Lighthouse Technologies Newsletter
January, 2005 Issue 1
www.techlh.com
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In This Issue:
* What is a Hosting Reseller?
* TownLink Software
* Maintenance Agreements
* Taking Online Payments
* Offering Whitepapers to Your Customers
* 40 Percent Off
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2005 - Happy New Year! With the new year comes a great new
newsletter packed full of information and ideas to help this year be
your best year!

This month I'm tackling *resellers*. Some of my current customers
may be surprised that they can have more control over their
websites, and at the same time can offer the same services that I
provide to other clients. Together we can make 2005 our most
profitable yet!
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What is a Hosting Reseller?

A hosting reseller is just as it sounds, a person or company that
resells website hosting to other people/businesses. These services
help many web designers make a bit more profit, or offer added value
services to their clients. If you are currently designing websites
or if you have more than one website, you should consider reseller
hosting! Your websites can be hosted for FREE, and new clients will
pay YOU instead of that hosting company!

There are a few criteria that you should consider before signing up
for reseller hosting.

* Do you want to offer this service? There is a small learning
curve involved. Some customers won't know anything about hosting,
and others will. When someone asks a question, you'll need to know
how to answer them.

* Do you have the time to keep customers happy? Customers with
website issues can get upset in a hurry if their website is down.
You'll need the patience and savvy to get their site back up and
running quickly.

* Can you afford it? With plans starting at only $17.97/month
during our sale, I doubt this one is an issue!

Learn more about our reseller services:
http://techlh.com/hosting/reseller.htm

Need help?
Lighthouse Technologies offers a 24/7 Helpdesk (techlh.com/helpdesk)
for you to put in your tickets. We also offer an online forum where
you can ask our community of users (techlh.com/forum).
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Sponsor
TownLink is our flagship product. This web package is designed for
someone who would like to make a nice income selling ads for their
local community vendors. The application comes complete with web
hosting, installation, your own URL, and maintenance. All you have
to do is sell the ads and make the profit!

For more information on TownLink, see http://www.YourTownLink.com
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Maintenance Agreements

Sometimes businesses and individuals face times when a web designer
is needed on a short-term contract. This can be the result of a
lost designer, bad experience with previous company, or any list of
other reasons. We at Lighthouse Technologies want our current and
potential customers to receive the best quality product that they
can receive, for the most affordable price.

Our professional staff of web designers can update, maintain, or
rebuild your existing website for a fraction of the cost of starting
over. We also know that a few hours of maintenance may be all you
need. With that in mind, we've put together a few maintenance
packages that help you budget your upcoming changes, and save money
at the same time.

We also offer programming maintenance, covering such languages as
PHP, Perl, and CGI. If you have a web-based program that isn't
working, or that you'd like to add more functionality to, talk to us
about it. We can help.

http://techlh.com/maintenance.htm
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Taking Online Payments

Many websites claim great profit increases and additional costs, but
in my opinion, taking online payments isn't all its cracked up to
be. Lighthouse Technologies has been taking payments online for
years through PayPal, and we're very happy with their service.

There's no need to pay a monthly charge to take credit cards. With
PayPal, you only pay a small fee when someone pays you. If you
don't get any paypal payments, you pay no fees!

PayPal has made it very easy to accept payments online. You can
offer one-time payments, shopping carts, and even subscriptions.
You can even customize the payment pages and buttons.

Adding these services to your website is not very costly. To find
out how to sell your products online, and how to avoid all those
crazy charges that some third-party payment processors charge,
contact us today. Soon you'll be accepting credit cards, e-checks,
and other payments for your products!
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Offering Whitepapers to your Customers

I have written several whitepapers and articles that have been
published on Internet sites and newspapers around the country.
These whitepapers range from hosting service term explanations to a
paper on how to transfer from one host to another.

These whitepapers are now available online for purchase. For web
designers, publishers, and editors, I also offer a reprint-rights
version. With this, you can publish these articles in your
newsletter or magazine, or just offer these great items to your
customers as another value-added service.

No matter why or how you use these whitepapers, this fact is true:
You'll be a better and wiser hosting customer after you read them.

Read more about our whitepapers at:
http://techlh.com/docs/whitepapers.htm

Want to purchase the reprint rights? Look at
http://techlh.com/webdesigners/whitepapers.htm
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40 Percent Off During January

After all this reading about reselling services, we thought this
would be a good time to offer you a great deal on it - 40% off!

Start reselling services for as low as $17.97/month!

To take advantage of this sale, see our home page at
http://www.techlh.com - you can't miss the banner!
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Thanks for reading,
Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com