Les Ong
(415) 731-9764
www.UltimateProfitMachine.com

You probably have a website for your business, but can anybody find it? And if they can, does it make them want to spend money on your services?

As potential customers continue moving away from newspaper ads and the Yellow Pages to find products and services, it’s more important than ever for local brick-and-mortar businesses to make their websites easy to find in Internet search engines, online maps, social networking and business review sites.

Longtime Parkside resident Les Ong is helping neighborhood businesses get more customers from Internet leads.

Les has 25 years experience working in finance for a major corporation and 10 years experience in Internet Marketing.

He wants small businesses in the Parkside to know how important an Internet presence is to the bottom line:

“A professionally designed website is the salesman who does not sleep, eat, or want holidays off. It does not get sick or have family issues. Your website will be there 24 hours per day, 7 days per week doing nothing but driving sales. A website is a must for any local business that wants to grow, expand, and dominate the market in their geographical area. The sooner you get your website up and running the sooner you will see more profit.”

For a limited time, Les is offering a FREE Internet Marketing consultation and complementary website.

On Friday, February 24, 2012, the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center (SNBC) will host its 8th annual Community Film Festival. This free community event is open to the public and features family-friendly films produced by Sunset youth.

Held at the Ulloa Elementary School Auditorium (2650 42nd Avenue at Vicente Street) in the Sunset District, the Community Film Festival runs from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. The festival supports community-based digital film and media and provides an opportunity for self-expression, community-building, and sharing of experience. A dynamic lineup of short films will be screened and refreshments will be sold during the Films are appropriate for all ages and range from 30 seconds to 8 minutes in length. Film Festival guests will have the chance to vote for their favorite film; the film receiving the most votes will win the “People’s Choice Award.”

Opportunity to support this event is available through sponsorship; please contact Kaitlin Gregg at kgregg@snbc.org or call (415) 759-3690 x 7304.

8th annual SNBC Community Film Festival

Friday, February 24, 2012
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Ulloa Elementary School Auditorium
(2650 – 42nd Avenue, entrance at Vicente Street)
FREE

Visit www.snbc.org or call (415) 759-3690 for general event information.

Don’t underestimate your neighborhood hardware store! Since 1983 this family-owned business has been helping local residents and businesses get the right tools and materials for any improvement or maintenance project.

Owner Albert Chow and his staff double as general contractors, so they know their products and how to use them, and will share real-world experience and professional advice with customers in the store.

Prices are competitive with the Internet and big box chain stores, with added advantages of easy parking and being treated like a neighbor.

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Merced Branch Library
155 Winston Dr., San Francisco, CA  94132

From the 1850s to the early 1900s, the area around Lake Merced was a destination for gamblers, duelists, sporting men, and other San Franciscans looking for excitement. Woody LaBounty, founder of the Western Neighborhoods Project will present historical images and tell tales of roadhouses, squatters’ wars, and famous horse races and explain how the city’s wild west was tamed into some of San Francisco’s most desirable residential neighborhoods.

This event is FREE, courtesy of the Western Neighborhoods Project.

Don’t want to come alone? RSVP with our Meetup Group!

The Karaoke club on Taraval near the corner of 19th Avenue re-opened in mid-2010 under new ownership. With a name change, some re-modeling and new song selections, owner Wendy Tsang is aiming to make K-Net Karaoke “The Best Karaoke in San Francisco.”

Private rooms outfitted with large screens, clear sound systems and plush seating can accommodate couples, small or large groups. Unlike many other Karaoke systems, the songs’ actual music videos appear on screen (instead of random unrelated images), along with the lyrics.

No alcohol served, but K-Net does offer bar-type snacks like chicken wings and a variety of non-alocholic beverages, including unusual options like coconut water and lychee juice.

Tsang is also owner of two Quickly stores in the city, and the treasurer of People of Parkside Sunset (POPS).