There are thousands of web hosting services it really can be a confusing, time-consuming, difficult and sometimes very crucial task. When choosing Website host price is not the most important thing to consider. Most of them will be within a dollar or two of each other anyways.
Choosing support, customer service and permanency over price when carefully researched is the best way to go. Especially if you are trading or selling online. You can loose a substantial amount of money when your site is down and most importantly you can loose good paying customer if they are not able to log on to your site as they wish.
If you are new to the internet world then it is even more crucial that you research a bit more extensive before using any hosting company. Another piece of advice for new comers will be to separate your hosting from your domain name registration companies. You do not want to be locked up in a box in case of trouble.
Apart from support, customer service and permanency some other aspects to consider before price are:
- Data transfer and storage resources. You need one that has a simple to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
- Reliability, you do not want a hosting company that goes down more than it is up. You could be loosing a significant amount of money when the hosting is down.
- Hours of operation with 24/7 email and instant message support is a must have for those that are new to this even the advanced users can sometime get stock. Directions are better typed than talked.
- It is important to be able to create personalized email accounts for all your domain names, supporting mail forwarding addresses, auto responder and to be able to retrieve your email with you phone or other devices.
- Disk space comes handy if you plan on creating multiply website or just one website with hundreds or thousands of content pages, with banners and pictures then you will hosting with unlimited disk space.
- Compatibility is not a huge issue but it is still there just incase you want to switch applications.
There are also options of using nonprofit web hosting organization. Before using any of the nonprofit make sure you researched their commitment to helping you build your own organization. Find out how much service and support they offer and for how long.
Some of the drawbacks of using a nonprofit free hosting services are disk space where you are limited to a very small amount of disk space, data transfer is very much restricted, find out how much that will affect your business. Other drawbacks include banner and pop up advertising which is how they recoup their expenses you will have no control over that. Lack of personal support as would be expected is another area to think about if you would require any kind of help.
Before using any hosting service doing your home work could save you some headache in the future. Start from what is most important to least important thing to you and you will be ok.
Fortune Ezeoha worked for multimillion dollars company for years until he decided it is time to fight poverty in his community. He has been teaching and coaching serious and independent minded people since 2003. He is pleased to offer you his free ebook "Internet Marketing Manual” to help you get started making money online.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tools to build a Website
It is easier to build a Website these days than writing a formal letter, if you are new to web industry, do not worry. The tools to build a website does not include knowledge of HTML or programming language.
If you know how to log on to the internet and how to hold a mouse you can build a website in no time, it’s that easy.
Let us take a brief look at the three commonly used options to build a website.
1. You can build it your self.
2. You can hire a professional programmer to build it.
3. You can use a third party’s design studio and their help.
Most people that do not have a website today are because of a common myth that you have to know HTML or other programming language to be able to build a website. Not anymore there are tons of software these days to work you through pointing and clicking your way to a well professionally looking website, with these software anybody can build a website, regardless of experience.
Most of these software are designed for people that do not have web technical knowledge. If you know how to use a word processor then you will have no problem using these programs. I must say that some are better than others.
Another way is to hire a professional programmer to build your website for you. Professional designers have a lot to bring to the table from in-depth knowledge of products to after sales management. You can’t overlook their importance in the web world. The price to hire a professional web designer ranges from couple of hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, depending on your specifications. Apart from the money you will loose the ability to modify the Website you will have to pay for most modifications. If you choose to go this way you can hire a free lance programmer. When hiring a professional, asking some of these questions will help you determine who to hire.
1. How many years of experience do they have?
2. Have they built a website like the one you have in mind?
3. Can they handle future updates and for how much?
4. Do they answer question on a timely manner and how?
5. How much will it cost you overall?
Basically try and find the lowest price for your project and it won’t hurt to get or ask for reference.
