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Rancho Cucamonga, Pasadena, Riverside math, English, private, reading on-line tutors:

Citizen Pick:
Comfort Zone Tutoring
One on One * In Home Tutoring

Ph. (888) 924-8541 or (951) 924-8560
E-mail: info@comfortzonetutoring.com
Visit: Comfort Zone Tutoring on-line

When I was in elementary school (many, many years ago) there was hardly a mention of children’s tutors, maybe none at all. I certainly don’t recall any of my friends having a private tutor. I do recall a couple of my friends who got extra assistance from their parents. Today we call that home school for kids and it has quite a following.

Things have changed though. I grew up in the Midwest in a very good school district. My parents could trust that the education I was receiving was a good one.

Since moving to California and having three kids of my own it has become obvious that in many areas the schools just aren’t that great. Private school is an option but it’s also a very expensive option. You can also move to an elite neighborhood but then the cost of your home and related taxes will take its toll. For many of us, it’s still not an option.

We’ve been researching tutors and tutoring agencies around Southern California. There are many of them from Kumon to Tutor Whiz. Generally they have English tutors, math tutors, reading tutors etc. It just depends on who you go with.

Most of these are agencies where you drive your children to the location and wait or get some necessary shopping done while your kids are tutored.

For many it will be easier to hire a one-on-one children’s tutor. This is essentially a private tutor for a specific subject or even multiple subjects like math, reading and English. The tutor comes to your Rancho Cucamonga, Pasadena, Riverside home and assists your children there.

We like this because it’s an obvious time saver. When school is out it’s best to get home and avoid rush our traffic. Plus, while the tutor is there the parents can monitor and be involved with their children’s progress.

Research your options. Private school and elite neighborhood home ownership is simply not an option for the majority of us but private tutors may be. It’s actually quite affordable and will ensure that your children stay on top and get ahead with their schoolwork.

We received many positive comments from residents using Comfort Zone Tutoring.

Citizen Pick:
Comfort Zone Tutoring
One on One * In Home Tutoring

Ph. (888) 924-8541 or (951) 924-8560
E-mail: info@comfortzonetutoring.com
Visit: Comfort Zone Tutoring on-line

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Search engine marketing has certainly changed over the years. I began my first website in 1997, only a year after Amazon came online. Websites were so archaic then but to make matters worse, connections were so slow that it made the experience of surfing a less than positive one.

Even still, our desire to gather information from other people’s hard drives drove us forward to improve the internet. If you have an hour or so to kill, check out a site called the waybackmachine. They keep ongoing copies of sites as they evolve. Taking a look at Google or Yahoo search engines when they were in their infancy is quite comical but it also gives you a very good idea of how quickly they have evolved…or have they?

As much as we’d like to think that the algorithms for Google and Yahoo (these 2 make up 75% of search so we forget the others), are perfectly brilliant, they just aren’t. How many times have you searched for something very specific and received every result but the one you needed, causing you to endlessly try other search phrases.

Even worse, how many times have you received results that have absolutely nothing to do with your search? Somehow they magically appeared on page one (the only page that really matters). Let’s go further. How many times do you think you have the right listing then you click on it only to find a maze of links? These sites try to hog the search engines somehow thinking that you’re going to give up and buy something from them just because you’re there. OR they get their money by signing up businesses then bundling them in their core site. The end result is the user has to dig deep to find what they really wanted when it should have only been one click away.

For me, if it’s not one click away, I’m not doing it neither are your potential customers.

So what do you do? There are thousands of companies offering this funny thing called search engine optimization or seo. They will promise you the world and charge you a fortune for it. Most will promise listings in the top 20 for your search terms.

Do you really know how your customers will search for you? You probably don’t and if you did what will 3 specific words or phrases bring you? What if your customers use different words, will they still find you? What if they’re not customers but rather, they’re looking for complimentary businesses, do they find you then? Do you go to a shopping mall with the intent of buying one item or do you look around to see what interests you?

The bottom line is that getting found on search engines is not terribly complicated and it doesn’t take long either. A 48 hour turnaround to get listed in the top 10 (that’s page one) is pretty typical. We have some really ridiculous listings where we have 6-7 of the top 10 listings, the record is 7, which was for an attorney service. On average 1-2 in the top 10 is standard, listings 11-20 are not relevant as far as we’re concerned.

Although it doesn’t take long to get listed, it does take time to craft the listing so it shows. It’s an art in itself because the goal is not only to get listed in the top 10 but also to get the searcher to click on the listing THEN, actually read the content and contact the advertising company. So, the job is hardly complete when a top 10 listing is achieved.

One must understand the business of the advertising entity. This understanding will lead to well crafted and relevant content that the reader actually will enjoy reading. How’s that for a change? The searcher will actually only be one click away from finding what they really wanted, what a concept!

We’ve done this for a while, in fact, Google did a case study on our contextual advertising efforts in 2004 prior to their IPO. They were so happy with us helping them in this case study that they sent a very nice, large Google beach towel! WOW!

If you’d like to read more on this case study or you have questions on getting your business found i.e. seo, search engine optimization send us an email.

We don’t publish our ideas and will only disclose fully what we can do for a business in person or by telephone.

For search engine marketing in Southern California, more specifically Pasadena and surrounding areas
email: consultants.west@gmail.com

There are many stressful things in our lives from worrying about finances to dealing with children. We all have stress and it does have an impact on our lives.

One of our citizen journalists has been complaining of tension in her neck and upper back. This tension has undoubtedly also caused the frequent headaches she now has. The source of this tension? Her 8 month old daughter who is most comfortable being carried around and at a stout 26 lbs, her mom says it can get quite tiring.

She has tried adjusting her diet, sleep is at a premium and a small glass of wine is only a temporary cure. The headaches became more frequent so something had to change. She decided to try a massage.

The only problem with getting a quality massage is where do you go? In the past expensive day spas were nice but again, time is at a premium and an 10 month old baby doesn’t wait long for her mother so it had to be exclusive, convenient and close.

She found all of these things at Massage Envy in Upland, which is right on the border of Rancho Cucamonga. Massage Envy is a professional, therapeutic massage franchise. This franchise is minutes from the Colonies housing development and in the same shopping center as a high-end Albertson’s grocery store. All of these stores have been built within the last two years.

Attention to detail: Upon arriving she was asked a number of health related questions to ensure she received the most effective massage possible. Obviously, the massage was catered to her specific needs and she walked out refreshed and ready for another round with the kids.

Spa Quality Facilities and Massage: There’s no need to drive to that remote high-end day spa and spend a fortune. The facilities and staff at Massage Envy were easily comparable and far more convenient.

We Recommend: Massage Envy in Upland offers a monthly massage package that just makes sense. It’s far more affordable than you probably think so reduce your stress and get a professional massage.

Massage Envy is located at:

1900 N. Campus Ave. Suite C
Upland, CA 91784
(909) 946-9996

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