Are You Keeping Up?
Our goals are to provide complete, high-quality services to design, develop, and implement websites for small businesses. We can offer a high-quality and well-priced service for several reasons:
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Small Business Experience:
We own and operate our own businesses. We are familiar with the challenges involved in operating a successful business. Is this expense worth it? Where should I advertise? How do I build name recognition? -
Common Sense:
... is not so common. Bad ideas, sloppy execution, and poor communication are more prevalent on the Web than in any other form of advertising. We recognize and try to avoid Bad Ideas whenever possible. For example, just because it is possible to have bright rainbow colored blinking icons saying 'New and Improved' all over your website does not mean that this feature would improve your business. -
Knowledge:
We're experienced and well versed in the basic building blocks of successful small business websites.
The links at the bottom right of this page take you to the W3C, the organization that establishes standards for how websites should be produced. The W3C will examine this website and report if it is valid, or contains errors. Try it with this site, and then with one of our competitor's sites.
After purchasing one small business and starting another in Northern Michigan, we've noticed a distinct lack of an effective Internet presence for many local businesses. Developing websites for our existing business resulted in a definite increase in new customers.
Most prospective new customers who call our businesses have seen our websites. We still spend thousands of dollars a year on traditional advertising, including magazines, brochures, maps, etc. Our website, though, provides by far the largest return for the investment. Try it!
