Web Development

Your "web presence" begins with a home base. Especially if you're attempting to promote a brand or product(s). A website is ideal for establishing your presence, giving you a method of displaying your products or services, letting the public know you're there. Websites also lend more credence to your establishment than just a page on a social media site. It lets them know you're in business and you're serious. Now, if you're making your money online by turking, answering surveys, or data entry, then you're contracting as an individual and a web presence would obviously be a waste of time and an unneeded expense.

A website should be your initial requirement concerning the Internet, if you want to be known as a business. So your first step is to acquire a domain name and some hosting. There are dozens of hosting venues out there, try to choose one that has the domain name, hosting and email all in the same account. Most of these hosting companies offer the domain name free with a year or more of hosting, then charge extra for the email.

The second requirement for your web presence is at least one email account under your domain. For example, if your domain name is "xoxo123.com", then your email account should be "name@xoxo123.com". It looks like a scam if you use venues such as Gmail or Yahoo email to conduct business.

The third essential requirement is a post office box. The least expensive box your local post office or UPS store has will suffice. This is needed to send and receive business mail and packages if need be. DO NOT use your personal address to conduct business, for obvious security reasons.

The final element to your online presence, is phone communication. Preferably a landline at minimum, dedicated solely to the website/business. You can successfully run some online businesses without a phone number for the public, but eventually, you will need to call someone or something, behind the scenes, to conduct business. There again, have a dedicated line for the business/website for security reasons.

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Web Development packages start at $2800.00.