The third option is to use a third party’s design studio and their help to build your website. In most instances this option would be like the first option except that the designing company will host your website as well. Most of them over promise and under deliver so watch out. With this option you will get considerable technical support but you will be giving up decision on who you want to host your website and some other minor decisions.
Some of them have an almost already made website and can get you up and running in no time. Some of them do not only help you build the website they help you manage it and funnel thousands of free, warm and targeted traffic to it. They also have the “what you see is what you get” capability. There is no prior experience needed to use this option.
Fortune Ezeoha worked for multimillion dollars company for years until he decided it is time to fight poverty in his community. He has been teaching and coaching serious and independent minded people since 2003. He is pleased to offer you his free ebook “Internet Marketing Manual” to help you get started making money online.
If you know how to log on to the internet and how to hold a mouse you can build a website in no time, it’s that easy.
Let us take a brief look at the three commonly used options to build a website.
1. You can build it your self.
2. You can hire a professional programmer to build it.
3. You can use a third party’s design studio and their help.
Most people that do not have a website today are because of a common myth that you have to know HTML or other programming language to be able to build a website. Not anymore there are tons of software these days to work you through pointing and clicking your way to a well professionally looking website, with these software anybody can build a website, regardless of experience.
Most of these software are designed for people that do not have web technical knowledge. If you know how to use a word processor then you will have no problem using these programs. I must say that some are better than others.
Another way is to hire a professional programmer to build your website for you. Professional designers have a lot to bring to the table from in-depth knowledge of products to after sales management. You can’t overlook their importance in the web world. The price to hire a professional web designer ranges from couple of hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, depending on your specifications. Apart from the money you will loose the ability to modify the Website you will have to pay for most modifications. If you choose to go this way you can hire a free lance programmer. When hiring a professional, asking some of these questions will help you determine who to hire.
1. How many years of experience do they have?
2. Have they built a website like the one you have in mind?
3. Can they handle future updates and for how much?
4. Do they answer question on a timely manner and how?
5. How much will it cost you overall?
Basically try and find the lowest price for your project and it won’t hurt to get or ask for reference.
The third option is to use a third party’s design studio and their help to build your website. In most instances this option would be like the first option except that the designing company will host your website as well. Most of them over promise and under deliver so watch out. With this option you will get considerable technical support but you will be giving up decision on who you want to host your website and some other minor decisions.
Some of them have an almost already made website and can get you up and running in no time. Some of them do not only help you build the website they help you manage it and funnel thousands of free, warm and targeted traffic to it. They also have the “what you see is what you get” capability. There is no prior experience needed to use this option.
Fortune Ezeoha worked for multimillion dollars company for years until he decided it is time to fight poverty in his community. He has been teaching and coaching serious and independent minded people since 2003. He is pleased to offer you his free ebook “Internet Marketing Manual” to help you get started making money online.
15 Benefits of having a Website
Every hour approximately 9,000 new Web pages are built and are publicly accessible to all. With this amount of growth Internet has become a major play ground for all. Today I will focus on some of the major 20 benefits of having a Website.
Although the list of benefits of having a Website could go on and on I would only touch on 15 of those benefits.
1. Global Presence: With website as a major tool you can take yourself and your business globally. Both you and your business have the potential of world wide recognition.
2. Lightning Fast Promotion: You can promote anything from yourself to your organization in record time. Making your self known has never been easier, and faster using all kinds of promotional material.
3. Reach more people: Reach a local, regional, National, and global community. You and your product can reach people you otherwise could have never imagined existed.
4. Communication made easy: You can communicate with your audience more efficiently and effortlessly. Use several ways including auto-responder and setting up Frequently Asked Question to communicate with millions of people 24/7.
5. Educate more people: With a Website you can educate millions of people about you and your products and/or ideas. Post as many response and educational materials for everyone on your Website.
6. Cost effectiveness: Save money on rent, transportation, files, and inventory, the list goes on.
7. Open round the clock: Sell your products, services, organization, events 24/7. With or Without you being there present. Taking off for few hours would not hurt your business.
