They only have a good a simulated facade that can lure in users but as you go along with their systems it is bounded by complicated procedures and additional databases that hinder users from continuously complete the task. Looking for a unique program that actually finishes its promise is a hard task until I came across Free Make Your Own Websites. It has navigation keys that are really helpful and very handy. It understands its users to create a web page that does not need other complicated databases for it to run. The straightforward tools that it provides are really reliable and can easily be accessed.

With this kind of programming device, many of its users are very satisfied with what it can give as a website builder. Free Make Your Own Websites delivers a great deal of technique that can help small and medium enterprises to compete in the challenging market. The layouts that it also provided diminishes the task that is involve in creating a website. It really lives up to what it promised from the start and it also helps many industries to really be involved in the online world which is fast progressing as the years gone by. This kind of web advancement that helps the industry to function should be taken seriously and should not be ignored.

With the present situation that the economy is experiencing it is vital to be informed and communicate well with other buyers and sellers so a functional website like what you can get through wix, is really a good type of resource. Allowing a new kind of marketing media that can compete in the market Free Make Your Own Websites is a good source in which many entrepreneurs can bank on. Possibilities in the internet is endless and wix changed the perception of many like me, since its tools are all for my advantage.

Yoav Rosenberg is a amateur photographer, art enthusiast and article writer. He works as freelance SEO and SEM specialist. He is interested in expanding his knowledge on how to use Free Make Your Own Websites and is excited to contribute his own tips on the subject.

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The internet may be one of the strongest forms of business these days, and will continue to grow in the future. People are always finding new ways to be able to make money off the internet. An increasing number of people are not working primarily on the internet, but just finding ways to make money on the side, through such things as search engine optimization.

So how does the average person get in on this booming business and money making opportunity?

How can you create your own website?

Well the first step is relatively simple yet quite important, is the process of creating and maintaining a domain name. You will be required to pay a fee to be able to create and keep a domain name. A domain name is whatever the website is called, for example ESPN.com. But often it is not enough to just to choose any domain name. The best name is one that describes your site using keywords. (You used keywords in your search for this subject) People inexperienced with the internet will just think up a name they feel is appropriate and then go with it.

A wise thing to do, to create your own website, is to do some research on what types of domain names really work the best. Certain phrases and words are searched more frequently (keywords) on search engines like Google and Bing, and therefore it is better to obtain a domain name that people will type in.

The next step after getting a domain name is to find a good web host. IT is important that one finds a credible and quality web host, because much of the livelihood of the website depends on the web host.

Therefore it can be wise to get recommendations, or ask other web users which one to choose.

So these two steps for how to create your own website have not even involved any type of site construction yet. The process can be a little daunting to people with little or no experience. Help is available through out the web but you must be very careful regard spending monies.

The next step is to actually design the website. Getting the right assistance and guidance is necessary for you to master this skill, you can master it but it will require a large amount of work and dedication. But nevertheless, it is possible to do it by oneself.

Another option is to just hire a web designer. For those in a hurry and/or were cost is not a problem, this may be the best option.

Selling merchandise on his or her website, it is important that the site looks as professional as possible in order to encourage as many customers to buy.

Creating your own website is both interesting and exciting. If you have never done anything like this before the learning curve can be both very daunting and enjoyable. It is not impossible with the right guidance and mind set you can achieve it and with plenty of dedication and work also make some money on line. However do not for one minute think this will happen over night, time and perseverance are the main ingredients to have. Also the help of a good website who will provide the help, step by step instructions, video’s and free materials will make this project easier. The website is run by one of the best instructors I have come across and with the additional help of the members of this site no problem is to small or cannot be solved. To gain further information obtain a free ebook explaining how to start your first website visit: http://grahamfreeronline.com Or for more free advise on how to start your own internet business try The 5 pillar Affiliate program from SBI Click Here – Site Build It  a complete program from start to finish.

