Tips & Info
The web world can seem big and confusing at times. For the curious, eager, and motivated, here are some outside resources to help make further sense of it all.
[All links will take you away from this website.]
Choosing a Web Designer/Web Design Firm
How can you tell who's right for you?
- 10 Things Businesses Should Know Before Building a Site
- How to Hire a Web Designer
- Why and How to Pick a Web Designer
- Choosing a Web Designer
- Colorado Web Designer Directory
- Colorado Website Designer List
Site Content
What should you write about? How much should you write?
- Get Your Visitors Off of the Couch!
- Online Copywriting Tips
- How to Write for the Web
- Web Copywriting Tutorial
- How Your Site's Visitors are REALLY reading your website
- Why Headline Writing on the Web is Important
- Applying Writing Guidelines to Webpages
- How Users Read on the Web (old, but still great!)
Website Marketing
Once your site is live, how do you encourage people to visit it?
- Using Press Releases for Web Site Promotion
- Use this Tool to Help You Promote Your Website Locally
- Use Twitter to Promote Your Site
- Selfpromotion.com
- Website Promotion for Facebook Users
- 32 Ways to Promote Your Website
- Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising
Search Engines and High Rankings
There's a lot to learn out there about Search Engine Optimization (a.k.a. "SEO") and achieving higher rankings. Start with these links.
- The Basics of Search Engine Optimization
- The Secrets of Keyword Selection
- What is Link Popularity and Why Do You Need It?
- Linking Matters: How to Create an Effective Linking Strategy
- Should I create a blog for SEO Purposes?
- Ten Tips to the Top of Search Engines
- Search Engine Optimization, Step-by-Step (very thorough)
- Preparing Your Website for SEO Success
- SEO Forum at HighRankings.com - Ask and learn from others
Design Inspiration
Here are some of our favorite web design gallery sites.
Site Maintenance and Updating
How often should you update your site? Should you do it yourself? What about the time, knowledge, and resources involved?
- Why you may *not* want to update your website in-house
- How Often Should I Update My Website?
- How Can I Update My Own Website? (Should I?)
Website Tools
Now that you've got a great site, how is it doing? Are people visiting it? Are people linking to it? How does it look to different viewers?
- Check Your Google Page Rank
- Website Speed and Optimization Test (Just how fast does your website load -- and what's slowing it down?)
- Website Markup Validator (This is where you can check--if you're interested--to see if the code in your website's pages validate.)
- The Prettiest Website Statistics Ever
- Different Resolutions (What does your website look like to visitors browsing with different monitor resolutions?)
A little birdie website testimonial
"I was eager to start my business on the web, and discovered that the combination of professionalism, quality, and value is not an easy group of characteristics to find in the web-design industry. I had a very unfortunate experience with a designer that left me with an unusable product. After some searching and word of mouth recommendations, I came upon timeforcake.
Upon out first consultation, and future follow ups through to the final finishing touches to finalize the site, the communication, cost projections, professional support and design talent was unparalleled to what I had experienced before.
Absolutely everything that was a priority to me, including both my site's design and content, were met with excellent feedback, suggestions and talent!
I recommend timeforcake to anyone that demands the best for their business on the web!"
Colleen Meehan, Owner
Elora PureStyle
Listen up . . .
"I just wanted to send a note of thanks for all your amazing work. SIBA is so honored to have you on board ... and the time & effort you've invested in our cause has been incredible."
Katie Roberts, Exec. Director
SIBA of Colorado
Rawr client website testimonial from Frisco, CO
"We just had a potential Buyer call and tell us that he has been using our website for the past 6 months, and that out of every one he has seen, in Summit and Eagle County, ours is the most user friendly and the best!!!"
Kelly Milton of Henry Barr R.E.
Frisco, CO Real Estate