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Everyone at Catalyst Marketing / Worry Free Web Sites wishes you a very joyous holiday season!

We thank you for your past business – and we offer you our best wishes for a prosperous 2012. We look forward to assisting you in the new year!

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Everone at Catalyst Marketing / Worry Free Web Sites wishes you a very Happy Thanksgiving holiday.

We thank you for your business this past year!

With warm holiday wishes,
All of us at Catalyst Marketing / Worry Free Web Sites

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With all the changes that have occurred with Google recently, one thing is still for certain: Quality content is still essential.

Of course, it goes without saying that you need to have a good looking site that is easy to navigate, with quality underlying code as well. But you also must have a site that presents quality content. Content that is informative and reads well for visitors.

Does your site? Take a quick read of your site and find out for yourself.

• Your content should not be overly stuffed with keyword phrases, or sound awkward when read aloud.

• It should be easy to read and easy to understand by your site visitors.

• Try to use helpful headlines, short sentences, small paragraphs, and bulleted lists to enable a quick and easy read by your site visitors.

• And always make sure that every page of your site leverages quality title tags, description tags, and keyword tags that are unique to each page, and specific to that page’s content.

With these helpful tips, you can be better assured that your site is attractive to both your site visitors and to the search engines like Google.

Need help with your site or your site content? Does your site not look or navigate like you wish it would? Do you question the quality of the underlying site code? Or maybe you need help with your site from a webmaster you know you can depend upon? We can help!

Simply call us toll free at 866-798-6977 to get started today!

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If you are looking to maintain your own site content, you CAN – and we can help! We offer several solutions that make maintaining your site content quick and easy.

Your site is made up of multiple pages – and each page has a main content area that is likely comprised of text, graphics, photos and links. The quickest and easiest thing for you to do to update your site pages is to email or call us when you need site updates. As your on-call webmaster, we are here when you need us. Simply call 1-866-798-6977 and we will be happy to serve you with quality, cost-effective, dependable web site maintenance services.

But if you prefer to update the content on your site pages yourself when you feel like it and don’t want to have to ask your webmaster to do it for you, we have several solutions that can help. Whether you are building a site from scratch, redesigning or redeveloping your current site, or you simply want to enhance your existing site to add web site management functionality that will allow you to update your pages yourself, we offer a variety of solutions that can meet your needs – and your budget.

Call us today at 1-866-798-6977. We’ll take the time to listen, to understand your unique needs, and identify the solution that best addresses them within the confines of your budget.

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If you are looking to build an online store, you have lots of options available today. Whether you have an existing web site you want to add an online store onto, or you are building a new site, there are many things to consider. But, before you buy any solution, be sure you have considered all your requirements to be sure you select the cart that’s right for you.

Factors to take into consideration when selecting an ecommerce solution include the number of products you will be selling, the options and customizable features of your products, the type of shipping you will need (i.e., flat rate or automated calculation by ship-to zip code), taxation requirements (i.e., do you need taxes charged by county or just by state), your specific needs to self-maintain your cart and/or site, your desired budget, and more.

We can help! We can cut out all the complexity and help you identify your needs and find the right ecommerce solution that meets your budget. Call us at 866-798-6977 today.

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If you currently have a web site, you need to know that you have a quality, dependable webmaster available when you need them. You may not need a webmaster every day, but when you do need one, you need to know they are there and ready to assist with your web site needs.

A stale, outdated, inaccurate or broken web site does not represent you well. Your webmaster should be able to help you with site updates, upgrades and repairs when you need them.

No matter how small or how big a job, your webmaster can help ensure your web site looks good, functions properly and represents you well online at a fair rate. 

A quality, dependable webmaster is simply indispensible.  Your webmaster is your trusted partner in online success.

To learn more about web site maintenance services available from Worry Free Web Sites, click here.

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Best wishes for a very happy holiday season from everyone at Catalyst Marketing / Worry Free Web Sites.

We hope you, your business associates and your entire family have a very happy holiday!

Many thanks for your business in 2010. We look forward to serving you and helping make 2011 your best year ever!

With warm holiday wishes,
All of us at Catalyst Marketing / Worry Free Web Sites 

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Are you on Facebook? Or, more clearly, is your business on Facebook?

Facebook is the powerhouse social media mechanism that has the unique ability to help boost your business!

As users sign-up to ‘like’ your page on Facebook, they will be kept informed of you, your business and what’s happening with you on Facebook. By interacting with those who ‘like’ you on Facebook, sharing comments and providing helpful tips, you have the potential to attract more customers — and thus more business.