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Once upon a time, a business could choose not to have a web site. They reasoned that they did not need a professional web site; they could do just fine without one. Then, one of their competitors decided to get a web site and a buzz was created. Not to be outdone, another competitor decided to follow suite. Then another and then another. Pretty soon customers were asking the business if they had a web site. Finally, they realized that they needed a website in order to keep up with their competitors. And so, the Internet exploded. These days, everyone has a web site. From large corporations to small businesses; families to individuals, everyone is on the Web. A friend of mine even created one for his infant child.

This article is created to speak to the few remaining businesses that have yet to tackle the Internet beast. You want to have a web presence, but it seems a daunting task. “Where do I start?” you say. “What issues will I need to address so that I make the most of my new web site?” you continue. This brief article will cover some of the areas of the webdesign process to pay particular attention to. We have designed many web sites for clients that had no idea where to start. We firmly believe that client education is a vital part of the overall success of the web project. Most professional web design companies have published some guidelines that will help potential clients answer some of their questions. It is with that in mind that we have written this article.

Why do you want a web site?

Will your web site be for personal use (just show some photographs to your family members, for example)? Will it be to advertise a business service? Will it be an informational web site, simply to pass on knowledge to the visitor? Will it be used to sell a product? Is it important that you show up #1 in Search Engines?

These are vital questions with which to begin. The answers you come up with will determine the direction in which the overall design should go.

Do you have a business logo?

If you have been in business, you may already have a logo or a trademark that your customers recognize. If that is the case, do you have the original graphic that can be emailed? It will be important to use that on your web site.

If you do not have a logo or anything by which your customers currently know you, do you have any ideas about what you might like, a sketch, a doodle or something similar? Whatever the case, usually a professional web design company can design a professional logo for you or reuse your current one.

Do you have particular colors that you want to use?

Not all colors work well on the Internet. Generally, selecting a few colors is the best path to take. Your web designer can help you select quality colors that will come together in a design that you will be proud to show off.

Have you seen web sites that you like?

Providing an example (or examples) of a site that you like is a good way to help your web designer understand the look you are after. A professional webdesign company will usually get this type of feedback from their clients. Then they will have a feel for their “taste” and can use that as a pattern for their site.

Do you have a web site domain name?

This is the actual address of the web site. It is what you will rattle off when someone asks you, “Do you have a web site?” If you do not have one registered already, your web designer can take care of that for you. Some web design companies may charge a yearly fee for this service, anywhere from $10 to $50. However, some web design companies offer this service at no charge. Make sure to ask your web design company about this upfront so that there is no confusion.

Do you know how many web pages you want for your site?

Almost all web sites have a Home page, a Contact Us page and a Links page. However, after that, you have to determine what you want features to emphasize about your business. Is it important that visitors know some history about your company? If so, you will need an “About Us” page. Do you have categories of product that you want to feature on your web site? If so, each category will have its own page. Do you want visitors to be able to fill out an order form when they are ready to buy something? If that is the case, you will need an “Order Form” page.

Your web designer will ask you about this facet of your web site, but it is good to think about this on your own before you take that step. As a rule, the more pages a web site has, the higher the cost. So choose a web design company that you are comfortable with and don’t let them talk you into more pages than you really need.

Do you have graphics and photographs to use on your site?

If you have pictures to use on your site, are they in a high-quality digital format? As a rule, a scanned photograph will not look good on your website. The best pictures are ones taken with a digital camera. These can be used on the web site and formatted so that they have a professional look.

Many web design companies are able to take pictures for you. Usually, this service is an additional charge, so make sure you discuss this option.

Will you maintain the web site yourself?

If so, do you have an understanding of the Code Languages used to create your web site. Some of these languages may include:

• PHP

• HTML

• XML

• SWF

If you are comfortable with these languages, your web design company can probably setup the web site to allow you to maintain it yourself. However, most companies will not support sites in which the client has made changes to the original code. Make sure to discuss this during your initial consultation.

Some companies will create Content Management Systems (CMS). These allow their clients to update the website without having to touch the original code. With a custom CMS, if you can create a document in a Word Processing program, you can change your website content. This means you do not have to learn any programming languages and, at the same time, you do not have to call your web design company every time you want to update your site. Of course, the company you choose should always be available to assist if you get stuck. They should also be willing to e-mail you a link to show a demonstration of their custom CMS.

