As a yoga teacher or massage therapist it can be difficult getting the right domain name for your new website. Choosing a domain name would seem easy but unless you are a famous yoga teacher like Seane Corne  (blessed with an unusual name) and folks are looking for you by name, it’s harder.  Many catchy …

I contacted several businesses today, I do website design and offer design packages for especially for small business, I’m based in Massachusetts but work with clients all over U.S.  I contacted ones that did not have a web presence-no website at all.  How did I find them?  Local chamber of commerce directory.  I was sure …

 Is your website outdated and ineffective? Does it need an update? A website that’s not updated in look or in content is a turn off-and potential customers will leave.  But worse they may never find your site when searching for your exact service because an old site is not properly SEO’d (search engine optimized.) Yes …

How can you get your small business to first 2 pages of Google? Hmmm. Well I’m so psyched.  I- Got my brand new website to pg. 6 of Google in only 8 days!* I”m gonna aim for pg. 2.  This out of “About 3,290,000 results.” Let’s do this for your small business site, it’s all …

There are many good reasons to redesign your website: To update website with new services, products, or better images To make it look more “modern” and up-to date, it represents your business online Get better web site performance & higher search engine rankings To add new website features-like a newsletter, FAQ’s or blog pages To …

So whether you design and build your own website or hire me to do it, let’s continue with what the process of setting up a small business website entails.  Once you have chosen your domain name-your first & second choice most likely won’t be available at this point. You’ve come up with something good though, …

Assuming you read and listened to the part one of Planning Website Design, if not check that out first.  And here is part 2 of the audio PlanningSmBusWebPt2 2, (audio doesn’t start till 1:50 sec in!!) it’s only 10 min long and will help you plan what you need for a new website. Then you …

What goes into creating an affordable small business website design? Price is an important consideration in choosing a website designer. In face the cheapest is to not hire a professional at all but to do it yourself.  This saves money for sure-but it depends how much your time is worth.  There are many template sites …

Why is WordPress best for small business websites?  It’s easy to use for the busy small business owner or solo entrepreneur, that’s why I think it’s best.  You may think wordpress is only for blogs! Until eighteen months ago, before I became a tech geek, that’s what I thought as well. In fact it is …

Here is an audio podcast of “How to Plan A New Website…” Pt 1.  if you prefer to listen, you will want to do some writing at some point too to start the planning process.  This audio covers the text below, if you would like to work with me see bottom of this post for …