A new website! You’ve been thinking about starting one for awhile now. You’ve kicked the idea around for months, thought it all through, and now you’re ready to make it happen. But you don’t know how to build a website, so you’re going to hire a designer to build it for you. Easy enough, right? Just place a quick “I need a website. What will it cost me?” ad on Craigslist, and evaluate the responses…right? What could be simpler….right? (more…)
If you’re a small business owner, maybe you don’t even have a website yet. Do you really need a blog?
I’d say that small business owners need websites and blogs more than anyone. If you’ve tried to start a business you know how hard it can be to gain traction. You need to reach out to the maximum amount of potential customers, and having an online presence is a great way to do that. The reasons for having a website should be evident (anyone reading this blog probably already has an appreciation for what the internet means to a small business), but the reasons for having a blog may not be as immediately apparent. (more…)
I realize that many new website owners can quickly become overwhelmed by the learning curve associated with establishing and running a new website. Add to that, new website owners are usually new business owners as well, so the information overload is already present even before they set out to start a website.
To that end, I’ll use this blog to publish information that I feel new website owners will find helpful and informative. I hope to post on a variety of topics related to website design and development, search engine optimization, blogging, etc. I’ll make every effort to be clear, avoid technical terms (or at least define them), and write my content for those with little or no prior knowledge of my subject. I’m perfectly willing to do a little ‘hand-holding’ to help you understand any web-related topic, and I welcome questions from my readers. Like they told you in school, “The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask”.