www.catalystwebdesign.net http://www.catalystwebdesign.net Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:51:42 +0000 en hourly 1 You Can Create Your Own E-Commerce http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/2011/09/20/you-can-create-your-own-e-commerce/ http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/2011/09/20/you-can-create-your-own-e-commerce/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/&p=10 You want to sell a product or service on-line. You need not waste your time learning web design or paying a large amount to a web designer. As a small startup businessperson, you do not have the time or the money. What are the alternatives?

There are a number of highly reputable sites, which, for a reasonable monthly fee, will host your website and provide all the tools necessary to have an online selling vehicle. They provide templates for all types of websites. For selling goods or services, there are hundreds of templates of different styles and page layouts. These templates are completely customizable and can be adapted to your specific needs.

They also provide a secure server and shopping cart for customers to make purchases through your site. You will provide the credit card processing service or ability to make online payments.

You can upload your inventory, including descriptions, photos, quantities and other data. These sites provide real time inventory, so you are able to manage your stock easily.

Although this seems like quite a lot, it is really much simpler than trying to learn web design. Costs are minimal, and your new hobby won-t be learning html code. You can literally have a working site up and running in a weekend.

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No matter what anyone tells you, search engines love blogs as they usually deliver fresh content. Blogs will give you additional links back to your main website, which also means more traffic to see what you have to offer. Many businesses have found a blog is helpful in answering questions and interacting with their customers. Using your blog to talk about new things coming and sales is something customers love. Having a blog on your website these days makes perfect sense. It gives you so much, and it does not take long to update as well. The question to blog or not is a simple one you really cannot afford not to anymore. Everyone else is blogging, so why not you.

]]> http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/2011/09/16/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/feed/ 0 Best Free Online Web Design Sites http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/2011/09/12/best-free-online-web-design-sites/ http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/2011/09/12/best-free-online-web-design-sites/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.catalystwebdesign.net/&p=8 In order to maximize traffic into your website, you must have a decent looking website with information that people will want to absorb. Before people will start reading anything, they will surely be captivated by what they see. There are so many benefits of having a website that captures the eye of the customer. Sometimes though, it can be quite expensive to hire a professional web designer, so you will then have to find the next best thing, free online web design sites. These free websites will help kick start your company and help bring in more customers. Some people are just not very knowledgeable about websites and how to handle them, so user friendly web design sites are all over the internet. Some of the websites may be easier to control, while some can be more advanced and have more options. Whatever you want for your websites, there is usually a way to accomplish that.

With just a simple internet search, you be able to find the best free online web design sites. Not only are these sites free, but they will give you top notch quality. Some sites might even provide a contact number or email in case you need any help!

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Nice Interface: The layout and color choice of the website is the first thing people see. Make sure it looks welcoming.

Navigation: Make the navigation easy. A search bar, a navigation bar and a site map goes a long way.

Good URL: Purchase a domain for your website and when making sub-domains, make sure they are easy on the eyes too.

About Me Page: For personal sites, this is background of who you are. For business, have a mission statement, history, and what you plan to do in the future.

Up-to-Date Information: Maintaining recent activity going on will keep you relevant.

Analytics: Statistics will tell you who and how people are looking at your website.

A Blog: In addition to a website, personal and business sites sometimes have blogs too.

Comments/Feedback: Personal and business sites that have a blog have to communicate with their readers.

Social Media Buttons: Social buttons will help spread the word of your existence with one click.

SEO Tools: Search engine optimization tools will help us get to the top of Google, Yahoo, and Bing searches. The information doesn’t stop now. Keep looking: Bing Webmaster Tools Gets Yahoo’s Traffic Data

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