In this month's first newsletter I wanted to touch on some points in
leading the pack in your business area.  Whether its selling popcorn
or warehousing tanks, you can be the one on the web that people come
to.  And people coming turns into revenue.
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Sleazy, or To the Point?

I had a call this morning from a man in New York, a possible
client.  He said he had checked out several websites that specialize
in web design and promotion, including mine.  He commented that,
unlike other web design sites, mine was sleazy.  Of course, I was
taken aback - but I think he meant it in a good way.  He went on to
explain that he liked my site because it had content and not flashy
junk.

Good.  That's what the point of my design was.

While I can certainly whip you up a snazzy website with graphics
galore, do you really think that people are coming to your website
to see how fancy you can make theirs?  Yes, there probably are
people like that.  But I believe that <i>true business-people</i>
want content.  They want to supply their possible clients with
information and not fancy shtuff.  As a business owner, you should
want every single person that comes to your site to gain a bit of
knowledge.  Whether or not they stick around to purchase - well,
that's another deal.  What matters, in my mind, is that they learned
something.  And a week, month, or year from now they may remember
where they got all that information.  They may point people to your
business website because 'you have the answers' that everyone else
avoids.

Put it out there.  Don't hoard information because most likely its
available somewhere.  Anyone with some decent Google experience can
find out quite a bit of information, so why not be the company that
leads the pack in your area?
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Complimenting your website with others

Consider for a minute my son's website for grass mowing.  Obviously
this is a very small target group in our town, but think of the
ideas and marketing opportunities that could come from something
like this.  By creating a website for 'my client', I've not only
provided a way for him to increase revenue, but in this case I'll be
along with him (cutting grass all summer?!), and I'll have the
opportunity to market my skills in a non-intrusive manner to
obviously web-savvy people.

Do you have a friend or colleague that has a business and website?
A complimentary website could be the answer to your business needs.
If you were in the flower selling business, why not hook up with a
DJ service in your town?  Both of you could then share leads on
upcoming weddings.  You could point business to them, and them to
you.  Complimentary businesses could boost your revenues
dramatically.  And complimentary websites that cross-link also
increase your Google placement.

Working with complimentary businesses will help you become a leader
in your area.  If other businesses are recommending you, you've
already got an advantage on your competition.  In our example, a
young groom and bride that hear about your flower company from their
DJ service is more likely to visit/call you first, assuming they
were happy with the DJ business.

Think about merchants that you conduct regular business with, and if
they compliment yours in some way, approach them about 'sharing the
wealth'.  It wouldn't hurt to ask!
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If you are in need of a website, a custom web-based application, or
if you just have some ideas that you'd like to bounce off of
someone, give Lighthouse Technologies a call.  The phone number is
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Thanks for reading.

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Welcome to 2004.  I'm sure you are Happy New Year'd out, so I'll get
right to it.
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In your many great web searches, you've come across a few blogs.
Whether you know what they are, or what they do, you've been to
one.  If you don't know how to identify one, that's ok.  If you've
used Google, you've been to one.

It is estimated that less than 2% of the world's population knows
what a blog (or weblog) is.  Yet Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and all
other major search engines use their content daily.  It is also
estimated that 90%+ of Intenet users have visited a blog, knowingly
or not.

And finally some companies are catching on to the phenomenon.  Sony,
usually a big bully when it comes to not allowing the reproducing of
copyrighted images on websites, introduced several free templates
for web designers and bloggers alike.  The templates feature
Spiderman, and (of course) a plug for the upcoming Spiderman II
movie.  The templates look great, which helps the website owner to
improve his 'look and feel'.  At the same time, Sony is getting a
ton of free web marketing.

While this solution probably won't help you in your small business,
I conclude that other ideas may.  Do you have an idea for a web
application that would sell easily?  Maybe even something that you
could give away for free on your website?  Think, more traffic means
more potential customers.

Many web applicatons can be written in PHP, a specialty of
Lighthouse Technologies.  Within a short time your idea can be
reality, and maybe even bringing in income.  Think about it.  Sony
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You can do it too, even for a small business.  Don't dismiss those
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So much about META tags!

