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Comment on Site-Smart Small Business Services Smarten’up U by Julie Foster

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:38:08 +0000

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Comment on Does small business need help leveraging technologies? by Julie Foster

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:49:34 +0000

This is a test

Comment on Does small business need help leveraging technologies? by Julie Foster

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:57:44 +0000

You ask some hard questions in very few lines. I will try to answer in brief as comprehensive answers would require volumes.

The real answer in building the commercial or organizational website is not where you may find the “competent website builder”. Rather, one must make a non-compromised decision to spend the money necessary with a qualified professional.

Spending a lesser amount by using a non-professional is a waste nearly 100% of the time.

Spending your hard won dollars with someone offering the allure of saving big bucks is akin to putting your money down in Las Vegas and hoping you win. Tempting indeed, but resist this temptation at all cost.

Allow me to give you a quick albeit painful example, (and for this I apologize). Look at your very own experience. You have had a website from the nineties and it is apparent that you are still looking for answers.

I would add at this point that it appears you are on the right track in looking for and obtaining answers. Good for you!

Building and marketing an online presence successfully today is complex. It requires special tools and knowledge. Don’t be taken in by someone who says they can knock it out for half the price.

Qualify your professional the same as you would a doctor or a lawyer. Ask them about their specialties and their experience. Ask others who have websites similar to what you have in mind. Look in the phone book, or here on the Internet.

Check their track record by how long they have been in business. If they have been around for a few years and can offer you the services you require within your stated budget and they can instill confidence by evidence of their professionalism, then you have a positive direction to follow.

Thanks for your great question.

Comment on Does small business need help leveraging technologies? by zhunter

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:43:24 +0000

Given that you might not want to build your own business website or have the kid next door work on it, how do you find a competent website builder.

I talk to a lot of other business people who recommend cheap web builders, but their websites look bad, bad, bad. I don’t want to waste hard earned money and I want my site to look good.

Everyone I talk to sounds like they are an expert, but I don’t think they really know anything. Marketing is another matter as well. Are there professional folks out there who do it all or do I have to shop around for different contractors.

You were correct when you said things aren’t like they were in the nineties when it comes to building and marketing a web business.

Zeke Hunter
TenTops Counters