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Q: What are the most important things I need to know about starting an online business?
A: Do you dream of having a business of your own and wonder about all of the things you might
need to know, but you don't know who to ask or what to ask? If so, below is an interview I
did on Blog Talk Radio regarding the most important things someone will need to know when
starting their own online business. This interview will give you an inside look into what
to do or not to do when creating your online business! We hope this interview will give
you a good sense of where to begin and what to do. Just click play to listen...
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Q: What type of category menu systems are available?
A: We currently offer 6 custom created website category menu styles to choose from:
- Menu Style Choice #1 (the top button & drop down menu)
- Menu Style Choice #2 (the top button menu)
- Menu Style Choice #3 (the top links & drop down menu)
- Menu Style Choice #4 (the top links menu)
- Menu Style Choice #5 (the side button & link menu)
- Menu Style Choice #6 (the side button menu)
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Q: What steps are taken when you are creating a website?
A: Several steps are taken during a website creation. I have listed them below:
Step #1: Choosing A Domain Name
You will need a domain name for your website. A domain name is a registered address
or name for your website. There are many options for domain name extensions. Some examples
are: .com, .net, .info, .biz or .org. When choosing a domain name, please be mindful of
SEO. Pick a domain name that directly represents your company which will help
you reach a higher ranking in the search engines. Owning your domain name
restricts others from using your business name & it also adds the address to
your name so internet users can find your website. You may also use a
domain that you already own from somewhere else that's not from the
below suggested domain companies to use.
We ask that you purchase & chose your own domain name. We would like to recommend
www.godaddy.com,
www.mydomain.com,
or www.domains.wahmmy.com,
for purchasing your domain name. The cost will be appx. $9.99 per year.
When you purchase your domain name,
please include your keywords that you want to be found in the search engines for
in your domain name as that will help your website a lot with
SEO (search engine optimization)
and your ranking in the search engines.
Step #2: Choosing A Category Menu Style
You will need to choose a website menu style that suits you best! You currently have 6
menu styles available to pick from! Each menu style is custom created from scratch by
us! If you are only going to have a few pages, then menu style #'s 2, 4, 5, & 6 would
work best for you! If you need alot of website pages then menu style #'s 1, 3, 5, & 6
would work best for you! If you plan to have more then 3 rows of categories, we'd
be happy to custom create a cascading drop down menu for you! As you can see,
we always custom create websites with our clients specific needs in mind!
Step #3: Choosing A Color Scheme & Design Template
You will need to choose what you would like for a color scheme, background (striped,
polka dotted, plaid, scroll, stars, etc), & fonts! That's right! You have a choice! We
will pull you into every aspect of the creation of your website! We offer very chic,
elegant, hip, affordable, professional website designs that you won't find any
where else! Before you decide on a color scheme etc, we would like to ask
that you take a look at our design templates
to see some of the designs we currently offer so you can get some ideas of
what you would like to have for your custom website design template!
If you would like to use one of the design templates we currently offer, please
let us know! Please let us know if you see anything on the design templates
that you like so that we can incorporate it into your website design! You
can even mix and match any of the design templates that we offer! Your
custom designed website will be created from scratch with your specific
wants & needs in mind! No cookie cutters here!
Step #4: The Creation Of The Complete Website
Once we have created your custom website design template, category menu system, & implemented
the layout structure of the website, we will provide you a "peeka boo" link so that you can
watch the progress & the implementing that goes into creating your complete custom designed
website! We will first create your home page & ask you to approve it! Once the home page
design, menu system, & layout structure of the website has been approved, we will then
start creating the rest of your website pages so that we can start adding all of the
products, services, images, content, descriptions, prices, & shopping
cart to your website!
While we are creating your template design, menu, & layout structure... you will
need to decide which and how many pictures & products you plan to carry on your website!
You will need to decide how you want the products to be titled & write up
descriptions for each of your products. You will need to write up any text
content you want to be placed in your website pages. When creating your
content for your web pages please keep your keywords in mind that you
want to be found in the search engines for! This will help with your
SEO. Please also remember when you are providing the content for your
web pages to personalize your website! Show your personality within
your web pages! A website is an entity of who you are! It will allow
those who have not yet met you, to see who you are inside!