I've written about META tags in the past, and I thought I'd take
this first newsletter of 2004 to help you expand your search engine
optimization efforts and increase your web hits.

Rule #1: META tags always go in between the HEAD tags on your
website.
Rule #2: NEVER include any line breaks in any META tag!

Most everyone knows the two basic META tags:  keywords and
description.

Keywords should be in a descending order of importance.  Move your
most important keywords to the front, and don't repeat yourself
(e.g. auto,parts,auto parts,Auto Parts).  Keep the list short, to
about 25 keywords.  If you cater to more than one ethnic group of
people, consider keywords in other languages.  Lastly, eliminate
spaces between the words.  Make them "comma" instead of "comma
space".

Descriptions should also be kept short and to the point.  Around 100-
125 characters is about the max usable length.  Make sure you use a
few important keywords in your description, be informative but brief.

Web designers should include these tags as well:
<meta name="author" content="yourname">
<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright 2004, yourname">
<meta name="generator" content="yourname or company">

These three tags may change if you are the owner of the
company/website but not the creator.  In that case, the first two
lines would be about the company owner, while the third should be
the creator or the creator's web address.

For visiting robots, you may want to add this line:
<meta name="robots" content="index,follow,noarchive">

Although most robots use the robots.txt file, Google in particular
also pays attention to the third item - noarchive.  This tells the
search engine to index the page, but not to cache it.  This comes in
handy if you change your page often.  Google will then always send
the user to the latest version of the page, not one that it cached.

Latly, you may want to consider these two META tags for our
wonderful Microsoft-controlled world:
<meta name="MSSmartTagPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">

The first turns off a feature in MS Internet Explorer which
displays "smart tags", or dynamic links, to your website.  These
links can actually send the user to your competition's website.  Not
good!

The imagetoolbar tag prevents Internet Explorer 6+ users from
swiping your custom-made graphics by disabling a toolbar.  This
toolbar is usually displayed by doing a right-click on a graphic and
saving it to disk.  While people can still swipe your graphics, at
least they'll have to go through a little trouble to get it.
Hopefully its enough of a deterrant to keep them away.
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Thanks for reading.  I wish you the best in 2004!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Greetings to all our new readers!  If you like our newsletter,
please recommend it to a friend today!
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Ending the Holiday Season with a Bang

As we near the end of the holiday shopping season, it is my wishes
that your business has done wonderful this year.  Even more, I hope
your business ventures increase ten-fold in 2004!  Here's to more
web visitors, more revenue, and more clients!

One way to finish out the year with a bang is to consider the 'goods
and bads' of your web design.  If you host with Lighthouse
Technologies, now is the time to take advantage of your Control
Panel stats.  Look over the last year, especially the last two or so
months, and check out your stats.  Look at things like top keywords
and key phrases.  Look at entry and exit pages.  Are most people
coming from a specific location?  Did they stumble on your page via
Google, AOL, or MSN?  Or did they come from a competitors site?
You'll be surprised at how people find you!

How long did customers average at your website?  If the answer
is 'not long', consider moving some things around as we discussed in
the last issue (available at techlh.com/newsletters).  Look at your
website from a customer's view.  Is the information easily
accessible?  Are the most popular keywords on your page?  Are they
linked to more information?

Lastly, consider your colors.  Are they drastic?  Are they mellow?
Do they convey the general 'look and feel' of your business?
Brights such as reds and oranges generally attract attention.
Softer colors such as blue and green portray a more 'businesslike'
feel.  And light yellows and grays can portray a more elegant feel.
Of course, these still depend on how you use them.  Mixing a bunch
of brights together can bring across a feel of vibrancy and
activeness.  Make sure your colors help your customer, and are not
too 'hard on the eyes'.

The beginning of the year is a good time to redesign a website.  For
information on a site redesign, contact Lighthouse Technologies
today.  techlh.com/contactus.htm

For more information on how to access your control panel, contact
us.  If you do not host with Lighthouse Technologies, you should
consider installing a third-party service such as SiteMeter
(www.sitemeter.com) to help you track your visitors.
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PHP Custom Scripts

Lighthouse Technologies recently announced the addition of an entire
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taken advantage of this service.  Do you need a custom script that
interacts with a database?  Do you want to keep all of your service
calls or job bids in a single place, accessible from anywhere in the
world?

