November, 2006

Things You Need To Consider In A Web Hosting Company

Make sure you do a little research on your web hosting company. If you’re still looking for a good one try to call their technical support line during a weekday.  See how long it takes them to answer the phone. Also make sure that they have excellent web site statistics that show where your traffic is coming from. This will be more important as your marketing efforts begin. Verify that...

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Design Tips That Improve Traffic & Sales

You’ll have to decide whether you want to do the web site design yourself or hire it out to a professional.  I’m surprised at how many times I talk to people that tell me it will be a long time before they can make some changes to their web sites.  Most of the time, it’s because their niece had originally done their site over a spring break weekend and she’s in...

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How To Choose The Right Domain Name

This is a very important topic because a GREAT domain name can make a HUGE difference in your sales.  There are 5 things that are crucial when picking the domain name for your business.   #1) Own your domain name!  I recommend that you don’t even consider building an Internet business unless you OWN your own domain.  It’s just too much work to take the risk...

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Why You Must Treat Your Mailing List Like Gold

The most important aspect of your business is your customer and prospect database.  Treat it like gold!  You should be collecting as many names and email addresses as you can because these will be your hottest prospects for future sales.  It is much easier to sell something to somebody that has already been to your site at least once.  You should really have two...

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Internet Marketing

Internet commerce  reached 5 trillion dollars by the end of 2005 with over 1 billion global users, 15% of the world’s population! This is a 70% compounded annual growth rate from the approximately 350 billion that was spent in the year 2000. There is tremendous opportunity out there, especially for those that get their web sites established now! To compete in today’s Internet...

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