"What Every Website Owner Should Know..."
It is of little known fact that I am writing a book. The book is titled What Every Website Owner Should Know —Tips Tricks And Secrets To Success Online. I have recently sent the book off to my editor. I think that this book is unique because it is written for people like small business owners, office managers, or people that are self employed. Essentially anybody that needs or wants a website, but does not have a technical background nor the time to figure it all out themselves. I will release the book soon and I hope that it helps those of you that buy a copy get a jumpstart on your website.
Meanwhile, here are a few points that you should keep in mind if you are considering having a website developed for you...
Organize your thoughts —take your time and write down an outline of your thoughts. Make sure to include:
- Your Objective —what you hope to accomplish
- A Short List Of Websites—that you admire and why you like them
- Your Contact Information
- A List Of E-mail Addresses that you would like your webmaster to setup for you
- A List Of Pages that you would like to include
- A List Of Important Keywords regarding your site
- Passwords And User Names that may be relevant
- If You Already Have A Domain Name, Then Make Sure To Include:
- The Registrar's Name
- Your Login Information
- If You Already Have A Web Hosting Account Be Sure To Include
- The Web Hosting Company's Name
- The Ftp Information Including:
- The FTP Server Address
- Login Information
- The Type Of Hosting Account—for example Unix, linux, or Microsoft
- The Type Of Databases Available—for example MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc…
- If you don't have a domain name —provide a list of at least 10 domain names that you would like. If these names are at all common then consider sending a list of it least 20 domain names. Make sure that they are in order from your most favorite to your least favorite. This way your webmaster can simply go down the list until he finds one that is available.
- Make a list of important information regarding your business that you can think of. Try to be as detailed as possible. Assume that your webmaster knows absolutely nothing about your business (guess what… He probably doesn't). This can be virtually anything about your business that you deem important. Try to be as thorough as possible, as this will help your webmaster build a strong foundation for your website. The more information that you can includ the better.
Additionally, if you have any photographs or images that you would like to use on the website, organize them as well. If they already on your computer so much the better. If they're not, make sure to give them to your webmaster anyway. If you want to physically keep the photographs and do not own a scanner, you can probably have them scanned inexpensively at your local copy and print store.
If possible include a caption or description for each one. This will also help your webmaster by clarifying how you want to use the picture or what it is about.
If you do not have suitable pictures or images, there are several web sites that provide stock photography at reasonable prices. If you take the time for images you like they will go long way in producing a website that you're happy with.
The service that I like to use is called istockphoto.com. There are literally millions of affordable images to choose from. These images have been contributed by thousands of professional photographers from all over the world. The images are priced by size and resolution. Small images cost about a dollar and ultra large high resolution images suitable to print large murals usually cost about 10 to 15 dollars.
All you have to do is signup and purchase some credits, then you can download your desired images. Chances are, in less you all are planning to do some printing you will only need small to medium sized images at normal resolution.
Hopefully, this is enough to get you started on the right foot. If you stayed till end and subscribe to my blog I will continue to post excerpts from my buck and additional tips tricks and secrets that will help you be successful online.
Good luck, I wish you the best in your endeavors, and I hope that your efforts payoff. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me and I will do my best to get you an answer. Even better, you can post your question to my community forum and we'll see if we can get answered for you there. All you have to do is simply register and then you will be able to post your questions. If you do register and post your question to you my community forum, I promise I will get to it, email is another story.
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