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Business Flu Losses

Recently my house was hit with the flu bug.  Fortunately, I suppose,
all of my children got the bug at the same time.  Unfortunately, it
got me too.  I was down and our for over a week, and am just now
getting back into the swing of things.

What happens to your business and website when a 'bug' attacks?  Do
you have sufficient backups?  In times of bugs and viruses, do you
have what it takes to keep pressing on in the face of the attack?

When my house was hit, it was a disaster waiting to happen.
Headaches and fevers were all around, and there was no escape.  If
your website is hit with a virus, what do you do?  Are you
prepared?  Can you afford to be without your livelihood for a week?
Two weeks?

As mentioned previously in this newsletter, Lighthouse Technologies
can write a simple custom script that runs incremental or full
backups of your database.  These backups are stored to your personal
site, or FTP'd to another site.  If you want to find out more about
our backup services, write to us at sales@... today.

When the flu bug hits, be prepared with your medicine.  Have your
backup plan ready to go.
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Thanks for reading!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

This is the last month for you and your friends to take advantage of
our hugely successful FREE hosting campaign.  Anyone who signs up
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Small businesses can take advantage of our Bronze hosting package,
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We pride ourselves on our personal touch customer care and support.
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Moving Things Around

How often, men, have you come home to find the living room furniture
in different places?  Your wife said she was ready for something
different, so she moved some things around.  It may have been
inconvenient at first, but deep inside it felt good to have things a
little different at home.  Maybe by moving the couch over there it
made the room seem bigger.  By moving the TV over on that wall gave
the room a sense of coziness.

The same can be true for your website.  If you are in a rut, and
your website isn't bringing in the results you thought it should,
maybe a little 'furniture moving' is what you need.

Recently I moved a few things around at the Lighthouse Technologies
home page.  Instead of hitting the customers with an immediate web
design and hosting blurb, a put something that caught the user's
eye.  This newsletter.  Now the first thing that a potential client
sees on our home page is an offer for FREE tips and cpecials.
Immediately the customer is 'given' something, instead of the same
old 'heres why we are the best'.  Since moving the newsletter link
to the top, we've had a surge of subscribers, more than we've had in
the last 6 months.  And I just did it on Monday.

Moving things around may be good for more than just you.  Google
watches home pages for stagnant, unchanging information.  If your
page is not updated regularly, Google (and others) actually figures
that into it's vast algorithm that it uses to rank your site among
the others.  Moving things around can keep your page fresh, and
importantly, keep you in the listings.

Be careful, though, that you don't move too much stuff.  If you have
a login link, moving it may confuse those customers of yours that
are used to clicking in the upper right corner to log in.  Move
that, or change it's color, and some users may simply think you've
discontinued that service, or have completely abandoned them.  Move
with caution.

Have fun with your website.  Keep it fun, keep it interesting, and
keep it moving!
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Thanks for reading,

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Remember the day that you got your new computer (or the hand-me down
from Uncle Larry) and you pulled that shiny case out of the box?
Once you finally had all of the cables properly mangled into an
unmanageable ball, you powered on, the screen lit up and off you
went.  The PC was fast, programs loaded in the blink of an eye, and
Internet surfing was a breeze.  Those were the days.

But now your PC seems to need a walker and a dozen car batteries
just to get enough energy to start.  Now you can turn the PC on, go
get some coffee, walk the dog, and wave hello to your local waste
management person who is throwing your trash cans around like a
toy.  When you come back inside, if the computer is ready to go,
you're surprised.  Then, once you click on something, the wait
starts again.

So what happened?  Where did you go wrong?

There are many things that contribute to your slowing PC.  Perhaps
you forgot to feed the little gerbil inside – the one that's running
the wheel round and round that powers your PC.  Maybe you've loaded
one-too-many programs and now your hard drive is gasping for air.
You may have a computer that is more than 2 years old, which may
cause some newer programs to just not work.  You may need more
memory in your computer.  And if you have teenagers, you're just out
of luck.  Between games, instant messaging programs, and tons of
Internet history backlog, you should be looking for a professional
psychiatrist.

