Archive for the 'Life On The Web' Category

GBs and Gbs of Web Hosting

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

What is web hosting you ask? Web hosting refers to the service that a webmaster provides to ensure your website and email at your domain name stay up and running 24/7. Think of web hosting as renting space on a special computer that stays on all the time to keep your precious [...]

Why Does Small Business Website Design Take so Long?

Friday, February 27th, 2009

You have an established offline business and you feel the time is right to take advantage of the internet and the opportunities it presents. You want to be online a.s.a.p. to maximize exposure, not to mention you have ordered new stationary with your domain name on it! Your web designer then informs you the project [...]

What’s Your Business Online Attitude?

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

This article was prompted by some customer support work I was involved in for a private members site. One of the paid subscription members wanted someone to look over his website and give an opinion of what we thought of its design.
It was clear from the email that they had been online for a while [...]

Elegant and Pleasing Brochures

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Did you know that the key to making professional brochures is by sticking to the fundamentals and the basics? The answer is yes. There are tips that you need to understand in order to come up with the crucial elements needed to make a lasting brochure design with the professional twist. You need to know [...]

Mom & Pop Internet Business Thrives After Dot Com Bomb-Part I

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Bill & Christi Rowe have been saving for retirement for years.
While they have been investing in their retirement, they have
been investing in their retirement business. In 1999, they
started Shop Bag End Celtic Jewelry Gifts, a Celtic
jewelry shop on the Internet with online credit card processing,
shopping carts, and a professional looking web site.
Year by year, the [...]

A Little Something Extra For Your Clients

Friday, January 30th, 2009

As a writer, editor, web designer, forum maven, etc. [boy, I sound multi-talented!] I try to give my clients a/k/a customers a little something extra whenever or wherever possible. No, not so that they take advantage of my kindness, rather to show that I go the extra mile for them. Hey, it is a competitive [...]

Effective Website Content – The Top 10 Ideas That’ll Keep Bringing ‘Em Back

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

1. Information:

The number one seller on the Internet is information.
Have lots of relevant, free information on your site for your visitors to read, and keep adding more and they’ll keep coming back to read it.

2. Top Ten Lists:

Always popular are Top Ten Lists … or Top Seven Lists, or whatever number you [...]

Knowing When is Enough

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

How many times hove you been to a website and could not tell where the ads stop and the content begins? You spend a few minutes trying to figure out what the site does? And then you leave.
Knowing when is enough can be a tricky thing. It also depends on what you’re trying to do [...]

3 Rules of Website Designing and Layout

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Now that you have got your domain name registered, your next worry is about designing a website or getting it designed, depending on your budget,inclination and knowledge.
To help the newbie’s start it right – Design your website before getting the domain name registered. Why park an empty domain on the web just like that? Why [...]

My Domain Name is Already Taken

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Let’s face it. Many of the simple, easy to remember domain names have already been taken. So what do you do if you have a product or business name that you want a domain for, and it’s already taken? There are several different options.
Many domain name registrars will also suggest alternative names if your domain [...]