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When you look at a Website, what do you see? Value, Budget, Functionality? September 30th, 2008
Often there is a habit, myself included, that the first impression of a website, is determined by a pretty picture or flashy display of some sort, but that is not what counts!
What counts is the functionality, ease of navigation, and of course, the quality of the product being sold.
If I am looking for toothpaste, I want to find toothpaste, but, if I am looking for advice on using toothpaste, well, you get the point.
Every website is as different as the website owner, or it should be. When you hire someone to build a website, there are many things to consider, besides cost. Even a FREE website is worthless if both the designer and the owner do not communicate properly, and that is the biggest problem for both parties. Why?
The designer wants to build the best site they can, but, they are often hindered by what the website or domain owner wants to spend. Hey, enough money can get you the Mona Lisa, but who can afford that?
So, look at the value, what can the designer offer? What is the potential return? What is your budget? Will the site work? Once you put all of these things together, you are just getting started!
What are you plans for the website, now, and later? Can it grow with your business? Does the designer charge for each new page? What will your involvement be? Will you work to make the website better? Will you post new information about your products and company yourself? There are so many questions that you need to ask.
At this point in time, Wordpress, no longer just a personnal blog, but a complete Content Management Solution, Wordpress has so many plugins and such available, that it can be customized to do so many things! If you are a small business owner, that will tell people about your products, and get involved with your website, I can help you! If you know yur way around the web, you can do it your self, but, this is what I do, I can help you, and guess what, I work cheap! In some cases FREE, since this is my hobby.
If you would like more information, use the contact form, just tell me what you need, maybe I can help? If you are just starting out, and have an idea, bounce it off me, I have seen just about all of the stuff that works and doesn’t, just avoid the scams, drop me a note, I am here to help!
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Recent Projects: TrafficComplex.com, if you need traffic to your website, this is the place! July 22nd, 2008
Are you a webmaster in need of traffic to your website?
There are many things that you need to do to get your rankings up, and one is increase traffic, this shows your site is more important than a site that gets no traffic, it is that simple
Google and the other search engines rank your pages according to relevance to the keywords on your site, one way that it becomes apparent is of course what people are actually searching for, once your pages get indexed, and the spiders crawl your site a few gazillion times, they then rate it, if you have more traffic, the better your site looks!
If you want to learn more about how a traffic exchange works just do a little research, and you can start here at TrafficComplex.com, just know this, if you have a Google Adsense account, DO NOT join a traffic exchange, they will drop you, and I mean fast!
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High Fuel Prices: Do bad things ever cause good things? July 14th, 2008
First off, I want to tell you that the high cost of fuel, primarily gasoline, but also propane, and the natural gas used to make electricity, are putting a hurt on me!
I have a pickup that I now drive only twice a week, just to haul off the trash, and to visit a buddy down the street! Why? well, I also have a car, a little one that is good on gas! Here is the biggie, I am now spending about 75 bucks on gasoline a month, just on that truck, the car, which takes me everywhere else, I am spending about $160 a month! I have another buddy spending like $350, so yes, we all feel that, but….
Something that I have had to do a lot of in the past, just because I live in the sticks, is order what I need online! Yes, shipping has gone up, but it beats driving across the country!
If there is anything at all positive in this, it is that business owners with websites, have an advantage over those that don’t. This world wide web can offer opportunities to those that use it, and use it wisely. I’m not saying that every Mom and Pop should go crazy getting a website, but, for those that need an advantage in competitive markets, the Internet can be a major tool.
As you have seen, my nickname is CarpetGuy, why? I am a flooring consultant. As we speak, I have a couple of flooring sites that are about to be completely overhauled! These two sites are in the very first group of sites that I built, so it is just time anyway, but, I have already noticed more traffic, and contacts from the websites. This tells me that instead of driving around looking for flooring, people are shopping on the Internet! Now is the time to make these sites stand out so that when the people finish looking on the web, and get in their car to go get a closer look, I will have a better chance of getting that customer!
Now is a good time to get a Web Presence, even if it is just a basic site with your business info and phone number, if it is set up right, it can help you, especially if you are in an industry that has avoided getting a website in the past. If you need a tip or two, just keep checking out this site, or use the contact us form and drop me a note, maybe I can help?
Tags: advantage, buddy, business, car, flooring, Fuel, gas, gasoline, Internet, month, past, spending, time, web, website
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