Meet Lisa Frost of Amazeinc Internet Solutions

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Lisa Frost.

Lisa, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
My partner, Eric Vasiliades, and I left Silicon Valley in 1999 and moved to Oceanside to escape the corporate “rat race” world. Our goal was to launch a Web Development & Internet Marketing Consulting business that helped people promote their businesses online. Since the internet was just starting to take off, we were fortunate to connect with some awesome clients and 18 years later we’re still helping small business owners, non-profits and entrepreneurs succeed online.

Along the way we’ve had the opportunity to be involved with some fascinating projects from making a movie (To Save A Life), to launching innovative products (WaterMiser, TushCush), to organizing recycling programs (Recycle & Restore), to promoting an X games champion lifestyle brand (Laced by Jake Brown). We even got married on the beach as a fundraiser for StandUP for Kids. Our journey has enabled us to enjoy a lot of success, with only a few lesson-learning failures, that just motivated us to do better

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Like all entrepreneurs, we had our share of speed bumps over the years, but overall we’ve had a great time and a mostly steady path. Our proudest accomplishment is that we no longer have to pursue business, as all our new clients came as a result of referrals from existing clients. We know what an honor it is to be referred and understand there is no higher form of the complement than to have a client refer their friends, family and associates to us.

I firmly believe that our focus on helping our clients succeed has ironically been the key to our success, as well. The biggest lesson I learned from my years working in the hi-tech world is that corporations are long on promises of customer service, but short on delivery, mostly because their focus is primarily on profits. It is this unbalanced focus on profits over people that I believe is at the heart of the world’s problem. Or to be more blunt, the corporate world has a lack of heart problem and we wanted to demonstrate through Amazeinc, that you can make a living while serving others.

Please tell us about Amazeinc Internet Solutions.
Amazeinc Internet Solutions began as a Web Development and Internet Marketing firm in 2000. Over the years, we have evolved into a full-service Marketing Agency that offers the expertise and creativity of a large agency with affordable, cost-effective boutique pricing. Amazeinc provides a complete suite of Marketing services enabling clients to select as many services as they want or just very specific services to reduce costs. Our experience and length of time in business has allowed us to develop a local network of super-effective and affordable specialists, but ALL clients are closely managed and guided by the company principles, Lisa Frost (Marketing Specialist) and Eric Vasiliades (Technical/Design Specialist).

We achieve results for our clients by developing Internet Focused Marketing Plans tailored to each client’s unique target market. The key difference in working with Amazeinc is that we excel at achieving results by partnering the client’s in-depth industry experience with our prolific marketing expertise. This creates the ultimate win-win success scenario.

Who uses Amazeinc? Primarily small to medium-sized businesses and non-profits organizations interested in achieving greater results at lower cost. Most smaller organizations are unable to get the broad range of marketing services needed to develop a successful Branding strategy. Many end up relying on independent consultants that typically cannot provide the full range of needed services, resulting in GAPS in their overall marketing efforts. Or hiring multiple consultants usually results in a fractured and/or overlapping marketing plan.

Since 2001, we’ve utilized the latest website technologies and marketing trends to achieve significant results for over 100 clients from all over the globe. Our comprehensive solutions include Web Development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Marketing (SMM), Public Relations, Event Management, Business Analysis, Marketing Strategy Planning and more. Registered Google Partner and BING Agency account manager. For more info visit: http://amazeinc.com/

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
Volunteering with my mom. My brother was mentally challenged and my mother was head of the local ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens) and every year we helped organize the local Special Olympics. When my brother won 1st place for long distance running it was one of the happiest and enriching experiences of our lives. It also instilled in me a passion for serving in the local community, which we have carried into our business.

There are so many great community organizations in the San Diego area, but virtually all of them struggle to find the resources they need to not just survive but thrive. One of the greatest rewards of owning your own business is being able to give back to the community. We encourage everyone to find ways to get involved with one or more of the many great organizations in our area like the Boys & Girls Clubs, Bread of Life Rescue Mission, Solutions for Change, StandUp For Kids, Mama’s Kitchen, Pacific Safety Center and so many more.

Pricing:

  • Our rates are $50 an hour for basic website design, maintenance and marketing services, up to $75 an hour for custom programming and express service for rush projects.

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