Posts Tagged ‘small business’

Welcome to my video tutorial button announcement! Recently I’ve added a tutorial button on all the templates for my website and blog. Located all the way to the top right of every webpage, the tutorial button allows my online visitors to go straight to my video tutorial page to view any of my video tutorials in a single place.

Notice the photo at the left shows the before and after with and without the new “Tutorials” button. With a simple addition of one line in all my website templates it was possible to add the new button for easy access to my tutorials, all on a single page!

If you have an existing website for your small business, I wouldn’t suggest making changes to your own code unless you’re absolutely sure you know what you’re doing. Making template adjustments is something that should be left to your web designer, who would know to backup your original before altering anything. One character change can throw your entire website’s appearance off kilter, so avoid making changes without expert help.

Don’t have a small business website? Your own website could attract traffic to your business and actually bring in customers. Contact me today by phone or email for details on how you can get started right away! Keep posted on my blog and website for more news, tips and advice concerning various topics online from custom website design to the latest trends happening in the internet world.

Having a website isn’t beneficial if it lays stagnant. Search engines detect freshly added content and reward websites that do so on a regular basis.

Adding quality blog posts to your website offers more for search engines to index. Showing up on Google page one could potentially give you more customers, so writing a lot of posts can be advantageous to online promotion.

When writing on your blog, focus on positive aspects of your business and what makes you stand out over your competition.

Most small business owners don’t always have time to write on their blog or website due to the busy schedule of running a company, so I offer blog writing services to promote SEO for many websites online. I speak a language that your target market wants to hear and give your readers a reason to return on a regular basis.

This graph below demonstrates a steady increase in traffic for one of the websites I write for. The website visitor statistics steadily increased partially due to my blog writing service starting in July 2010 to now. Notice the impressive peak of over 1600 page loads in one single day just recently.

If you are interested in adding professional blog posts to your small business blog or website, contact me today for more details! If you don’t have a blog or website, I can make that a reality for you as well! Keep posted on my blog for more news, tips and advice concerning website design, blogging, and the internet in general.

An algorithm is an ever-changing formula developed for search engines which decides the order that websites are indexed upon searches. This constantly evolving algorithm uses data collected by actual human ratings of what makes websites trustworthy.

Thousands of websites were rated by experts on the basis of many factors. Some questions that were considered include whether the articles are duplicated, if the content is original and whether the author seems to be an authority on the topics written about.

Grammar and spelling errors are even taken into consideration upon the rating of these websites by the panel of experts. The computer’s program then bases rankings in search engines on these factors.

The Panda Algorithm is the most recent of these formulas that Google depends upon to form the website page ranking order. First developed in February 2011, there have been many more additional tweaks made for search improvements. Taking into consideration what makes a website trustworthy now can help your website achieve better search results.

From a website design standpoint, the new factors taken into consideration gives a basis on which to create website content for my clients. I give thought to the trustability of the content, providing topics that readers would have genuine interest in, and whether I would trust the website with my credit card information. The algorithms are not just beginning to think like website critiquing experts, but have been for a long time now.

Happy Thanksgiving, happy holidays and warm wishes to your family! Bookmark my blog for news, tips and advice in the computer world, and contact me for details on starting a small business website of your own today!

Advertising with YouTube may be a good idea to promote your small business. Make your own YouTube video and post the link on your Facebook, or embed the video on your blog. Whatever you do, adding a YouTube video could be an easy way to get you more business with a personal touch.

Even someone with little computer knowledge can make a video. Producing a quick Video is really easy to do, and can be about whatever you want, of course never posting anything illegal on the website. Give an instruction tutorial on something you think there may be a need for, interest your readers with a video blog, or show the physical location of your business in action. Having a video with yourself in it creates a personal touch that your readers can relate to.

Uploading the video to YouTube is about as easy as uploading or saving it to your computer. Either create an account or log into an existing one then click the “upload” link at the top right of youtube.com. Once you have a video uploaded you can review any positive or negative feedback you may receive and adjust these factors for your next video. Remember you are making your video viewable to the world, and should consider being responsible for the video content and be careful with the amount of information you disclose.

Keep posted on my website for news, tips and advice concerning small business website design, and contact me today for options and ideas concerning a custom website design for your own business.

Adding custom social media buttons on your website or blog gives your online visitors the option to “Share” on Facebook, “Tweet” on Twitter, or add your site to multiple other social media websites on the net.

Allowing your website visitors to be able to share and tweet about your blog or website allows you to have more exposure in your business online. More exposure on social media websites could bring you more traffic and in turn, more potential clients.

I recently added these buttons to every page of my website and blog, and can offer the same service to you, if you have a website or blog set up already. Adding these social media buttons to EVERY page of your blog or website could be a very timely process for you, so you may want someone like me to handle that for you.

Don’t have a blog or website? Contact me today for details on just what it takes to get started! Keep posted on my blog and website for news, tips and advice concerning custom website design.

For directions on adding Google +1, Facebook share, Twitter tweet, and other social media buttons on every page of your blog or website, have a look at this Google Plus One Button Tutorial.

Recently my computer did an automatic update from the old Beta version of Internet Explorer to the new Internet Explorer 9. I was happy with the Beta version that I had been using for the last couple months, and the upgrade was a very subtle difference.

With the Beta Internet Explorer there were some issues uploading photos to Yahoo, which still seems to be a problem. The photo upload to Yahoo works fine in Firefox, so this error isn’t due to server related or Yahoo updates.

