Church Custom CMS Design Idea

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Podcast episode 065 entitled Church Custom CMS Design Idea results from a forum post where a do-it-yourself website designer asked for a review of their church website. The old style of graphics and outdated code really needed professional advice for implementing a custom cms web design. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Introduction to Church Custom CMS Web Design
• Custom CMS and Do-it-Yourself Compared
• Custom CMS Web Design Qualifications
• Evaluation of the Existing Church Website
• Custom CMS Design Conclusions and Advice
• Website Tip of the Day - Why a Visitor Counter is a Bad Idea

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Church Custom CMS Design Idea
0:09:25 Quick Tip of the Day - Why a Visitor Counter is a Bad Idea
0:10:34 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:11:04 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 065

Referenced Links
Custom CMS Design PDF Download to learn seo and cms techniques (pdf, 50 pages)

Listeners with an existing static website for any business will benefit from the advice in today's podcast even though a church is noncommercial. The advice applies to site design quality, so anyone considering a custom cms web design should find value in the advice. Note: You do not have to register or reveal an email address to download the 50 page PDF guide to cms and seo shown above under referenced links.

TAGS: advice cms design seo search engine optimization web design

Web Design Visitors Analysis

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Podcast episode 063 entitled Web Design Visitors Analysis presents a review of recent visitor statistics for my custom cms web design site compared to 6 months ago. Stat tracking and analysis will allow site owners to form forward looking web design strategy. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Web Design Visitor Stats by Browser and SE Referrals
• Comparison of Visitor Traffic and Web Design by Browser
• Web Design and Comparison of Search Engine Referrals
• Screen Resolution and Custom CMS Web Design Strategy
• Custom CMS Web Design for IE6 and Cross Browser Compatibility
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Using CSS to Test Your Web Designs

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Web Design Visitors Analysis
0:06:10 Quick Tip of the Day - Using CSS to Test Your Web Designs
0:08:24 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:08:54 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 063

Referenced Links
Custom CMS Web Design in Google search page one results
Custom CMS Web Design in Yahoo search page one results
Custom CMS Web Design in Bing search page one results

Links to search engines results shown above represent my core business with the phrase: custom cms web design. While results at the time you hear this podcast may vary, the advice in this episode provides just a few of many tips for successful content optimization and forward looking custom web design techniques. Listeners are welcome to comment or email me from any page for assistance with their web design related questions including cms, seo, or web design visitor analysis.

TAGS: advice browsers cms cms web design screen size web design

Web Design Services and Price

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Podcast episode 062 entitled Web Design Services and Price presents advice for novice web design professionals trying to break into the custom web design field. The tips apply to do-it-yourself web design for site owners, also. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Web Design Price vs Quality Tradeoffs
• Analogy of Website Design and Used Cars
• Best Practices for Search Engine Optimization
• Web Design Site Navigation and Visitor Experience
• Tips for Web Design Planning and Future Growth
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Web Design Standards for the Novice

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:37 Main Topic - Web Design Services and Price
0:06:11 Quick Tip of the Day - Web Design Standards for the Novice
0:07:43 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:08:13 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 062

Referenced links
CMS and SEO Tutorial Ebook to view and download. No registration required.

The tip of the day and referenced link to the pdf ebook provides valuable advice for novice web design students just getting started. The search engine optimization research and implementation advice at zero cost is equal to what many charge $1000s to learn.

TAGS: advice price quality podcast seo web design

Blog and CMS Website Strategy

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Podcast episode 061 entitled Blog and CMS Website Strategy offers advice for creating new pages in a content management system or cms web design, and then announcing the content on your blog. The result is enhanced seo, or search engine optimization, because each new page added to your main site provides two pieces of new content for search engines. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Advantages of an Integrated Custom Blog in a CMS Web Design
• Disadvantage of Relying on Your Blog Only for Adding Content
• Search Engine Optimization in a Phrase: Add Original Quality Content Often
• Case Studies of Custom CMS Web Design Clients with Integrated Blogs
• Two for One Strategy When Writing Lengthy Blog Posts
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Using Twitter to Promote Your Site and Blog

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:37 Main Topic - Blog and CMS Website Strategy
0:06:34 Quick Tip of the Day - Using Twitter to Promote Your Site and Blog
0:07:45 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:08:15 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 061

Referenced links
Get web design advice on Twitter by following me at @JimDegerstrom

Twitter? Yes, I mentioned Twitter. For those listeners unfamiliar with the social network on Twitter, it is more than "What are you doing now...". Personally, I follow other web design professionals from around the world to stay up to date on trends in our industry. For your small business, Twitter provides an easy to use method of promoting your brand, also. Listen to today's tip of the day to learn more.

