Category Archives: Articles

My articles and tips for how to build a better website, and get the most out of your online marketing efforts. I will try to share as much as I can here, without helping competitors too much.

Web Site Mistakes That Cost You Money – DNS Problems

OK, this is a very basic, but powerful tip that will improve your web site’s performance. It is a problem that I see over and over and over again with web sites that prevents your customers from using your web … Continue reading

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Should you run your entire business web site with blog software?

Blogs are continuing to explode in popularity. In a recent post, I explained why you need a blog, and how to set one up. If you aren’t familiar with blog software and what it is for, then you should read … Continue reading

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How NOT to deploy a blog

I market socially in local networking groups, national trade shows, local trade shows, and here on my blog. To do that much marketing, I have to expose some of my techniques and secrets behind online marketing and what works. That … Continue reading

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Writing better web site content for your web site

One of the biggest (if not THE biggest) challenges in building a new web site for a client, is getting quality written content for the web site that is provided by the client. Jason Cockerham, a web developer at Delaware.Net, … Continue reading

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Local Marketing – Should you help non-profits?

I participate on an email mailing list where other Internet company owners discuss local and national marketing strategies. Sometimes there are great ideas, sometimes not so much. Recently there was a post from someone in the industry about how a … Continue reading

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Why you need a Blog

Blogs. Certainly you have heard of a blog, but many people still don’t know what they are and why they are useful. In this article, I am going to explain what a blog is, why you need one, and how … Continue reading

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How to put real estate MLS listing feeds into your web site

Real estate is once again a hot market – for web developers. Why? Because the real estate market has softened in 2007, and this means that real estate companies finally need to market once again – at least here in … Continue reading

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How I saved a customer from a $4000 Google scam this week

$3750 to be exact, is the amount of money I saved a customer this week because she almost got taken by an internet scam artist. It wasn’t Google (the company) that was scamming her, it was someone claiming they could … Continue reading

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Do you still have that old version of my web site?

I got a call today from an Internet marketing professional that asked me if I had an old version of a web site that we built years ago. She wanted to see how it looked before “another” company redesigned it … Continue reading

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How wide is your web site? How wide should it be?

This question comes up time to time from customers, and it also comes up in our office when we are training a new developer or when we are beginning a new web site. Years ago, it would have been downright … Continue reading

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