ADLANDS' DIGEST
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Vol. 1 issue #249 Jul, 19, 2001
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C o n t i n u i n g D i
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1.Don't pay Yahoo $200 for site
review
~Vivian
2.No more hits/MLM Sites only
~Patty Baldwin
~Andy Sparks
3.I have an
"extractor" program.
~Robert Lee
~Steve Pronger
4.Is Free still O.K.?
~Audra Gehrke
~Joe Shadwick
5.Mailing list for my web site
~Bob Cortez
~Earl Savage
~Robert Keating
6.How to recover your website from
BigStep
~Pauline Wendy Phillips
N e w P o s
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1.Julia
~ New At This
2.Wendy
~ I need GOOD advice please.
3.Michael Johns
~Why don't people like MLM's
4.Jeff Irwin
~Help Appreciated
5.Lou Harrison-Smith
~Newsletter.
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3.Mike Hills
~http://www.10dollars20ads.com/
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~http://www.navehumor.com
2.Robert Lee
~http://www.skyeman.com
3.Robert Lee
~http://www.LowCostTraining.com
4.Robert Lee
~http://personals.thehot50.com
G u e s t A r t i c l e
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=================Success
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From:Geoff Dodd
Hi Bogdan,
MY UNEXPECTED SUCCESS STORY
I was not a firm believer in MLM
programs
until early June when an unexpected
sign-
up turned the tide of my Internet
Destiny
forever.
Let me outline the steps of what
exactly
happened, so that your readers
might
learn how having faith in
multi-level
marketing might some day bring them
long term wealth!
My sponsor at GoingPlatinum was
smart
enough to keep mailing lists and he
passed on 'inside information'
being for
'Team Leaders only..' 'top
marketers are
needed to take this to the
Internet....'
You know, the pre- pre-Launch hype
you
get, 'get involved early',
basement/ground
floor opportunity, 'high position
in the
matrix'...... all that!
[Which I now take very seriously!
Give it
due consideration!]
The pre-launch was for
TheSuccessWebsite:
http://www.thesuccesswebsite.com/1600/
which I remember thinking was a lot
like
'Sixfigureincome'.. though 'TSW'
runs a
5x7 forced matrix compensation
plan, so
'the quicker I was to get
started..' true: 'the more spillover would drop like
manna from Heaven into my matrix.'
Well, spillover was all I could
score, from
January to 2 June. It wasn't for a
lack of
trying... For months I made
doorways, gateways, pop-ups, mailed to safe opt-in
lists, e-mailed friends and
family...but the KEY was to meet and chat with one
key networker, operating out of
South Korea.
A surprise e-mail came. He had seen
my
page in 'NoMoreHits' in his browser
start-
up (exchange) and said that he was
a
Team Leader of 1,000. Later, I
learned
that 'Mr M.' was a 25 year old
student of
mechanical engineering. Once he
joined
'TSW' he got to work: stayed up 2
days &
2 nights building lead-in websites,
one in
English (for The States) and one in
Korean.
It all happened like lightning
around one
week-end, and here's what I wrote:
"Just this past weekend.. wow,
I entered it with 3 subscribers in my TSW
downline, and I've exited with 65
subscribers.. actually it's growing so fast I
can't keep count!"
Ever since that magical weekend
I've seen
an endless stream of messages:
'Your
Success Website business just
grew..'
and my downline now numbers about
300.
So, Bogdan and readers, don't stop
dreaming..
those MLM dreams. Dream Bigger and
more often. Then.. promote. Chat!
If the business schools have
already
acknowledged that most marketing
will be
transacted the multilevel way in
the 21st
Century.. accept it. Embrace
it. I now
believe it, and if you want to
inspect a
clean ship, just visit:
http://www.thesuccesswebsite.com/1600/
Geoff Dodd
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=================Featured
Post=====================
From:Linda Caroll
Hello Bogdan and fellow members;
I am writing to reply to two posts
- and to make a special
offer and provide a little helpful
advice for fellow members.
The following two posts were both
in digest #248....
(post #1)
From:GMS
I have no website but have joined many affiliate programs.I have an
extractor program.how do I advertise without losing my ISP.
(post #2)
From:John Lundgren
... Had I been given that advice two years ago , I would not
have signed a lease agreement for credit card use at my site.