Hopefully, this article has given you some good guidance to follow on the path to your new web site. With some advanced preparation, you will tackle the Internet beast with no problem. The web design company you choose should be willing to supply you with a list of satisfied clients. Take the time to review the list. Contact the clients listed and ask them for their opinions of the company. This will give you some good information to help you make a good decision.

Crystal Coast Technologies is a North Carolina web design team headquartered in Swansboro. We specialize in Flash web design and database driven e-commerce. Our blog discusses web design and contains more tips and the latest tech news, including security alerts.

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Professional web design has become vital during recent years. A few years ago, it was estimated that a visitor to a web site took about 8 seconds to decide to stay on that web site or click the “Back” button. That was then, this is now: Your web site has only about 4 seconds to make an impression on the visitor. That is not much time at all! Today, people want instant results. Few people even wait to see the entire web design before making their decision. If your web design does not grab their attention immediately, they won’t stick around. And if your web site does not offer something of benefit, they won’t bookmark it and they won’t come back (more on that later).

So, with that in mind, let’s discuss some practical ways to grab the attention of web site visitors. Then, in a future article, we will talk a little about keeping their attention with good web site content. Remember, people spend most of their time on the Internet reading. They read search results, news items, how-to articles and forums. A professional web design company will take this into account. But that is for later. First, we have to keep visitors attention (remember the 4 second rule).

Get to the Point.
We live in a fast-paced society and we are used to instant results: Microwave meals in 5 minutes, lose 5 pounds in 5 days, 30 minute oil changes, see results from fitness equipment in 20 minutes a day, and on and on.

The Internet is no different and it actually may be less forgiving of web sites that don’t deliver results quickly.

The 4 second rule that we spoke of earlier does not mean that your entire web page must load in 4 seconds. Rather, it means that a visitor to your web site has to at least see something interesting within that 4 second window. So, to test your site, while it is loading, ask yourself:

• How much time passes before I see anything?

• What is the first thing I see on the web page?

• How much time passes before I can read some text?

• How long would it take a visitor to determine what the web site is about?

Try this suggestion yourself and then try to enlist the help of some of your friends. The more people you have to test your web site, the more thorough your results will be.

Ideally, the site should load top to bottom and left to right. However, your design should adhere to the reading habits of your target audience. Some countries read from right to left so, make sure you know your audience. Also, the most eye-catching elements should load first. Once these load, they will grab the visitor’s attention. Then, the rest of the page can finish loading.

What Graphics Format Should I Use?
This is probably one of the most overlooked aspects of web design. How many times have you visited a web site and cringed at the slow loading pictures. I’ll bet you did not stick around to see everything load.

In most cases, web sites that have this problem were created by someone who bought a Web Design How-To book, created a web page that says “Hello World” and now think they are an expert. Or, possibly they are learning web design and created this slow loading site as a favor for a friend or family member. At any rate, hiring a professional web design company will prevent bad design from happening to you. In the meantime, here are some very basic guidelines regarding those very important web site graphics:

More about the .JPG file format:
.JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format allows images to contain up to 16 million colors. It also supports Variable Compression, which allows you to reduce the size of the image at the cost of some of the detail. In order to take full advantage of this feature, you will need a graphics program which will allow you to preview the image after you have compressed it. Some of the more popular graphics programs are Photoshop, Fireworks and Corel Draw.

JPG is not a good format for images with only a few colors or for text created as an image. The finished image will be of poor quality.

More about the .GIF file format:
.GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) support up to 256 colors. It also supports “transparency” which allows you to specify the background of the image to be invisible, thereby letting the web page colors show through.

Graphics in this format are also “looseless”, meaning the final quality is not adversly affected by compressing.

Boiling it Down.
For the most part, here is a good way to determine what format you should use for the graphics on your web site:

• If your graphic has many colors (such as a photo) use .JPG as the format, However, make sure that the file size is not so large that it prevents the web page from loading quickly. Find a good balance between image quality and file size.

• If your graphic has only a few colors (such as a chart) use .GIF as the format.