TAGS: advice blog cms podcast seo web design

CMS Web Design Conversion Tips

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Podcast episode 059 entitled CMS Web Design Conversion Tips provides a review of a new project to convert an existing 98 page website to a custom cms web design. Factors to consider in the new web design includes smooth transition to minimize website down time. Here's the outline for today's program:

• SEO Factor Considerations in Site Redesign
• Comparing Web Design Long URLs to SEO Friendly URLs
• Redirecting Old Web Design File Names with HTAccess
• Using Draft Mode for Instant Web Design Conversion
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Custom 404 Error Page Advice

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - CMS Web Design Conversion Tips
0:07:58 Quick Tip of the Day - Custom 404 Error Page Advice
0:10:09 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:10:39 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 059

Referenced links
Humorous 404 Error Pages from sites with a sense of humor

The problems of converting an existing web design to a newly redesigned website can go smoothly with proper planning. The tip of the day about custom 404 pages adds another point to consider even if you are not redesigning a site. Testing your site with a fake page file name will tell you immediately what your site visitors will see. Like it? No. Listen to the tip of the day, and look into having a custom 404 "page not found" added to your web design.

TAGS: advice cms podcast redesign seo web design

2009 Web Design Predictions

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Podcast episode 054 entitled 2009 Web Design Predictions takes a look at forward looking concepts of web design, and what to plan for site enhancements in the future. Topics include web design trends for seo, cms, DIY web design, multimedia content, and page width standard for 2009. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Search Engine Optimization Trends in Web Design
• Content Management Systems or CMS for Web Design
• Ease of Use in Do-it-Yourself Website Owner Web Design
• Web Design Content Enriched with Multimedia
• New Standards for Web Design Page Width in 2009
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Time for an Annual Web Design Checkup

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - 2009 Web Design Predictions
0:11:46 Tip of the Day - Time for an Annual Web Design Checkup
0:13:28 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:13:58 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 054

Referenced links
Ebook download of 2009 Web Design Predictions (podcast transcript, 6 pages, 252kb pdf)

Keeping up with the changes in online technology, visitor behavior, and web design strategy is necessary for success in custom web design. The advice today provides pointers for do-it-yourself web design site owners with practical advice for web design best practices. Web design techniques that do not change with new technology could very well experience future problems when compared to a competitor's website.

TAGS: advice cms podcast seo search engine optimization web design

Secrets of Web Design Content

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Podcast episode 051 entitled Secrets of Web Design Content describes the difference between web design with ordinary content and creating a quality site for visitors first that will also attract search engines. SEO, or search engine optimization of new and existing sites is featured in today's podcast, too. Here's the outline for today's program:

• SEO Secret of Add Original Quality Content Often
• Types of Web Design Content and Search Engine Optimization
• Web Design Site Structure in CMS for SEO
• Enhanced Value of Web Design Content for SEO
• Site Redesign to Improve Search Engine Optimization
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Double the Value of Blog Web Design Content

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Secrets of Web Design Content
0:10:02 Tip of the Day - Double the Value of Blog Web Design Content
0:12:21 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:12:51 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 051

Referenced links
Download pdf of cms web design and seo including site structure outline (50 pages)
*Note: Follow the PDF link to view online, or right click and save link as to download this free PDF. You do not have to register or reveal an email address to get your copy.

The topic of web design content compares SEO of older sites with simple text and graphics, and the emergence of newer web design technology with video and audio. The tip of the day has advice to double the value of content you write with full feature content on your main site and then an announcement of the new content on an integrated blog.

