Small Business Resources

Below are some great small business resources.  We have personally used them all and would be happy to answer any questions you have.

Designing a Website

Small Business Website Design - work with a web designer who will customize your website at affordable prices.

Website Hosting

You want to choose a company that is reliable and has 24/7 phone  technical support.  Hostgator has both.  They have different plans available, so you can choose what you need.  We chose the "baby" plan.   They offer many features. We have been very pleased with their service.  For a reliable, complete service, click on the link below to check out this service or to sign up.

Hostgator makes setting up a Wordpress blog on your website quick and easy. 

Auto Responders

Aweber - we use Aweber for autoresponders and newsletter management.  They are very reliable and easy to work with.  They offer very good phone and online chat support.

If you have a business, you should have an email list so you can keep in touch with your visitors and customers.  Don't try to manage this list on your own.  As it grows, you will need an email manager and auto responder.  An autoresponder allows you to write follow-up messages one time and have them go out automatically to all new subscribers.

Go with Aweber, a great choice for your email marketing needs.

Shopping Cart

We use two. 

Paypal is a free to use shopping cart.  You can take payments easily.  Paypal deducts a small percentage of the sale price from your payment. (ok, then I guess it's not totally free, but no upfront costs.)

Wahmcart - if you need some additional features than what Paypal offers, go with Wahmcart.  It's a full ecommerce tool and very affordable.  We have used Wahmcart for years.

Business Cards

Create the business cards you want at very reasonable prices.  www.vistaprint.com.  You can get 250 free business cards.  They are very good quality - I used this offer for my business cards and they are very professional looking.  All I had to pay for was the shipping.

SEO/Marketing Courses - FREE

So you have a website - now what?   It's important to get your site ranked highly in the search engines so people can find you!  Sign up for free search engine optimization and marketing courses that are EXCELLENT!   The lady who teaches these classes does it as a  service, and takes you through step by step.  You can learn at your own pace.   There's also a free website development course.  I have taken the search engine optimization and marketing classes several times, and you learn something new each time.   Sign up at www.gnc-web-creations.com