Of course, this is somewhat oversimplifying the very important role of graphics in your web site design. If you hire a professional web design company to create your web presence, he or she should follow these guidelines during the design process. You should make sure that the rough drafts you receive from the designer adhere to good design standards.

Make Them Want More.
Of course, no matter how well organized your web site is and how effective it is at grabbing the visitor’s attention, they have to view your web site as important. You have to give them reasons to stay and browse your site, to bookmark your site so they can refer to it again and to tell others about your site so you can build new visitors.

We will consider how to tackle this aspect of quality web site design in an upcoming article. That article will focus on three main ways to keep visitors coming back:

1. Offer something of value

1. Newsletter

1. Free tips

1. Monthly coupons

• Good, quality marketing copy

1. Put effort into the words of your web site.

1. Remember, the Internet is made up of web pages and for the most part, pages are meant to be read.

• Easy to use web site navigation.

1. If visitors can’t get around easily on your web site, they won’t stay very long.

Crystal Coast Technologies is a web design team headquartered in Swansboro North Carolina. We specialize in Flash web design and database driven e-commerce. Our blog contains more tips and the latest tech news, including security alerts.

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I Have been working with Abundant Grace Church in Milton ,WI for the last couple of weeks and what fun it has been. Sunday the 25th of April was the first of many Live internet Broadcasts that they plan to do. This went with very few problems and was a lot of fun.

I was visiting the Church for our daycare (one of the employees attend there) and got to talking with Pastor Ron Frye the Pastor of Abundant Grace Church. He was asking about streaming video and some issues with there sound system indicating that there congregation was not completely in to the electronics that they have (It’s just a little more pro then most are familiar with) You quest it J D Webcrafters step in  and was able to fill the need on both fronts and for very little money. Oh yeah it wasn’t free but it it was way well with-in the Church budget.

J D Webcrafters was able to set up a web site www.abundantgrace-church.com Set up a free account with U stream video and off they went on Sunday April 26 2010 Abundant Grace Church went live with there first internet Broadcast. We well be doing some more tweaking and changing setting until we get just perfect. The people doing the work on Sunday morning picked up on the how to’s very quickly I would like to think it’s because of our exceptional talent in teaching but I think most of the credit goes to the talent of there people.

Are you feeding your web designer? With information about your business? or just expecting them to come up with the ideas on there own. That’s not a good plan. Who knows your business better then you. Your the one that started it and came up with the plan and model.  Why would you expect your web designer to be able to tell your story with out your input.  Many web designers are just that Designers not copy writers.  It’s in portent that you communicate, not just the Idea of looks for your web sight the vision of your company. Designing a web sight takes on a whole different avenue when you the client are submitting the information and vision of your company. The designer can come up with product copy and description but you can sell it with your passion, the reason you sell the item, and how does it fit the need of your customer or potential client’s. Telling the story of why that product or service is best.

Think about this and submit your information on time. Here is how you

can make your web work for you. Before you start calling Web Designers to put a web sight together for you.  Set down and put together some information to go along with a meeting. Things Like

How did you start your company: Many companies have interesting facts about there beginning that can fascinate new clients. I once worked for a company that did plastic molding for the food industry. There story was interesting in that the company started with one old plastic form machine in the garage of the owner.  In just a few years that company grew from just him to now employing more then 200 personal. The story was fascinating and interesting, it showed the innovation and desire to produce a product that surpassed the competition and showed the power of the owner to stay with the task. What about your company? how did you get started. Is there a story to tell. Then tell it to your designer.

What is the Vision you have: This is all you.

What makes your service or product stand out: customer service, the company behind the product?  What has made you who you are? Tell your designer.

What would you Like your site to do; Maybe you want your sight for information to reinforce your sales staff by giving the potential clients a place to see more about the company the clients they care for or to see the product in action.  Maybe you want a sight that allows your customer to interact with the company a Q&A , Product support and development, employee interaction what ever the goal write it down. Your designer will be able to tell you if it’s possible and make suggestions and input to enhance your plan and Idea’s.

Do you plan to sell or receive money online (E-Commerce)?

The Sky’s the limit when you work close in hand with your Web Sight person and are forth coming in a timely manor with information.