8. Deal with a specialized niche: Reach, Sell or communicate to a specialized niche market 365 days. If your niche are people with over sized feet you can reach a very good number of them.
9. Work from home: You can truly work from your bedroom wearing your pajamas. Make your own schedule and do not need to clock in and out.
10. Spread knowledge: Do you know something that others do not know? Do you want to help a lot of people with that knowledge or make money with that knowledge website is the best place to do just that.
11. Be where the money is: One in three retail dollars are spent on-line and that figure is constantly growing.
12. Be where the traffic is: Location, location, location it is all about where the traffic is, now with your website you will have a place where billions of people spend their money everyday.
13. Cheap to own and maintain: Owning and maintaining a website is one of the easiest and most economical ways of operating a store or office. Best of all it is so easy to do.
14. Minimal labor cost: Spend just about what you want to build a website. You might even decide to go with one of the free websites and spend zero dollar.
15. Gain Credibility: Without wasting money you could have a professionally designed website. It is easy to look like the big guys with your little company or no company at all.
There are tons of reasons to have a website but the main point is simple. Have your business where there are people to easily market to using all kinds of media to rack up incredible amount of money.
Fortune Ezeoha worked for multimillion dollars company for years until he decided it is time to fight poverty in his community. He has been teaching and coaching serious and independent minded people since 2003. He is pleased to offer you his free ebook "Internet Marketing Manual" to help you get started making money online.
Although the list of benefits of having a Website could go on and on I would only touch on 15 of those benefits.
1. Global Presence: With website as a major tool you can take yourself and your business globally. Both you and your business have the potential of world wide recognition.
2. Lightning Fast Promotion: You can promote anything from yourself to your organization in record time. Making your self known has never been easier, and faster using all kinds of promotional material.
3. Reach more people: Reach a local, regional, National, and global community. You and your product can reach people you otherwise could have never imagined existed.
4. Communication made easy: You can communicate with your audience more efficiently and effortlessly. Use several ways including auto-responder and setting up Frequently Asked Question to communicate with millions of people 24/7.
5. Educate more people: With a Website you can educate millions of people about you and your products and/or ideas. Post as many response and educational materials for everyone on your Website.
6. Cost effectiveness: Save money on rent, transportation, files, and inventory, the list goes on.
7. Open round the clock: Sell your products, services, organization, events 24/7. With or Without you being there present. Taking off for few hours would not hurt your business.
8. Deal with a specialized niche: Reach, Sell or communicate to a specialized niche market 365 days. If your niche are people with over sized feet you can reach a very good number of them.
9. Work from home: You can truly work from your bedroom wearing your pajamas. Make your own schedule and do not need to clock in and out.
10. Spread knowledge: Do you know something that others do not know? Do you want to help a lot of people with that knowledge or make money with that knowledge website is the best place to do just that.
11. Be where the money is: One in three retail dollars are spent on-line and that figure is constantly growing.
12. Be where the traffic is: Location, location, location it is all about where the traffic is, now with your website you will have a place where billions of people spend their money everyday.
13. Cheap to own and maintain: Owning and maintaining a website is one of the easiest and most economical ways of operating a store or office. Best of all it is so easy to do.
14. Minimal labor cost: Spend just about what you want to build a website. You might even decide to go with one of the free websites and spend zero dollar.
15. Gain Credibility: Without wasting money you could have a professionally designed website. It is easy to look like the big guys with your little company or no company at all.
There are tons of reasons to have a website but the main point is simple. Have your business where there are people to easily market to using all kinds of media to rack up incredible amount of money.
Fortune Ezeoha worked for multimillion dollars company for years until he decided it is time to fight poverty in his community. He has been teaching and coaching serious and independent minded people since 2003. He is pleased to offer you his free ebook "Internet Marketing Manual" to help you get started making money online.
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