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What Every Website Needs

June 8, 2010
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Your business website should be the definitive go to resource for all public information about your company. In many cases, a company’s website is what makes the initial and lasting impression on new or potential customers. Websites have allowed businesses and organizations to go global and become available around the clock, yet without a creative, professional web [...]

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Registering Domain Names

June 3, 2010
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The process of finding a domain name for yourself or your company does not seem like it should be complicated. The details involved in establishing a domain name can become confusing, especially if you are unfamiliar with them. However, this should not discourage anyone from starting their own website. There are some basic guidelines to [...]

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Web Design: Valley Senior Services

June 2, 2010
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Valley Senior Services is the replacement for Fargo Senior Services. This is a ground-up web design starting with a new domain name. Some of the challenges were creating a custom design to match what the graphic designer created for the brochures, business cards and signs. The website features oversized fonts throughout for easier readability for [...]

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What Should Be On Your Website

June 1, 2010
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When starting up a website for your company or business, it is important that it is dynamic and easy to use. These days, there are so many websites out there that do not meet these standards of quality. A website of poor quality increases a company’s chances of becoming a failure. Therefore, it is important [...]

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Handle Negative Online Reviews Positively

May 28, 2010
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It’s happened to the best of businesses. Somewhere along the way, a customer is going to complain. And in the new business world of social media and online shopping, opportunities abound for customers to express their opinions, good or bad, more than ever before. Ignore social media, and you’ll ignore a valuable customer base: more [...]

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No sitemap is better than a bad sitemap

May 11, 2010
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A sitemap tells where the pages are on your website. There are two basic types: XML and HTML. XML sitemaps are for search engines. You can create one using various types of sitemap creator softwares or websites. If you have a static website that doesn’t change often, you can create a sitemap once, submit it [...]

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Why does SEO take so long?

March 30, 2010
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One of the well known facts of marketing is that higher visibility always results in better business. This is the reason why most organizations are concerned about the location of their offices and workshops. The same is true for the virtual world and companies that have websites listed on the first page of a search [...]

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Switching from Dreamweaver to WordPress

February 15, 2010
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Switching from a custom designed website to a CMS or Content Management System like WordPress can have many benefits. SEO, easy updates, having a blog as part of your website and not having to buy software are a few. A huge benefit is keeping the content separate from the design. You can change the design [...]

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Set up a Facebook Fan Page

January 22, 2010
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With 350 million users, Facebook is the biggest social media network in history. Your customers are out there, take advantage of the chance to connect with them. The best way to establish your brand on Facebook is with a fan page. If you have had a personal account on Facebook, you will see pretty quickly [...]

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Using Twitter for Business

January 21, 2010
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Twitter is easy! Easy to setup, easy to understand, easy to tweet. Tweets also show up in the Google search results before web pages. There is no commitment, no weekly blog posts, no comments to approve, no pre-existing social group to help you get started. Just set up an account and start tweeting. You can [...]

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