<p>&nbsp;As a website owner, you know that search engine optimization (SEO) is crucial to your website's success. It's how you get your website in front of your target audience and increase traffic. But with so many website builders on the market, how do you know which one is the best for SEO?</p> <p>Most website builders provide&hellip;</p>

<p>There's never been a better time to start working from home than now. This is a guide to help you do that. The first thing you'll need to do is decide what you'd like to do for work. Whichever work at home idea you decide to pursue you're going to need a website. It's easy&hellip;</p>

<p>1. Lack of follow through</p> <p>It doesn't matter how good your idea is, it doesn't matter how excited you are about your website if you never follow through and create one it's not going to help you one bit.&nbsp;</p> <p>2. Waiting until things are perfect to launch (Procrastinating)</p> <p>Don't fall into this trap. It's easy to think I'll&hellip;</p>

<p>Ok, so you're convinced a website is a necessary part of your business. But how do you create a website? Where do you start? What do I put on my website?&nbsp; In this post I'm going to give you a process to answer all of those questions and more.</p> <p>What's the goal of your website?Before you&hellip;</p>

<p><a href="https://static.secure.website/wscfus/10235279/4123386/eajew0j3dsugjbafk9ag-w1024-o.png"></a>If you're a local business you probably already know Google has replaced the phone book. Local businesses that don't show up on the first page of Google are not likely to generate a lot of calls. You need good ranking on search engines like Google to drive traffic to your local business. Here are&hellip;</p>

<p>What's the point of having a website if nobody every comes to it? Getting people to come to your website is the key to making money online. The best way to get people to come to your website is by getting your site ranked high in Google's search results. Here are the 3 basic steps&hellip;</p>

<p>For your website to be successful you'll need web traffic. Here are three easy ways to get people to start visiting your website.</p> <p>1. Put your web address on your print publications.</p> <p>Do you have a business card or brochure? If so, be sure to include your web address on them. And when you do, don't make&hellip;</p>

<p>I hear the story all the time... "I have a friend who's doing my website", "I have a cousin who's doing my website", "I hired a web guy to do my site". Small business owners know in this day and age they need to have an online presence but all too often they entrust it&hellip;</p>

<p>We all want to get better search ranking. After all, better search ranking means more customers for our businesses. However when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO) many people forget the basics. Here are the first three things you need to do when optimizing your website for better search engine ranking.</p> <p>1. Keyword Research</p> <p>If you&hellip;</p>

<p><strong>1. A true drag and drop experience.</strong></p> <p>WebStarts doesn't require you to know any code. If you can create a letter using Microsoft Word you can use WebStarts to create a website.  Other website builders claim they can help you create a website without knowing code but most of them limit you to changing some text and&hellip;</p>

<p>What's an ISP email? An ISP email is that free email address you get from Verizon, Comcast, Brighthouse Networks, and other Internet Service Providers. If you're using one of these emails you should stop immediately. Here are three reasons why using that free ISP email address sucks.</p> <p>1. It's unprofessional.</p> <p>When I go to a business meeting&hellip;</p>

<p>When it comes to web design like most things there are as many opinions as there are web designers -- probably even more. Most business owners are focused on running their business, not on their website. For that reason they often times rely on the opinions and advice of outsiders.</p> <p>In my experience much of the&hellip;</p>

<iframe width="640" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pQuc1XgJk0M?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>A mail to link is a hyperlink you can put on your website that when clicked launches a site visitors default email program on their computer with your email address pre-populated in the send to field. In the early days of the web these links could be found on many website contact pages. However times have changed and here's why...</p> <p><strong>1. Many people no longer use mail clients. </strong></p> <p>In the last 10 years many people have moved away from using email software like Outlook on their local computer. The email programs have been replaced with web-based solutions like Gmail. Web-based email is more convenient than installing an email client software on your local machine. Mail to links are designed to launch a default software program on your computer and don't open your web-based Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail account. Some of those programs do offer a separate software program called a "notifier" but most people don't bother to install them.</p> <p>If you use a mail to link on your website and someone doesn't use their default email client software they'll have a bad experience. When the link is clicked rather than opening up their Gmail or Yahoo account they'll see a program launch they likely have never setup like Microsoft Outlook. This usually creates confusion for the end-user and makes them far less likely to contact you.</p> <p><strong>2. It makes your site look like it was built in the 90's.</strong></p> <p>Since mail to links have fallen out of popularity with web designers finding one on the web has become a associated with a site being out of date or abandoned. As a business owner the last thing you want your site visitors to do is think you're not really working behind the scenes or that you're out of business. If you're using a mail to link it's like putting a sign on the door saying you're closed.</p> <p><strong>3. You can't capture the information you need.</strong></p> <p>Another problem with mail to links is the fact they don't capture the information you really need. Simply launching a default mail client with your email address on a computer, even if the end-user does understand what's happening rarely results in your getting the information you need to properly support your site visitor.</p> <p>Using a contact form is the modern replacement for a mail to link. By using a form you can customized fields and ask for the information you need. In addition when you use a form you won't be publishing your email address on the web. So you don't have to worry about bots crawling your website and accumulating your email address to spam later.</p> <p>A WebStarts Pro plan comes with everything you need to create and manage forms directly on your website. So don't waste anytime and get busy replacing those mail to links today. If you haven't already signed up for a WebStarts website you can do it by <a title="WebStarts" href="http://www.webstarts.com">clicking here</a> now.</p>

<p>A mail to link is a hyperlink you can put on your website that when clicked launches a site visitors default email program on their computer with your email address pre-populated in the send to field. In the early days of the web these links could be found on many website contact pages. However times&hellip;</p>

<p><a href="http://blog.webstarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Chalkboard.jpg"></a></p> <p>When the clockk strikes midnight another year will be gone and so will your chance to get further write offs on your 2013 taxes. So why not upgrade your WebStarts website to a Pro or Pro Plus plan today?</p> <p>In addition to getting a tax write off for 2013 here are some of the most&hellip;</p>