One of the many benefits of social media, particularly Facebook, is that there are no ongoing costs! It’s true – once your initial fan page is setup and in place, you will be able to manage your Facebook account yourself. No ongoing hosting fees, no maintenance fees - and no fees paid to Facebook. It’s essentially free following initial setup!

If you have an existing Facebook account, we can work with that. Or, we can setup a new Facebook account for you.

We will design and develop a custom Facebook Fan Page (now called a Facebook Business Page) that will mimic the look of your site. We will design and build a custom Welcome page that allows you to present a consistent professional appearance from your web site to your Facebook page. We also customize other tabs in your Facebook account to ready you for active social interaction with your fans.

Pricing is project specific; a one-time fee for design and development of your fan page is less than you think. We even provide Facebook overview training via the telephone if you need it.

We will discuss your specific needs and desires – and show you some of the many examples of fan pages we have designed for others.

Call us toll-free at 866-798-6977 to get started today – or contact us online.

And don’t forget to visit our fan page and click the like button! Click here to find us on Facebook now.

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Stop by and see us at the Chamber Network Night in Valparaiso, on Thursday October 28, at the Porter County Expo Center on Highway 49, from 4pm to 7pm. Come talk to us about your web site needs and how we can help make you a success on the web!

Stop by and talk to us about your nagging web site repair projects and ongoing web site maintenance and webmaster needs. We can help!

Or, maybe you have a need for a new online shopping site? We have a variety of solutions available, ideal for virtually any budget.

Looking for a site makeover – an all-new site! A beautiful web site design is well within your reach. Perhaps a new online web application – online scheduling, online classes, and more. We have done it – and can deliver that ideal web-based application you’ve been dreaming of! Or maybe your current hosting is giving you fits? We can help!

Ask us about custom email marketing / email campaigns and how it could help you market more effectively.  Or, ask us about the power of WordPress (for more than just blogging too!).

Find out more about the exciting new opportunities available in Facebook too – including an integrated online shopping tool.

We hope to see you there!

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In our last blog post, you learned that having good web site navigation was so important to a web site; not only for site visitor usability, but also for search engine friendliness and search engine visibility. Are you aware how your site looks is also important. Good web site design actually follows very closely with good site navigation.

Good web site design means that you have a good looking site that is easy to read and easy to use. Your design should be relevant for your site – the type of products and services you are offering and the type of content you are displaying. The look of your site should be relevant to what you are displaying on your site so that is makes the most sense to site visitors and does not detract from a visitor’s experience on your site.

The overuse of flashing or animated objects with your web site design, while seemingly fun and attention getting to you, can be actually quite annoying to your site visitors. If one of the goals of your web site is to get people to return over and over again, imagine how annoying all these flashing and animated objects are after just the third or fourth visit!

Remember, you can never go wrong with a clean and simple look. Your web site design need not be garish or overly flashy or animated – a clean and simple web site design can work well for first-time and returning site visitors.

If you do use Flash animation on your web site, remember to use it sparingly. Flash animation is typically used to deliver video-like images on a site, such as in the top portion of this page of our web site. It should be subtle and attractive; always ensure it is readable by your visitors and not just there because you think it looks cool. It should have a purpose within your web site design, even if for simply promotion of your products and services. There really is no need to overuse Flash animation; at some point, it can begin to detract from a user’s experience.

One final point on web site design - the look of your web site represents your company, your products and your services. It represents you in the middle of the night when you are not open. Make sure your web site looks like you would want any representative of your company, products and services to look when they represent you. If your web site does not, maybe it is time for a new web site design that DOES!

And if you’re not maintaining your web site, regardless of how nice your web site design is, your site will never achieve what it could if you would have ensured a solid web site management plan was defined and followed for your site.

Old content or never changing content will never excite your site visitors very much, particularly warranting a return trip to your site. With a solid web site management plan, you can keep your site updated and appealing to your site visitors. Whether you perform web site maintenance yourself, or you work with a company dedicated to helping ensure the upkeep of your site, a comprehensive web site management plan should be an integral part of your online presence.

Do you need a new web site design - a fresh look that can open some new doors of opportunity for you? Looking for a professional web site company who can help you achieve your online goals? Looking for a new web site design, with quality web site development performed by a company who builds web sites not just for enticing visitor appeal, but also for search engine visibility?

A company who can help you maintain your web site to keep it fresh and inviting with a comprehensive web site management and web site maintenance plan? A company who provides quality cost-effective web site hosting you can count on?

If you are, then you’ve come to the right place. Worry Free Web Sites provides quality custom web site design, web site development and web site hosting - and can help you with web site management via a web site maintenance plan defined specifically for you and your site.

Contact us today and find out the many doors we can open for you — and without the need for all the bells and whistles!

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