I am not a tourist!

Here's a great event for your diary .....

Don’t miss the “i am not a tourist” Madrid on Friday, 6 May. It’s all an expat needs to make the most of life in Spain & it’s free to join!

Whether you have lived here for 10 days or 10 years, make sure you keep Friday, 6 May free on your calendars for this once-a-year opportunity.

“i am not a tourist” 2011 will be an interactive extravaganza of experts and companies specialising in expatriate life, workshops, networking and entertainment. We’ve invited over 40 exhibitors to offer you a helping hand. Have a chat with a recruitment agent, get a word of advice on health insurance or banking, compare international schools and universities, join a group / club or just take the chance to mix with hundreds of like-minded internationals.

Get invaluable information about surviving abroad Attend seminars on landing that perfect job, banking, or setting up a business, and enjoy great entertainment and networking opportunities.

The programme includes a yoga workshop and wine tasting as well as on-stage performances and even a SpeedDate. And don't hesitate to bring your family along; we have set aside a whole room just for them! DKV Globality, Staysure and Clements International proudly sponsor the “i am not a tourist” Fair 2011 and will be there to answer all your questions regarding insurance.

Get your FREE tickets now at: http://www.iamnotatourist.es/.

A touch of Red ... Line

When we started our online baby site Indybel a couple of years ago we shopped around for a logo and web designer and met with several companies. None were quite right and then I remembered Redline whom I had met while working for another company. We immediately liked working with Redline as they are a very 'female' friendly company. This is important as many companies over here are run by egotisitcal males who don't really think women should be in business! ( It's true! Sorry guys ) The girls who run Redline are both hugely talented and very supportive of small businesses. We also felt Redline were right for our logo as we felt that a logo for a baby store should be designed by women but most of all they gave the best pitch!




Two years on ( and having received many complements about our logo, we still have a good working relationship with Redline. As well as the logo, they have designed our flyers which again we've had huge compliments about ( One man even told me they were the most professional looking flyers he'd seen on the Coast! ) our business cards, delivery labels and exhibition banners. They are just about to start work on our new catalogue which we are very excited about.



In this climate of chop and change we are really pleased to have been able to secure a good relationship with a company that we value and enjoy working with. Redline make design a hugely relaxing process which is great and their prices are very reasonable.



Redline are based in Marbella and specialise in graphic design, marketing, exhitibions, pr, web design, SEO, copywriting and much much more .... Check out their website at www.redlinecompany.com

SEO Spain

When we started Indybel a couple of years ago we had very little concept of Search Engine Optomisation. I liked to pretend that I knew what I was talking about but in truth it was little more than an IT buzz word BUT we did know that 'it' was incrediably important to the growth our company!

Once our website was up and running I was given the job of 'SEO' as I was the more technical of the two of us and I was used to copywriting from my previous career and so I began a rather interesting education in SEO ... A friend gave me lots of advice and pointed me in the way of a couple of helpful websites and I began to use SEO on our website to help improve the our rankings in the search engines. I actually quite enjoy SEO, I think you are either an SEO type person or not. There is a huge amount to learn and a huge amount you can do to help your site, much of which is very creative and I've found that if you think creatively about SEO you can have a lot of fun with it and increase your rankings through the most unlikely means. The tricky thing about trying to do SEO in Spain of course is that you have to think about it in two languages!





I'm still very limited by what I can do in terms of technical skill and I'm still a bit of an SEO novice but I'm learning new stuff every day! Recently I was lucky enough to be contacted by Mike from Spain SEO who very kindly commended me on the work we'd done on the site so far and offered a huge amount of invaluable SEO advice to help me move things to the next level. This week I have started to tentatively put his advice into practice and I am sure it's going to make a huge difference to our rankings over the next few months ...

Spain SEO have a blog where they outline SEO basics and their services. If you are stuck in SEO no mans land ( or even in Spain ) and are looking for a friendly and easy to understand SEO site then I can't recommend this one highly enough. And if you're looking for friendly and easy to understand advice and help then I'd def suggest giving Spain SEO a call ....

Would you like to work for Indybel?

We are looking for Indybel Agents.

Are you a mum in Spain, great saleswoman or do you just love shopping?

We are looking for agents who can promote Indybel and our products in their area.

This is a great opportunity for new or expectant mums across Spain and anyone who is resourceful, creative and enjoys a challenge!

To find out more including how to apply please email info@indybel.com