Your Web Site Business Partner
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To receive the targeted news and information treat your web person as your internet business partner.


The person/company who registers the web site domain name controls the domain name. Payment information, email address, etc, all point to the person who registers the domain.

By purchasing the domain name yourself all information points to You.

Web hosting packages often include a free domain name with hosting, this is a great perk to use for an extra domain name. Maybe a commonly misspelled version of the name?


Commercial e-mail returned a whopping $43.62 for every dollar spent on it in 2009, according to the DMA’s just-released Power of Direct economic-impact study. Maybe its time to consider using HTML eMail for your business.
Check with your web site person first, if they don't directly offer help, they will be able to recommend an eMail specialist.


Keep your site Up To Date. Make a note in your Calendar to consult with your web person every 6 months.

Make sure to budget for yearly upgrades. PHP, MySQL, eCommerce sites all use programs. Programs have regular patches and security updates that need to be implemented. In many cases the software itself must be upgraded to the new version.


Did you know? Mobile use is on the rise and is expected to pass monitor access next year. A business plan, will help you decide if your web site visitors are the type to access your web site from a mobile device.

If yes then consider how the mobile device will display the web site page and how they will find what they want.
Your phone number? on smart phones if you have your phone number as #(xxx)xxx-xxxx users can click your number and their phones initiate the call.
Directions to your store? make a google map link readily available.