Testimonials

Real Estate Coaching, Real Estate Training: Testimonials Are Listed First Since Real Estate Marketing Has Made Up The Majority of My Work in Recent Years. Testimonials Regarding Work in Other Markets is Listed Below:

A Realtor, Like an Athlete, at any stage of development, can benefit from the help of a good coach.  You too can improve your online marketing, graphic design, web hosting, web search engine placement skills with a little wise guidance and lots of practice.  I can help.  

But you don't have to take it from me. 

The following testimonials will convey what others have reported:

Evaluate what my web site visitors and clients from the world of Real Estate and Small Business have said about my web marketing, business coaching, and public speaking services...  

         My traffic is up and people who call say they found me on the web!  I just listed one seller
         for the second time, and she also bought with me now!  All because of the SEO work you 
         helped me with!  I am moving up the ranks at Google!  B.B.  Realtor

         My First 10 Sessions were really helpful as far as SEO and Web Design.  
          I learned a LOT and want 12 more sessions!  GL, Realtor

       I like what you shared, and want to go with 12 more sessions, JR, Broker/Owner

       I just got a buyer call.  They found me at Google!  Thanks Lonn! GL, Broker/Owner

         I started making the calls and have two appointments! Now What? Help!, JR, Realtor

Thank you for being so generous! I appreciate  it. R.D. Realtor.

 

Thank you, you are wonderful  MW, Broker/Owner

 

I called my first FSBO ever, and have an appointment tonight! P. M.  Realtor

 

I am closing twice as many FSBO calls for Appointments as Ever Before.  A.R. Realtor

 

I called 6 FSBO's and got two appointments.  I know I still have work to do, but this is great!  S.T. Realtor

"I ENJOYED OUR CALL TODAY. IT ENLIGHTENED ME..."  1-30-2007

"Lonn,   I enjoyed our call today. It enlightened me to the complexities of the internet as a marketing media. It seems there are so many layers and facets that we hadn’t even considered and you highlighted those for me. I’m looking forward to your proposal and will stay in touch. I appreciated your time today – thanks very much!"

M.H.  Marketing Manager To Team of 12 RE/MAX Agents Doing 500 transactions per year 

"YOUR IDEAS WILL REJUVENATE MY BUSINESS" 1-26-2007 

Lonn, I have been reading your site and will use several great ideas to rejuvenate my business for this year..." 

D.K Realtor - Richmond VA

"LONN KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO" 1-07-2007

Before Mr. Dugan became a realtor he did web development, consulting, design and hosting for companies that embraced internet marketing. In regards to internet marketing the average realtor is trying to figure the web out Lonn knows "exactly" what to do not at an expert level but at a "superior" level. " Update - 1-20-2007 My Web Traffic Has Doubled Since We Did The Meta Tag Work!'

L.P. RE/MAX Masters - Point2Agent Web Search Placement Coaching Client

"INCREDIBLE, VERY EFFECTIVE DIRECT MAIL IDEAS... WILL BLOW YOUR MIND" 1-10-2007

"Want some incredible and very effective direct mail ideas?  Ask Lonn Dugan.   He has put together a great set of full color fliers that will blow you mind."   

J.M. Broker/Owner, Fastest Growing Brokerage, Toledo, OH - sent to every agent in the company

I CALLED MY FIRST FSBO SELLER, EVER, AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TONIGHT"

Thank you for being so generous! I appreciate  it. R.D. Realtor.

Thank you, you are wonderful  Mary (Realtor)

I called my first FSBO ever, and have an appointment tonight! P. M.  Realtor

I am closing twice as many FSBO calls for Appointments as Ever Before.  A.R. Realtor

I called 6 FSBO's and got two appointments.  I know I still have work to do, but this is great!  S.T. Realtor

"NOW WE GET TEN TIMES THE LEADS"

Our web site gets more traffic, now that you did the search engine stuff, but even more impressive is that we get 10 times the leads! You made the site more user friendly. Thanks, Lonn - you are the man!

