GoldfishNetwork.com Takes a Bite out of Donut Referrals

Aug. 19, 2008 - PRLog -- Tualatin, OR:  GoldfishNetwork.com has coined a new term - "donut referrals" - to define premium contacts based on location.  Frequently, potential clients are satisfying their morning carbohydrate cravings by visiting the neighboring donut shop or cafe next door and happen to notice that GoldfishNetwork.com provides design, marketing and search engine optimization for websites.

According to Michael Thayer, CEO of GoldfishNetwork.com, "One of the most important factors in the success of a business can be location, and it has proven true with us. Our 'donut referrals' are the people that walk into our office from one of the restaurants next door. They realize that we can help them with a website or marketing and come in for some info. Whether they’re managers of large businesses or entrepreneurs, these clients are the largest part of the expansion of our local business, outside of referrals from happy clients."

Based in Tualatin, Oregon, GoldfishNetwork.com is one of the few brick-and-mortar website design "open door" shops in the Portland metropolitan area.

"It really does show that the tried-and-true marketing methods still work.  We provide the opportunity for people to come in and meet us in person which makes them feel comfortable with us from the start. Clients can look at our office space and meet a couple of our on-site contractors. We offer a free one hour consultation for potential clients so we can help them clarify their website needs. During this consultation, the client can get a good feel for our marketing expertise. It’s one of the main reasons people hire us to handle their website design needs," said Lisa Thayer, CFO of GoldfishNetwork.com.

GoldfishNetwork.com is a big proponent of first taking a baseline and the measuring marketing results using the Google Analytics program. They have been quite successful at optimizing websites and ad campaigns to boost page views, search engine rankings, and sales of their clients.

GoldfishNetwork.com has clients in 14 states and has operated in the Portland metropolitan area for over 3 years. A finalist for the Better Business Bureau’s “2007 Business of the Year” award in Oregon and Southwest Washington, http://GoldfishNetwork.com plans on having an even more exceptional year and expects that the "donut referrals" will continue to grow.