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    What are the first 5 websites you go to first?

    I said it would change! I seem to be checking out Penbroath Cornish Cottage Holidays alot. I think I'm looking forward to a summer holiday!
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    Marketing Ecommerce for beginners

    Hi Rich, I would not be throwing a very limited budget at advertising on sites lke Yell and the rest, when you can achieve much more with the money and your own resourcefulness. What you have to learn quite quickly is the basics of SEO, then you can get your site ranking well for the most...
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    Internet Marketing Course for Cornwall - some Free places are also available

    Our Internet marketing course for Cornwall is running again on March 12th, and will be held at Follett Stock Solicitors conference room, in Truro. The course provides a complete A-Z process for developing a normal web site into a profitable on-line business. Further details are on the web...
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    selling a product to the US.. any ideas...?

    If it were me I would not be buying a list. Having worked with a lot of bought lists in the past the relevancy was poor, quality not there, and the people quite frankly don't actually want to be spammed by you. What I would do is build a well targetted sales web site and optimise and market it...
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    What global warming?

    Fox news are in the mouthpiece of the republican party and the oil and motoring lobbies in the US. What would you expect them to say?
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    How did you come up with your business idea?

    We work onthe internet, and finding a niche market is a core part of what we do. Many people are out there looking for the killer product or service, and seem to spend years waiting for the perfect one to come up. We consider a niche market on the internet to be any group of people searching...
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    What are the first 5 websites you go to first?

    It seems to change on a daily basis, this week there is a strong Cornish theme... I guess Google always gets in there somewhere too... Data backup Cornwall - www.forward-itc.co.uk DTE Diesel Tuning - www.dte-diesel-tuning.com Cornish First Aid Supplies - www.cornishfirstaid.co.uk The...
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    selling art on line? art prints, canvas etc.

    Well without traffic you've got no one to buy your stuff. With traffic it depends on how good your stuff is, how relevant it is to the visitors you've got, and how well you sell it to them. Each one of those is a big subject in itself though so you're right - its not that simple - but its the...
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    On-line Backups

    I use Forward ITC for off-site data backup, and their service is very good. They do a free trial too, so nothing to lose. They are at: www.forward-itc.co.uk
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    Google .uk or .com???

    People in the UK will generally be defaulted to Google.co.uk, while those in the US will automatically be defaulted to .com. Each will try to give relevant search results, so ou will rank highly for one in the other. If you are selling you have to decided whether you prefer to sell in the UK...
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    selling art on line? art prints, canvas etc.

    There is an interesting dilemma for sites like artists and photographers - they usually try to make their images do the talking, for obvious reasons, but that doesn't really wash onthe web. The only thing a search engine can index is words, and you need a lot of them. Well chosen too, but...
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    Are you a green/eco/fairtrade bizz? Post here to say hello

    And most of us waste huge energy through our un-eco houses: Here are some good Eco Homes in Cornwall, built by our friends local builder Percy Williams & Sons. These guys are fired up about green and low energy homes, and in these houses in Hayle they have solar panels, eco heat pumps (which...
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    SEO Help available in Cornwall & Devon

    This page is starting to look like an SEO directory for Cornwall. All the tips above are good and useful, how's the surf in Porthtowan? There are a few tips also on our Web Development and Marketing blog which may help too; I hope you get the results you're looking for from your site Hollow.
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    Hourly rate for freelance web development

    -um 1. By Date A. 2. We will have achieved B. 3. And you pay C. 4. By date D.... etc. A well managed project is usually a series of clear milestones. Everybody knows where they stand and hopefully you don't end up with a silly fight at the end. For a small web site project this approach is...
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    Hourly rate for freelance web development

    That's why you lay out clearly what is involved. When its done, they pay you. Anything that is not part of the scope is an extra. Make that clear at the start to avoid problems later on. Give them a few extras anyway for free cos you want them to see you go the extra mile for them, but you...
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