Big day for me… and any other Chicago Bears fan… they finally spent some dough to try to get a decent team together. I was pleased to wake up this morning and have this headline pop up on my google news feed…
They did what they had to do after disappointing season; now will free agents pay dividends
Ted Phillips, you’re a terrible liar.
But Bears fans will stand in line to forgive you after a day they never will forget.
They don’t want you to stop telling tall tales now either. Fib your way back into the playoffs if you can. Tell Bears Nation another whopper about being out of money after committing $121 million, including $55 million guaranteed, to three players Friday so you can’t afford a safety.
Then go out and pursue a safety your team still badly needs. A veteran offensive lineman might be available on the cheap too. And by all means keep shopping for wide receivers. You’re not done.
Admittedly that sounds like nitpicking after one of the most eye-popping offseason days in Bears history that saw defensive end Julius Peppers, running back Chester Taylor and tight end Brandon Manumaleuna sign long-term contracts at Halas Hall, football’s Fort Knox for a day.
That’s where the league’s most aggressive buyer surprisingly struck on the first day of free-agency. Just two weeks ago, Phillips answered a question about the impact of labor unrest by saying, “We’re not going to be one of those handful of teams sometimes that just goes hog wild in free agency.”
I suppose Phillips defines hog wild as expenditures exceeding $121 million.
In or out of context, nobody who understands NFL supply and demand believed a word the Bears team president said anyway. Everybody knew the Bears had no choice Friday but to respond to the urgency of their situation the way a team in the league’s second-largest market should — regardless of Phillips’ empty rhetoric.
Surely Phillips never has enjoyed being caught in a white lie more than Friday.
The Bears continued to debunk the outdated myth that the franchise is cheap, adding to a payroll that ESPN ranked fifth in the NFL last year. They reached deep into the McCaskeys’ pockets and then kept digging.
click here to read the rest of the story on the Chicago Tribune website…
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In my latest push for the growth of my website business, I have continued to add athletes to the Webitdesigns Pro Team. My concentration has been in the niche market of Professional Skiers and Professional Snowboarders. I stumbled upon the idea by mistake and have developed it into a full-blown marketing and promotion arm of the company. What better way to get the name out there and in front of people, than to work on professional athlete websites and post the webitdesigns logo on their sponsor page?!
Recently, I have noticed that many professional athletes have already created sites (usually WordPress blogs). I decided that instead of offering re-designs of their sites, I would offer them maintentance and upgrade design work. Most of the athletes I have approached with this idea are very responsive to the idea. They usually have all of their content dialed in, but want to add features, clean up headers/footers, add banner ads, add flash galleries/slideshows, etc.
In addition to the maintenance and customization of blogs, I have been fine tuning the Webitdesigns athletes websites Search Engine Optimization. Part of what I am offering these athletes is the expansion of their online presence and helping to promote their “brand”. If I can help them increase website traffic, then the Webitdesigns pro team will be able to leverage their traffic numbers when working on sponsorship deals with manufacturers.
The most recent athletes to be brought onto the Webitdesigns Pro Team are: Jamey Parks and Shaun Raskin. Both are professional skiers who have wordpress sites… and are looking for some fine tuning on their sites.
There are many things I love about website design (as nerdy as that sounds), but the recent work I’ve done with professional athletes has been my favorite to date. I like the idea of perpetuating the dream that is “doing what you love for a living”. I like being a part, even a minor part, in these athletes ability to generate a living doing the one thing they love the most.
Jenn Berg was the first Professional Athlete I approached to build a website… I was shocked when she agreed! I built her a blog style website… but she was no ordinary client. She was very involved and gave lots of creative input on the site. With the confidence gained from working with Jenn, I approached a few other professional athletes about websites. Surprisingly, I got 2 more to agree to websites. I am currently building a website for a skiing legend (olympic skier, countless film credits, countless competitions) and a female snowboarder on the brink of breaking through to the professional level.
These projects are just the beginning in the evolution of WebItDesigns‘ sponsorship of professional athletes . I plan on continuing with this division of WebItDesigns and building up the team of athletes as much as possible. As our athletes online presence builds… awareness of what we are doing will grow. All in hopes that one day….
Now enjoy a video that Jenn(and her fiance, Pete) created… full of sick footage of WebItDesigns‘ franchise athlete.
I recently redesigned the main website for WebItDesigns (my website design company).
Long overdue… the redesign was a major overhaul and built from scratch. The new site was designed and built in an attempt to better showcase the services provided by WebItDesigns. We offer everything from Design and Maintenance to Marketing and SEO services.
The original site began as only a few pages, but over the years has grown to 30+ pages. Due to the increasing content on the site, the new design includes a complete restructuring of content… moving pages into a folder structure to more appropriately organize content. The folder structure helps organize the content for management, but also makes navigation easier for visitors to the site.
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing
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Web It Designs™ offers Search Engine Optimization at great prices. We will fine tune your site with relavent keywords and content that will make your site search engine friendly and increase your website’s presence on the internet. The more you show up in Search Engine Results, the more product you’ll sell.
Increase traffic and maximize profits – Now that you have a Website, you need people to know it’s out there. If you want sales and increased revenue, you MUST get visitors to your site.
I’m just a normal dude… married with 2 kids… working to pay the bills. I am in the IT industry and I own a Web Design Company. All of this keeps me busy, but I still find time to blog about random crap that no one cares about. I hope you find some amusing and/or helpful things on this site, but if not… I’m not losing any sleep over it. Enjoy