But your PC is not dead on arrival.  There is a way to resuscitate
the old pile of metal into a once-again functional machine.  Start
by going into the Control Panel (START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL on
most machines) and click on the Add/Remove Programs button.  Look
through the list for programs you no longer use.  Make sure you
recognize the name, and that you aren't deleting Aunt Mary's recipe
book on accident.  If you do, your wife will remind you daily for
the next six years.  Remove with care.  For programs that show in
duplicate, remove the oldest version.  If you are not sure about a
program, don't delete it.  Call a professional - or your teenager.

You really should check your hard drive.  In Windows, it's pretty
easy.  Double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop.  Your
desktop is the main screen you see when the computer comes on, you
know, the one with the cute puppy background or the picture of
someone's kids.  When the My Computer window comes up, right-click
on your main hard drive, usually labeled as the C drive.  You should
get a menu with options, choose Properties.  That will bring up a
small window with a neat little pie chart.  Note your used and free
space amounts.  If your pie has only 1 slice left worth of free
space, you need to start cleaning the drive, or get a bigger one.
Windows wants at least ten percent of your drive to be free just to
run minimally.  I suggest more like twenty percent.  With hard
drives in the 100 gigabyte range now, you shouldn't have to worry
about space issues.

These are a few good ways to start reviving that PC back to its
former self.  In future articles I'll cover more of these time-
saving tips, as well as many other computer secrets that the normal
geek wouldn't dare tell you.

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Lighthouse Technologies Announces Major Upgrades to Hosting Servers

If you are a hosting client of Lighthouse Technologies, you may have
noticed some changes.  Then again, perhaps you didn't.

Over the weekend of November 15-16, Lighthouse Technologies
partnered with a newer, faster server hosting service.  This new
service gives us much better servers and connections for our
clients.  Along with that, you'll notice an increase in speed, as
the new servers have 3.06GHz Processors.

There have also been some upgrades to Apache, PHP, and the Control
Panel.  Watch for more to come.

While there are always speed bumps to be expected, Lighthouse
Technologies is proud to serve you.  If you are looking for a good,
quality unbranded hosting solution, we invite you to check out our
website at www.techlh.com/hosting
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Thanks for reading!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Lighthouse Technologies Newsletter, November 3, 2003

Web Design is a very subjective process.  Your idea of what looks
good may differ from the next person's.  While wild backgrounds and
flashing text were once considered 'cool', unwritten standards have
evolved into every web designers inventory.

In the following examples I intend to convey a few of those user-
unfriendly examples to you.  My purpose is only to get you thinking
about the layout and performance of your website.  If you have one
of these examples on your site, and you like it, by all means -
leave it there!  These are just examples.

1.  Page Counters
Five years ago, every site had a page counter.  They proudly
displayed how popular a site had become.  The problem is, as many
site owners started to find out, is that these counters can be
easily manipulated.  They can start at any number (not just 1), and
they can produce vastly over-inflated numbers.  On the other hand,
if your site is not a high-traffic area, do you really want
customers to know that?

2. Javascript Text Scrolling
I remember when this first came out.  In fact, I had it on my home
page.  Do you remember visiting a website and all the scrolling text
across the bottom?  These were usually put in your status bar along
the bottom edge of your browser window.  They have become a big no-
no in web design.  Users like to see their status bar, or, if they
don't, they turn it off.  Either way, this is a useless tool.

3. Excessive Animated .GIF's
In the mid 90's when the Internet boom hit, everyone was getting a
home page.  Sites and ISP's would give you FREE space to put up your
information.  Soon, webmaster wannabe's everywhere were over
populating the web with crazy animations and bright (obnoxious!)
colors.  Today very few sites use these files.  They are now
considered a waste of bandwidth.  Since most companies pay for their
hosting by how much bandwidth is used, animated GIF's went by the
wayside.