There were no problems with YouTube’s compatibility with IE9 Beta or Tinypic.com, and as suspected this is still the case. I also noticed the IE9 Beta version would not allow the user to log into Tinychat.com or Stickam.com to group video chat and that issue seems to be resolved as well.

Overall everything seems fine with the update to Internet Explorer 9 and displays properly for all my websites concerning video and audio. Have a look at Internet Explorer 9 at beautyoftheweb.com

Visit my blog and website regularly for news, tips, advice and updates in the internet world as we know it. Contact me today about a custom website design for your small business by phone or email today!

2010 was a great year as far as custom CMS website design and I’m looking forward to digging into 2011. Holiday greetings from myself to all of you and your families. Thanks to everyone for making it a great year and I’m looking forward to small business website design projects in the near future.

This past year, I’ve completed a few website redesigns, added a lot of content on a handful of websites, wrote a half dozen published articles, converted some blogs to WordPress, produced video, recorded an Audio Report on Custom CMS Web Design and a series of other projects online.

Whether you need a blog or a custom cms web design, CodeRepair can help. Some small business website owners don’t have time to add content to their existing website. Why have a blog without adding content to it? I offer services to ensure your blog grows and attracts traffic from search engines.

Keep posted on my blog for tips and advice on custom website design, and bookmark my website to pass on to your friends. Explore my resources section for a great deal of useful tools online as well. If you or someone you know would like a website and have a domain in mind, contact me today by phone or email. Turning your visitors into return customers is the main objective to bear in mind as you promote your website online. Wishing you and your families warm holidays and a Happy New Year!

When planning to design a website many considerations should be thought about. You get what you pay for, and cutting corners is definitely the wrong way to succeed. There’s no reason to design a website that needs to be scrapped and redesigned 6 months down the road. Your web design plan should be thinking years ahead towards business goals and potential growth.

Even with a small business you want to promote a professional image online, and it’s rare that you’ll find a product or service that doesn’t have competition. Unless you have something that’s absolutely unique, there’s always competition out there, and people tend to pick the top websites that give a great first impression. Do it right the first time instead of pulling your hair out later.

When you’re in a business with little competition, you corner that market, but when there are great numbers of others that do the same thing you do, you may not be in demand. Your website needs to give the first impression that you’re the biggest and best at what you do, helping you obtain credibility. The idea is to compete with all the other businesses that are in your same business niche. It’s not who you are and what you do, but it’s the PERCEPTION of who you are and what you CAN do for someone when your potential customers find your website online.

Online shoppers want to go with the top website for what they need, and these are usually larger companies or corporations. They want to spend their money wisely and already know what the competition offers. Anyone shopping online has done research and gathered information on the product that interests them before they even get to your website.

Marketing sales and strategy is what it’s about. Let’s say your competition has a 500 page website online for the same products or services you offer on a 5 page site. Online visitors would probably find your competition first unless you have a well-developed, growing website. If all your budget can handle for now is a 5 page website, perhaps further development as your business grows could be an option.

Bookmark my blog and website for tips and advice in the world of website design. Contact me today with some ideas for a small business website today. Review some of these Business Marketing Tips and Advice as well.

Utilizing SEO to improve your website’s stickiness could be a great way to gain more traffic from website visitors and possibly increase the income of your business. The more visitors that arrive at your website strengthens any chances to gain more potential customers. The first challenge is to define how stickiness and SEO work.

First to define the difference between stickiness and SEO. SEO is what gets websurfers online to arrive on your website, whereas stickiness is what keeps them there. Of course more information on your website will encourage your website visitors to dig more into your information and resources, but the key is to have what you offer to be easily accessible. Using links that direct your online visitors to what they are looking for is important so navigation is easy for them.

Of course, directing website visitors to your website to just harvest information and leave is worthless unless you can convert some of those visitors into paying customers. The importance lies in defining your business and making it clear what you offer, and what makes your company stand out above the rest. Define your business niche and give examples of why you stand above the rest. Give your website visitors a “call to action” to interest them in what you do and desire to use your services.

In my case, custom CMS website design services, I’ve gotten all my customers to Google page one for key phrases that describe their business niche. Using nondeceitful methods and techniques of SEO in a variety of ways is what separates CodeRepair from a majority of web design services offered today. Promotion is not just about a pretty website or flashy photos and videos, but just like a car, what is under the hood to drive your business to success makes an impact. Learn more about using SEO to promote your business.

Need a website for your small business? Feel free to email me with questions or bookmark my blog and website for tips and advice on custom CMS small business website design.

Proper website design strategies are important to give value to what you have online. Using the appropriate strategies to promote your business website could not only increase your clientele, but also assure that you aren’t penalized for deceitful means of gaining popularity online.

The purpose of a good business website is to get attention from search engines, and in turn receive the traffic you need to turn your visitors into potential customers. Use natural methods of SEO such as having orignial content, adding pages to your website frequently, blogging often to increase SEO, and using valid code to be indexed by search engines. Because there is so much importance in the engine that drives your website, having the best there is to offer would put your business website on the cutting edge of taking on the competition. That’s exactly what CodeRepair offers.

Turn your visitors into customers by offering them a call to action, and give them reasons why your company stands out above the rest. Bookmark my blog and website for tips and advice for your small business to get the boost it needs to be competitive in today’s market, and contact me today by phone or email for more details on how to obtain a website that generates the income you as a business owner desire. For more about ideas to get started promoting online, review my post on small business website home page advice.