Your business: Stuck inside the box

This video I'm blogging about is one to laugh at. The topic I'm comparing it to.... not so funny.

It's sad to see businesses stuck inside the box. It's my job at Waking Girl Web Design in Reno, Nevada to "unstuck" businesses. It's not my job to figure out WHY they're stuck, but I usually run into it along the way.

The number one reason why your business (and website) is stuck:
YOU ARE A CONTROL FREAK
A good business owner does not get stuck on the details of her business. She hires strong people, surrounds herself with qualified partners and consultants, delegates as many jobs as possible, and trusts and supports the work of others. If you run your business more like a dictator than a leader, please do NOT get Waking Girl involved in your failing government.

Waking Girl Web Design hopes to make every client's website profitable. This becomes impossible when you micro-manage. Rates suddenly increase, every little piece of work is billed. And then, the web designer has to do the work over and over and over again. Expensive!!

And therefore, contrary to our mission statement: to bring companies closer to their goals in a PROFITABLE, cutting-edge, low-frills manner.

Just like the boy in the video, if you ever make it outside of the box, PLEASE don't hop right back inside. It's painful and counter-productive!

http://wakinggirl.com
Wake up your business, or your clients.
Whichever is sleepier.

top search engine placement

[from an email to a client]

curious, i googled my internet nickname. i do this
every few months.

the response this time was fascinating. the order in
which sites were returned should illustrate my point
about using other sites to drive traffic to your own
site.

1. NICKNAME.com (google looks first to see if there's
a domain that has the search phrase you typed in)

2. youtube.com..... (a link to my youtube profile,
which links to my business website)

3. yahoo.com.... (a link to my yahoo answers profile
which links to my business site)

4. myspace.com.... (a link to my myspace profile which
links to my business site)

after that it goes into more yahoo answers (every
question i have answered is indexed!). beyond that are
various forums that i have posted on.

since these "TOP" sites are linking to my business
website, it's going to help my ranking when someone
types in something like "girl web design" (1st page)
or "reno marketing consultation" (1st page) or "reno
web maintenance" (1st!).

Web Hosting with Waking Girl

If your website was a house, the host would be the
land that it sits on. Continuing with this analogy,
you need to look for land that is large enough for
your house, easy to build on, close to the main
highways, and most importantly, AFFORDABLE.

SPACE:
How much space will your website need? Probably not as
much as they're selling you. Unlike a house, you don't
need to worry about the neighbors next door when it
comes to your website. If your website is just
informational (1-10 pages, a few images on each page,
a mailing list), you don't need to worry about space.
Waking Girl's Buttercup Hosting will suit your needs
perfectly. We would look at expanding your hosting
space if your site received a LOT of visitors each
day. Waking Girl personalizes your hosting to fit your
needs.

If your website is heavier (lots of hits, video, more
than 10 pages, e-commerce) the Daisy Hosting will
better fit your needs.

EASE OF USE:
A web host can become costly when it is difficult for
a web designer and client to navigate. If there is any
sort of interactive function to your website (mailing
list, blog, shopping cart), your web designer will
need to access the Control Panel, which is maintained
by the host. Like a power company hooking up
electricity, the land needs to be easy to access and
use. If you are planning on using Waking Girl for your
web design needs, please use Waking Girl hosting. It
will save us time, and you money!

SPEED:
Everything we do nowadays on the web has to be FAST.
This is why we only partner and do business with Tier
1 bandwidth carriers who are known as the best in the
industry. Together with partners such as Level3, Time
Warner, and Savvis we bring your website to a whole
new level.

AFFORDABLE:
It's a good idea to spend more of your web budget on
the site than the hosting. On the Internet, it's NOT a
good idea to have a small run-down cabin on 40 acres
of land with beachfront and mountain views. It's
better to have the Taj Mahal on a cheap urban lot.
Waking Girl Hosting ranks with the most affordable
hosting on the web. For only $5/month we can survey a
plot of land just for you!

Waking Girl is a reseller host for Hostdime which is
presently ranked among the top 50 hosts in the world
by hostcount.com, housing over 1500 servers, and
hosting over 100,000 domains. The servers are located
in Orlando, Florida. If you are concerned about the
safety of your website, please ask your web designer
for instructions on how to back-up your website.