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My name is Andrew Stephens and I have a passion for internet marketing, especially “earned results” or “organic search results”. These results are sought-after and for good reason; because they produce real return. I have been focused on geo-targeted search results for the past 4 years and have watched as the market has become more and more in demand. With thousands of websites being created daily and almost every company in the world wanting an online presence, the realism of a viable online marketing program is here and SEO is where the best ROI is.

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My fiance' Michelle and Daughter, Scarlett

I spend most of my days moderating my network of 30 websites and working as a freelance search engine optimization specialist. I have a daughter, Scarlett, who is 3 and is happy to tell you that so I am a Daddy anytime I am not logged on.

I hope to establish a clientele of 50-100 respectable companies in the Greater Cincinnati to fill my schedule and show my expertise in my local community, but until then I am happy keeping local day spas, doctors, and attorneys at the top of the right search rankings.

I have quite a passion for the organization of the internet to make it more usable on the vendor-to-customer platform. I realize that this is a task for powers much greater than I, but I feel that I can help make a difference in the local markets. With local communities becoming part of an online networks or “niche markets” and trafficking local sites more frequently, I feel that proper content and optimization practices can produce noticeable results on a local level and in a small business atmosphere. It seems much easier to organize the Yellow Pages rather than trying to tackle an entire set of Encyclopedias.

I am currently in the final stages of development on a web design platform for local contractors and merchants to have the ability to produce a quality website of their own with on-site SEO qualities unmatched by any other Site Builder. Here’s a short list of unique features on our new Site Builder:

Stock Images, Flash, Tables, and more
Automatic Unique Content Creation (Exclusive)
Free Domain Registration & Renewal
Semi-Auto/Manual Content Distribution Manager
Reciprical Link Manager
Custom Mailing Lists
Custom Newsletter Management
Traffic Statistics Dashboard
Page-by-page Meta Data
Easy Flash Integration
Logo & Banner Designer
Favicon Designer
Social Network Manager
Auto Script Installation

plus much much more is under development…

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The best business websites provide their readers with well-built content, well-architected design, and a spotlight on usability, readability, and accessibility.

Promoting services

The world’s economy is becoming host to an increasing number of service providers. These companies don’t actually sell a physical product, but rather their knowledge, expertise, and opinions.

Some companies offer physical products and knowledge services. IBM, for instance, sells laptops and servers, but it also makes a considerable amount from its network of consultants.

One of the true thrills of building websites is digging deep into the vast toolbox of technologies and techniques. Since the Web as a medium is constantly refreshing and old tools are being refined.

AJS Promotional Media Provides Handle following Techniques:

New CSS techniques

Search engine optimization tips

JavaScript widgets and frameworks

Upgrades to Flash

Usability studies

Accessibility techniques

Server-side languages

Updates to content management systems

Primary objectives

Consider the following wish list for a fictional redesign:

1. Make the website standards compliant by using semantic markup and CSS-based design. Construct the site with valid XHTML.

2. Reduce the average page weight by half to decrease load time.

3. Make the website more accessible by complying with WCAG 1.0 Priority Level 1 guidelines.

4. Add the new company logo and implement the revised style guide for corporate colors.

5. Create consistency in the site’s navigation by replacing the current disparate menus with a collective drop-down menu.

6. Halve the number of steps in the shopping cart checkout process.

7. Use Ajax widgets to improve the interactivity of the shopping cart process.

8. Add a corporate blog written by the CEO.

While these are all good objectives, tagging each one as a critical, red-alert, priority-one intention simply dilute the resources for the core, must-meet goals. Budget, time, and technology constraints might force a team of designers and developers to distill the list down to only two or three.

Secondary objectives

Looking at our preceding list, and after huddling with different team members, we might identify secondary objectives as the following:

1. Reduce the average page weight by half to decrease load time.

2. Make the website more accessible by complying with WCAG 1.0 Priority Level 1 guidelines.

3. Create consistency in the site’s navigation by replacing the current disparate menus with a collective drop-down menu.

4. Add a corporate blog written by the Content Writer.

Tertiary objectives

1. Add the new company logo and implement the revised style guide for corporate colors.

2. Construct the site with valid XHTML 1.0 Strict.

3. Use Ajax widgets to improve the interactivity of the shopping cart process.

Website platforms

There are numerous platforms on which to develop a corporate website—some are turnkey (meaning that everything works right out of the box), and others are customizable solutions ranging from small, free, and open source to large, expensive, and proprietary.

HTML vs. Flash

Flash has grown from crude animation software to a mature application development environment. Cincinnati Website Designer specializes in Flash websites, and their creations are often rich interactive experiences built to wow the audience.

Content management systems

The goal of a content management system (CMS) is to control a site’s content—text, pictures, links, ads, videos, and more—in one single application. The software runs on the server, is tied to a database, and is written with a server-side language like PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, or Python.

Corporate website is a complex beast, subject to the whims of management, marketing, your own design tastes, and customer feedback. When building or redesigning your site, it is critical to keep the company’s primary objectives in the forefront of design activity.

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