4. Under Construction Signs
There used to be (and probably still are) pages and pages of
different 'under construction' graphics for webmasters to use.  Why
is this a problem?  Well, isn't the Internet just a big construction
site anyway?  Are you and your friends, clients, and other
businesses constantly updating and upgrading their information
online?  It also conveys a sense of incompleteness.  No business
wants their customers to think they are running on a low budget or
producing an incomplete website.  The construction graphic is
extinct!

5. Page Fades
We've all seen those fancy pages that fade in and out, from circles
to spirals and even window-shades.  They fall in the category with
the scrolling text - obsolete!  Most Internet users are looking for
INFORMATION, not fancy graphics and page transitions.
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Custom Scripts and Websites for Increased Productivity

Lighthouse Technologies is becoming a leader in custom-designed web
scripts for businesses.  We've completed some nice website tools for
our clients and are looking for more.  What are some examples of
what we have done?

- Written a service database for a home-security company.  The
database allows the companies technicians and leadership to check on
open tickets and current status of those open accounts.

- Written a custom script for a legal company that displays new jobs
that are available around the country.  The owner can update and
change the current jobs available, as well as upload and notify his
clients when new jobs are available.

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Thanks for reading, and have a great day!  As always, good luck in
your personal and business ventures, both online and offline!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Welcome to all of our new members!  If this newsletter was forwarded
to you from a friend, we would like to invite you to join!  Get web
tips for your business and website.  You can find more information at
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Other Browsers

Many people today are tired of the Microsoft software that came
pre-packaged with their operating system.  Some have switched over to
Apple's Macintosh line, but for the most part we just put up with what
we have.  Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has come under a lot of
fire as of late for several reasons.  Hackers find IE easy to exploit.

These reasons, and many others, have sent Internet users searching for
a new, less bug-prone browser.  Several browsers have topped the
market, and have become quite popular.  So popular, in fact, that
smart web designers use them in testing their new website
functionality.

Opera (www.opera.com) has become my favorite of the 'other browser'
market.  With such subtle things such as mouse gestures, it won me
over.  The newest release works seamlessly with most plug-ins.

Mozilla (www.mozilla.org) and it's slimmed-down partner Mozilla
Firebird are also very popular.  The browser reminds me of the old
Netscape 6.0 but works great for most all web applications and
websites.  It won Best of 2003, Web Browser in a recent PC World
contest.

If you design websites, you should have all three of these on your
desktop, and you should check all your sites with them.  There are
slight differences in the way each processes webpages, and you need to
verify that they all display nicely.
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additional income for the family. Many WAHM's don't have the time
to care for children, run a business, AND get a website up and
going. So we're here to help. We've created a Work at Home Mom
Special for those busy moms. Increase your sales and business
revenue while saving money with a quality website from TECHLH!

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Building Your Website to Save You Money

Does your website make you any money?  Does it SAVE you any money?

Websites are more than just marketing tools, out there in Cyber-Land
effortlessly promoting you and your products.  While that's great, why
not use that same website to save yourself some money?

How?  Well, while I don't know your particular situation, I can
provide you with some thought-provoking ideas that you can take back
to your web designer for more input.

Reduce your support costs.

It is often cheaper, easier, and more effective to support customers
over the Internet than through more tradiditonal methods such as
telephone and direct mail.  Services such as instant messaging and
Get1on1 (www.get1on1.com) provide immediate chat facilities to current
and potential customers.

Corporations can support their employees and business partners over
their corporate intranets, keeping them informed and soliciting their
feedback.  Providing documentation for perusal saves time and reduces
labor on your email server.

Providing a map to your location can save your receptionist valuable
minutes on the phone explaining turns and streets, freeing her up for
more important tasks.

Including a forum on your site can bring people of a common industry
or interest together to discuss upcoming events, current problems, and
other interesting ideas and thoughts.  These forums can grow very
large very quickly.  And, in the meantime, your website traffic
increases.  Stick an ad on the forum and bring in more sales from
people that you already know have expressed interest in your industry.

Interested in reading more ways to increase your sales and save money?
  Click over to http://techlh.com/why_web.htm and read our full story
now!
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Lighthouse Technologies now offers website hosting for as little as
$1.29 a month.  Named our Blog Hosting package, you can get your
business or blog online today for less than $20 a year.  This is the
best unbranded hosting price you'll find anywhere.

