For the love of reading

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do you like to curl up with a good book for relaxation? A good portion of the public does so I thought I would take a minute and throw a “shout out” to a couple clients that you might enjoy if you’re looking for a new read.

First, we have the official launch of the newly redesigned Delmio.com - The interactive book for book lovers. (Press Release here) We’ve helped Delmio.com take their site to the next level with a complete redesign and integration into a new CMS system and forum system. We’re all very happy with the new site and have had a lot of fun working with the folks at Delmio.com. This is a site that I know I’ll visit often outside of work to see what’s new and interesting in the book world. Plus, it’s fun to interact and talk about the books that you love or hate and Delmio.com offers a great vehicle for this. If you get some time please check out the site and help get the forums rolling.

Second, we handle the website for acclaimed Indian author and journalist Thrity Umrigar. Thrity’s latest book If Today Be Sweet is going to hit bookstores on May 27th in paperback from Harper Collins. (Pre-order it on Amazon for an additional 5% off!) Here’s a quick quote about the book below and you can read more reviews here.

A stunning new novel from Thrity Umrigar, the bestselling author of The Space Between Us, which explores the trials one woman faces after the death of her husband. If Today Be Sweet is rich with emotion, beauty, texture, and, of course, the magnificent prose that is Umrigar’s trademark.


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Planning a home bar? Client announces free shipping on Bar Rail and all High Quality Wood Moldings

April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Rino’s Woodworking has announced that their wood bar rail and all other materials available from their site will be eligible for free shipping throughout the United States.

The effort has been announced to provide woodworkers and contractors the luxury of ordering the best materials without the added expense of shipping. Read more


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Custom e-commerce website for Warehouse Direct Lighting

April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment

Sanctuary Media Group has been hired to develop a custom website and world class e-commerce website for our new client Warehouse Direct Lighting.

The website will be built to compete with the best of class sites selling lighting on the internet and will contain potentially tens of thousands of lighting options in every possible style available.

Our challenge with this website will be to design a site that makes searching easy as well as management and fulfillment of orders on the backend. Many suppliers, shipping methods and more variables will increase the complexity of the process but we aim to make the site easy to use and manage ongoing.

In addition to the task of custom designing the site and functionality, Sanctuary will also manage the online marketing efforts of the website and will provide consulting as needed.

We look forward to helping our new client compete in a highly competitive space on the internet and we welcome the challenge.

If you’re interested in purchasing high quality lighting for your home or business, please keep an eye on warehousedirectlighting.com as an amazing resource for lighting online.


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How to handle spam

March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Spam is an ever increasing problem these days and for some people it can suck hours out of your week as you continually “take out the trash”. At Sanctuary we don’t claim to be spam control experts but there is a lot we can do to help our clients and advise them on how to handle spam better. Below are some ideas on how to handle spam if you host with Sanctuary or another quality web host.

Before starting, I need to stress that you really have two options. You either let a computer program decide what is and isn’t spam or you implement some way to quarantine “possible” spam that you can review later. I don’t trust any computer to make a decision as to what is spam and what isn’t because that decision could end up costing you thousands of dollars if you miss an important email.

So, in the end you’re left with some sort of solution that decides what is spam and then removes it from your inbox for review at a later date. There really is no way around this. We do provide software that will handle this for you but I don’t recommend it.

Option 1) As a standard spam blocker I would normally recommend that people use Outlook and the built-in controls there to manage spam. It works great. You might also consider forwarding all your email to an account like Gmail. Google has fabulous spam filters built into their software and it will automatically sort all offending emails into a folder for review at a later date. If you don’t use Outlook or Gmail this isn’t going to work for you.

Option 2) We have software on the server called Spam Assassin that will block spam for you or you can set it to one of 7 levels of spam protection that will flag your email subject with the words *** SPAM ***. Then you simply setup filters to automatically move spam to a folder for review and get it out of your inbox. This is included in your hosting for free and it greatly helps to keep your inbox clean.

Option 3) We can give you access to your email via a webmail interface. We can combine this will spam assassin so you can login before you download anything to your computer. This option will allow you to delete the offending emails and then continue on to download the good stuff to your computer.

Option 4) SMG can also research other spam control options and services and present you with more solutions. There is a huge industry built around managing spam and there are many options available. We’ll be glad to help out in any way possible.

Please let us know if you’d like to host with Sanctuary Media Group and feel free to ask us to help you with your spam management issues. We look forward to serving you.


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New website for Delmio.com

March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Delmio.com is the ultimate source of news, discussion, and reviews for book lovers. The goal of the site is to extend the book experience online and allow readers to interact with each other, learn more about the book and the related topics and possibly even interact with the author. SMG has been approached to set them up with a new website and provide a solution that allows them to easily update their site, manage blogs by multiple users as well as running active forums. Read more


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SEO campaign for Rino’s Woodworking

March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Rino’s Woodworking in Willoughby Ohio has chosen Sanctuary Media Group to head up their online marketing efforts. The goal is to get their business positioned properly on the internet and the search engines, with the ultimate goal of driving targeted traffic to their newly designed website and custom working online store. Sanctuary developed their website and e-commerce from the ground up and we believe that we can help them greatly return the investment they’ve made in their website. Read more


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New website for RSVP Food and Party Center

March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Through our relationship with Acme Fresh Market–the leading Grocery Supercenter in Northeast Ohio–Sanctuary has been chosen to design a new custom website for RSVP Food and Party Center. Read more


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Sanctuary Chosen by The Rotary Club of Hudson Ohio

February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Through our current relationship with Gail Royster–owner of the well respected real estate firm Royster Realty in Hudson Ohio–we’ve been recommended and chosen to provide services to the Rotary Club of Hudson. Read more


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SEO Services North Canton Ohio

January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sanctuary Media Group specializes in online marketing and Search Engine Optimization services. Below is general information regarding our services and process.

Executive Summary:

The definition of SEO:

SEO is short for, and officially translated as Search Engine Optimization. Search Engine Optimization is the practice of “optimizing” elements within your website and related to your website so the search engines will consider your content more relevant to a user’s search inquiry. Read more


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How to guarantee email deliverability

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The title of this article is a little misleading because there’s really no way to guarantee delivery of your email marketing sends. Depending on the end users spam settings and a million different things within the email that you’re sending, it can sometimes become a big struggle to ensure delivery of your email messages to your clients and subscribers.

Fortunately there are some rules that you can follow if you want to take the time and refine your messages. As with everything on the web, if you take the time to read, learn, test and continue to make changes and improve, you’ll surely increase your email deliverability. Read more


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