Throughout the day today our clients have been experiencing brief intermittent service disruptions. We promptly investigated the issues and we could find no problems with our equipment.

We then reported the problem with our upstream provider. Within a short period they called back and reported that they are having problems with the core routers. What this means is the problem is due to something outside of our control. Our service providers are looking into the problem and hope to have a solution soon. They did not give an estimate time, because they are unsure what the exact problem is.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Update: The routing issues have been resolved.

You can find Muskus Management Corporation at www.MusksuMgmt.com . www.MuskusMgmt.com is designed, produced, programmed, hosted and marketed by OnYourMark, LLC.

Cheryl Muskus, the owner of Muskus Management Corporation is also the owner of a The Carmel Rose Florist, LLC, a family owned and operated florist shop in Oak Creek. Carmel Rose is committed to offering only the finest floral arrangements and gifts, backed by service that is friendly and prompt. Because all of our customers are important, our professional staff is dedicated to making your experience a pleasant one. That is why we always go the extra mile to make your floral gift perfect. Carmel Rose Florist can be seen at www.CarmelRose.com

I called annd spoke with a half-dozen clients about the plan to add all of our clients to Twitter.  The reaction, “Great – as long as I don’t have to do anything!”

You don’t have to do anything.  We’ll post for you occasionally.  However, if you do want to post, we’ll give you access to your Twitter account anytime.

The chief reasons for adding a Twtter account for your business:

# 1 Google is indexing Twitter in near-real-time.  This gives you an additional back-link to your web presence, increasing your link popularity.  Content for your Twitter account should be relevant to your business, making this a relevant link to you.  Link popularity and link relevance help increase your ranking results for search.

# 2 Just like blogs (Twitter is, afer all, a micro-blog) new search technologies will emerge to capitalize on this market – and we want you to have market share.  Some complimentary technologies are already here and we’ll be telling you more about what we’re doing for you on those soon, too.

# 3 Defense.  We want you to have a name that makes sense for your business – before they’re all gone!

# 4 It’s the future.  If you don’t believe me, just ask me.

Your suggestions and questions are welcome.  We’ll update you individually on your Twitter “handle” – the address at which you’re located on Twitter.

Client examples include:

http://twitter.com/oldworldbuilder

http://twitter.com/dellstimberland

Thank you for the opportunity to be of service.  More to come.

Regards,
Keith Klein & the Associates at OnYourMark

Want to know what the ROI – Return On Investment – is for social media?  Watch and be amazed and amused at the numbers in a stylish presentation that takes less than five minutes.

Regards,
Keith

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Wisconsin Dells Flake Out Festival on January 22-24, 2010, the event has moved to a new location near Buffalo Phil’s Pizza & Grille. In addition to the always wonderful snow sculptures created at the festival as part of the sanctioned Wisconsin State Snow Sculpting competition and the ever-popular arts and crafts fair, visitors will find a whole flurry of new activities for a full day of family fun.

Visit the official Wisconsin Dells Flake Out Festival web site for more details to help you plan your frosty Wisconsin Dells visit and map out your 2010 Flake Out Festival adventure. Flake Out Festival 2010 brought to you by the team at Buffalo Phil’s Pizza & Grille.

See www.FlakeOutFestival.com for more information.

This event comes to you courtesy of our client, Al King, owner of http://DellsTimberLand.com

Regards,
Keith

Here is one example of the reward for the effort we put into keeping the services our clients depend on available. This is a graph from the server monitoring software we use to notify us of any potential problems and over the last six months, we have had zero downtime on that server.

But what is more important is to ensure that not only the server is up but the services that server provides are up, in this case it is a mail server providing POP3 and IMAP4 services. In the last six months we have achieved almost 99.999% uptime. That means less then five minutes of downtime in a year which translates to less then 26 seconds of downtime a month!

The reason there is any downtime is simple; updates need to be performed to keep the services up-to-date and secure and as such the service needs to be restarted. We work hard at OnYourMark to ensure that the design, production, programming, hosting, and internet marketing tools we provide are always available. Contact us today to get more information on how we can help you reach a worldwide market at http://www.onyourmark.com/contact.php or call us toll-free at 1-800-747-3399.