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comments about our website and tons of traffic so we thought we'd share a
few tips and tricks about how we built, maintain, and promote ours. Probably
the most important thing that we would advise people who are interested in
website building is that you can do it yourself. Whether you are
building one for your business or just for fun, it has never been easier.
We have been working on our site for eleven years and have
tried lots of stuff. What you see now may change tomorrow, but we have one
main goal: get visitors to the website, then help them make an informed
decision about whether or not to stay at the resort, eat at the restaurant,
or rent our boats.
There's a complete step-by-step guide at
www.quicksitez.com if you are
interested
in building a site of your own. |
Site Hosting: We have used Hypermart for this site for eleven
years. They offer a quality product at a REASONABLE price.
See what they can do for you.
Blogging: We use
Blogger exclusively.
It's easy and free.
Photo slideshow: We just discovered
Flash-slideshow-maker.
It's also easy and free.
Photography: 99% of what you see on our site is
shot by us or our family members and 1% by guests or friends. We sell some
of our best photos online at
Shutterstock.
You can sell your stuff there also or buy stock photos to jazz up your
website if you aren't good with a camera.
Domain Purchasing: We buy domains from GoDaddy.
They offer the lowest prices-- helping us feed our habit of domain buying.
(We have lots.) www.GoDaddy.com
Site Building: Our site was built with Microsoft
Front Page. That program is no longer in production and we are searching for
the best new product available with the same functionality. We'll keep you
posted as we test drive new options. We are currently leaning toward using
www.GoDaddy.com
for this as well.
Promotions: We buy search terms on both Yahoo! and
Google. It's a complicated process and we'd love to help you with yours. We
charge $75 for setting up your search term campaign and $35 per year to
maintain your it for you. Email us for more info.
Advertising: We believe in print advertising and
with stock photos from
Shutterstock
you can build beautiful print campaigns that drive
traffic to your new website.
We also love Vista Print. Try them and get
250 FREE Business Cards and FREE Matching Website!
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