The site was a failure and I am still paying for the 2,000 dollar
lease agreement that I signed after a popular guru hailed its
benefits. He benefited to the tune of about $300.00...
Preying on the "wannabee"
is an industry in itself - in
many fields. It runs rampant in
regard to online business.
There are tons of people that will
happily sell you their
marketing program or tell you
"the secrets" of success,
etc - for a price, of course.
This theory of preying on the
"wannabe" is seen particularly
well in the two posts I refer to.
GMS seems to think that
he/she doesn't need anything but an
affiliate tag and an
extracted list to make money.
Bull-pucky.
Thousands of people are selling the
same programs as
GMS. Many of them have worked
hard to build a rapport
and reputation with their visitors
or ezine readers.
GMS has nothing to offer that
thousands aren't already
offering. But - the people that
sold the lists are succeeding
because people like GMS buy lists
& extracting software.
John L. also made a good point.
He didn't need a
2,000.00 merchant account lease
when clickbank or
some other lower cost service would
have allowed him
to see if his product/service was
viable.
Go go guru. Pardon the
sarcasm.
Does that mean you should use all
"freebies?" No!
It just means you need to use your
head about what you
do and don't pay for.
Sites that use all freebies don't
succeed, either. Why?
Because a visitor to your site is
going to see that you
use all freebies and wonder how
legitimate you are if
you won't even spend a few bucks to
run your business.
They will assume you're not a
"real" business and move
on. They will buy from the person
that was willing to get
a decent website built and pay a
few bucks to host it.
What qualifies me to say these
things? This is what I
do for a living. It's how I
pay for the house and the car,
the bills and the frills. I
teach people how to make
their online businesses work.
Take one client for example. When
she came to me,
her site was failing. She was ready
to take it offline.
I re-developed her site and worked
with her marketing.
She was recently listed in the
Forbes Top 50 and
her business is booming. (koacoffee.com)
(If you visit, tell her Linda sent
you.)
So, for what it's worth, here's my
words of advice.
If you have a site that's a pile of
affiliate links and
banners - and nothing else of value
- don't quit your
day job. And don't waste a lot of
money to try
make it work.
If you have a viable business and
don't know how
to make it work, or your website
just isn't doing
the job it should - I'd like to
make you an offer.
I'm working on a book of my
"success stories."
I'd like to offer some free
consulting and a discount
on any design work to anyone that
comes to me
from Adland.... and a feature spot
in the book, too.
For more info, I've put a special
page up, at:
http://www.lindacaroll.com/adland
In conclusion - before you spend
any money on
anything - ask yourself - are you
spending money
on a reasonable product or service,
or are you
falling victim to those that prey
on the wannabe??
Best of luck - and thanks for the
ear.
Sincerely,
Linda Caroll
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From:Vivian
Subject:Don't pay Yahoo $200 for
site review
Hello John-
Noticed your comment about not
giving "yahoo $200 for search engine
submission." I went to the
website you mentioned about not paying "yahoo a
red cent" but this company
wanted $699 for their standard package of getting
a website noticed on major search
engines. What did I miss here? I thought
something low-cost here? Vivian
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From:Patty Baldwin
Subject:No more hits/MLM Sites only
As a member of no more hits most of
the site i see are mlm or affiliate
sites. I am primarily a b to b
computer and printing dealer with real
legitimate products - about 150,000
of them - how do i promote my site?
Norm Rosner
Norm, my suggestion would be take
your
"specials" and created a
well crafted sales letter
for each one. Promote the
sales letters to a
targeted audience with a link
directly to the
product.
Your problem is that if your
traffic is primarily
from mlm/affiliate programs you
aren't targeting
your market properly.
Hope this helps,
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From:Andy Sparks
Subject:No more hits/MLM Sites only
This is in response to your post on
Adland Digest.
There are a million ways to
advertise a site. If I had a site like yours, I call
them catalog sites, because they
have pictures and descriptions of products
available to order. I would write a
separate page for almost every item. These
pages need to be optimized for the
search engines. I don't know if you want to
host the pages on your site or get
another domain. That is your call. If you
write your own pages, you can just
put them on your server. If not get another
domain. I use site build it from DR
Ken Evoy http://www.sitesell.com/?967andy
It
analyzes the pages for you and
makes it much easier to get top ranking in search
engines.