We also offer hosting packages for small business and large
corporations.  Check out all our plan options at
http://techlh.com/hosting/hosting_packages.htm
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As always, Lighthouse Technologies thanks you for your interest in our
newsletter, and hope you have a great day! Good luck in your business
ventures, both online and offline!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Welcome to all of our new members!  If this newsletter was forwarded
to you from a friend, we like to invite you to join!  You can find
more information at http://www.techlh.com/newsletters
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Google Tricks

Google has quickly become everyone's favorite search utility.  The
folks at Google are constantly trying to fine-tune their business to
make our lives easier.  They've come up with some great new
utilities to help the small business-person.

Their newest utility is called "Search by Location".  You can search
for generic things such as printing, restaurants, etc. It will
search the Internet for local providers.  Check it out at
http://labs.google.com/location

Google Viewer lets you view your search results and the page that it
found the results on.  It's a mini-player of sorts, playing a little
movie, with the search result displayed at the top of the page, and
the actual page displayed below that.  Personally I didn't care for
this one, it was too confusing and displayed too many things, too
fast.  Decide for yourself at http://labs.google.com/gviewer.html

Don't have a computer handy but need some information?  Google also
has Google Voice Search in development.  Yep, that's right.  Search
the web by phone call.  If you're the kind of person that enjoys
talking to computers, this is for you!
http://labs1.google.com/gvs.html

Want to know more cool utilities that Google has to offer?  Check
out their lab at http://labs.google.com
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Are you a Work at Home Mom (WAHM)?

Lighthouse Technologies realizes that many families have moms that
work from their home, providing both security for the children and
additional income for the family.  Many WAHM's don't have the time
to care for children, run a business, AND get a website up and
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Get FREE Web Tips From Your Competition

I knew this one would get your attention.  How can you, the savvy
business Entrepreneur, get FREE ANYTHING from your competition?  The
answer is simple:  Google!

Yes, there are many things that Google can solve.  As listed above,
they are providing their users with endless utilities to help you in
your web search.  So how can they help you with your site?  Watch
this.

Go to Google (http://www.google.com) and type in the following,
exactly as shown, using your business URL in place of the example

link:www.example.com

The results show you a listing of all sites that link to your site.
While chances are your competition will not be listed, you can get
an overview of the 'type' of websites that link to you.  If there
are a bunch of similar sites, that can help you with your marketing
and target advertising in the future.

Now here's where the fun begins.  Now that you know who links to
you, check out the competition.  Put in those guys down the street
who provide the same service you do.

link:www.theirURL.com

Who's linking to them?  Are there some big names listed that you
WISH were linking to you?  You may find out that getting your name
on that list is easier than you thought.  Sometimes a simple email
to the webmaster will get you added to the list.  The more quality
businesses that link to you, the higher your search engine results
climb.

Are there businesses that link to your competition that you didn't
know exist?  Maybe you can get a cheaper rate on parts, or better
service from a vendor on that list.  The possibilities are there,
investigate!

Want another idea?  Go to your competition's website.  Are they
offering a service ONLINE that you only wish you could?  Are they
offering a custom login or other special feature that you don't
have?  Thanks to our custom scripting team, Lighthouse Technologies
can help you provide those items to your customers.  Give them
something that keeps them coming back.  Whether its an online
newsletter, a simple coupon, or other feature, let Lighthouse
Technologies help you get it there.

For more information on our custom work, go to
http://techlh.com/php_examples.htm

Have fun learning from your competition, and good luck on increasing
that bottom line!
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As always, Lighthouse Technologies thanks you for your interest in
our newsletter, and hope that you have a great week!  Good luck in
your future business ventures, both offline and online!