Make your website interesting to visitors!!
Step #5: Shopping Cart Set Up & PayPal
We create websites that use the PayPal shopping cart system. PayPal is known for
only allowing it's shopping cart users two drop downs & no coupons; however, we
have created scripts that will allow our clients to offer as many options as they
want and even offer coupon discount codes they can give to their customers. Our
custom scripts allow us to combine all options before the customer gets to the
PayPal check out section. In case you don't know, PayPal is the most secure
on-line money system available! PayPal accepts all major credit cards (Visa,
Master Card, Amex, Discover, bank account, PayPal account funds) and your
customers are NOT REQUIRED to have a PayPal account to purchase from you!
Your customers would just use their credit card like any other online pay system,
it will just be processed through PayPal. PayPal automatically encrypts ALL
confidential information using a Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL)! The regular
http:// address turns into https:// which means it's SECURE!
You will need a PayPal account to accept payments automatically through
your website. If you don't already have a free PayPal account,
click here
to sign up for one.
Step #6: Hosting
We offer very affordable and reliable hosting for all of your hosting needs!
Our hosting cost is only $45 a year. We are fast in creating our client's
hosting accounts, we are super affordable, always reliable, and we offer the
best hosting support around. We pride ourselves in offering our clients the
very best! I try very hard to give my clients the best deal for their money!
I offer experience so that my clients can have exactly what they want for their
business! We will always be here to support you in all of your web needs!
Step #7: Take The Time To Promote Your Business
It is so important to promote your business! Many people think that because they have a
website and great products as soon as they go "live" on the web and are open for business
that people will just automatically come to their website and start buying! This is not at
all what happens. To be completely honest, it takes time and alot of work to build a business
and your customer base! After you create your products, create a beautiful website, completed
the Organic SEO
needed... you then have to spend alot of time spreading the word about your business
and the products you offer! It can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years to start seeing sales
depending on what you offer, how competitive your niche is, and the customer demand for what
you offer! SEO is essential to every business, but it's not the only thing a business owner
should rely on!
You will need to work very hard to spread the word about your business. You will need to promote
your business website by handing out business cards, joining networking groups,
participating in link exchanges,
joining top 100 sites, passing out flyers, offering coupons for repeat or new customers,
sponsoring giveaway contests, blogging, asking people to do product reviews for you, commenting on other people's blogs, hold a contest
yourself on your blog or website, make friends, write articles, do fundraisers, do home
parties, purchase advertising space from businesses who have large amounts of traffic,
and the list continues to go on! We all need to be realist when it comes to having a
business and what it really entails. Success is out there... you just have to take the
time and do the work needed to be able to reach up and grasp it!
For more info on marketing/promoting your site, please read my article
"How To Gain Free Advertising"! |
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Q: Will I own my domain name & my website or will it belong to you?
A: All of our clients own their domain name and their website along with all of their
website property! Period! We will happily maintain your website for you, but
your domain name and website is all yours! |
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Q: My business is small & our products are not sold online, do I still need a website?
A: Yes, if you have a business, no matter if it's online or offline, you should have a
website. Period. No question. Without a doubt! Not only do you need a website... but you
have to have a professional looking website if you want to be taken seriously. Since many
consumers now search for information online prior to making a purchase at an offline store,
your website may be the first chance you have at making a really good first impression on
a potential buyer. If your website looks like it was designed by someone without experience,
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Q: Should I choose a site builder or have a website created for me by a webmaster?
A: You will need to decide which is going to work best for you and what you want for
your business. Having a site builder and having a website created specifically for
you are two very different experiences. Alot of business owners think about going
the site builder route because most people don't know where to go to get a website
created specifically for them or they don't want to spend the money that it
costs to get a website created for them. Many want to go the free or low
budget route but either one of those avenues are not going to look professional
enough to allow a business to go forward and grow... so it often becomes a
loss right from the start. A website is a gateway to all of the people you
have not yet met... so you need to see a website as a very important business
investment!
