Creating Connections

Do you know that one of the major keyword searched for in Montana is Rocky Mountains?  The majestic Rocky Mountains capture attention.  It makes sense that live web cams in the Rocky Mountains automatically draws attention.  But, the true power of the webcam really hit home when our neighbor was having a heart attack.  He is fine now, but his wife asked if we would come be with her while life flight worked on her husband.  As we stood next to the helicopter visiting, the pilot kept looking around.  We finally asked her what she was looking for.  "There is a camera around here somewhere, we use it to make sure we can land in Arlee" she said as she continued to look around.  We laughed and pointed to the location of the Arlee Live Webcam, right next door.  

Since then we have heard a thousand different stories my Dad uses the cam to check on us while he is gone.  He is a truck driver and likes to see home. My parents live there.  My daughter misses home and it makes her feel better. I am thinking of moving there.  We are coming to the Arlee Pow Wow this summer. The list keeps growing.

We started sharing the images out to Facebook.  Arlee is a community of about 600 souls.  We have over 3,500 fans on Facebook.  Most come for the live webcam posts.  We learned that live webcams reached a wide variety of audiences.  Here is a list of a few more things we learned about the benefits of HD Live Web Cams 

• SEO Benefits
  • Google likes updated content.  The live webcam feed is updated every 2 minutes or less, keeping Google's spider very happy.
• Increase Focused Traffic
  • People visit web cams they are interested in.  They care about the view, weather the view is of the Rocky Mountains or a construction job.  
• Increase Focused Returning Visits​
  • People will come to just check on the webcam.  We read from left to right, we put our ads on the left of the images.  
• Inbound Linking
  • ​It is amazing how many websites link to live webcams.  In bound linking helps with search engine optimization (SEO).
• Auto Created Social Media Content
  • The weather tells a story, and that story changes every single day.  We share the best images and a daily time lapse.
• Increase Social Media Followers
  • ​The web cam images bring people in that care about the subject matter.  
• Increase Social Media Sharing
  • ​Sunrises, sunsets, thunderstorms all have dramatic moments.  Sharing those moments is fun for everyone.
• Printable Images
  • ​Our HD camera quality is beautiful in print as well.
• Provides Seasonal Marketing Materia
  • ​Have you ever gone to a website in the middle of winter - and they have summer pictures up.  Do you wonder if they are closed in the winter?  The webcam keeps the website current.
• And More!