Projects of Note:
Salons and Spas
Hush Salon & Spa - Hush engaged sem[c] to elevate their website to the first page of Google for "Lincoln Park Salon".
Salon Echo - This was a very special project. As an owner of the start-up spa Gary Sigman delivered an effective program of SEM that moved the website to the first page of Google for several important keyword phrases.
Real Estate
Apartment People - This free service offers Chicago apartments to its clientele. They asked sem[c] to direct their search engine marketing and optimization.
Condos in Skokie, IL and condos in Scottsdale, AZ by Optima - Condominium developer has asked sem[c] to design and implement their Internet marketing and optimization.
Sudler Sothebys Realty - Chicago based luxury real estate firm employed sem[c] to manage their Internet marketing and optimization. Website traffic was more than doubled in three months.
Lawyers
Chicago Brain Injury Lawyer: Elliot Zinger - Attorney Zinger is a successful personal injury lawyer based in Chicago, Illinois. His field is highly competitive and he recognized the need to strengthen his search engine positioning. sem[c] increased the number of new visitors to the site by 50% from one month to the next.
Gordon Gault PC - Estate planning, commercial real estate and business law are Attorney Gault's specialties. He is using sem[c] to optimize his paid placement and optimization in three different highly competitive areas of practice.
Construction | Remodeling
Construction Methods, Inc. - They needed to increase their online visibility for "construction consultants". Pay per click and search engine optimization from sem[c] is helping them meet their business goals.
Bathroom and Kitchen Remodeling by DreamMakers - The Schaumburg, IL company took their website to the next level with sem[c].
Elmhurst Painting by Manion Decorating - This well-established company engaged sem[c] to enhance their search engine visibility for a number of search phrases.
Organizations
United States Marine Corps Officer Selection Station Chicago - Major Matthew Tracy asked sem[c] to improve their website and its visibility to officer prospects.
Chicagoland Hyundai Dealer's Association - Working through their advertising agency, sem[c] completed a monitoring and optimization program to refer qualified Web traffic to Hyundai dealers in the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
Illinois Library Association - one of sem[c]'s longest term clients. We helped them get a $10,000 per month Google grant and administer it.
Edgewater Development Corporation - sem[c] helped this Chicago organization with its website development, Google grant and marketing.
Abraham Lincoln Centre - This Chicago charitable organization wanted sem[c] to organize their internal content production, revamp their design, strengthen their online contribution capability and begin a campaign of search engine marketing.
Services
Direct Medical Data - This purveyor of medical mailing lists learned from sem[c] that people were searching frequently for "doctors emails" and as a result now are on the front page of Google for "doctors emails".
INEX Surgical - This provider of electronic medical equipment repair asked sem[c] to create their search engine marketing and optimization with a new focus of online equipment sales.
Thom's Four Wheel Drive - Thom is one of Chicago's best regarded vehicle repair mechanics. He asked sem[c] to help market his services and expand his brand to more fully reflect
his expertise in general automotive repair and maintenance. Volkswagen repair and Honda repair are now popular as is Thoms' Chicago Auto Repair.
North Shore Centre for Esthetic Dentistry - Dr Carol Lockwood is a dentist in Deerfield, IL. She has asked sem[c] to improve her web visibility.
DVD DKP - High quality DVD authoring and production studio offering full services from digital videography to optical disk duplication asked sem[c] to improve their online search profile with marketing and optimization. sem[c] has built them a national clientèle very quickly.
American Institute of Learning & Cognitive Development - The American Institute offers you the ability to think more effectively. Their success ranges from increased business revenues to making platoons in the U.S. Marine Corps better soldiers.
Sterling Graphics - Midwest print brokerage asked sem[c] to build their online presence.
Cheryl McGinnis Gallery - Upper Eastside gallery featuring contemporary Asian and women's art asked sem[c] to make their website a more effective marketing and communications tool.
Volvox Motion - Longtime New York City video producer asked sem[c] to market their production website and begin to move the brand into a broader consultation practice in wellness.
H. Marion Framing - This Search Engine Marketing client took advantage of sem[c]'s services to move its poor Google listing placement onto Google, Yahoo! and MSN first page of returns in appropriate searches like "glenview framing".
Vacation rentals
Casa Carolina - Located in Sonoma Wine Country in the town of Sebastopol, California this beautiful bed and breakfast asked sem[c] to enhance their online marketing efforts.
Reunion House in Sonoma - Dave & Karna Slifer asked sem[c] to market their beautiful, large vacation rental house in Sonoma Wine Country.
Online Retail
Collectibles Today - This long-term project began in 1995 as a proof-of-concept and has now grown to be a center for all types of collectible retail on the Internet. The original information architecture and content production system was designed by sem[c].
SilVana Furniture - Enterprise quality e-commerce at an affordable cost. High quality hardwood furniture now available online. The site was up and running about a month after the server was first configured.
Google online sales - This service from Google gives a business the ability to offer retail sales and even checkout whether you have a website or not. Feel free to purchase an item when you visit.
