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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).
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with slow, outdated computers.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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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I Hate Spam (Top rated program for Outlook/Outlook
Express).
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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.
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Buy.com
 (Buy.com has a huge
selection of computer and office technology and the
prices are
usually
excellent.)
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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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