Halloween Costume Website, Internet Marketing Consultant and Domain Name business all feeling the effects on business from Hurricane Wilma

Boca Raton, Florida, October 28, 2005 – Hurricane Wilma swept across Florida leaving a wide path of damage estimated to cost in excess of $10 Billion and dramatic effects on business. With electric power, telephone service, cellular connectivity and internet access wiped out to over 98% of homes and businesses several Florida Businesses have had to resort to innovative measures to deal with the aftermath of hurricane wilma.

Jay Berkowitz, CEO of www.TenGoldenRules.com, an internet marketing consultant based in Boca Raton Florida explained how they are dealing with Hurricane Wilma and effects on business “Our business can function anywhere so long as we have our laptops and internet access. We started the week using the batteries in our laptops and local phone dial-up internet access, when the batteries ran low we hit the road. One of our employees is in Atlanta, another is with family in Sarasota and I am working from my in-laws second bedroom. We have stayed in touch with clients and each other using email and instant messaging”

www.extremhalloween.com is one of the top Halloween costume websites in the US, they are located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Hurricane Wilma had a dramatic effect on their business arriving just one week before Halloween. “We worked all weekend to prepare over 3,000 orders in advance of Hurricane Wilma.” Said Shari Maxwell Vice President of www.ExtemeHalloween.com “Once the storm hit we lost power so we are using generators at our warehouse to run four FedEx computers to prepare shipments. We paid to upgrade all of our orders to Next Day FedEx delivery to get costumes to people in time for Halloween. Unfortunately, we don’t have internet access or phone lines, so our customers will not be able to track their orders on our website and we have likely missed out on over 5,000 additional orders since Hurricane Wilma hit.”

www.moniker.com is an internet domain name registrar located in Pompano Beach, Florida, just North of Ft. Lauderdale. CEO Monte Cahn explained how they are dealing with the effects on business and hurricane wilma. “Our web servers are based in Texas so our website has been operating. Our employees have spread all over Florida to take care of our customers. The office and my home lost power so I am at a cottage in the Florida Keys that has phone and power. One of our technology experts drove to a hotel in Daytona Beach with high speed internet, he fixed a few problems we were having with the site remotely at 2 am last night. My partner Eric Harrington and the customer service team have been using generator power to answer the phones in our offices.”

Maria Nelson, Vice President of internet marketing consultant

www.TenGoldenRules.com explained that dedication is critical when something like Hurricane Wilma effects a business. “They say necessity is the mother of invention; we have had to be very creative to find ways to serve our clients in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma. We have been accessing the internet everywhere we can to continue to prepare search engine optimization campaigns, to optimize Google pay per click campaigns and to manage Yahoo Search Engine marketing programs.”

About Ten Golden Rules

www.tengoldenrules.com, is a strategic internet marketing consultant business based in Boca Raton, Florida. Ten Golden Rules helps customers get more traffic to their websites and convert that traffic to sales. Ten Golden Rules offers search engine optimization, search engine marketing, Google pay per click management, Yahoo Search Engine marketing programs and internet marketing strategy. Ten Golden Rules employees have been creative and dedicated to continue to service their clients despite the effects of Hurricane Wilma on business.