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Whenever I hear this question, I immediately ask, “What is it that you need?” Simply put I can create and help you with:
* eCommerce/Online Stores
* Content Management
* Blogs
* Email Blasts
* HTML/XHTML/CSS Programming
* SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
* Marketing/Statistics
* Domain Names
* Hosting
1. Because everyone has one and they are COOL.
2. You can make MONEY.
Truthfully, a website is often the first impression potential customers will have about your business. You should, at the very least, have a presence on the web so that customers, potential employees, business partners and perhaps investors can quickly and easily find out about your business and the products or services you have to offer. A professional site is essential if you want to be taken seriously, because it’s actually better to not have a website than to have one that makes your business look bad. Your site speaks volumes about your business. It either says, “We take our business so seriously that we have developed this wonderful site for our customers!” or it screams, “Hey, I got me a website! I let my 10-year-old nephew do it for me.”
There are 2 main tools that I typically use for building websites. Each is top-of-their class by today’s standards, and each is guaranteed to give YOU full control over your content.
MIVA Merchant is a premiere eCommerce solution. Here is a brief list of reasons to use MIVA Merchant:
• Advanced catalog, customer and order management systems.
• No limits on the amount of store data.
• Complete design control.
• Integrated credit card processing and shipping calculation.
• Expansive list of add-on modules and services.
• Unique community of users and developers.
Basically, MIVA Merchant is a form of software that can be completely customized to your specific needs. I have experience in all aspects of online commerce and MIVA customization and will help you develop an online store that can stand toe-to-toe with some of the major players in the marketplace.
Wordpress is an amazing beast. It is typically used for informational or blogs. All of my personal sites are built in Wordpress (just like this one here) and it is by far the easiest and fastest way to maintain and update the information on your website.
Users have access to a “Management” site or “Administration” panel that gives you the ability to change every aspect of your website content from adding articles and/or content, and new pages to pictures and photo galleries.
My specialties as a website developer revolve around two things: Information and eCommerce. I have been working in retail since 1993 and developing eCommerce since 1997. Since 2001, I have been developing eCommerce sites with the very popular MIVA Merchant software, and for the past few years, as I have been developing “Informational” or non-eCommerce sites, I have been use Wordpress. I started out programming my own CMS (Content Management Systems) programs to manage websites, but as Wordpress has evolved, I believe it is the most powerful and user-friendly application available.
I recommend these tools because they give YOU the power to control your own website. Too often, designers and developers harness everything to make themselves indispensable where if you need a simple change or want to add a new page, you have NO CHOICE but to contact your original developer. It’s much more exciting to give clients the ability to keep their website growing at their own pace and not have to rely on a 3rd person whenever they need to update their website.
If you have ever been curious about starting your own online business or simply wanted to have your own professional website, don’t hesitate to contact me. Most people need a resource to get their questions answered and they don’t know who to speak with — I can be that person!
Contact me for more information.
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