About the League of Dreams The League of Dreams was created and founded in 2007 by Tim Terrio of TERRIO Physical Therapy and Fitness. What started as an idea became a reality very quickly, as in March 2007 the League of Dreams started its inaugural year with baseball, having less than 50 kids signed up....

Join us on Wednesday, October 10th to support League of Dreams.  This event is free (with a suggested donation of $20 to League of Dreams) but you must RSVP to marketing@deprigo.com  to be put on the guest list.

When: Thurs, Oct. 18th Time: 6:00 pm Place: Rabobank Convention Center Address: 1001 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301 Tickets: $75. Purchase Here

Believe it or not, now is the time to tackle that client list and begin your holiday gift shopping. Are you interested in effective giveaways and branding? You should be! Case study: For the holiday season of 2016,  a local Chamber of Commerce opted to give an end-of-year gift for everyone in their Chairman’s Circle. Thinking...

  The Teen Challenge residential program continues to be one of the largest and most effective substance abuse recovery and prevention programs of its kind. Teen Challenge of Southern California was established in 1963 and includes nine regional facilities with seven strategically placed residential facilities throughout Southern California. Last year Teen Challenge served over 200,000...

In the modern world of internet marketing, one of your main focuses as a business should be your company’s online presence. Using graphic design that enhances the legibility and aesthetic of your website is great. Unfortunately, what’s necessary isn’t just your website’s appearance, but your website’s functionality via mobile use. One-third of all smartphone searches...

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It’s easy as a small business to see the allure of a free website template. After all, you may not have a graphic design or web design budget and could be relying on multitasking employees for internet marketing opportunities and search engine optimization tasks. If you really can’t afford to have professional web designers create...

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When it comes down to it, a successful business engages with their audience. A business can have great products, well-structured content, and an efficient internet marketing team, but if your business fails to engage with an audience you’re limiting your number of potential consumers. Your customers are some of the biggest assets to your business....

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It’s no secret that these days, most reputable businesses have a highly developed web and Internet presence. However, if your business’ website isn’t optimized, users can have difficulty navigating and trying to find what they’re looking for. In fact, 57% of customers say they won’t recommend a business with a poorly designed mobile site, and...

If you’re running a business in 2017 and you don’t have a credible website, chances are you’re not going to be running a business very much longer. Not only is it important to have a quality website nowadays, it’s become an essential part of business. Even if you’re truly offering the highest quality products or...

If you own a small business, you probably know how important it is to have consistent traffic coming to your website. One of the best ways to accomplish this is through search engine optimization. But because it can be such a mysterious and confusing topic, many small business owners end up sabotaging their search engine...

If you want to get ahead in the internet marketing game, the first thing to do is lock down an amazing website. Unfortunately a good domain name just won’t cut it though. Not sure what to do? Don’t worry, we’re here to give you some advice to help you take your website to the next...

If you’re of the mindset that internet marketing doesn’t matter for small businesses, you’re probably not privy to the fact that one in three smartphone searches are performed just before entering a physical store. So those customers who check online and see nothing are less likely to come into your store. Whether you like it...

If you’re focusing on Internet marketing for your business, it’s possible that you may have left your web design to fall to the wayside. Whether it’s outdated or it simply doesn’t look good, graphic design is something you absolutely need to invest in, especially if your website is a potential customer’s first impression of you....

Ranking signal studies and anecdotal feedback point toward the growing importance of user signals in search results. Historically, the link graph has been the primary mechanism for Google and other search engines to determine what content is best and most worthy of returning to users. However, the link graph does heavily favor desktop experiences, as...

Efforts to win referrals will be wasted unless you first make yourself a sales professional worthy of being referred. This means being responsive and reliable – doing what you say you’re going to do. It means providing consultative service that leads to promotional solutions that are specially tailored to address each client’s goals and challenges....

Today’s treat is a guest post from entrepreneur, marketing mastermind, and 500 founder Mat Braddy, founder of ROCK PAMPER SCISSORS and former CMO of Just Eat, a European “unicorn” that went public in April of 2014. No one thinks of billboards and TV ads when we talk about “growth hacking” (we’re way too cool for...

School isn’t even out, but marketers are already finalizing their strategies for the upcoming shopping frenzy that precedes each new scholastic year. Data from Bizrate Insights, a division of Connexity, shows that more than half of consumers will kick off their back-to-school shopping between late July and early August, meaning brands still have time to...

I sat down with Margaret Molloy, the chief marketer at Siegel+Gale, to talk about what goes into building a brand. Hint: It’s more than your logo and corporate colors. What should they focus on in terms of brand? The first thing is understanding that the brand is the experience. Every moment your customer interacts with...

There’s a reason this 10-years-to-overnight-success pattern shows up over and over. And it’s not just about working hard over a long period of time. I know from personal experience. In 2004, I started a personal-finance blog while I was a college student. Today, that “hobby” is a multi million-dollar business. For the first three years,...