Job Opportunities with 2GreenMonkeys Web Design Solutions

2GreenMonkeys is a growing Internet Marketing and Web Development company.
We are currently looking for individuals interested in contract jobs for the following positions.
As the company grows some of these positions may turn into full time positions.

Graphic Designer

2GreenMonkeys Web Design Solutions is currently seeking to fill a contract position for Graphic Designer.

Responsibilities will include:
• Brainstorming and creating designs, concepts and sample layouts
• Presenting ideas to management and/or client’s
• Adjusting designs to meet clients needs and vision
• Projecting budgets and schedules
• Using computer software to create designs
• Availability to work closely with clients, web developers and management to complete the final product

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing graphics for product illustrations, company logos, and creating layouts for Internet websites. They will be proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects. They will have excellent communication ability, problem solving ability, and organizational skills. Their skills will reflect an artistic sensibility. Thinking creatively is essential.

To apply for this position please visit our job opportunities page at 2GreenMonkeys main site.

SEO Specialist

2GreenMonkeys Web Design Solutions is currently seeking to fill a contract position for SEO Specialist.

Responsibilities will include:
• Research and implement tactics to increase website rankings and traffic
• Optimize and update site content, to ensure maximum rankings for targeted keywords
• Recommend and implement search engine and directory submissions
• Research, measure and grow link building campaign, including internal links, external links and directory listings
• Analyze site metrics using Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools and other technologies

The ideal candidate will be a highly energetic and driven individual with experience working in an online marketing environment. They will have strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to make quick decisions. They will understand social media strategies and collaborate with social media team to increase site traffic and keyword rankings. The position will have varying deadlines, thus an ability to work confidently under extreme pressure will be essential.

To apply for this position please visit our job opportunities page at 2GreenMonkeys main site.

Web Developer

2GreenMonkeys Web Design Solutions is currently seeking to fill a contract position for Web Developer.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing websites and blogs to meet client’s needs. They will coordinate with other team members to implement layouts and graphics, and design sites according to search engine optimization strategies. They will be proficient with Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Studio. They will have excellent written and verbal skills and be able to work independently and in a team environment.

Required languages and platforms include:
• ASP, JSP, PHP and ASP.Net
• Javascript with knowledge of jQuery
• Database: SQL Server and MySQL

To apply for this position please visit our job opportunities page at 2GreenMonkeys main site.

Bloggers and Social Media Experts

2GreenMonkeys Web Design Solutions is currently seeking to fill positions for 3 writers with diversified writing styles to offer to our customers on a per job basis.  Jobs will vary from a single article to several based on customer’s needs and required posting frequency.  Correspondence will be done through email and all work will be done from the comfort of your home.

The ideal candidates will be proficient with Facebook, Twitter and WordPress.  Ability to compose, edit and submit posts to blogs.  The candidate will already have a blog of their own and preferably, have a large readership.  Ability to create and modify Facebook and Twitter accounts, and blogs using WordPress.
The candidate will be able to proficiently navigate the internet and be resourceful to search other media and publications to research information for assigned projects.  Posts would vary in size, with most 150-250 words in length.

To apply for this position please visit our job opportunities page at 2GreenMonkeys main site.

Swimming Pool Service in Ontario by PoolBoy

2GreenMonkeys web design solutions completed a custom designed website, Blog and search engine optimization for both.

PoolBoy, Southern Ontario based swimming pool service company offers service to Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Etobicoke, Brampton and Vaughan areas.

Their customers can benefit from pool opening and closing services, weekly maintenance services new installations and equipment repairs and access to a complete line of classic and environmentally conscious equipment choices.

Visit Ontario’s first green pool service company’s site if you or someone you know has a swimming pool and can benefit from their premier services.

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Austin – The Home Action Team

Finding a new home can present high levels of stress and end up consuming mass amounts of time not always available to us.

In Austin, The Home Action Team is making it easy to find your next house, condo or investment property.  2GreenMonkeys marketing group has undertaken the task to help market their presence online and completed the SEO for The Home Action Team’s website.

On their site you’ll be able to browse through current listings on the MLS for homes in the Austin, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park and Spicewood areas.  Danny and his team make buying or selling Real Estate in Austin easy.

Browsing through the pages you’ll find a special feature which separates this company from their competition.  They offer a link to exclusive offers on new homes available at discounted prices.  Browsing their New Home Blowout tab will give you access to inventory clear outs by builders such as Lennar, Wilshire, Centrex, Pulte Homes and Buffington Signature Homes.

If you’re in the market for your next home in Austin Texas, The Home Action Team has the expert knowledge you’ll need to get you the action you deserve.

Draining and Backwashing your Swimming Pools Wastewater

Remember the old days when you could dump almost anything into the street sewers?  I remember growing up and seeing everything from paint to motor oil being dumped at the curb, right into the sewers.  Where it went from there wasn’t really our problem.  I mean how many actually thought about where it went and what happened to it?

To homeowners with swimming pools, water was always thought of as a safe and natural product easily disposed of anywhere.  Streets, drainage ditches, ravines, parks and valleys were common favorites.  We never had to consider things like: alkalinity, ph, chlorine and chloride levels, or trace metals.

Lowering the pool water, to proper levels, to winterize your pool and protect your investment is an essential part of pool closing. If you live in Southern Ontario, special precautions have to be taken before draining your pool water.  Municipalities now require you to dispose wastewater in an environmentally responsible way.

