Category Archives: Brown Couch Consulting Business

Modesty is a virtue, unless you are a business, where modesty leads to poor sales. In the hopes of not swinging too far into boasting, in this category, we describe what happens here at Brown Couch Consulting with our customers or with us.

Giving web visibility to an all-volunteer non-profit

Since I am in the web development business, I am always bombarded with ads for free website, “custom” websites for only $450, etc.  The “custom” one I love the most.  A “custom” website isn’t really custom – just like a … Continue reading

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Announcing a new client – Dr. Rebecca Caplan, Chiropractor

Dr. Rebecca Caplan becomes a client of Brown Couch Consulting. Continue reading

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New Client – New You? Brown Couch helps Acupuncture Clinic of Brookline

We’re proud to announce that the Acupuncture Clinic of Brookline has become a client of Brown Couch Consulting.  We’re helping the clinic gain more visibility in the natural and herbal healing market in and around Brookline.  They already have a … Continue reading

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Spring cleaning – a redesign of Gretje Ferguson’s Website

I’ve written about Gretje Ferguson before – she’s a photographer in Boston taking amazing images of everyone from her children and grandchildren to business professionals and authors.  And now, Gretje’s site has a new look – thanks to her ever … Continue reading

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Chocoholics – rejoice!

One of my biggest and busiest clients, IBEX Tours, has launched a new tour to Belize: Chocolate, Nature and Culture.  I considered convincing them to rename the tour Chocolate: Light, Dark and Delicious.  I’ve been working feverishly to organize the … Continue reading

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Getting it right or getting it right now

I watch more and more of my clients struggle with the content of their website. How do you describe yourself? How do you describe your business? What colors to use? What information to post and what to keep private? All … Continue reading

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A picture is worth a thousand words

We often recommend a photo gallery for our clients.  Not only do customers like to see many different pictures of a product (think Zappos with their 8 images of the same pair of  shoes), but they also like to see … Continue reading

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Google, please find the real me

I just attended a seminar on Email Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.  Ha!  I can see how you can fit email marketing into a 3 hour presentation (and Zak Barron did a good job on this) but it’s rather difficult … Continue reading

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Announcing new clients

Brown Couch Consulting is pleased to announce two new clients – Village Green Renewal and Shannon Law Offices. Village Green Renewal is a handyman shop in Brookline Village owned by Seth Barrett. Seth started the store in 2008 and has … Continue reading

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Well, now we have a face

I wrote in the previous post about the challenges of defining what a consulting firm does for its customers.  Having solved that problem, I moved onto another.  How to represent myself?  Post a picture to the site or not?  Finally, … Continue reading

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