Author Archives: Michael Waters

Studio 678 Web Design & Development is a web design & development firm located in Oakland ( San Francisco Bay Area) specializing in new media to enhance web communication for small businesses, non-profits and others.

Michael Waters, president and founder, brings seventeen years in the design, arts and music community combined with ten years of business experience to Studio 678.

If you’re looking for a web site, eNewsletter, blog or podcast Michael can expertly assist you in defining your objectives to create an attractive, functional and dynamic web presence.

You Call That Networking?

Aug 9, 2009 – 5:54 pm

I recently was invited to go boating on the Delta with some BNI members who belong to my EBAR Chapter. At the time I agreed I figured my workload would be such that being out of the office for most of the day would not impact me that much. I was also feeling a bit [...]

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EBAR BNI Visitor Day May 14th

Apr 30, 2009 – 5:33 am

You are cordially invited to an exclusive Visitors Day brought to you by the East Bay Abundant Referrals (EBAR) Chapter of Business Network International, Inc. (BNI), on Thursday, May 14th, from 7:30am – 9:30am in Oakland (contact us at contact@ebar-bni.com for location details.) Trey McAlister, BNI Director and Professional Business Trainer, will be sharing information [...]

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Rebuilding Together Oakland, 2009

Apr 28, 2009 – 7:35 am

On April 18th, EBAR BNI teamed up with the good folks at Rebuilding Together Oakland to help refurbish a home of an elderly woman in Oakland. We came into the process a little late this year, but Tim & Koy from Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley had put in a lot of work prepping the house [...]

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Top 5 Search Engine Ranking Factors

Mar 13, 2009 – 10:53 pm

Short presentation to my BNI group about the top 5 search engine ranking factors. Download presentation: studio678_rankingFactors.pdf 500kb The results were extracted from a report created by seomoz.org.

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Video: Excellent Overview of BNI

Mar 13, 2009 – 10:25 pm

Overview of BNI View Video» BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world.   We offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals. If you would like to learn more about BNI, please visit www.bni.com or visit the East Bay Adundant Referral (EBAR) website at http://www.ebar-bni.com

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Google Docs in Plain English

Feb 6, 2009 – 11:12 pm

Google Docs in Plain English

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