
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
It’s Friday, and eHarbor, Inc. is celebrating a successful start to 2009 by heading to the Thanksgiving Point Mega Plex in Lehi, Utah for a movie day – just as I mentioned in a blog entry last week. We’re closing up shop early and going to a 3 p.m. showing of a movie called “Knowing.”
I love sharing enthusiasm and good news, especially when times are tough.
Can you believe this is the 20th blog entry I’ve written for the eHarbor Blog in the past two months? I’m having fun sharing ecommerce news and search engine optimization tips. Of course, sometimes I enjoy taking a moment to simply have a little fun every now and then, like today.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2009, the day before April Fools Day, I plan on posting a more serious blog entry about a potentially troublesome computer virus called Conficker C. Not exactly about ecommerce, but I think it’s good to be informed of things like this since we depend so much on computers for our businesses to succeed.
The photo of the papers falling in Buenos Aires, Argentina is from Flickr and it is the copyright of friendofdurutti.
Tags: blog, company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, flickr, Fun, Knowing, movie, positive, search engine optimization, SEO, utah
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
To understand where something is going, I’ve found it’s important to know where it came from. For instance, without a starting point on Google Maps, it’s impossible to obtain detailed directions to your destination. You can still find your ending point, but it takes much more effort. We’ve talked about what eHarbor is and where it’s going, so now is a good time to bring up some of its humble origins.
eHarbor was originally launched as Internet Promotion Services, Inc. in Provo, Utah in 1996. The company worked with small-business owners, doing search-engine submissions to InfoSeek and Inktomi, and it was one of the first companies to work with DogPile, GoTo (now Yahoo Search Marketing) and Alta Vista. Internet Promotions enjoyed great success in the burgeoning Internet marketing industry as website owners began to realize the power of search engines to generate new business.
Oliver Bigler, who is currently the CEO of eHarbor, joined the company in 2002 after working as a Strategy Business Consultant for the Monitor Group in Cambridge, Mass. Bigler launched a new version of Internet Promotions that targeted a growing segment of the online market: small to mid-size business and ecommerce. Submit Solution was the first entity created under Bigler, followed shortly thereafter by Real Estate Promoter, which offered search engine optimization and lead generation in the online real estate market. In 2003, Bigler created a new corporate entity to house the increasing number of divisions. That new entity was named eHarbor, Inc.
eHarbor has emerged as one of the fastest-growing Internet technology companies today. Currently valued at more than $6 million, eHarbor is the market leader in search-engine marketing technology and search-engine lead-capturing services for several industries. It works to bring top placement and qualified Web traffic to its clients via partnerships with the top 20 search portals, including Yahoo, Google, and MSN, and generating thousands of targeted, early-market leads for its client base.
The eHarbor office is located at 505 E Technology Ave. Building C, Suite 2100 Orem, Utah 84097.
Now you know a little more about eHarbor’s origin. I hope to talk more about some of the people who make up eHarbor and its various divisions: Submit Solution, Real Estate Promoter, Real Estate Investor, Direct Home Find, and Magellan Commerce. But that will wait. Soon we’ll talk about ecommerce and its importance in difficult economic times.
The photo of the cartoon character gazing upon her creator is from Flickr and it is the copyright of the prodigal untitled13.
Tags: Ecommerce, eHarbor, flickr, google, history, msn, oliver bigler, orem, origin, provo, search engine, search engine optimization, utah, yahoo
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
By Robert Lockard
I love movies. I’ll probably share a lot of movies I enjoy and relate them to ecommerce and other online topics in the eHarbor blog. Today I’ll talk about “The Natural” (1984). I’ve read the book and seen the movie and I think the movie is much better than the book. Much of the book’s somber themes are in the movie, but there are also so many emotional highs and payoffs that I can’t help cheering on Roy Hobbs as he always swings for the fence. Despite his flaws, Roy is a good man who wants to be the best baseball player to ever swing a bat.
I bring up “The Natural” because in one scene, when Roy gets to bat in the major leagues for the first time, his coach jokingly tells him to “Knock the cover off the ball.” He takes his coach’s advice literally and actually hits the ball so hard that the cover comes completely off. That marvelous scene reminds me of something I heard at the 2009 eHarbor Kick-Off Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Excitement filled the air as all 50 employees filed into a large auditorium, and CEO Oliver Bigler laid out our plans for the new year. In his presentation, Bigler said that eHarbor’s slogan for 2009 is “Swinging for the fence.”
Just like Roy Hobbs.
What do we mean by “swinging for the fence”? In 2008, eHarbor launched two new services: Real Estate Investor and Magellan Commerce. It built new partnerships and dramatically increased its monthly revenue. In 2009, we’re going to do much more. Bigler said he expects the company’s revenue to grow 500 percent. Two new websites are already in the works, focusing on real estate and ecommerce. Plus, the company is going to launch redesigns of most of its current websites: Submit Solution, Real Estate Promoter, Real Estate Investor, Direct Home Find, and Magellan Commerce.
We enjoyed J Dawgs at the close of the meeting. Eating those hot dogs reminded me of baseball games, as well. If you’ve never tried one and you visit Provo, Utah, I would recommend them.
We’ll keep you informed about our goal to swing for the fence, and hopefully the field will be littered with baseball covers by the time the season is through.
Tags: 2009, book, company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, entrepreneur, future, growth, movie, oliver bigler, orem, positive, provo, slogan, utah
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
By Robert Lockard
Welcome back to the eHarbor blog! Make yourself at home. We’ve been on hiatus for a while, doing what we do best – designing websites and getting them ranked high on search engines. But now we’re back on our blog and we’ve got some great things to share.
So why should you pay attention to eHarbor or its blog? For starters, ecommerce, which eHarbor specializes in, is growing rapidly into a dominant form of doing business. To succeed in a difficult economy, you have to be creative and use as many tools as possible. I’ll go into more detail about that in a future blog entry. eHarbor is important to you if you’re a business owner because it can help you jump into this expanding online market quickly and easily.
You don’t have to be an expert at HTML, Dreamweaver or any other Web-design program to have a website that consistently gets ranked on the first page of search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo. eHarbor builds customized websites and adds content to them for search engine optimization, which means your site gets noticed by top search engines. It wouldn’t matter if you had a well-designed site if it never got any visitors. SEO is a key ingredient to success on the Web.
Here are a few more facts about eHarbor: It is headquartered in Orem, Utah and specializes in Web services for real-estate agents, as well as individuals and organizations in other industries. The company was formed in 1996 as Internet Promotion Services, Inc. and was renamed eHarbor, Inc. in 2002. eHarbor now has five divisions and websites: Submit Solution, Real Estate Promoter, Real Estate Investor, Direct Home Find, and Magellan Commerce.
In the eHarbor blog, we hope to continue sharing insights into the ecommerce market and other important topics related to it. Come back soon for more fun and interesting ideas.
The photo of the cars is from Flickr and it is the copyright of michaelmcd.
Tags: blog, company, Ecommerce, eHarbor, flickr, google, msn, online, orem, search engine, search engine optimization, utah, web, yahoo
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