TAGS: advice content podcast seo search engine optimization web design

CMS Web Designs Make Page One

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Podcast episode 048 entitled CMS Web Designs Make Page One explores the false opinion that cms web designs have difficulty being indexed and ranked well in search engines. Based on a conversation this week with a cms web design client about their new website launch, their site made Google page one in just one month. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Update of CMS Web Design and SEO
• Comparing Web Design with SEF and Messy URLs
• Google Page One with New Website Design
• Another Client Web Design on Page One
• Update of Web Design Page One Statistics
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Another Look at DupeFreePro

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - CMS Web Designs Make Page One
0:08:29 Tip of the Day - Another Look at DupeFreePro
0:10:06 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:10:36 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 048

Referenced links (Google page one):
Fidelis Search LLC, Atlanta GA listed for search: atlanta area recruiters
SunShiny Florida.com, Stamford CT listed for search: orlando vacation homes

The tip of the day takes another look at free software from DupeFreePro for calculating keyword density as featured in the previous search engine optimization tutorial for cms web design clients. The results for these two clients, and my site, prove the value of cms and search engine optimization for ranking well with Google.

TAGS: advice cms seo search engine optimization web design

Web Design Templates Compared

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Podcast episode 044 entitled Web Design Templates Compared comes after a web design review earlier this week for a client interested in custom graphics, and perhaps matching web graphics to upgrade the look of their small business web design. Their site gets very little traffic, and results of their recent attempt at search engine optimization, or seo, has been less than ideal. Here's the outline for today's program:

• Free Web Design Templates Review
• Standard Commercial Website Templates
• Custom Web Design Templates and SEO
• Web Design Skills Combined with Graphic Art
• Dynamic CMS Web Design vs Static Site Templates
• Website Quick Tip of the Day - Web Design Navigation and Usability

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Web Design Templates Compared
0:11:49 Tip of the Day - Web Design Navigation and Usability
0:14:43 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:15:13 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 044

Referenced links:
CMS Template Outline and Ebook on my main site

The tip of the day explains the strategy of web design navigation and usability using a tree structure of internal links. Having your home page as the tree trunk with major branches linked from each page, and then subpages with expanded topics, allows site owners to easily grow their site. The web design and seo concept of "add original quality content often" that I recommend is easier to visualize using this tree structure for website navigation.

TAGS: advice cms review seo search engine optimization templates web design

Web Design Age and PageRank

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This podcast episode 034 entitled Web Design Age and PageRank follows questions by a listener about web design performance measurements. PageRank is a Google trademark for their method of ranking website pages on a scale of 1 to 10. Here is the outline for today's program:

• Introduction to Google PageRank and Web Designs
• Observation of Forum Discussions About SEO and PageRank
• Alexa Toolbar Measurement of Page Popularity
• Affect of Website Age for Attracting Search Engines
• Importance of Quality Content Web Design and Website Age
• Website quick tip of the day - PDF Web Design and DIY SEO EBook Release

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Web Design Age and PageRank
0:10:30 Tip of the Day - PDF Web Design and DIY SEO EBook Release
0:12:19 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:12:49 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 034

Referenced links:
URL Trends stats tracking of PageRank and backlinks
FireFox Web Developer Toolbar download for website testing
Microsoft IE DOM Explorer Toolbar download for website testing

The quick tip of the day follows the release today as promised last week of a new 50 page PDF ebook on cms web design and do-it-yourself search engine optimization tutorial. With the finished book, listeners may want to hear my take on the content as it developed and finally completed this week. Positive search engine traffic continues to grow, so the tip of the day includes comments and evidence the seo methods achieve positive results.

TAGS: advice PageRank podcast seo search engine optimization web design

CMS Web Design and SEO Results

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This podcast episode 033 entitled CMS Web Design and SEO Results provides evidence that a CMS web design can rank well with search engines. This update to July statistics reported last week includes a preview of the new PDF ebook being released next week. The expanded ebook is nearly complete and will contain around 100 pages including advanced seo techniques using natural methods of on-page optimization. Here is the outline for today's program:

• Recent Conversion to a CMS Custom Web Design
• Updated Target Phrases for Web Design
• Advanced SEO Techniques in the CMS Web Design
• SEO Benefits for Clients of CMS Web Design Projects
• Results with over 80 Google Page One Listings
• Website quick tip of the day - Preview of New SEO PDF EBook

