Building Websites for over 10 Years

Websites have the potential to reach people around the world, but they require hard work and maintenance to keep people visiting. Let me help! The past ten years have given me valuable experience in building sites for government agencies, business professionals, and companies .

There is a method to building a good website. A professional design and layout only scratch the surface. What good is an attractive website if people don't know about it? Search engines need recognize its content. The way a site is designed, coded, and marketed are essential to a successful website.

Whether you are launching a brand new website or updating and maintaining an existing one, I can help. Have a look at these sites that have had local, national and international success.

Websites Designed, Launched, Updated, Enhanced or Maintained by Patrick Franklin and PatDude.com

• TouchBible.org - iPhone Bible App
• PecanGroveCemetery.com - Pecan Grove Historic Cemetery
• Vilantae.com - Natural Acne Treatment
• ColdFusionAcne.com - A New Acne Treatment
• OmniaNow.com - Professional Consultants
• ourUSAschools.com - Resources for Students, Parents, Teachers and Administrators
• BeSmartKids.com - Be Smart Kids, educational software for Preschool aged children
• VillaPages.com (temp site) - Real Estate Posting and Search
• BoiseWorker.com - Job Posting and Search for Boise Idaho
• Spygenie.com - Nanny Cams, Home Surveillance, iPhone Monitoring

What is involved when Building a Site

1. Content is Key
   1. "Content" is the soul of your web site. If your site is a game site, then the games are its content. If your site is selling a product or promoting a cause, then your content consist of informative writing, videos, audio, or interactive material.
   2. Rich, engaging, and deliberately worded content is at the heart of any site. It drives how the site will be designed, how the site will be promoted, and how people will respond.
2. Design to Impress
   1. It is important to bring together graphics, media, interaction, content in a way that makes visitors feel invited.
   2. Site Designs must keep technology in mind. It must anticipate future updates, internet speeds and limitations, utilize technology and code that is compatible with the user's computers, and be search engine friendly.
   3. Web Standards are the future of the internet. Utilizing good coding practices and staying current with the latest technology will result in a clean site that works on more computers.
   4. Websites aren't just for computers. There's also printers, mobile devices, TV's and more! Sometimes one design isn't enough.
   5. Be Search Engine Friendly. If a site isn't designed correctly it can miss out on the benefits of capturing search engine traffic.
3. Marketing and Promotion
   1. There are so many ways to advertise a website. Paid advertising, search engine optimization, cross site promotion, social networking, affiliate marketing, publications and press releases name a few, and Patrick has done them all.
4. Tracking and Analytics
   1. How well is the site doing? What pages are people visiting, how long do they stay? This data is essential for fine tuning a web site.
   2. Free tracking software can be installed on most any site. The data it gathers can be confusing and requires an analytical eye. When understood, this data could be extremely beneficial.
5. Tips
   1. Frequently update a site to bring more visitors.
   2. Community sites, such as forums, are a great way to keep visitors coming back.
   3. Make it easy for people to contact you and offer good support. If they trust you, they will be more likely to do business with you.
   4. Be international! Reaching beyond the borders is a great way to increase business.
   5. Reach out to other web site owners to promote your site, even if their site is small. The more often you do that, the easier and cheaper it will become to reach more vistors.
   6. Search Engines like keywords. Use related keywords in your content. Put it in text, not graphics, so the search engine bots can read it! Be honest with your keywords. Bots are very smart, they can tell if you are cheating.
   7. Patience. Sites, especially ad driven sites, will take some time to be profitable. Growing a website takes time.
   8. Buy a used domain. Search Engines trust old domains more than brand new domains. It is more expensive, but the benefits could justify the price.

That's just scratching the surface. Do you want help building or updating your web site? Ask how Patdude.com can help!

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