A LOT of people have trouble starting a business with a site builder. Most people
who have site builders... do not own their site builders. They typically rent the site
builder each month. If this is the case, they don't own their website. The person (company)
they rent from owns it. Most web companies do not support you after a site builder purchase
has been made. Often, the web companies don't even take the time to really teach their
users how to work the site builder! Too many people get left to struggle with site
builders ALONE. With site builders you have to do everything yourself. You have
to have the knowledge or skills to be able to add your own pages, directories, shopping
cart buttons, products, etc. You name it... you have to do it yourself. Site builders
are also very limiting in everything they offer. You can't pick which kind of menu you
will have. You can't add features that are not provided by the site builder! Unfortunately,
because site builders are very limiting... they cause a huge amount of unnecessary
frustration and stress for their users (business owners).
Many of our clients tried the site builders and decided that it wasn't for them! They
decided it was more convenient and less stressful to have a webmaster create a website
for them. When you have a website created for you by your webmaster... none of the
above site builder issues happen. The web world becomes your oyster and your choices and
options become almost endless! You must have a webmaster that is experienced and is able
to give you all the things you might want for your business! You as the owner of the
website... get the say in how the website is created, designed, & structured!
Everything! You tell the developer what they want and the webmaster gets it done...
without you having to deal with the stress of struggling with your site builder to
get these things accomplished. You give the webmaster the information you want to add
to the site and they do it for you. You then get to concentrate on your networking,
selling your products, getting your business name out there without having to worry
about the website. Webmasters are fairly inexpensive and are very valuable. It is
also very important that you find a webmaster that knows SEO and who can get you
up in the search engines. SEO is very important and if you don't get your website
into the search engines... you will be missing out on a lot of traffic and business
that you could be getting.
Many website companies will offer to buy your domain (URL) for you and they often offer
domain, site builder, & hosting package combos as well! THIS IS A TRAP that alot of
business owners fall into! Do NOT allow this because that means they own your domain
name and your website and you don't! Down the road, if you chose to leave them and
want to take your website and domain with you... you can't! You will be forced to
stay with them or you will have to start all over! After spending alot of time
building your business... this could be a huge blow to you! You don't want to have
to go through this in the future so please be careful!!! You have to protect yourself...
because not everyone is going to be honest with you!! You always want to make
sure that you are the owner of all of your business property!
If you would like to know more about the differences between having a webmaster and a
site builder, please read my article "Old Fashioned Coding vs Site Builders". |
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Q: Why should I hire you over a big corporation?
A: You should hire us over the "big guys" because we offer you alot of experience for the
fraction of their prices! We pride ourselves in offering our clients the very best! We are
very experienced & skilled in all of the services that we offer! We try very hard to
give our clients the best deal for their money! We offer experience so that our clients
can have exactly what they want for their businesses! We will work our hardest to give
you a design that reflects your business & your personality as well as make sure that
your website, blog, etc meet all of your business needs!! We will listen to your needs
& wants & deliver what it is that you are looking for. We write all code by hand,
create our own java scripts, css stylesheets, php forms, graphic designs, & we are
also very well versed in
Organic SEO (search engine optimation) as well. We do it all! We stand out because
we offer very affordable prices, tons of experience, & amazing designs that make you
say "WOW"!! We are very professional, decrete, & attentive to all of our
client's needs... big or small. We are confident you'll love our services. We will
always be here to support you in all of your web needs! |
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Q: What does "custom designed" mean??
A: The term "custom designed" means that you will get a ONE OF A KIND design that
is created just for you with your specific wants & needs in mind! I will do everything I can to
take all of your website wants and needs and put them all together to make your dream
website a reality! I believe that you deserve to have your own unique design rather
then have the same old design as everyone else. I believe you deserve a design that
reflects your personality... who you are... & your product wisely. |
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Q: How will my website be customized for me?
A: Every part of your website will be custom created for you by us with your
specific needs & wants in mind! We will custom design your website graphics,
your header/logo, your menu, & your design template structure/layout for you!
You have the freedom to choose your own fonts, color scheme, layout, menu
style, background, etc! We aim very high to please our clients! |
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Q: How long does it take to get a website up & running?
A: Our website creation time is estimated at 2 - 4 weeks depending on how
quickly the information needed to create the website is provided to us.
Sometimes it's sooner... sometimes it's later when our client's don't
give us the information we need for a while. We often have several
client sites we are working on all at one time which includes new
client custom creations! Please be assured, we split our time fairly
so that we can provide all of our clients quality dependable services!