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - CMS Web Design and SEO Results
0:09:54 Tip of the Day - Preview of New SEO PDF EBook
0:12:55 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:13:25 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 033

Referenced links:
CMS Web Design Tutorial outline for the new PDF Ebook
SEO EBook Download of the 12 page PDF short course for SEO

(Updated Aug 9) Note: The free 50 page pdf ebook on web design and DIY SEO was released as announced on the Small Business Resource Center Blog. As usual, readers do not have to register or provide an email address to download the PDF. SEO consultants would charge $1000's for the search engine optimization information being revealed. Website owners interested in do-it-yourself seo may download the new ebook with no cost or obligation. Listen to this podcast episode to learn my results and why these seo and web design methods work, and then visit my blog next week for your copy.

TAGS: advice cms podcast seo search engine optimization web design

Outdated Website SEO Strategy

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This podcast episode 032 entitled Outdated Website SEO Strategy compares search engine optimization strategy from two years ago, as well as current strategies, and then provides a review of what web design seo methods work and those that are outdated. Quality web design is still about adding new and original quality content and staying on top of web design and seo best practices. Here is the outline for today's program:

• Web Design Outdated SEO Advice from 2006 to 2007
• Critical Review of Current SEO Expert Advice
• Outdated SEO Strategies with Weak Results
• Two Questions to Measure Web Design SEO Methods
• CMS Web Design and Improved SERP Results
• Website quick tip of the day - Why Web Design Projects Never Get Done

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Outdated Website SEO Strategy
0:11:52 Tip of the Day - Why Web Design Projects Never Get Done
0:13:35 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:14:05 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 032

Referenced links:
Custom CMS and Web Design Services on my main site

Part of the evidence of search engine optimization methods in today's show includes 50 page one results in Google for this website during July 2008. Of those, 12 were #1 on page one, so designing a site for visitors first with quality content does attract people and search engines.

TAGS: advice podcast seo search engine optimization web design

Web Design Client Interview

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This podcast episode 028 entitled Web Design Client Interview introduces an interview with a new customer and small business owner with a discussion of their CMS, or Content Management System, web design project. Here is the outline for today's program and interview:

• Introduction of Client for CMS Web Design
• Opening Comments and Web Design Project Overview
• Client Preconceptions About Web Design and SEO
• Web Design Project Development and Progress
• Closing Remarks and Web Design Project Launch
• Website Quick Tip of the Day

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Web Design Client Interview
0:06:41 Tip of the Day - Benefits of a CMS Web Design
0:09:41 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:10:11 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 028

Referenced links:
Vacation Home Rental Website of Darin Vader at SunShinyFlorida.com
CMS web design overview and introduction to CMS benefits.

This episode provides insight into the expectations of a client for a new CMS web design project, and the process from initial contact to website launch. Listeners will learn about working closely with their web design team, and advanced strategy for seo, search engine optimization. Information about training and tutorials explains how a content management system allows small business website owners to add, edit, or delete content without learning html programming code.

TAGS: interview podcast cms content management system search engine optimization seo web design

Web Design with CSS Styling

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Today's podcast Episode 026 entitled Web Design with CSS Styling provides web design lessons on separating content and presentation using CSS, Cascading Style Sheets, and links to resources including a new video and W3C standards for CSS. Here's the outline for this podcast show:

• Introduction to Web Design and CSS
• Web Design Separating Content and Presentation
• New Video of Web Design in CMS with CSS Styling
• Web Design Standards Authority for CSS at W3C
• Advanced CSS Techniques for Special Effects
• Website Quick Tip of the Day

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic - Web Design with CSS Styling
0:09:46 Tip of the Day - Validating Code to W3C Standards
0:12:57 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:13:27 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 026

Referenced links:
Video demo showing CSS and site conversion to new CMS web design
W3C CSS standards and cascading stylesheet resources
W3C CSS online tool for testing CSS to current standards

The video in the reference links demonstrates that by using CSS in a CMS web design, a site owner can input plain text to create new pages in their small business web design, and the cascading style sheet takes care of content arrangement and the color scheme. The importance of valid css and xhtml code in a website design is presented in the tip of the day, plus a link to a free W3C online code validation tool is included above in the referenced links.

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