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Helpful tools (products/services) for your business

Let Eager Web Page Design take care of your Web site and Web hosting needs. Below you will find a list of a FEW recommended products and services that can also help make your business more profitable and efficient (Note: there are many fine companies that we have not included).

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Computers

Search Engine Promotion

Anti-Spam Programs

Handhelds

Online Advertising

Office Technology

Internet Service Providers

E-Mail Marketing

Office Supplies

Domain Name Registrars

Anti-Virus Software

 


Computers

You used to have to spend $2,000 or more to get a powerful computer. The price of computers has dropped substantially, and there is no excuse now to be running your business with slow, outdated computers. Not only will you waste your time on old computers waiting for programs to run, but they are also much less reliable.
  • Dell Small Business Computers (Prices are low; computers, notebooks, and servers are easy to order on the Web; products are reliable; and replacement parts are extremely simple to order by just providing Dell with your unique ID number of your product).

Handhelds

The price of handhelds has also dropped while features have been expanded and improved. Not only can you keep up with your business and personal contacts and appointments, but you may also possibly surf the Web, check e-mail, make phone calls, carry reference materials such as dictionaries and a thesaurus, create/edit and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents, and much more.
  • Palm handhelds (Palm handhelds have been around for many years, are reliable, and have an unbelievable amount of programs available. Combine your Palm with a small keyboard, and you may be able to leave your laptop at home.)

Internet Service Providers

There are many, many choices for Internet access with various prices, features, reliability, and more.

  • EarthLink Internet Access (Earthlink offers reliable service across the country. In addition, spam filters are included free of charge with their e-mail accounts to try to reduce the number of unsolicited advertisements that you receive.)

Domain Name Registrars

There are many choices now when it comes to registering domain names. Even if you are not ready to get a Web site at this time, you should certainly purchase the domain name(s) now so that you will be ready. For $35 or less a year, it is certainly a good investment. You may have more than one domain name point to the same Web site.

  • Network Solutions (Network Solutions was the original Domain Name Registrar. They are not the cheapest, but are well-respected and offer extremely reliable service. When your domain name is due to be renewed, they contact you by e-mail AND regular mail to make sure that you do not fail to renew it.
  • Register.com (Another well-known Domain Name Registrar)

Search Engine Optimization and Promotion

Eager Web Page Design offers free basic search engine submission with any new Web site. There are many full-featured programs available that not only submit your site to the free search engines, but also allow you to check your site's rankings as well as offer suggestions to improve it.

  • FireFactor (A Web-based program that submits your site to hundreds of Search Engines and Directories, although many may not be very popular. It offers optimization tools, tracking, and monthly submission summary e-mail reports)

Online Advertising

Once you get a Web site, you may want to advertise it online so that more people will find it faster. One of the common ways to advertise your Web site is to have your site appear as an advertisement in the popular search results.

  • Overture (Allows your site to appear on the top of search results of leading sites like MSN, Yahoo!, and Alta Vista. )

E-Mail Marketing

Once you have a Web site, you should offer your Web visitors a way to stay in touch with your company before they leave. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to create an opt-in mailing list. You simply add a registration form on your Web site and send newsletters to everyone who has joined your list.

  • Constant Contact®, Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing™ is an inexpensive product that allows you to build and manage permission email lists, create and send eye-catching HTML email newsletters, announcements and promotions, and track email campaign results.
  • VerticalResponse, a leading provider of self-service and customized direct marketing solutions, empowers small and medium sized businesses to build, control and measure their own direct marketing campaigns.

Anti-Virus Software

With the ever-increasing threat of computer viruses, you MUST have anti-virus software loaded on all of your computers. In the old days, to get a computer virus you had to load an infected program on your computer by opening an e-mail file attachment or using an infected computer disk or program. Now, with networking and common attacks on popular operating systems and e-mail clients, e-mail viruses can attack your computer without your even opening an e-mail attachment.

Anti-Spam Programs

As the amount of spam being sent increases, you need some sort of way to filter or delete spam so you can spend your time reading legitimate e-mail. If you have been using the Internet for many years, it is not uncommon to receive over 100 unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements EACH DAY.

  • MailWasher Pro (We use this product and it is an excellent way to delete/bounce spam before it gets in your mailbox.)
  • I Hate Spam (Top rated program for Outlook/Outlook Express).
  • SpamCop.net (This is an online solution with no software to download or install. We recommend that you forward your e-mail to SpamCop.net, let them clean out the bulk e-mail advertisements and viruses, and then either download your cleaned e-mail from them or have them forward the e-mail to a second e-mail address.

Computer Hardware, software, peripherals and more

Before shopping at your local computer store, check prices from some of the major Internet companies. Not only can you often save a lot of money on the purchase price and save travel time since the products can be shipped right to your office or home, but you can order 24 hours a day at a time when it is convenient for you.

  • Buy.com (Buy.com has a huge selection of computer and office technology and the prices are usually excellent.)
  • Amazon.com (The selection of computer and office technology products is incredible.)

Computer and office supplies, office furniture and more

We are impressed by the wide range of office products offered by the major office supply companies. Often, you can have your orders shipped for free and they may arrive in as little as ONE DAY.

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