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WEB BASED MARKETING
ON A BUDGET
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Who Needs a Web Site?
  • Any company or organization that:
  • Sells
  • Supports
  • Educates
  • Wants to grow


  • Essentially, every company or organization can benefit from a professional web site.
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Why Do You Need One?
  • Improve Your Image
  • Create a 24/7 Presence
  • Expand Your Market(s)
  • Attract Investors, Partners, and Employees
  • Distribute Information Quickly and Cost Effectively
  • Utilize Email Effectively
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Creating a Web Site
  • What information should it have?
  • How should it be organized?
  • How should it look?
  • Who should create it?
  • Who will maintain it?
  • Hosting options
  • How much will it cost?
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What Information Should It Have?
  • Printed Material
  • Company History
  • Product/Service Literature
  • Business Philosophy/Goals
  • News and Events
  • Job Openings
  • Contact Information
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How Should it be Organized?
  • Your Home Page
  • Defining Major Areas of the Site
  • Internal Pages for Each Area
  • Navigating the Site
  • Site Maps and Searchs
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How Should It Look?
  • Look at Your Business Card and Letterhead
  • Colors and Fonts
  • Text and Pictures
  • Sound, Animation and Video
  • Consistency of Design
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Who Should Create It?
  • In-House vs. Third Party
  • How Is Printed Material Created?
  • Does it Fit Anyone’s Current Job?
  • Can You Spare the Resources?
  • Creation Tools
  • Planning for the Long-Term
  • The Newsletter Analogy
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Who Will Maintain It?
  • Same Issues as Site Creation
  • Look Carefully at Your Resources
  • Over the Counter Software


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Hosting Options
  • Domain Names
  • Free Hosting & Domain Forwarding
  • Third Party Hosting
  • Internal Hosting
  • Email Considerations
  • Forms, Databases and Programs


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How Much Will It Cost?
  • Domain Name Cost
  • Hosting Cost
  • Design Cost
  • Maintenance Cost
  • Software Cost
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Features to Include
  • Contact Forms
  • Site Maps
  • Email Lists
  • Newsletters
  • Ecommerce
  • Keywords and Meta Tags
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Features to Avoid
  • Large Images
  • Background Music
  • Video
  • Non-Standard Plug-Ins
  • Entry Pages
  • Cookies
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Marketing on the Web
  • Ecommerce
  • Newsletters
  • Coupons and Specials
  • Updates, Upgrades and Online Support
  • Creating an Email List
  • Search Engines and Link Trades
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Marketing with Email
  • News
  • Events
  • Special Offers
  • Reinforce Your Relationship
  • Drive People to Your Site
  • The Costs of Email Marketing
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