Now pad-a-wan Go make a good Web sight, engage your customers

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Today there are so many options whats the best and most affective way I can get on the web and begin reaching and engaging my customers? Well there is several ways really you can do-it yourself, Hire a web designer to do it for you, or use the many free blog and web site areas on the net. Let’s look at each one a little more carefully.

Let’s start with Hiring a Web Designer to do your web.  This maybe for you! As a small business person myself there are times I just get to busy to pay attention to my web. So hiring a web designer is an option. What should you look for? Look for someone you has a passion for web design and is interested in your Idea’s (repeat Your Idea’s) a good web designer is going to listen to you and your Ideas and then start by taking your Ideas and refining them to work on the web. Not all of your Ideas will translate to a good web page but a good designer will bring your ideas to the surface with great understanding.

When talking with a web designer

•  ask how are people going to find your web sight?  (Designers are going to hate this) but if they say to you we can do S.E.O (Search engine optimization) for an additional fee, you mite want to go on to next designer.
• Your designer should be telling you that promoting your website is important and all so a big part of your marketing campaign.
• Your new site Domain name should be placed on all your publications ,Business Cards and any other external advertising you do( Search engine optimization I believe should be all part of a Web sight that I do for my client’s. After all if you don’t succeed on the web, how dose that help me the designer.)
• You’re designer should be talking with you all the way through, explaining how your domain name is important to the search  process and making your text relevant to the pages being created.
• Its not always a good thing to use your business name as your domain you may be placed in High competition for the search engines that would take years to get recognized.
• Your designer should be explaining how important the content of your site is to the SEO process. Making sure you have the right amount of  keywords used in your content.         (it’s possible to have to many making the search engine flag your sit for irrelevant)

You can DO-IT yourself or have an employee with the interest do-it. Most Small companies starting out don’t have 2 to 3 thousand dollars to spend on a web design. I Didn’t. That’s how I got started working in the web design field and looking for the most cost affective way to achieve a good working web site. For the DO-IT-Yourself plans I recommend this program I stumbled upon this in 2002 and have been using it ever since. SBI if you want to get a head of the game and build a web sight that works this is the program that will do just that. You can sign up for free and take advantage of the wealth of information and teaching that SBI has to offer before ever spending any money. Hosting and building a web sight with SBI is less then a dollar a day and will walk you or that employee Thur the whole process. SBI is tailored to specific industries to help make the information understandable to what is your interest. Trust Me this is worth your investigating. Compatible with dream weaver and most web building software but not necessary SBI has a host of excellent templates to fit what you need to start getting the news out about your Business.

Another DO-IT Yourself plan is a more traditional means most web hosting companies offer pre-made templates with in there hosting packages to get you up and running in a matter of minutes. Using this type of plan will require you to understand a little more about web dynamics then the previous plan. To be affective you will need a basic understanding of Search Engine Optimization. What keywords do and how to use them. A FTP software program to upload completed web pages. (Not completely necessary but time saving) And a little HTML understanding would be nice to.

If you have a good understanding and would like to start out with this route. To help you a long J D Webcrafters offers several Hosting plans at an affordable rate www.hosting-at-jdweb.com . There is a complete Demo of the inner workings for you to see how the hosting interface works. Our hosting programs offer everything you need to get on the web in just minutes, One click installs for over 30 programs including WordPress, Joomla, and Web Studio with templates to fit your needs plus more. You can all so use a web builder on your CPU.

For a good Web design program go to my  Open Sorce software Guide for a free NVU web building software suite.

Free Online web sights OK I,m not going to get to involved with this one because I don’t recommend doing this. Most free web sight have there own adds included and make the sight look and feel unprofessional. But with that said if you want to get an Idea on doing your own sight you can play with them to see how things work. (Just please! don’t use them for a good business sight)

If you want to Blog a topic about a product or Idea. I do recommend Google’s blogger its clean and the templates are very professional but it does not replace having your own website . I use Google blog to write about things I’m interested in and single out a topic from my sights to help build another line of traffic.  You can find it by clicking on the more button at the Google home page.

Make your Web Sight work for you!