Salt water pools have been increasing in popularity over the years.   Their combined environmental impact on our lakes and rivers has been of great concern.  Leading the way, the city of Toronto has imposed strict guidelines for disposing of your wastewater.

  • The first step is to balance all your chemicals ensuring all including ph are within acceptable limits.  Generally if you follow the guidelines on your test kit and make sure your water is swimmable you’ll be fine.
  • Next you need to ensure chlorine levels are neutralized. This can be easily accomplished using de-chlorinating tablets with a de-chlorinator.  Your de-chlorinator can be permanently installed in-line with your backwash line or temporarily setup at closing time with sump pump used to lower your pool.
  • Keeping your backyard oasis from going green all summer is traditionally accomplished by adding Algaecides and Fungicides to your pool water once per week.  These products require special concern as they may contain copper, Nonylphenols (NPs) and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPEs).   Don’t sound like fun do they?  Check your label as they can be toxic to aquatic life.

An alternative this season instead of using harsh chemicals when closing your pool, consider using Eco-friendly products from manufacturers like Natural Chemistry.

Closing your pool properly and ensuring it’s done in an environmentally conscious way is every pool owner’s responsibility.  If you’re looking for some professional help, PoolBoy can prepare and close your pool when its time.

Water The Clear Choice

Summer in Canada doesn’t last very long so when it comes to water we try to get in as much fun time as possible.  This year your 2 Green Monkeys have been spending as much time in, under and by the water!  We’ve come to really appreciate all that water has to offer.  Like:

  • Cool clean thirst refreshment.
  • Fun with friends participating in your favorite water activities.
  • Getting away from it all on while floating on a comfy air mattress.
  • Watering your lawn and garden.
  • Washing your car.
  • And let’s not forget that rejuvenating shower we take to start or clean up after a day’s fun!

There are so many ways to enjoy water; in fact, there aren’t many activities that don’t involve water in some shape or form.  We loved the water so much and really began to see how important is to us in everyday life, that we have decided to focus on the second most important thing to life.  In case you’re not sure what the first thing is, its air.  Stay hydrated and stay tuned.  We’ll be bringing you plenty on water and how it affects you!

Freedom from Bad Habits

Freedom from Bad Habits

A big part of Personal Development is identifying your weaknesses and bad habits and focusing on improving or changing them.   You know exactly what these are; it’s that mental list in the back of your head, that inner voice telling you, “this isn’t serving you in the most effective way”, and it could be just the thing holding you back from experiencing Full on Freedom.

Like so many of you out there, I’ve struggled for many years with my bad habit – smoking.  I started back when I was 18.  I never smoked full time, just at the bar, with friends while having a few drinks.  I dedicated 10 years of my life to “social smoking”.  Since I could maintain this for so long I felt that I was never really addicted.  I didn’t think it was much of a problem until I started getting closer to my thirties and noticing that my energy level wasn’t as high as I would’ve liked.  I seemed to get sick more easily.  I had a nasty cough right after the weekend.  That’s when I decided enough is enough, and it was time to quit completely.  However, once I started trying to quit, I quickly realized how addicted I actually was.  I tried several times without success, got discouraged, tried again, failed and so went on the cycle.

One day I ran into a friend who told me about this amazing book he read and that made him quit smoking for good 15 years ago.  At the time I dismissed the advice and continued smoking.

The book is “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking” by Allen Carr.  When I actually picked up the book and started reading it, I noticed that my desire to smoke began dropping off quickly, so much so that I knew that if I were to continue to read the book I would quit for sure.  I got scared and stopped reading the book for a little while.  I needed to be mentally ready to say “that’s it, I am done with this”.  So a month before my 30th birthday, I decided it was time!  I picked up the book again and started reading.  I read it and smoked while reading, just like it tells you to, and when I finished the last chapter and put the book to rest on my night table, I knew for a fact that I would never ever smoke again.  This was truly the most liberating experience I’ve ever had in my life.  I knew for sure it was over.

Now, some of you might think “yeah right, like a book is going to do that!”  Trust me, Yes, it will!  So long as you are really ready to quit and you finish the book.  It will happen!  I was completely fed up, I knew I wanted to quit, I just didn’t know how.   I was always able to stop for a week or two or even a month, but then I would go out to the bar and have a terrible time because the only thing I could think of is how badly I wanted to smoke and who I could bum a cigarette from.  What a horrible feeling!

The beauty of this book is that you will never have to feel like that ever again.  It explains why we smoke, explains our fears and tells us why we haven’t been able to quit.  It reprograms your brain from feeling that you’ve given up something you really enjoyed to wondering why in the world you ever smoked?  What did it ever give you and why didn’t you quit sooner?

It’s been three years for me now since I quit.  I haven’t had a single craving or desire to smoke. I’ve even ran into old friends that knew me when I smoked and was offered a cigarette which confused me, because I had forgotten that ever smoked at all. It seems so strange, so foreign to me now.  You know the saying “ex-smokers are the worst”, well I am not an ex-smoker, I am just a non smoker, it’s like it never happened.  I feel free and overjoyed that I was able to finally break the habit.  The freedom is wonderful!  I have bought this book for many of my friends and family members and I wanted to share my success with the rest of you.

Check out our website Full on Freedom, it focuses on various resources to help your personal development. We have included the link to Allen Carr’s book “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking”, as well as many other self help books and tools to help you start changing your life and regaining total.

Smoke-free Lily Monkey.