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There is a lot to consider when starting a small business in Nashville, Tn or anywhere else for that matter. The goal of this blog is to provide helpful topics around starting and running a small business. Everything from picking out your name to getting the best deal on office furniture. I hope you will find it helpful and please comment with your own advise for other small business owners.

Affordable Websites- Tips on Improving Your Website

Aaron : January 3rd, 2013

Cheap, affordable websites is what Smallbuck.com focuses on but we read many articles from the web and are always trying to better our web designing services for the Nashville area. Recently, we read an article from Marketing Profs and thought we would share it with you. The article discussed ten tips to improve your website’s SEO (search engine optimization).

1. Affordable Website Tip #1

The first tip discussed the importance of having credible content on your affordable website. Even if you have good keywords, your website can get bogged down with keywords and your viewers will not make sense of anything on your webpage. Although keywords are important, do not overuse them!

2. Affordable Website Tip #2

The second tip advises people to decide where they feel comfortable and stay there. I.e. “find your niche and stay there”. As a website you do not need to have content discussing everything. Focus on the main things you want to highlight and stay with that!

3. Affordable Website Tip #3

Google offers keyword suggestions and the third point they discuss is to use the suggestions that Google offers. Do not over-use them but it is good to insert them throughout your website’s content.

4. Affordable Website Tip #4

Fourthly, having custom URL’s is an option- use them! It is much better for your website viewers to know which page they are looking at rather then just having a random page title. For example, if you have a page about cooking steak, instead of <www.myawesomesite.com/tips/item4?=45756>, convert your URL into something like <www.myawesomesite.com/tips/grilling-the-best-steak>. That is much more search engine friendly. That is the example they used in their article and it is the same advice we share with you.

5. Affordable Website Tip #5

The fifth one goes along with the fourth but always use page titles and meta descriptions. Allow the viewers to know what they are looking at before they go to a page that they may have not wanted to go to.

6. Affordable Website Tip #6

Sixth, when adding a picture to your website, always use HTML tags so when the search spiders see your image they are able to know what they are looking at. These tags should consist of a quick description of what the image is of or what it relates to in your website’s content.

7. Affordable Website Tip #7

Seventh, always build internal links in your website. Each page should have links to your website’s homepage and, if they relate to other pages on your website, they should have a link to the associated pages.

8. Affordable Website Tip #8

Eighth, try enabling external links. Unlike the seventh point, try to have links from off your website pointing to your website. This is harder to achieve but once achieved, you will see that the difference in SEO will be much greater.

9. Affordable Website Tip #9

Ninth, install social media links to your webpages. Your readers will be more willing to share how good your website is if a social media link is readily accessible. Eventually that information will feed back to the search engines and create valuable external links.

10. Affordable Website Tip #10

Lastly, they encourage to stay away from Flash websites. Search spiders aren’t able to penetrate them and follow the links so it is always a good idea to stay away from Flash for websites and stick with purely text-based written content.

We are a website design company in Nashville that offers cheap, affordable websites but we hope this has helped you. We would love to hear your feedback so please comment below.

Cheap, affordable websites is something everyone wants and Smallbuck offers just that! Some of the content in this website article is taken from marketingprofs.com. To read the full article paste the following url in your webpages browser. http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2012/9647/10-seo-tips-to-improve-your-search-rankings-and-your-website. Thank you for reading this article about affordable websites. If you have any questions about obtaining a cheap, affordable website please contact us here.

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Affordable Website Design Landing Pages

Donald Rush : September 26th, 2012

What is a landing page you may ask?

A landing page is typically the website page that you are sent to after clicking on an ad. The landing page on your website can be important because unlike the home page of your website a landing page can be optimized to match the content of the ad. Your website has a lot of content on it and being able to deliver the exact content that someone is wanting quickly can make a huge difference.

Forms on a Website’s Landing Page

One very popular thing to do is place a contact form on your website’s landing page. This gives the visitor the option to fill the form when visiting your website. Some affordable options are to use www.wufoo.com. They have a great free version that will let you create 3 forms and embed them on your website. They will even email and text you when a form has been filled.

Example
Lets say you have an ad for Water Heater Replacement. The ad directs the visitor the landing page that has info about common water heater problems the has a form below. “Would you like a representative to give you a price on a new water heater?” Of course I would. So the visitor gives you their info and you reply back promptly. This is a great way to get an affordable website landing page created.

Free Unlimited Website Landing Pages
One of the great thing about Small Buck is that we have free unlimited landing pages. You have the ability to create affordable website pages with out having them show in the website navigation. We also allow you to add a form at the bottom of the page. This can be a big help to any business looking for an affordable website solution. Especially if you plan to advertise online.

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Local Directory Marketing – Small Business Tip

Donald Rush : May 8th, 2012

Local Directories are hugely popular and are being promoted heavily in the search results by engines such as google. Because they are being promoted on the home page. It has become very important to get found on these listing. Updating your listing on google as well as many other sites can drastically improve your rank. It is very important to make sure that you have updated accurate info on your listings. In this video you will learn more about local listings. It is important to note that once your listing is found you should give attention to your website to make sure that your visitors are finding what they need. I well designed website can make all the difference in winning or loosing a new client online.

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Pinterest for Business – Small Business Tips

Donald Rush : April 18th, 2012

Is Pinterest right for your business? Pinterest is centered around graphic content. It is a way to share images of things that are of interest to you and your friends. If your business doesn’t have a website that showcases images of things that people want to share with their friends it may not be a good fit for you. I would recommend signing up and seeing how it works. Play around with it for a while and see if you can make it work for your business. If it is not a natural fit. Don’t force it. There is probably something else you could be doing to benefit your business with that time. Oh and it is by invitation only. So you will have to find a current user to send you an invite. That shouldn’t be to hard since they have over ten million users.

What do you think of Pinterest? Do you use it for your business. Have you seen an increase in traffic to your website because of it?

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Networking Groups – Nashville Website Design

Donald Rush : April 16th, 2012

Networking groups like the ones found at a local Chamber of Commerce can be very helpful to a small business. There are other networking groups provided by organizations like BNI Business Networking International. If you are a small business looking for an affordable way to get exposure for your local business, these are a great option. Networking lets you get in front of a large number of business people and explain why your product is valuable. Individuals at these groups will then be more likely to refer you business because they know you, and they know more about what you do. So if you are a website design company in Nashville and they hear that someone needs a website. They will most likely refer that business to you. Because they know you.

Share your networking group experiences in the comments below.

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Audio Books – Nashville Web Design

Donald Rush : April 11th, 2012

Audio books are a great way to learn and improve your small business. It is an affordable solution to high priced seminars. There are lots of other things you can do in addition to having a great website from Smallbuck.

Some great books that I have read and would recommend to you.

The E myth revisted

Re-work

Entreleadership

Good to Great

Poke the box

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Time Management – Nashville Web Design

Donald Rush : April 10th, 2012

Time management and making the most of your time is something that we all try to do, but if I am honest I know it is something I can improve on. In this video I talk about a few tools that I use to make the most of my time.

Wunderlist great for list making. Helps me remember and finish those random ideas through out the day.

Highrise helps me keep track of who I need to call and or follow up with. A great contact management tool.

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