--The Five Star Team at RE/MAX Masters, Team Leader P. H.

OLDER - NON REAL ESTATE RELATED TESTIMONIALS FOR ONLINE MARKETING - MORE - MORE - MORE -
Services were coaching, design, online marketing, and similar.... Please ignore broken links or changed web sites.  For this Page, the client's testimonials are more important than the links or designs.   

See the Testimonial on his web site:  http://www.upfrontministries.com/welcome7.html

"YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING"

A Multimedia Dotcom Launch Site Owner Says: You obviously know what you are doing! Thanks for getting my site up so quickly.  And for adding the music clips to my site. That multimedia stuff impresses our investors. Lonn--you have been a really big help in making my dreams come true!

--Dan MGowen -  LoveGrams International 

"MORE INQUIRIES, LEADS, QUOTE REQUESTS..."

The Business Manager Of a Local Honda Auto Dealership says: I can't tell you how excited we are about our new site. You did a great job. We are already getting more inquiries, leads, and quote requests than the old site produced. We sold enough cars on the first day the site went live to pay for the whole site !

Broderick Gin, Manager, Hatfield Honda

A Trade Magazine Executive said: "Your photography added a lot to our event. I have recommended your "Cancun Sunrise" photo for a magazine cover." Richard Alan, Island Sun Times Magazine - December 2001

A Distance Education Professional says: "I am very pleased with the website. When I show it to people, they react positively. The splash page turned out very sharp. And the colors, design of the whole site... are great. I think the site is very sharp. It looks good and it is functional. You do a good job and I appreciate your services. Jody Goins, e-Learning Coach, (and repeat customer) S speaking about her Distance Education Course Hosting Site, LifeLine Learning.com January 2002

A Tanning Salon Owner says: "My web site was not being found in search engines until Lonn Dugan of BIG Design did some search engine work for me. Now we are #1 on 6 different search engines, including Yahoo, AOL and Lycos for the search phrase we picked. Lonn really knows what he is doing with this search engine stuff." Bob English, Owner, Tantastictanning.com Monroeville, PA December 2001

A Dog Training Business Owner Says: "I own a dog training, doggy daycare, grooming and dog health food store in Maumee, OH. In May, I contracted with a company to develop a web page for me, as well as to host it for me. Although the web page looked beautiful, we were getting no response from the public. In the six months it was on line with the first company, I only had responses from friends to whom I had sent the address. I have been with Big Design for only a few weeks. Since that time, I have had MANY people responding to our web page, and also six online registrations for classes. Changes have been done promptly to my page, and I have had quick responses to all of my questions and concerns. Thanks so much, Lonn, for your great work!" - Linda Copti, owner Pups'n'People Dog Training Maumee, OH www.puspnpeople.com   January, 2001 Footnote: Since this time, Linda's customers and prospects have continued to increase site usage, and it has been placed in search engines so well that site rank is #1 at altavista.com for search phrase, "dog training in ohio"

A Tanning Supplies Distributing Account Says: "My web site produces 90% of my sales as a new distributor. I never advertised outside Pennsylvania, but most of my sales go to other states! We have sold lots of $3000 tanning beds into other states, like Ohio and Massachussetts as a direct result of this web site. We even sold lotions to a distributor in Singapor ! I highly recommend BIG Design for web design and site hosting" We got great search engine results from his work. Calls come in from all over the country. My phone rings 30 - 40 times a day, as a direct result of the web site... The E-commerce part really worked!" - Don Palmer, owner, Valley Tanning & Distributing. Footnote: Valley Tanning reaches sales of $350,000 in first year, added e-commerce, and grew to $1,500,000 in sales in the following year, with no offline advertising. Business changed hands. Site inactive now... Domain For Sale.