Now the purpose of these pages is
not to link from your main page for customers,
but the exact opposite. These pages
if optimized for search engines will bring
targeted traffic to your site. Make
a page for each product that you normally
have in stock. Some where in the
course of describing the product, include your
buy it now buttons. Also provide a
link to your main site mentioning another
product or a special.
Here is an example of what I am
talking about.
http://www.967andy.com/alabama-real-estate-for-sale-by-owner.html
and
http://www.967andy.com/arkansas-real-estate-for-sale-by-owner.html
When some one
searches for real estate for sale
by owner in any state, they are probably going
to see one of my sites which leads
them directly to
http://www.yourrealestateforsale.com
. I just made the entry pages and they
haven't been spidered yet, but the
concept works because I use it already.
I hope that helps you.
Andy Sparks
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:I have an
"extractor" program.
Quote:
From:GMS
Subject:Help
I have no website but have joined
many affiliate programs.I have an
extractor
program.how do I advertise without
losing my ISP.
END Quote
Hello GMS, thanks for letting us
know, in advance, that we can soon expect
spam from you. Obviously, without
needing a website and using an extractor,
you fully intend to fill our
inboxes with unwanted ads for the programs you
have joined.
You should spend a few moments and
read the affiliate agreements to the
programs you have joined and find
out if what you propose to do is an
acceptable way to promote your
affiliate programs. Chances are it is not, so
once found out you'll forfeit any
commissions you would have made.
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From:Steve Pronger
Subject:I have an
"extractor" program.
Regarding GMS's post:
Your post is bound to get a lot of
responses but it's obvious you're new to this
game and need to be pointed in the
right direction.
#1. By "extractor"
program I gather you mean e-mail harvesting software. Ditch
it right now and promise never to
use it. If you paid for it chalk it up to
education expenses. E-mail
extraction software is the tool of spammers. Become a
spammer and you will not only lose
respect from the readers of this publication
but you will be lothed and despised
by the great majority of Internet users. Not
only that, but the affiliate
programs you joined will have strict anti-spam
policies. Get caught (and you will)
and your membership will be cancelled
immediately. Not a good way to run
a business don't you think?
#2. If you've joined a lot of
programs you really need your own web site and try
to bring them all together with a
common theme. If you can't build your own talk
to me, I'll be happy to help.
#3. Try advertising on Yahoo
classifieds. A lot of people will tell you that
classified ads are a waste of time,
and generally that's true. But Yahoo is an
exception. They bring me traffic
and sales. Contact me if you want specific
instructions.
#4. Try signing up for one of those
traffic generating programs. There's been
discussion in this newsletter on No
More Hits, but the one I'm getting better
results with is Startblaze - see
http://www.startblaze.com/cgi-bin/intro.cgi?10209
. It's totally free and easy
to do.
GMS, there are a thousand ways to
promote your programs without resorting to
spam. I could go on and on with
suggestions but I'm sure you'll get plenty from
other readers.
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From:Audra Gehrke
Subject:Is Free still O.K.?
Hello Bogdan & Everyone,
In regards to John's post about
free services going away,
he wasn't just kidding. I've been
online for 2 1/2 years
& that's how I started out as
well. Everything I could find
for free I took it. Why spend our
money if we're not sure
if it's going to work or not? Use
all the free services you
can find. Trial & error, that's
how we all learn. I used to use
the myfreeoffice & hotyellow
sites. Those were 2 of the best
free hosting services online. Now
they are gone. Programs
come and go so fast I can't keep
track of what links are good
or not anymore.
There are still plenty of free
services & resources around.
You just have to find them.
Adland's http://www.freebonanza
is a great place to start. :)
Take Care Everyone & keep up
the great work Bogdan!
Audra Gehrke
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From:Joe Shadwick
Subject:Is Free still O.K.?
Hello Bogdan, I have not commented
yet on the free issue but now I will and keep
those ads coming and keep this
free! I have been using free hosting and even
cheap hosting in the past and
discovered some oddities with real cheap hosting
i.e. $6.95 a month and $9.99 a
month and did some testing on them and here is
what I discovered. I set up a FFA
page and sent auto submissions to them and I
mean alot of auto submissions and
the cheap and free hosts all caught right on
to the traffic I was getting and
managed to slow those submissions down to a
crawl or even stopped them all
together. But out of 10 hosts I tested only one
passed the test ten fold and that
was Host4profit. I am staying with host4profit
and never leaving and I opted out
of all other hosting gigs. The $24.95 a month
is well worth it!
