Over a decade ago, Advantage Marketing expanded beyond our printed products to also specialize in West Michigan internet marketing and website development. We built and maintain websites promoting Ludington, Hamlin Lake, Ludington State Park, Pentwater, Scottville, Manistee, and the Pere Marquette River....all great destinations we love to share! The cumulative content of these websites is also presented in our umbrella West Michigan website, WestMichiganGuides. All West Michigan website content is created and maintained by Advantage Marketing of Ludington, Michigan.

About two years ago, we developed our Northern Michigan territory by creating sites for Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Charlevoix, Mackinaw City, Boyne City and Mackinac Island. The cumulative content of these websites is also presented in our umbrella Northern Michigan website, VisitMichiganUpNorth. All Northern Michigan website content is created and maintained by Concierge Publications of Harbor Springs, Michigan.

About a year ago, we were inspired by our loyalty to Ludington-based Lake Michigan Carferry to increase our effort to promote Northern Lake Michigan. We feel that northern Lake Michigan destinations are what "Up North" is all about. We encourage travelers who are crossing Lake Michigan to have a "Northern Experience," something they will miss if they take the Muskgeon-based Lake Express to the south. We want to tell the world that Ludington's S.S. Badger car ferry is the BEST CRUISE SHIP ON THE GREAT LAKES! So, we developed LakeMichiganDestinations.com, your guide to Lake Michigan and northern lakeshore communities. This site, along with LakeMichiganCarFerryCruise.com, bring together our Northern and West Michigan territories into one easy-to-navigate website which has attracted over 130,000 visitors since launched. Please check us out!

Advantage Marketing was lucky to add Marie Fay to our staff over a year ago, and she's been doing a great job serving our customers. Yet we still have need for one or two more sales people to help us grow our business. Please call Advantage Marketing at (231) 845-1365 or fax your resume to (231) 843-8656.

Advantage Marketing is growing and we are looking for a few more talented individuals to add to our staff. If you are interested in customer service, check out our job opening for a local salesperson. We have a position available for a full or part time website developer. We also are looking for an office assistant. You can find links to more information about these job openings at this job information page.

Advantage Marketing is wrapping up our work on the 2011 Ludington Area Visitors Guide, Map Guide, and Menu Guide. If you want some quality marketing for your business, don't be left out! Please contact our sales team today for more information by calling (231) 845-1365. All three publications will be distributed starting in mid-May. Our combined circulation is 100,000 copies, so reserve your spot in the area's most popular guides to enjoying life in Ludington.

Today wasn't the best day weather-wise to embark upon this project, but the goal was to make a dramatic difference in the garden's appearance as quickly as possible. We selected the strip along the road for the most impact.

Despite the intense heat and glaring sun, we officially started the journey of working in the garden and documenting our improvements to develop more content for our Homes and Gardens websites.

Nathan, a Ludington High School student in need of a summer job, has agreed to be our lawn and garden guy for this new venture. We're glad to have him join the team.

Here are some quick before and after photos to show today's accomplishments. Nathan said he liked the work--listening to tunes and getting a tan while he learned to edge a bed. Oh, to be a teenager again!