Lighthouse Technologies Newsletter
September, 2004 Issue 1
www.techlh.com
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In This Issue:
* Another Reason to Get a Website
* Our Biggest Sale Ever
* Web Designers Reseller Rights
* TownLink (Sponsor)
* How Much are Websites Nowadays?
* Our Upgraded Referral Program
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Another Reason to Get a Website
The Dieringer Research Group (DRG) (http://www.thedrg.com) surveyed
3,000 US adults in June to ascertain their online shopping habits
and found that the majority of American adults now use the Internet
for shopping.

Many more use the Internet for product research prior to purchasing
products in traditional stores.

The Web is now an essential tool for offline businesses. It's
getting harder and harder to argue that not every business needs a
Website!
Read more at http://www.techlh.com/why_web.htm
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Our Biggest Sale Ever
Last week we unofficially started our biggest sale ever. Even
before we announced it, several customers were signing up for our
deals. Why? Because these deals are too good to pass up! We are
offering many of our services at highly reduced pricing - most as
low as 99 cents! Now you can take advantage of these sales during
September.

We are working hard to reduce all of our services for September.
Choose from hosting packages for 99 cents, domain names for 99
cents, and even our professionally written e-Books for as low as 99
cents!

To see all of our 99 cent deals (and some new FREE offers!) click
over to
http://www.techlh.com/99c.htm
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Web Designers
Offer professionally written e-books to your clients! You can
purchase reseller rights for all three of our e-books and resell
them on your site, or provide them to potential clients and increase
your chances of landing that contract!
http://www.techlh.com/webdesigners/whitepapers.htm
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Sponsor - TownLink
Promote your community, network your business, make local vendors
happy, and make money!
www.YourTownLink.com
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Just how much does a Website costs Nowadays?

While that's an easy and perfectly valid question to ask, the answer
is not so easy! To answer this question effectively, we would have
to know your goals, purposes, and design ideas for your business'
site. Since we cannot do that without an initial consultation
meeting, we've decided to give you a few examples of our current
clients and their approximate budget for the project.

Client One
Client One already had a website. Problem was, they weren't getting
much out of it. They wanted to put some products online. To
further complicate the process, their `web guy' moved and was no
longer available. So Client One had a website that they could not
maintain nor update.

Client One called Lighthouse Technologies and set up an
appointment. When we met, they explained their problem and we
helped. Within 6 hours, their site was updated with fresh graphics
and new content. We did 99% of the work in Client One's office the
same day.

Cost: ~ $240

Client Two
Client Two started a business and needed a simple way for customers
to find and contact him. He purchased his domain name and a small,
custom-built website from Lighthouse Technologies. Within two weeks
Client Two's website was online.

Total cost:~ $360

Within several months, Client Two had such success with his website
that he called us for more pages, including a custom script used to
share documents and provide status to his vendors.

Total cost: ~ $710

Client Two's future plans include broadcasting live video over the
Internet and customer payment processing.


Client Three
Client Three had an existing business. He wanted more exposure for
his growing venture, and the Internet was the answer. Starting with
just a home page and a contact page, soon he added two pages of
services and a feedback form.

Cost: ~ $300

Shortly after that the business went nationwide. That meant Client
Three needed updates to the site, including a custom map and pricing
scheme. Lighthouse Technologies was able to provide a very cost-
effective solution for Client Three.

Cost: ~ $200

Client Three also landed a large contract with a local government
agency. They were overwhelmed and needed help from other like-
merchants. They called Lighthouse Technologies for ideas.

We came up with a custom written set of pages, complete with secure
login and database backbone. The customer could now post `jobs' to
their site, and other nationwide (and local) vendors could log in
and provide services. Client Three was provided a very easy web-
interface to update and change/delete jobs as needed.

Cost: ~ $400

Client Three requests frequent updates to his site. With our
monthly maintenance package, Client Three gets just the updates he
needs without any hassle. Best of all, it's all pre-paid so there
is no monthly billing headache!

Total Cost: ~ $1400

These are just three examples of clients that have had a wide range
of needs for their website - you can get a little, or a lot. Your
best bet is to contact us and let our web design consultant meet
with you. There you can discuss your goals, desires, and concerns.
http://techlh.com/contactus.htm
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Referral Program Upgrades
we have recently upgraded our referral program. Now you can choose
from more gifts and other FREE services. If you have a friend or you
know of a business in need of web design or hosting, refer them to
us and get CASH!
http://www.techlh.com/refer.htm
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Did you know that Lighthouse Technologies offers special rates for
web designers? Are you wanting to offer PHP programming, Database
creation/administration, hosting, or other services to your clients,
but you don't know how?

Now you can offer these services on your site - and we'll give you a
discount!

Are you wanting to offer hosting on your website, but you aren't
sure how? We offer reduced hosting and reseller pricing. Start
offering these services to your customers and make more money!
http://www.techlh.com/webdesigners
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Until next time, thanks for reading.

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com