Zunch Worldwide has joined forces with Orion Sports Marketing to target the motorsports industry and is working to develop relationships with teams in a number of series, including those in the Grand American paddocks.  To kick things off for 2007, Orion assisted Zunch with securing sponsorship logo placement on two vehicles in the race, one in each class.

The Daytona Prototype class vehicle #20, run by Howard Motorsports, was driven by a number of great drivers including NASCAR’s Tony Stewart and the Grand American star Andy Wallace.  The DP suffered some major mechanical problems, causing the car to spend several hours out of the race, but even with that setback the car finished 48th overall and 24th for its class.

The GT class Porsche #14, run by Autometrics, was driven by Wes Allen, Cory Friedman, Mac McGehee, Jim Hamblin and Bransen Patch.  The Autometrics car 14 finished in 34th place overall and 14th for its class, out of field of 70.

“We are excited to get involved in this exciting industry,” said Craig Waugh. “Zunch and Orion look forward to a great season working together and with new teams for the 2007 season and beyond!”

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Our very own Tyson Kirksey wrote a great article on risky SEO techniques in the fall issue of Search Marketing Standard Magazine.  Check it out!

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By Giselle Abramovich- DM News

Zunch Communications Inc. has introduced the SEO Report Card to let small and midsize businesses compete with their larger counterparts on the Web.

The report card grades SMBs on critical optimization aspects of Web sites.

Zunch created the SEO Report Card because we love helping businesses propel in the search engines," said John G. Sanchez, chairman/CEO at Zunch Communications, Dallas. "However, some small businesses may not have the budget for a traditional SEO agreement.

"That is where the SEO Report Card comes in," he said. "This report fills a void in the market, offering affordable and professional advice from proven experts to help these businesses actively compete on the Web."

The report card gives a broad analysis of a site and identifies any drawbacks that obstruct search engine optimization performance. There is a one-time fee for the report card. Zunch  is an international interactive marketing agency that offers SEO services.

"This comprehensive report, complete with handwritten notes, is perfect for new Web site owners or marketers who are ready to dive into SEO but could use direction from a leading expert," Mr. Sanchez said."

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Zunch claims a spot in today's online edition of Internet Retailer.  Check out Zunch in the News.

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Zunch Pay Per Click Specialist Laura Deerfield wrote a very interesting article for the DM News Essential Guide to Search Engine Marketing.  Check it out.

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Zunch was recently featured in the print & online editions of DM News, the newspaper of direct, database and Internet marketing.  Check out Zunch in the News.

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Pete Pestipino, editor in chief of Website Service Magazine, recently requested a demo of Sympozeum-- the intelligent blogging platform by Zunch-- and here is what he had to say...

I had the opportunity to see Zunch Communications' new blog platform Sympozeum this afternoon. If you're about to install WordPress, sign up for a Blogger account or integrate another solution on your site, you may just want to hold off for a few weeks. Sympozeum is an enterprise level weblog platform (they will be offering a 'personal' version at the official launch) to help companies of any size or type share knowledge, build a reputation and receive feedback. You may be thinking; how is this different from any other blogging platform? Well, it's not - at least not on the surface. The real power of Sympozeum is in the features it offers blog administrators.  Besides the fact that you have on of the premier integrated marketing and development teams in the Web universe standing behind you in Zunch, the functionality even as a stand-alone product speaks for itself and will be attractive to all bloggers - both aspiring and established.

The features most appealing from my point of view:

- Search engine friendly: Immensely important to get your blog and all its content indexed.
- Ease of management: post management and category management are very intuitive and simple to administer
- Blog Search: what's really lacking in most blog platforms is a viable search offering, Sympozeum has it.
- 24/7 Tech Support: If you break things as often as I do, it's nice to have qualified people at the ready

 

Interested in allowing Zunch to provide you with the proper tools and guidance to leverage the Internet's ability to bring customers to your site? We can also present you with a unique marketing strategy tailored towards your company's needs.  Contact us today and we'll have your blog up and running in no time!

Kudos Joe!

 

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Zunch and our very own Terrence Ou were both featured in EuroBiz Magazine, the journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.

The article is titled, Getting Online, Chinese-style: Tips for Successfully Establishing a Web Presence in the World's Largest Internet Market

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Our recent announcement that we have formed a strategic partnership with Italian search firm, SEMS, continues to make world news.  Zunch is featured in this week's technology section of the Dallas Business Journal.  Check it out.

Learn more about this unique partnership.

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SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (www.sempo.org) has announced that John Sanchez, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Zunch Communications, Inc., has been nominated as a candidate for the 2006 elections of its Board of Directors.  Sanchez is currently the vice president of the organization whose membership includes search engine marketing professionals from the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

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The fat lady has sang—I am an official Zuncher! I have been in my new role as Corporate Communications Specialist for more than a week now--and to say the least--I am ecstatic!!

What excites me the most is being afforded the opportunity to work for one of the world’s leading search engine optimization and Web design firms—and it doesn’t hurt that my fellow Zunchers are great people to work with. I can’t tell you how good it feels to walk into the office and know that everyone I work with loves what they do.

I have a confession to make. Before doing some major (and I do mean major) homework on Zunch’s operations, I didn’t have a clue about search engine optimization. I don’t even think I had ever heard of it before. I didn’t realize how important search engine rankings are for a company. What I did know, however, was if I were conducting an online search and a company’s homepage or product page wasn’t on the first of page of results—there was a good chance that LaKisha wouldn’t know about it. Who has time to search the other pages anyway?

