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I lost a customer recently and that really bothers me. A small vendor of woman’s accessories, the customer bought a website from Net Solutions last year. She wanted an eCommerce site and she wanted to keep costs as low as possible. She used PayPal as her payment gateway and I designed her site, set up the pages, wrote and added text, added the items into her shopping cart and got her site launched.

After the site went live, she indicated … Continue Reading

With few exceptions we tell our clients that they need both. But before I get into that, I would first like to dispel some misconceptions. Blogs are websites. With a decent designer and enough time spent on various add-on modules a Blog can be made to look like a traditional website. But a Blog’s purpose it to allow a non-technical user the ability to easily post their thoughts and ideas for the world to be able to see.

Most Blogs can be described in terms … Continue Reading

Most companies choose to introduce themselves and their employees through their Website on the About Us Page. This page is typically used to help visitors get to know the business they are visiting and the people who represent it a little better.

Pictures of employees can help visitors connect with the business more quickly; it makes the website seem a bit more personal and warm. An employee’s photo with a friendly smile can tell a visitor a lot about a person that the bio can’t and can help build rapport.

Photos of employees and owners help tell the world the company message … Continue Reading

Funny thing… I stumbled upon a blog today that critiqued our “Does Your Website Stink” ad. She wrote this…

Deciding what makes for good creative is subjective. Results are all that really matter. But how many ads do you see that make you cringe? For me, this one did. It’s ugly. But what’s important is that people click on it. Following the rules is not top priority, like in David Ogilvy’s days. Click. Or not. And I wouldn’t.

Ogilvy, the author of Confessions of an Advertising Man and Ogilvy on Advertising, would argue that every ad needs a compelling headline; … Continue Reading

The first quarter of 2009 has already come and gone. We’ve been busy improving our product and launching many new websites.

Some of the notable projects are:

www.studioninefitness.com
www.nikondealerco-op.com
www.blackrockcharters.com
www.skitosea.com
www.shamrockhose.com
www.nmea.org
www.wynkoopaccounting.com
www.bellinghambizeview.com
www.extolohio.com
www.adkpropertymanagement.com
www.gamewardens.com
www.chriselliottfund.org
www.osirisendeavors.com
www.audioinnovationsnw.com
www.bbqchick.com
www.localbuildindex.com
www.cascadesfly.com
www.evolution-audio.com
www.prostockathletic.com
www.widenet-consulting.com
www.phoenixapplianceservice.com
www.mpelectric.net

We learned something from each one of these projects and have made changes to our base application (the ProFusion Ultra Internet Solution) because of the requests of these clients. All of these clients have elected to take their website maintenance into their own hands. Because they are all on our application, the website owner has the ability to add, edit, delete content, pages, images, forms, and more right from our easy to use … Continue Reading