Welcome
First of all, my apologies for sending such a lengthy newsletter but there's a lot to report this time around!

Mindshare Studios is committed to providing an exceptional level of service and quality to our clients. We strive to be highly responsive in addressing client needs and support issues as they arise. Our business grows largely through word of mouth, so our reputation is our greatest asset – second only to our knowledge of Internet technology and graphic design. Thank you all for your continued support and referrals.

Damian Taggart, President
Mindshare Studios, Inc.

Mindshare now offers exclusively green web hosting
So if you're website is already hosted through us that means you can proudly tell the world that your website is carbon-neutral. Our preferred hosting partner for shared web hosting and FTP file storage, Dreamhost, is now a completely carbon-neutral company. Read about it here.

If you would like to switch to a green web host, drop us a line and we'll be happy to help you make the move!

New version: Mindshare Studios CMS
A new version of the Mindshare Studios Content Management System (CMS) is now available! Here are some of the new features:

• Improved performance: a new advanced caching system will dramatically speed up site load times.
• Improved admin interface: a complete overhaul of the administrative sections provides a simpler workflow for editing your site’s pages and content
• Updated WYSIWYG editor: the visual HTML editor is now using the latest version of TinyMCE
• Improved File Management: a new inline image and file upload mechanism and Media Library
• Improved security / bug fixes: many small improvements were made to the code in the current release.

New Support Wiki
Mindshare has just launched a new support site just for our clients! The site is powered by the same software that runs Wikipedia. This means that you can collaborate by editing or adding content to the site to help others. The help site will be moderated and regularly updated with new articles as support requests are received.

Check it out!
http://help.mindsharestudios.com/

SEM/SEO Packages
Mindshare Studios can provide customized Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) packages for your business. SEM/SEO plans include marketing support, analysis and reporting with the goal of improving search engine visibility and the likelihood of converting pre-qualified leads into successful sales.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services:

• Submission by hand to all major search engines including Google, Yahoo, and Ask.com
• Automated submission to approximately 100 2nd-tier search engines
• Keyword research, suggestions and selection
• Search-friendly customized page titles and descriptions
• Professional installation and update of metatags
• Removal of any content/components that may hinder search placement
• Analysis of site architecture, hosting and design for search engine compatibility
• Analysis search keyword performance, entry/exit pages, overall efficacy of site content in attracting visitors
• Search-friendly URLs
• Creation of custom search engine-specific XML sitemap
• Check and debug site pages for W3C compliance and valid XHTML markup
• Site content review for copy and keyword placement & density

SWFEXpire 1.1 and Mindshare Presenter 1.0
And last but not least, we have made several of our Adobe Flash components free and open source. You can download them and use them in your own Flash projects.
Check them out!