That brings me to another reason why I am excited about being here. I am certain there are thousands of companies that don’t know the power of SEO. (SEO? I sound like I’ve been in the business for years…mmm I like the sound of that.) And I digress. Search engine traffic moves people around the Web faster than any form of navigation. The Zunch team has the tools and knowledge to position these companies as industry leaders. It has even developed some great products. (Jeff—the Click Fraud Detective—brilliant!)To make a long story short--I am very excited to be a part of the Zunch family. I look forward to working with clients and helping them with Interactive Public Relations as well as spreading the good news about Zunch and its offerings.

Great services. Great people. Great clients--- It’s no wonder we’re one of the world’s leading search engine optimization and Web design firms.

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We're back from Chicago! Well, most of us anyway. Jeff will be back anytime now, his flight left a bit earlier. After a long night to recoup some lost sleep and an interesting taxi ride home through the somewhat icy Dallas streets (I know, icy and Dallas don't go together - tell me about it!) we're back to work at our Dallas headquarters. While the city thaws, we're just getting warmed up after a great Search Engine Strategies conference!

We got to talk to some very interesting people while there, and I realized that is still alot of confusion out there about SEO. For those of you I talked to at the booth (I was the long-haired hippy freak, as they love to call me around the office, hah), I hope you found some of our presentations interesting and had a chance to gain a little bit of insight into how our practices & products combine to really help acheive some great results on the web. Thanks for helping make this a great show for Zünch! Also, thanks to the Zünch team who made all this happen: John, Jesse, Rachel, Jeff, & Dan all worked dillegently to pull off a great show without any hiccups.

If you weren't in Chicago this week, it's okay. You'll have a chance to meet some of the team in February at Search Engine Strategies in New York City. By then we'll have some even cooler things to show off, including a really rockin' site-search ZMS module and an AJAX based administrative interface for the new version of ZMS. We're closing 2005 with some awesome progress, and we're starting the year off right with some very exciting new things in the world of website development & interactive marketing.

Hear that sizzle? That's a big 'ole slab of Zünch. Yup, we're on fire :-)

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Topseos.com has announced their December rankings for organic search engine optimization firms with Zunch in the #1 spot- again!

In a news release sent out yesterday topseos.com said, “We continually strive to pick the cream of the crop organizations in our top 30 list in the organic optimization category,” says Bill Peden of topseos.com. He adds, “Our December winners for this year are the strongest companies we have identified in the market today.”

Way to go SEO team!

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Leading Interactive Agency Debuts System with Newly Developed Corporate Website for Leading Texas-Based Company
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) December 6, 2005 – Zunch Communications, Inc. (http://www.zunch.com) announced today the launch of their next-generation content management system built by the Zunch team and written in the Microsoft .NET Framework. The updated system was first used on the recently launched corporate website for a leading North American business-to-business services provider.

“The new system remains simple and user-friendly with its WYSIWYG editor, but features code updates to significantly increase performance,” said Zunch Chairman & CEO John Sanchez. “It allows someone with little or no knowledge of programming to edit a website as they choose and have a fast-loading, high-performance website at the same time.”

The new content management system allows for administrative updating of content and “click and drag” of all navigational elements. It also permits the addition or deletion of pages on-the-fly and is controlled by a rich text WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor. New aspects of the system also include improved performance and speed, with complex pages often loading in less than one-tenth of a second. A fast data-catching layer allows page details to be stored in memory for more efficient look-up.

“We put a lot of thought into what changes we needed to make to our content management system and into what we hoped to achieve with the updates,” said Sanchez.

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John, Todd, and I arrived at Midway yesterday morning. The hotel we're at is real nice, and the weather is cooold! Not very much to report thus far - right now we're strategizing for tomorrow's opening of the conference hall. A bit later, we'll be attending some of the speaking sessions going on today. Meanwhile, I'll be watching the progress of the booth assembly. The temperature should get down to 9 degrees tonight! We miss Texas :-) Attached is a great picture of downtown Chicago that I took from my hotel room last night just after sunset. It's cold here, but a very nice place.

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Our business development team continues to expand our client roster. We've added several new clients for search engine optimization (SEO) this week including Core Learning and Wedding Favors Etc. Check out the latest news here.

Check back next week- we have some big launches coming up...

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Zunch Communications, Inc. (http://www.zunch.com) APAC Business Director Terrence Ou will be appearing at this week’s Ad:Tech Shanghai (http://www.ad-techshanghai.com). Ou will be serving on a panel discussing search engine optimization (SEO) before presenting a clinic on international search solutions.
Ou will serve on the Ad:Tech Shanghai panel discussing search engine optimization in the Asian market where he will share his own experiences with search solutions for international corporations. On day two, November 16, of the conference Ou will be presenting a search engine optimization clinic on the show floor entitled, “Search Engine Marketing by SEO, and Interactive PR with Brand Reputation Management." From 2:30 to 3 p.m. Ou will be guiding any interested parties through the various aspects of a proper search engine marketing campaign with a step-by-step tutorial. Terrence Ou is a search engine optimization specialist and APAC Business Director for Dallas-based Zunch Communications, Inc. He was crucial in the development of Zunch’s Chinese-language website (http://www.zunch.cn) as well as the Chinese content management system recently developed by the Zunch team.
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(Imperial March playing in the background)

After much needed executive restructuring, Zunch is at it again: selling, developing and playing games. One of our newest employee's, Charlie, will be heading up our Chicago office in the next few days. Our sales department is selling like crazy! Some of our new clients include: Popcornpolis, General Electric and North American Outdoor Adventure. Development and creative has never been busier. And as for the games, well the foosball table is seeing plenty of action as well as the bowling alley where we will continue Zunch Bowlarama Part II this week.

In case you are unfamiliar with F.O.T.B.O.C.E, F.O.T.B.O.C.E = Flesh On The Bones Of Creative Energy.

We should be seeing some new faces throughout management soon and, hopefully, some familiar ones. Stay tuned in for more pictures and articles from one of the fastest growing interactive agencies.

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