Archive for July, 2008

Should You Install Subdomains?

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

First a definition. A subdomain is a website that hangs off of your main website. For example, my website is alextran.com.  My domain is “alextran” and my third level domain (TLD) is “com.”
If I were to install a subdomain called newsletter, for example, it would be accessed by typing “newsletter.alextran.com.”
The subdomain would rely on the [...]

How To Build A List Even If Your Website Is Under Construction

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Got A Domain Name But You’re Not Ready To Launch A Website?
It used to be that domain names were very expensive. Up to only a few years ago, it use to cost upwards of $50 to register a domain name. Prior to that, domain names cost a few hundred dollars and up. Today, you [...]

Traffic Secrets 3.0 Revealed - What To Do When Google Hates You

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Today marks yet another “big launch” of yet another internet marketing “must-have” product, Traffic Secrets v2.0 by John Reese. Mr. Reese followed the “classic” internet launch formula by “giving away” free content in the form of three free videos on how to generate traffic to your website. The content was good, but hardly earth-shattering. Most [...]

Websites Need Two Things To Survive In The Wild

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I have been receiving a number of questions from clients and readers about how to generate leads and income from their website. The questions that I get are:
“How come I can’t get my website indexed on Google?”
“How long does it take to get to the first page of the search engine?”
“Why doesn’t all my pages [...]

Websites Don’t Make You Money, But (blank) Makes You Money

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

“Build a website and customers will come banging on your digital door 24/7. You’ll make money even while you sleep.”  Have you heard this one?
How many business owners believe that claim or some variation of it? If you raised your hand, you’re right. If you didn’t raise your hand, you’re right too?
So we have two [...]