28May
One of the best things that you can do as a e-business owner is make your site stand out from the crowd. No one likes looking at the same design hundreds of times, and in fact, using a standardized template can spell disaster for your business.
So, when we first launched our online division of our company, we knew that we had to have a look that no one else had. If we didn’t take this step, our company would be doomed from the start – something that no business owner wants.
So, we looked to get our logo design online as we figured that a firm that specialized on online media would be more appropriate for what we wanted to do. We found a couple of firms and asked them to come up with concept designs so that we could pick the best out of all of them.
In the end, we received a logo that was beyond our expectations. Not only did the logo help us to position ourselves online, but I would say that it has allowed us to make our mark online – which is exactly what we needed to do.
26May
I don’t want to sound too cheap here, but sometimes I just don’t have the money I need to develop an idea that I have for a website. I know it sounds a little sad, but it is the truth. With the shortage of work that I have in the "real world", it is hard to scrounge up enough money for any online endeavor.
Most of the money I do scrounge up is used to pay for the domain name registration. I feel that no matter what, I need to have my own domain name so that I can not only brand my site, but if I should feel like it, I could sell it as well.
So, with no money left over after the domain name purchase, I use a reliable free web host that I found awhile ago. Not only does it fit my budget, but honestly, they have been one of the better free web hosts that I have found.
If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have the little web empire that I do have today.
22May
I don’t know about you, but I just don’t have the budget to pay a website designer to make my site. In fact, since I am starting out, I barely have enough money to get the business together and I want to keep my expenses to a minimum.
I was able to find a trial version of some quick and easy web design software that would help me turn my dream of an online business into a reality. Even though it was a trial, it would give me enough time to setup my site, and see if there was going to be any potential in the market that I wanted to enter.
I was especially impressed with the easy way I could setup a DHTML menu for the site without having to know any code. In fact, it looks like the site that I am building is going to look like it was designed by a professional – yet it will be the easiest thing that I have ever done.
