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This tip is one of the most important… 

If you are building a website you should strongly consider using a “contact form.”

For many years I never believed anyone would take the time to fill it out a form online. 

Big mistake.  After adding one to my business web site, to my surprise, a lot of people prefer to fill it out. 

I’m not sure why this is.  Somehow the form breaks the ice and allows the customer to introduce themselves first before I contact them. 

I try to keep my form super simple, asking for name, phone and address, using a drop down box or two to condense the form as much as possible but also provide a commet box so the client can tell me as much as they want to about themselves.

As soon as they fill out the form we try to follow up as soon as possible.

To protect yourself from spammers;  Always use your Web Host provided “Form-mail” system.  Your Web Host usually offers this service for free and provides instructions for how to hook it up.

Happy Web-IT

Tom Jones

Many people ask me if unlimited web hosting is a scam. Put quit simply. Yes.

There is not a web host on the planet that has a limitless supply of server space or bandwidth. So when you see an offer like this…run!

It has become very popular these days for web hosting companies to offer this type of plan, but is it honest? 

The problem seems to be, if and when you use too much space the web host drops you as a client. They bank on the fact that most folks don’t actually need a lot of space, so offer an outrageous deal they can never live up to. 

If your needs grow to fast however,  they will dump you as soon as you consume too many resources. At some point in time they have to terminate your account because the truth is, your service really isn’t “unlimited” is it?

Further more, spammers frequently join ”unlimited” plans and temporarily bog down the resources for as long as they can get away with it before the host dumps them, so even if you don’t use a lot of resources you still suffer with slow service everytime this happens.

“Overselling” is another popular trick,  in which the web host sells the same space over and over again.

If you fall pray to this kind of hosting practice you will also soon find your server slow and unresponsive and sooner or later you will be forced to move your site somewhere else, possibly even losing your Domain Name in the process.

A good web host will never offer “unlimited service” or “oversell” their servers and will set sensible limits which in turn gives everyone positive space and bandwidth that you can count on.  You can check out some great plans at Expert Online Hosting

Happy Web-IT

Tom Jones

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I have used this program and highly recommend it.  In fact the expertonlinehosting.com website was designed using WebEasy.

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What does it take to make a living online? 

In my humble opinion if you want really want to make a living online you will have to dig deep into your soul, persevere for weeks, months and years building  a solid foundation offering something real or special. Not some gimmicky sales course.

It’s a labor of love and if you don’t believe that, you’ll probally never make it.

Getting traffic is fairly straightforward and easy to accomplish and I have written many articles pertaining to how to get traffic to your site but turning traffic into sells is another story that escapes most online entrepreneurs.

Over the years the only thing I have found worth doing, is doing what I love to do. 

If you are good at something and you have a passion for what you do then you will hang in to completion.  The sad fact is most people quit perfectly good ideas far to soon.  They are not passionate about their idea and all they want is the instant bucks and when that doesn’t happen they throw in the towel.

I have had many unsuccessful internet adventures over the years.  Eventually I settled down and continued to honor my gifts and talents. It all came down to this simple advice. 

Do what you love and the money will follow — chase money and it will run you around in circles. 

Get rich quick is possible, for the lucky few…but it is very rare.  For the rest of us you will have to find your niche, earn it one day at a time and never give up.

Happy Web-IT

Tom Jones