Liberty Bell Denver Takes a Stab At Online Services – Yikes!

Because this blog is dedicated to Online Marketing, I am going to skip talking about Broadband Internet and Phone Lines which I know very little about and focus more so on their internet growth consulting and see how their services actually stack up.

Before I get started… I emailed Christina Neher, Liberty Bell’s Chief Operations Office  (COO) several times and received no response, not even a, ‘hey thanks for writing I’m busy and ill get back to you later,’ response. Oh well, this blog will only appear to anyone and everyone who is looking for information on the Liberty Bell Denver…

Let’s get started.Web Design & Development:

Liberty Bell’s first service offering on their website for Business Growth Services is Web Design & Development. The first thing that comes to mind is… yuck. The website has a cluttered design and resembles one of those free flash templates you can grab and quickly edit off of TemplateMonster.com.

Because Liberty Bell never responded back, I have to go dig around and see if I can identify a true Liberty Bell Client’s website to determine if the product / service they are producing is quality, in my eyes… Based on their business website I am going to guess they are not producing very quality websites…

Video Production:

This is a particular service that doesn’t interest me. From what I’ve seen off of their business website they do some decent videos… If you’re looking for affordable Video Production I would check out Jobing.com a local job board who from what I understand does or at one point did video production. I have seen their work and it’s quite impressive.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO):

Everyone wants to be an SEO, and rightfully so – it’s a hot industry. Unfortunately there are more and more companies who are coming out of the woodwork claiming to be SEO Experts yet fail to perform. Similar to the web design review, I am going to have to do some digging and update this blog to reflect my findings so in the meantime let’s have a look at Liberty Bells company website…

The first thing I noticed is that LibertyBellTelecom.com and 303Bundles.com are duplicate websites. This is the first indication that their true ‘seo knowledge’ might be less than par. The second indication that that they might not have the best ‘seo skillz‘ is the fact that their website is done in Flash. Though Google claims to now crawl flash, I wouldn’t suggest taking them up on it and creating an entire website in flash while hoping to have  rich index-able content.

Liberty Bell’s, 303Bundles.com ranks better then their duplicate website – LibertyBellTelecom.com. This is based on the fact it has more authority links pointing in, probably yet another benefit of having Tom Martino on the investment board.

The only way I can see this website ranking at all is based on it’s authority links and simple Meta Element changes to reflect keywords like Denver Phone, Internet and T.V.

Would I trust them with my personal SEO – doubtfully.

Google AdWords Management:

Google is great, but advertising in solely Google alone might not be in your small businesses best interest. Before you consider jumping into PPC Management I would recommend reading mytips on setting yourself up for realistic PPC Expectations to see if PPC is right for you. If you think it is, I would suggest talking to ReachLocal or Yodle first… These are two companies who have mastered Search Engine Marketing and are some of the better PPC Management Firms for  Small businesses out there.

Yodle & ReachLocal offer advanced tracking systems that will allow you to easily monetize your investment – this is technology I doubt Liberty Bell has, if so I wouldn’t know because I can’t seem to get a hold of someone who will respond.

Social Media Marketing:

Hiring an outside company to handle your Social Media Marketing is simply said; a waste of money. It’s a free service that you can setup and run. In fact, if you’re considering on hiring a Social Media Expert, or Social Media Marketing Company – STOP. Go to , sign up for a free account. Once you do you will see massive list of popular social networks which all can be managed by one website, Ping.fm. It will also give you a list of Social Networking websites worth checking into.

Before you hire someone… Google ‘,’ or something along those lines and sign up for  yourself. If you don’t have time, ask your nephew or niece to do it. You don’t need to spend big bucks on Social Media Marketing… there are too many resources and tools to do it yourself, quickly.