Thanks again Bogdan and keep this
newsletter FREE!
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From:Bob Cortez
Subject:Mailing list for my web
site
Andy Sparks wrote:
I am wanting to start a mailing list for my web site and would like the
opinion of the digest about which
is best. I want to send HTML pages as well as
text. Members of the list can send
me commercial offers about this subject.
There are a variety of ways that
you can administer your mailing list. The
best solution for you will depend
on the size of your list, what features
you want (personalization for
instance), and what type of technical,
marketing, and advertising support
you need.
One of our affiliates, Allan
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From:Earl Savage
Subject:Mailing list for my web
site
Hi Andy!
Here's an excellent list-building
source: http://www.mylistmaker.com/?12951507
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To your success,
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Subject:Mailing list for my web
site
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From:Pauline Wendy Phillips
Subject:How to recover your website
from BigStep
ByGail Hornback wrote.
<--start
2) BigStep - Free site and hosting
services. The changes they
made put quite a few people in a
bind,too. They suddenly
announced to their users that the
service would be going to
9.95 a month. Of course, they
gave them 30 days to
opt in or not. BUT -if users wanted
to leave and go somewhere
else, they couldn't download or
salvage the sites they put all
the work into with the online
builder because there is no FTP.
It was pay, or lose their site. On
top of that, if users did opt
to pay the $9.95 a month and keep
their site, they STILL got
the BigStep Promo Banner at the top
of their site. What a deal!
(*Note: There IS a way to
salvage a BigStep site. A little work,
but do-able.If you are in this
predicament, get in touch with us,
and we will help you through.)
<--end --
One can save a BigStep or any othr
site by downloading it (unless it is
protected against copying or
dwonload). It can be downloaded as HTML, TXT, or
both. AOL does this in a neat way.
If need be, one can click the right mouse
button, click View Source, then
save that. You should save all your sites and
pages as you make or revise them.
Then no matter what happens, you at least
have your own information.
Sincerely,
Pauline Wendy Phillips
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From:Julia
Subject: New At This
Hi...I am a complete novice at
this...new to the jargon...new to the
procedures...everything. I
recently got involved with a business selling self
defence items. And I have
been up all week "late" just posting all sorts of
"free" classified ads
every where I can for #1. When I got into this I even had
to borrow the money to become a
merchant. I am disabled and can no longer work
like I used to. And
frankly...I am really unsure I did the right thing...but I
would rather go down fighting to
stay afloate than just to sit and sink. There
are soooo many things out there in
the world of the internet that sound
alike...how does somebody with
little or practically no money to lose know what
is legitimate and what is not...I
value truth and integrity above all...and as
you all well know...people will
tell you anything. What are the basics? Are
there really inexpensive ways to
get this off the ground? Believe it or
not...but I would be very pleased
to make $700.00 per month at this...Got any
ideas? Thanks Julia
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From:Wendy
Subject: I need GOOD advice please.
Okay. I am new to all the
"marketing" on the internet. I did some
research,,bought a book, followed
the instructions and have yet to
obtain the goal i set out to make.
I have followed all of the
"guidelines". I
must be missing the obvious clues as far as how to
advertise.
Does any one know of a Reputable
advertising area on the internet
that i can use? How about an
Advertising for dummies book. Please,
if you have helpful information I
would appreciate it!
What i am selling is information
based and it is printable so there
is no need for postage. It
comes directly from the internet.
Thankyou,
Wendy
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From:Michael Johns
Subject:Why don't people like MLM's
Greetings and Salutations fellow
digest readers.
I am a new member to this list but
a old hand at reading them. One thing I
see more often than not is the
constant barraging of MLM's on the net.
As a active participant in one of
the Largest on the web, Feel free to
request more info.. Scrub_sr@hotmail.com,
I have been very happy and
actually more successful with it
than with most other paid to program's I
belong to.
So my question is why do MLM's get
such a bad rap on the net?
I thank you for time and interest
in my questions.
