Category: Small Business Websites

Small Biz Owners Thinking of Starting a Website

Michael Hobson has published a short but vital list of 6 Horrendous Web Design No-Nos.  If you are shopping around for a web designer and they suggest the use of any of these techniques, chances are they are more interested in showing off their artistic prowess than in getting your business found on the web…just a …

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Is There Hope for Company-Sponsored Direct Sales Consultant Sites?

Important note: Before employing any of these techniques, please review your Consultant Agreement to be sure you remain within the marketing guidelines set forth by your company. From a strictly ease-of-use standpoint, it’s nice that most direct sales companies provide their distributors with templates for personalized web pages.  Unfortunately, this practice provides reps with limited search engine traffic …

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Custom Social Media Icons

Got a website?  Want to give visitors to your website an easy way to find you on Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, etc?  You could do something like this:     OR…. something like this! Which would YOU rather click on??  I envisioned, designed and then implemented these on my website myself and I am VERY …

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Immediate, Guaranteed Search Engine Rankings!

I stumbled on this meaty little tidbit on Manta.com and thought it was important enough to repost.  So many small business owners are taken in by promises of page 1 Google rankings and immediate results, so they pay exorbitant fees to get on board.  But sink your teeth into this (boldface mine): Investing in SEO? Shop …

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So You’re Not Listed as the Registrant for Your Website. Now What?

So, you’ve discovered you’re not the true owner of your website.  You pay your webmaster for the registration as well as the hosting, and you paid for the design of the site.  Taking all that into account, how can you not be the owner??? When you retained a company or individual to build your site, the …

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