Your happiness is very important to us!
Due to the high demand of our services we have to complete
work for all of our clients on a first come first serve basis. Please understand
that we must spread out our time fairly between ALL of our clients equally. |
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Q: Once my website has been created, will you maintain it for me?
A: We not only will create the website for you, but we will also maintain your website
for you as well! After your website is completed, we charge $20 per hour for any
changes or maintenance to the website. Changes or maintenance includes, but
is not limited to adding a category link to a page, page content, store name
or slogan changes, a page or form addition,
graphic changes, image sizing, adding or changing a product description,
product price, or picture,
Organic SEO changes needed, etc. If you don't request us to
make changes to your website, then you will not be charged
for us to maintain your website for you!
Our Motto - There is no minimum and if it takes more time to record it for
billing than it does to make the revision, we just don't bother billing it! |
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Q: Do you offer flash designed websites?
A: We offer flash graphics for those clients who want them; however, we ABSOLUTELY DO NOT
offer flash designed websites and we DO NOT recommend them either! Flash designed
websites may look really cool & super fancy, but in all honesty it truly isn't. It's
horrible for
Organic SEO (search engine optimation) and it's annoying to those who do not have
high speed internet! Please keep in mind that there are still millions of people who
still use dial-up and Flash designed websites can literally take HOURS to load for
dial-up users. Please remember... you are creating your website for potential
clients - not for yourself. Having flash graphics is perfectly fine, but having
a flash website will only delay your customer from browsing your website which will
ultimately result in less customers & less sales! |
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Q: What is the difference between static and animated graphics?
A: A static graphic is a non-moving graphic which means that it does not flash and you can
place only a small amount of text or graphics on it. An animated graphic is a flashing or
blinking graphic that you can place a large amount of information on it, but please
remember the more information you add to your animated graphic the longer it
will take to load... so be careful not to over load your animated graphic! |
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Q: Do you offer payment plans?
A: Yes, we offer payment plans to those who can not afford the entire cost of a website
package upfront! You would need to pay 50% down and then pay affordable payments until
the remaining balance is paid in full! Complete payment is expected before the website
can go live. Please contact us to make arrangements! |
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Q: Can I add additional pages or forms later?
A: Yes, you are always welcome to add to your website anytime you like. You can
add additional product selling pages (limit of 6 products per page) or informational
pages at our hourly maintenance rate of $20.
If you would like to add a form (where a user can fill in their information & it
is sent directly to you) added to your website, the cost is $25 per form.
These prices allow for 1 hour of work on each page or form you choose to add.
Click here to
purchase the # of forms you'd like to add to your website!
***Please note that the time allotted is an "actual real time" estimate. |
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Q: I have a complicated site and I used more time than my package allows.
A: If the amount of work involved on any service you purchase exceeds the
specified amount of time allotted due to the complexity of the website
or multiple requests for changes to the site, any extra time will be
billed to you at our hourly maintenance rate of $20! We reserve
the right to say when you have exhausted our services in
which you paid for, so please stay within reason. |
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Q: How will you bill me for revisions to my website?
A: Once the requested maintenance to your website has been completed, we will
invoice you for our time & services through PayPal. If a change to your
website takes 5 minutes, that is exactly what you'll get charged. |
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Q: What's the cost to add link exchanges or top 100 banners to my website?
A: Adding other business's or top 100 banners or links = $2.50 per link.
Removing other business's or top 100 banners or links = FREE. |
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Q: How do I get content added to my website pages?
A: Please note that we DO NOT supply any website page content for you. You must
supply all of the content that you have on your pages! A website is a side entity of
who you are! It's very important for your website pages to have your views and
personality in them! Your website is a gateway to all of the people you
have not yet met! It would be unethical for us to supply your website page
content because we would be placing our views & personality into your
pages! We go by a very strong code of ethics!! Do
not worry, if you get stuck or do not know what to do, we will be
here to help you through the entire website creation process! |
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Pay conveniently by credit card, debit card or echeck through PayPal... no PayPal
account required. Your satisfaction is so very important to us, so if you have any
specific requests, concerns, or questions, please feel free to contact us! |
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