Michael Johns
Internet User
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From:Jeff Irwin
Subject:Help Appreciated
Hello Everyone,
I have been tinkering around for a
couple of years with various internet
business opportunities and have
been ripped off with ALL of them. I recently
found something I could start for
free that sounds pretty good. Problem is, I
can't put an y money into it until
I first make some money with it (my wife
would kill me!) Anyway, I
have no problem investing money into advertising once
I am 100% sure I can at least break
even. I would appreciate any input on FREE
ways to promote the b usiness and
it's affiliate program until I can make a few
bucks. At that time I'll
probably ask you all for other help and advice. My
site is http://ld.net/?lowrates2001
Thanks in advance for you r ideas.
Jeff Irwin
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From:Lou Harrison-Smith
Subject:Newsletter.
Hey Bogdan,
I send out a weekly newsletter,
your members might find next Sunday's of
interest. It is at http://www.optimizingsearchengines.com/SF.html
Kind Regards,
Lou Harrison-Smith
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Request (1)===============
From:Jim McPherson
Subject:http://www.potentials-unlimited.org/touchfire/
Hello Bogdan,
Thanks for the great articles,
input, etc.
Would appreciate review and
critique of my revised
website. While I have been
realizing a significant
income from sales resulting from
visits to the site,
the valued input from your great
subscribers as to how
I can improve my earnings is always
welcomed.
I have been getting many requests
to build similar
sites for them so that they can
start benefiting
financially as well.
While the work involved is not
overly extensive as I
use Bizland.com's template - I have
absolutely no clue
what to charge people for doing
this. As you will see
from my site, I originally offered
to do this for
people for free (since I earn 25%
commission from all
sales from their sites) but with
more than 80 requests
pending, I have been told that it
is only fair that I
do charge a fee for the work
involved.
Suggestions are greatly welcomed.
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Many thanks for suggestions,
critiques and for your
wonderful publication...
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From:Cindy
Subject:http://plaza.powersurfr.com/Dreamproducts?df100
Hello,
Thanks for all your great
info......please include the following site in your
site review section.
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Request (3)===============
From:Mike Hills
Subject:http://www.10dollars20ads.com/
Hi Bogden,
I have been a subscriber for 12
months now,
and a website for as long.
Like most new businesses on the
net, I put up a website
which although I thought was OK.
But I have never
been confident enough to Ask your
readers for a site review request.
Well I have now updated my site's
to a level I feel more confident with
and I would Like your readers to
visit www.10dollars20ads.com
and let me know what they think,
and to give me some suggestions
The site is part of a group of
sites Owned by www.DailyClassifieds.co.uk
which are all featured.
Anyway I would be grateful of any
feedback and comments.
Thanks
Mike Hills
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:http://www.navehumor.com
Hello C.R., you have a fun site,
it's hard to find fault when humor sites
are much of an extension of their
owner's character, and I don't know you
too well. navigation is easy and
the colours you use aren't too bright, so
most text is easy to read.
I do find fault that the window
needs to be scrolled to the right when I
have my screen resolution set at
800x600.
Quite good otherwise, keep it up. I
even have an idea for free content that
you can add to your site right now!
Go to:
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Response (2)===============
From:Robert Lee
Subject:http://www.skyeman.com
Rikie, your web site is one page
long that directs people to a geocities
site that you have and any method
of contacting you is only through
anonymous email services.
Following any of your links just
shows pages of banners and ads, no content
or reasons for anyone to join any
of the programs that you've obviously
joined.
You need guidance.
Take a look at Dating B2B, although
it is aimed at non x-rated dating
service webmasters, you'll find
some information here to help you design a
better site.
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:http://www.LowCostTraining.com
Hugh,
You page design does look great but
the navigation is atrocious. Some pages
open in a new window, some links
end at a gif image and you have to use your
back button to continue browsing
the site (how hard is it to create a page
with the image on it and have the
word BACK under it?)
I find it interesting that your
services you offer are leading to another
web site, www.handtech.com
and they have the following on their front page:
"On July 3rd 2001, Handtech
regretfully announced that it has ceased all
operations. If you are a Handtech
Solution Provider, click here for the
latest information."
Although you are mentioned on the
front "Welcome" page on the Handtech site,
"Hugh Smith - St. Louis, MO.
is a separate entity from Handtech; it remains
fully operational and ready to
answer your technology needs. Please contact
your Solution Provider by email at HBSmith@AllSunshine.com,
with any
questions you have."
I would not order any of the
courses from you since the company that you
front for has closed and there is
no information about how anyone can
conduct business with you other
that your email address.
