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	Bizzuka Builds Award-Winning Web Site for Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette General Medical Center recently won an award from the Healthcare Marketing Report for their Bizzuka-designed Web site. Not only that, they also took home an award at the state level from the Louisiana Hospital Associaton. Both they and we are very proud. Read Blog Post>>

	Bizzuka Offices Closed to Observe Memorial Day Bizzuka offices will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. We encourage all our clients to remember those who lost their lives in defense of our country. If you have a support issue, please call 337-214-4423, option 3, and leave a voice mail. The tech support person on call will be paged and get back to you as soon as possible.

	Staff Questions Prompt Public Response from Bizzuka CEO* Recently, one of our sales staff asked Bizzuka CEO, John Munsell, some questions about the company, which he turned into a public response well worth reading. Read Blog Post>> *Yes, that headline was written to rouse attention (and perhaps just a bit of alarm). No, there is nothing wrong.

	New Bizzuka Platform Release It's been a while since our last software release and we wanted to bring you upto date on a few things related to the platform, mainly as it pertains to our ecommerce component. Read Blog Post>>

	Bizzuka Marketing Director Authors New Book on Social Media Marketing We are proud to officially announce that Bizzuka marketing director, Paul Chaney, is the author of the definitive guide to using social media for marketing, The Digital Handshake: Seven Proven Strategies to Grow Your Business Using Social Media. Read Blog Post>>

	How to Build a Successful Online Community Frustrated trying to build and maintain that Facebook Fan Page for your business? Thinking about starting one, but not sure how? Help is on the way! Connie Bensen is an online community-building czar. She joins us on this Friday, May 22nd edition of User Friendly Thinking radio to discuss how to build and maintain a successful online community and what it takes to be a community manager. Over the past two years Connie has been immersed in online community building. Her initiative and motivation in exploring & employing social media tools and concepts brought them a new niche market that is growing exponentially. Her work is recognized as a key resource for community managers. Many thought leaders in social media have also recognized her contributions to best practices for community managers. Join us Friday, May 22, at noon central for User Friendly Thinking radio. You gotta take a lunch break sometime. Make it an hour well-spent.

	Bizzuka Soundoff: 15-day Free Trial Offer! A number of you use the newsletter component that's part of the Bizzuka CMS. Now, we have our very own email sending platform called Soundoff, that's put the old component to shame! In fact, we're using it to send this email. We love it and know you will too! To provide incentive to try it, we're offering an 15-day free trial. All you have to do is sign up. One of our account managers will follow up with you once that's done. (No credit card is required and there is no obligation if you decide you don't wish to use it.) Soundoff competitively priced with services like Constant Contact and Vertical Response, and offers everything those do...and one thing those don't, Bizzuka's excellent support and service to back it up. Plus, as part of our new Interact services division, we can help you with email template design, content creation and ongoing management of your email marketing campaigns. Or, we'll happily teach you how to do it. Sign-up for the 15-day free trial, or contact us to learn more.

	Bizzuka\|Interact Marketing Services Division Here to Help You Bizzuka\|Interact is the new marketing services division of Bizzuka, Inc. We provide a wide range of Internet marketing services including Search Engine, Content and Social Media Marketing as well as Online Reputation Management and Analytics. Our desire is to assist you in providing online marketing services to your clients. Alternatively, if you prefer, we can train you to do this on your own. If you'd like to learn more, contact Internet Marketing Specialist Brian Bille. He can be reached by phone at 337-216-4423 x121, or via email. >> Download PDF document listing Bizzuka\|Interact services << Learn more>>

	Welcome New Bizzuka Clients We added several new companies to our client roster in February and March. They include: 800-PET-CARE (Lafayette, LA) Acadiana Neurosurgery (Lafayette, LA) Action Specialties, LLC (New Iberia, LA) Adamas Jewelry Co (Fairbanks, AK) American Wholesale Diamonds (Washington, DC) Austin Clement Enterprises (Lafayette, LA) Boltwood Ventures, Inc (Bradenton, FL) Burke Int'l/Maui Fine Diamonds (Wailuku, HI) Casteel & Associates, LLC (Baton Rouge, LA) The Century Group (Sulphur, LA) City of DeRidder (DeRidder, LA) East Rutherford Jewelry Exchange (East Rutherford, NJ) F Christiana & Co (Marrero, LA) Fine Lines Cosmetic Laser Center (Crowley, LA) Helmer Directional Drilling (Youngsville, LA) Ivy Theron (Scottsdale, AZ) JimSeedsJewelry.com (Gainesville, TX) J.M. Donoven Designs in Fine Jewelry (Havre, MT> The Just Company (Zionsville, IN) LA Wholesale Florist (Lafayette, LA) Landry Harris & Co (Lafayette, LA) Linardi's Jewelers (Plantation, FL) Living Faith Christian Center (Baton Rouge, LA) LowestPrices4Jewelry (Boca Raton, FL) Matthew Erickson Jewelers (Aurora, IL) Nord Jewelers (Kalamazoo, MI) Paul's Fine Jewelry (Lafayette, LA) Reflections By Rupa (Hoover, AL) South Louisiana Community Colloege (Lafayette, LA) SW Louisiana Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (Lafayette, LA) Tech Oil Products, Inc (New Iberia, LA) Tyson & Company Jewelers (Port Chester, NY) Victory Medical (Austin, TX)

	Client Testimonial: Lafayette General Medical Center "Wanted to let you know that we entered the website/home page in the National Healthcare Marketing Report's annual awards, and it won a Gold (one of only eight from around the nation). This is a huge honor! In addition, the website won a Pelican Award through the LA Hospital Association's Marketing Awards, that pits our work against the best from around the state." Leslie Davis, Communications Specialist Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA

	Send Us Your Feedback Our clients are the reason Bizzuka exists and we want to hear from you. Ask questions, compliment our performance (or criticize for that matter), or share your suggestions on ways we can better serve you. In any case, please feel free to send us your feedback. Also, please pass along this newsletter to any business associates you feel might be interested in learning about Bizzuka.

3rd Edition, Issue 3
May 21, 2009

In this Issue...

Bizzuka Builds Award-Winning Web Site for Lafayette General

Bizzuka Offices Closed to Observe Memorial Day

Staff Questions Prompt Public Response from CEO

New Bizzuka Platform Release

Bizzuka Marketing Director Authors New Book

How to Build a Successful Online Community

Bizzuka Soundoff

Bizzuka Interact Services Division

Welcome New Bizzuka Clients

Client Testimonial

Send Us Your Feedback

New Bizzuka Client Sites

Affiliated Blind Training Center

Asbury Methodist Church

Bayou District Foundation

Bryant Jewelers

The Budget Queen

Burkett's Emporium

Calco Equipment and Supply

DeltaTech College

Devall Law Firm

Home Servicing

Iberia Parish Airport Authority

Kurios Oil & Gas

Lake Charles Regional Airport

LaMode Shoes

London Gold

Louisiana Fire Chiefs Assoc

Mill Avenue Jewelers

Physicians Medical Center

PRO-Crete Concrete Systems

St. Jean Vianney Cath. School

St. Louis Catholic High School

Turner Industries

Tyson & Company Jewelers

United Way of Acadiana

Upper Lafayette Economic Development Foundation

Vector Graphics

Webster Parish Assessor

Wells, Marble & Hurst

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