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Stuff I need to remember to add

I have an awful memory, no actually that’s not all true, i have a great memory, it is just waterlogged with all the stuff i have to do in my day – multitasking is what i do best.

Anyway here’s a list of stuff i need to add this next few weeks.

HTML codes

Images

Website brands and who makes the best websites for the best money.

Search engines

Advertising

Grants and support

Think that’s enough to be going on with.

Oh and what your site needs to make it work.

Hmm that’s about three months of work but hey ho…..

Tis a bit bland…..

I think i need to add some images to fuzz this blog up a bit – not quite sure what though, i could buy some from www.Istockphoto.com I suppose.

Will have a play when i have some time and add some pretty pictures just to keep it colourful.

The Scammer

I was talking in another recent post about being legal and having all the right information on your website.

I was reading a forum recently and a person there had purchased tickets for a popular music venue. When no email arived confirming payment, the person became suspicious and was concerned that she may have been scammed. The site looked well built and normal, just like any other site until you looked closer and there was no address on the website, not one contact detail. Unfortunately this person didn’t check the details but so many customers do and they are aware of scammers.

Not adding contact details to your website not only renders you illegal in the eyes of Trading Standards but will also limit the amount of customers that you will have. Always check the DTI guidelines www.berr.gov.uk

Some more legal stuff – Data Protection

If you are to be a business on the internet that sells a product, depending on what sort of information about your customer you collect, you may need to have a data protection license and then again you may not.

Your customers or at least some of them will be wary about what information they want to offer you, some may not want to offer a telephone number, others will be insistant that you do not email them under any circumstances – not always easy is your website automatically sends them an email to tell them that their order has been dispatched.

The real issues are that many people simply do not want spam, they are concerned that you may use their information for other purposes. Now, whilst for basic information offered such as name, address and telephone number does not require a Data Protection License it is best to phone the Data protection people up and ask. A license is £35 and not a great deal of money. Adding the fact that you have a Data Protection Licence in your information pages on your website may go a long way to reassure some customers that you are a legal and safe site.

The telephone number to contact the Data protection people is 01625 545745 You can telephone and ask for an information pack, this way you will know if you need the license or not but for £35 it is quite a worthy bit of paper i think because there is no doubt, you will get very suspicious customers.

Women Who Work The Net

I have been a bit busy and have nothing planned to add today so i will talk about some women i know who work on the WWW. All mothers so all have worked very hard to build a business whilst looking after children – a full time job on its own.

Well, there is Callie at Holistic Feathers www.holisticfeathers.co.uk Oh and Callie at www.moonpoppyenterprises.com The latter being a very useful URL to know because when you have had your website built, there is no one better than Callie for proof reading – her service is excellent. Did you know that your site could miss search engine position if your site is full of spelling errors? A site i was looking at recently had one of their meta tags spelt incorrectly, now its lucky i spotted that error because there was no way in a million years was that site ever going to be found for that meta tag and of course meta tags ( as i will discuss at some stage in this blog) are what get your website into search engines and found by those who want to find you.

I must get in touch with Callie to have my site checked because i am the worlds worst spellar.

So, back to callie’s Holistic Feathers site – well, callie is a therapist in the Wimbledon area of London, anyone requiring an holistic therapy needs to visit Callie, her website offers all the information that you require as well as a small range of products to promote good health.

Another website i like a lot is www.knotjustjigs.co.uk This site was set up a few years ago by a work at home mum called Ketty. Starting off small, the range of products at Knot Just Jigs has grown and grown, a thriving business in less than 2 years and a visit to this website will show you just how far a business can come in such a short time. Looking that that website you would think it was owned by a huge company, but no, it is all the hard work of one women and the service you will get from Knot Just Jigs is far superior to the service you would get from a large company. We love Knot just jigs.

Another remarkable business also less than two years old is www.chelltune.co.uk again, all a women’s hard work right down to the website design and again, the service you will get from Chelltune is superior.

And another one www.missymoomooandsam.co.uk This little business has a sister business and is less than 6 months old as an independent site on the net. Gail at Missy Moo Moo started her enterprise on Ebay but soon got to the stage where her business needed something a little more grand. Missy Moo Moo’s products are beautiful and the images don’t always do them justice and if you are wanting a unique design then visit www.isobellloyd.co.uk for designer women’s bags.

I could go on all day and i will mention many more websites showing fantastic businesses run by women but for now, if you are a women wanting to start your own business, look at the sites mentioned here for inspiration and remember, make note of MoonPoppy Enterprises because you never know when you will need your own website checking.

Hmmmmm

I am just wondering how many other people did a similar blog to this – ah well, there won’t be another quite like mine

Why are blogs upside down?

My first blog is at the bottom yet i don’t want anyone to miss it – this all feels so upside down, oh well not a lot to be done about that i don’t suppose.

I can’t get my categories to change around either and now they are in the wrong place ;-(

Bangs head on brick wall.

Images

Think i need some images, it all looks a bit boring – maybe i should get the info. down then think about prettying it up – decisions decisions.

Not sure that many people offer a running commentary whilst building a blog but then I’m not most people