You need to make your site easier
to navigate and you need to offer an
explanation as to why you are
working with a business that has closed down.
Good luck!
Robert Lee
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:http://personals.thehot50.com
Hi Penny, since this is right up my
alley, I remembered to take a look once
I found some time. So here goes:
Your URL doesn't work.
I guess it's back to the drawing
board, eh Penny?
Best of luck!
Robert Lee
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Commitment to Entering the
CyberWorld!
By Kathleen Callanan
You've done your homework and
you've decided to place your
business on the Internet. You
know which type of Customers you
wish to attract, whether they are
Consumers of your products,
Suppliers of your products or
Employees who will build, package,
market or distribute your products.
And you've given some
thought as to the color schemes for
the web site and its general
content. Your next step is
the decision to build in-house or to
contract professional services.
That decision will be based on your
time-line for completion,
your available in-house talent and
your budget commitment to the
ongoing maintenance of the web
site. Let's say you envision a
medium sized web site of 100 pages
and your in-house employee is
currently doing other work within
your Company. He or she must
secure your software applications
such as 1) an HTML editor for
construction and editing of web
pages, 2) a validator utility to
double-check the consistency of the
HTML, 3) a file transfer
utility to move those pages from
the desktop computer to the
Internet server, and 4) be plugged
into your purchasing/finance
department in order to buy what is
needed in a timely manner. Do
you have that in place?
HTML Editors:
http://www.freebonanza.com/tools/HTML_Help/HTML_Editors/
Validators:
http://www.freebonanza.com/tools/HTML_Help/HTML_Validators/
Among your employees there must be
a few who demonstrate
reasonable skill levels by virtue
of owning their on personal web
pages. But you must ask, do
their sites look professional enough
for the Company. Granted that
you find an individual with an
artist eye, a tenacious grip on
HTML writing and a passion for
you to succeed, it is likely this
person will spend an average
of 300 hours building your first
100 pages to your satisfaction.
If you give them the ability to
commit money without consulting
you, they can easily spend 24 hours
finding the best server for
hosting and securing your Internet
Service Provider (ISP) and
another 16 hours obtaining the
domain name at the best price.
You may be looking at more than 2
months before your web site is
up and running.
Hosting and ISPs:
http://www.freebonanza.com/Business/Website_Development/Services/Web_Site_Hosting/
Domain Name Registration:
http://www.freebonanza.com/Business/Website_Development/Services/Domain_Registration/
No matter whether you do design
in-house or by contract, you will
need a Chief Information Officer to
determine the content for the
site and a third person/contractor
to photograph your products
and prepare the digital images for
the designer. If you
currently publish a catalog, your
present graphics contractor can
do the digital images and your
textual content can be lifted from
the catalog layout. The
designer will have his hands full just
making your wishes become reality!
Graphics:
http://www.freebonanza.com/Business/Website_Development/Services/Graphics_and_Design/
Just because the site is available
on the Internet, people will
not find it unless it is promoted
and advertised, both online and
offline. Promotion can be a
full time job! But you probably
already have an advertising
department who looks after your
catalog. Begin by placing
your website address or URL on your
catalogs so people will begin
visiting your site. The real
promotion, online, requires daily
and weekly routines. Again,
this can be done in-house or by
contract. The decision is yours
about committing resources of
dollars, time and talent to this
Internet project.
Promotion:
http://www.freebonanza.com/Business/Website_Development/Promotion/
Choosing a professional for your
web site designer will allow you
to leave your employees doing what
they have been trained to do
and will most likely reduce the
lead time for your Internet
project to be up and running.
The professional knows about HTML,
knows about ISPs and Host Servers,
knows what is visually
acceptable and what is not, knows
how to minimize loading times
so you don't lose customers, and
knows about online marketing and
direct emailing. All this
knowledge comes for a price, but as
the saying goes, "The Worker
is due his Wage!"
Best regards,
Kathleen Callanan
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Hey, boss I not come work today I
really sick. I got headache, stomach
ache and my legs hurt, I not come
work."
The boss says: "You know
Carlos I really need you today. When I feel
like this I go to my wife and tell
her to give me sex. That makes me feel
better and I can go to work.
You should try that."
Two hours later Carlos calls:
"Boss, I did what you said and I feel
great, I be at work soon. You got
nice house."