For your website to be successful you'll need web traffic. Here are three easy ways to get people to start visiting your website.
1. Put your web address on your print publications.
Do you have a business card or brochure? If so, be sure to include your web address on them. And when you do, don't make…
The process of getting a website online can be daunting. Especially for small business owners, who are too busy running their business to become experts in other fields like web design.
Typically creating a website takes a combination of things. First you have your domain name, that's the web address to your site. Then you have…
Eventbrite is a great app that allows you to create and register people for an event. You can even use it to sell tickets to your event. In this article I'll walk you through the process of integrating Eventbrite's widgets with your WebStarts website step by step.
Step 1. Go to Eventbrite.com and create an account,…
Recent studies show people are actually less likely to read a webpage that contains a lot of text. In fact, researchers found people would read more of the content on a page that has less content to read - than they would read on a page filled with text. In other words, less is more.…
In my last post I shared about how looks aren't everything when it comes to creating a website. Again, it doesn't do any good to have a great looking website that doesn't achieve it's goal. In this article I'm going to be sharing on what you really should be looking for in a website.
Almost fifteen…
Berkshire Hathaway made a record $6 billion last quarter. Have you seen their website? If not, you can see it here. Berkshire Hathaways's website is a terrific example of how you don't need a great looking website to be successful. Yes, there are some industries where it would help to have a great…
Pinterest is fast becoming one of the world's largest social networks and most popular websites. For this reason having a presence on Pinterest is an important part of your marketing efforts. Adding a Pinterest widget to your website is a great way to build your Pinterest audience. That audience in turn is likely to share…
Adding a Twitter feed to your website is a great way to let site visitors know there are real people behind the scenes. A Twitter feed displays the most recent tweets you've made on the social network. Here are step by step instructions on how to add a twitter feed to your website using WebStarts.
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One of the many great things about WebStarts is our free web hosting. When you create a website with WebStarts there's no need to sign up for a hosting account. Your hosting is included with all plans and never runs out. Normally hosting companies charge you from $8 to $30 per month but what makes…
Youtube is a great placed to promote your website. If Youtube was it's own search engine it would command about 15% of all search traffic. That makes it the second biggest search engine next to Google. There's more traffic to be had from Youtube than Yahoo and Bing combined. So how can you get traffic…
We all want more traffic to our websites. After all more traffic means more leads and customers for our businesses. Here's how you can get more web traffic to your website using the social bookmarking service StumbleUpon.
We all know about social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter and you should definitely use those to get…
I hear the story all the time... "I have a friend who's doing my website", "I have a cousin who's doing my website", "I hired a web guy to do my site". Small business owners know in this day and age they need to have an online presence but all too often they entrust it…
PayPal may seem like the way to take money online at first glance but there are some problems. Here are three reasons your website needs more than just PayPal when taking payments online.
1. Consumer confidence
When PayPal is the only option for payment on your website it tells would be buyers you're small time. Anyone can…
