"10 Shocking Secrets Nobody Will Ever Tell You
About Having a Successful Business Web Site"
by Milana Nastetskaya
 
 

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There are many web designers who are honest and will tell you
exactly what you need to do to have a successful web site.
Yet, there are others who want to create some fancy gadgets on
your site, charge you a fortune, and completely rip you off...
while you are watching your money go down the drain.

The truth is you DON'T need a web designer to develop a site
for your small business. If you have some computer skills and
a little bit of time to devote to your web site, you can make
it yourself and spend as little as $6.00 a month on it!

Here is a list of facts that you should be aware of before you
pay your hard earned money to a web designer:
 

1. "Build it and they will come" theory is just a myth when it
comes to online business. Nobody will come to your web site
unless they are already familiar with your company or their
friend has told them about your site.

2. "Pay a lot of money to your web designer to create a fancy
web site with all the bells and whistles and your sales will
skyrocket overnight". This is another myth that many web
design agencies are using to impress you with their skills and
get you to buy their services. The fact is, most small
businesses who are making money on the Web have a simple web
site with a good sales letter. No need to pay top dollars for
technical gadgets.

3. "Get a web site for your business and make $5,000 within a
month". Nothing can be further from the truth. In fact, many
businesses don't see any profit for 4-6 months! It takes time
and a good marketing strategy to start getting sales.

4. "Sell just one product on your web site and make a lot of
money on it" is not how successful business owners make profit
online. They first attract their visitors with a free or very
low-price item, generate a customer list of e-mail addresses
and contact them over and over again with special offers and
sales letters about a high-end product.

5. "Online marketing does not take any time at all because
there are a lot of people out there surfing, who might stumble
across your site and order from you". This myth was created
especially for you - a busy business person who can't take the
time to promote the web site on a weekly basis. Success takes
time. The good thing about it is that it is so rewarding that
you can't afford not to do that!

6. "There are so many companies out there selling what I am
selling Who will ever buy from me?" This is true, but there
are also a lot of consumers out there and if you target your
web site correctly you will see better results than 70,000
other web site owners.

7. "A web site takes months to set up " This is not true at
all! Unless you are a big corporation and have tons of
information to put online, it could ; only take 10-15 days to
have your business web site up and running. And if you have
been a computer user for a while, you could have a web site
within less than a week!

8. "You need to be a computer guru to make your web site "
Not at all! All the skills you need is a basic word processing
skills and using the Internet at least 3 times. If you know
how to use a mouse and a keyboard - you are ready to make your
web site.

9. "The number of ways to market a web site is limited to
banner or button advertising " The truth is, I can think of at
least 100 different ways to promote your web site. Just to
start with, how about writing your own newsletter, posting on
targeted forums, exchanging links with other web site owners
in your target market, creating joint ventures with companies
who target the same customers as you do and selling to their
mailing list. And don't forget the offline promotion - your
business cards, direct mail, local newspapers Of course, you
can't do it all. The best marketing strategy is focusing on 2
or 4 methods at a time, finding out what works and ruling out
the rest.

10. "Web site design is very expensive, I just don't have that
kind of money to take out of my business and spend on a web
site " Actually, I am paying only $5.95 a month to have my web
site. So if you make it yourself, no matter how much you sell
a month - you will still be in profit.

Yes, I know. You are very busy. You don't want to learn a
whole new skills. You are thinking, if only someone could
teach me how to do it, I would listen. ; Because I know that
people like to learn visually, I created a special product that
not only has all the information on starting a web site, but
includes video demonstrations of every step of the web page
making process. You click the "camera", watch the clip, then
do it yourself.

Trust me: this is the only way to be in total control of your
web site, and never have to think if someone is ripping you
off.
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Milana Nastetskaya is a full time web developer and the author of
two books: "Create Your First Business Web Site in 10 days",
"65 Instant Web Design Answers".
http://www.firstbusinesswebsite.com
http://www.instantwebanswers.com
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