Lighthouse Technologies Newsletter
February 2005, Volume 3, Issue 3
www.techlh.com
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In This Issue:
* A Note from Will
* More Thoughts on Building Your Community
* Our Sponsor - Michael Webb
* Selling Maintenance Agreements to Clients
* Setting up a 'Quick Website' for a Non-Profit
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A Note from Will

The last newsletter focused heavily on helping out your local
community. I've received a lot of feedback, all positive about the
articles, tips, and services that I provide. The e-books continue
to help web designers promote their business in a more professional
way. If you haven't purchased any of them, I encourage you to do so
now!

This month I'm going to tell you a little bit about another way to
help promote your community, and in a round-about way increase your
revenues and exposure at the same time. Then I'll tell you how to
get a quick website up and running for your favorite non-profit in
no time.

As always, thanks for reading, and feel free to pass this on to your
friends!
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More Thoughts on Building Your Community

Along with all the great ways I mentioned last month about building
community websites, I neglected to mention a great way to bring
residents together: a forum.

Forums are websites that allow people to post their thoughts and
comments in an open area, and conversations are 'carried on' with
other members.

Forums (such as ArnoldTalk.com where I live) are great ways for
politicians to express their views and goals for the community, as
well as defend their reputations!

Many businesses will use these forums to promote their upcoming
sales, and that's where you come in. As the site gains popularity,
you can start to sell advertisements on the website.

Residents can use the forum to express dissatisfaction about a
recent event, tell everyone about their son overseas, or talk about
construction in town.

Whatever the reason that they visit, its all good for you and your
business. Put your ads out there, and promote the site through
cheap and free venues. You are, afterall, providing a great service
to your community!

Lighthouse Technologies can set up a forum website for you - just
ask us!
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Sponsor - Michael Webb

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Selling Maintenance Agreements to Clients

Maintenance agreements are great tools for your clients. They offer
discounted rates on services you may already be offering, or thethey
help you gain new customers that are attracted to the reduced
pricing.

Usually, maintenance agreements for websites are broken down into
hours. If a customer contacts you regularly with work, say two
hours a month or so, you should consider offering them a one-time
payment of 24 hours, to be distributed how they see. You get your
money right away, instead of over time, and they are free to use
your services without receiving and paying monthly invoices.

Of course, you need to make sure you stay up with your end of the
bargain and provide the wonderful service you are already providing!

Don't forget to ask these clients to mention your business to their
clients!

To see the maintenance packages that Lighthouse Technologies offers,
go to http://www.techlh.com/maintenance.htm
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Setting up a 'Quick Website' for a Non-Profit

Sometimes we find ourselves in the middle of an organization that
needs a website, but doesn't have much money to invest. Examples of
this could be a local Jaycees Chapter, Cub Scout Pack, or Church.

These non-profit groups could benefit from a website, but you don't
have the time and energy to keep the site updated. That's where CMS
programs come in.

Content Management Systems (CMS) are great. Examples of them
include PostNuke, PHPNuke, and my favorite - XOOPS.

These software packages come free with many hosting companies
(including TECHLH.com) and are fairly simple to set up. The good
thing is, once they're set up, administration of the sites is very
minimal. If the non-profit has a fairly tech-savvy person at it,
you could even create an admin or moderator group and let them
update everything themselves!

Of course, these websites aren't free. Even if you build the site
for free, use the free software, and maintain the site for free,
there are still some minor costs. These include domain registration
and hosting. Make sure you take that into consideration when
offering to do a website for a non-profit!

Lighthouse Technologies has set up many CMS sites for non-profits.
To find out how we can get one going for you, just contact us at
sales@...
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As always, thanks for reading.

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com