A Professional Sales Training Consultant and Member of Toastmasters Says: "Congratulations on your achievement! (Top Search Engine Placement). Your presentation was the best. I talked about it at my Toastmaster's meeting the very next Friday.... It was a five-star performance. I think you knew that by all the quesitons and interest you got after you were done speaking." Debby Peters, Sales & More

A Global Niche Market Leading Health and Beauty Products Manufacturer Says: "Your Trade Show Strategy and Promotion for our New Product Introduction produced a TRADE SHOW SENSATION in Las Vegas this Summer! The pre-show meeting you had with our employees really made a BIG difference in their attitude and sales ability. It helped them understand the purpose and focus that was right for this moment in our company. We have done new product introductions before, but not like this. It was the BEST NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION we have ever had! Sales to retailers were 10 times higher than ever before at a trade show. " Dorothy Applegate, President, Lucas Products Corp July, 2001

A Private Label Manufacturer and Aftermarket Supplier says: "We got our money's worth. We are very pleased with the web design service and hosting service from BIG Design" Tim Allison, Global Sun Light , a division of Sun Ergoline. Summer of 2001

A Health and Beauty Manufacturing Client Also Says, "When our new ads break, the phones ring. Our printing looks better than ever. We have more magazine response card leads generated by the ads than ever before. An Old Distributor called yesterday. They had not ordered since 1988. They said that the new ad campaing convinced them to carry our products again." Dave Orwick, Lucas Products, September 2001

A Fire, Water, and Emergency Repair Service Provider says: I don't know how much a professional brochure costs, but whatever you say, I will do. I have seen your print design work. I want people to say wow. That's what I want. I am not calling anyone else. Just do it. (Established Budget $2000) Bob Reichardt., President, J & R Contracting and Dry Tec. Web site coming soon ; )October 2001

A Trade Magazine Art and Production Department Manager Says: About a photo layout we designed - "Wow, that is an awesome graphic !" Kim Butler Virgo Publishing - Looking Fit Magazine - September 2001

CALL TODAY - TO DISCUSS YOUR BUSINESS GOALS BIG Marketing Solutions LLC, 419-764-9649

THOUGHTS ON THE ECONOMY: Technical Writing, Humorous Writing

My article is listed in some great company here http://klcarlson.tripod.com/links/macroprin.html 

or simply see:  http://www.bigdesign.net/recession-beater/ 

ONLINE MARKETING, DISCUSSION FORUM CREATION, MARKET LEADERSHIP, ONLINE FORUMS

RE: SunTanning.com (my former career was in tanning salon supplies manufacture)

SunTanning.com is the tanning industry discussion site that started this whole online tanning phenomenon. Launched in 1997, its creator Lonn Dugan describes the site as "an electronic forum at the intersection of tanning and technology." "I had been involved in several other discussion boards, and I wanted to bring that same camaraderie to the indoor tanning industry," Lonn said. "One thing that salon pros love about annual trade events is that it provides them an opportunity to get to know each other, and this site provided that atmosphere all year long." SunTanning.com became the first Internet site where tanning pros could come for discussion, education and to positively promote the benefits of moderate tanning. This novel concept quickly gained popularity and many salon operators started flocking to the new site in droves.

While discussion continues to be part of what the site offers, SunTanning.com seems to exist today more as a public relations site for the industry, and as an online directory of suppliers and resources for consumers as well as salon owners. The site also seems to have more participation from tanners than industry professionals, as well as a lot of traffic from aspiring salon owners looking for advice. "It's been great to be a part of the tanning industry's online evolution from the beginning," Lonn commented.

Island Sun Times Magazine, 2005 (regarding a web site that had 2000 visitors per day and was the online capitol of an entire industry from 1998 until 2003 when it was sold)

My goal is to make the process of marketing real estate online more enjoyable and rewarding for you.  I can also help you list and sell real estate in the "real world" with FSBO Listing Kits and Listing Presentations. 

Up to this time, most of my coaching has been for small business clients.  But I can coach the kind of small business owner called a REALTOR just as well, so have included non real estate coaching or design testimonials here. See what my clients have said about my web services, business coaching, and public speaking services...