This is the second part (of two) on Website Mistakes.  Avoid these
mistakes and your site will be steps ahead of your competition.  If
you'd like to read Part One, go to www.techlh.com/newsletters/

6. Orphan Pages
Every website has a heirarchy, a sort of tree that branches out from
the Home Page.  While most of your visitors visit you through your
home page, there are times when a page further down interests
someone, and they may copy that link and send it to a friend.  This
is where you need to pay attention.  That friend may like what you
have to offer, but they can't find out how to contact you, or how to
get back to your Home Page.  That's an orphan page.  Every page on
your site should, at a minimum, have a link back to your Home page.
I would suggest adding a contact link at minimum.

7. Frames
Frames at one time were the talk of the industry.  They were the
original Content Management System (CMS) for your site.  Nowadays
they are few and far between.  If you are designing a site, don't
use frames.  Newer technologies such as server-side includes are
much more common and accepted.  Your pages look fresher and those
silly bars don't get in the way.

8. Disabling the BACK button and excessive Pop-Ups
Have you been to a website and decided that it wasn't the
information you were looking for?  When you clicked the BACK button,
did you suddenly get a barrage of windows (or, pop-ups) to your
dismay?  These things rarely actually work, and worse off, the
reason you hit the BACK button is because you DIDN'T want any more
information from that site.  Don't break the BACK button.  There are
other ways to get your user's attention.

9. Slow loading pages
While personal and hobby sites may normally be slow, there should be
no reason for your business or other professional website to be slow
loading.  Today's Internet surfer won't wait long for information
from your site - there are too many others with the same thing!
Make sure your pages load quickly.  If the server is slow, consider
a different host.  If your webpages are full of applets or large
graphics, consider a page/site redesign.

10.  Using Leading-Edge Technology
While the Internet is all about new and fancy stuff, don't be the
first to do it.  While it may 'look cool' to you, you ultimately
need to decide if it actually enhances your user's experience.  Do
the flashy cartoons make your customer more apt to buy from you?
Probably not.  How many of your customers have to install a Plug-In
just to see your page right?  Do they have to upgrade their browser
to contact you?  Not good.  Wait until the technology is either more
of a standard or gone - you'll save face with potential and future
customers.

Thanks again for reading the 10 Design Mistakes to Avoid.  If you'd
like to contact us about a site redesign, write us at
sales@... or visit our website: www.techlh.com
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Are you a master of your domain? Do you own multiple websites? Do
you create websites? Looking to make a few more dollars? Look no
further!

If you host two websites with Lighthouse Technologies, your third
one will be 50% off! Keep the savings for yourself or pass them on
to your customers! All three websites do not have to be registered
at the same time. If you have one or two, and don't expect the next
for a few months, that's fine! We give you a 6 month window from the
time you sign up for the first site to get your other two hosting
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For hosting information, view our website!
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Create an Automatic Redirection Page
Do you have a new URL?  Were you hosting your site with a FREE ad-
driven host and now you have your own site?  Some of your visitors
may be unaware of your new site URL, others may have bookmarked your
site. You need to let then know that you have moved.

With a simple redirection script, you can send them to the new site,
and make them aware of the change.  Consider our following example:

"We have moved to our new domain. You are being automatically
redirected. If you are not redirected in X seconds, please follow
this link: http://www.mynewurl.com.  If you preciously bookmarked
this page, please update it to the new URL."

To install the automatic redirection feature, paste the following
HTML code in the <HEAD> tag of the redirection page:

<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH CONTENT="X;URL=http://www.mynewurl.com">
</HEAD>

where X is the number of seconds before the visitor is automatically
redirected, and http://www.mynewurl.com is the new domain.

It is recommended that you set X to about 5 seconds, to giving
visitors time to read and understand what is happening.

By following this simple tip, you will be able to move your site to
your own domain, and your visitors will automatically follow you.
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Want to do something really cool with your website, but don't know
how?  Need a custom script or database driven site?  We can help.
Check out our new Custom Services listed on our Home Page
(www.techlh.com).
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As always, Lighthouse Technologies thanks you for your interest in
our newsletter, and hope you have a great week!  Good luck in your
future business ventures, both online and offline!

In both of this month's newsletters we are going to examine Ten
Design Mistakes to Avoid for your Website.  Avoid these mistakes and
your site will be steps ahead of your competition.

1. Not planning your site
Before you even have a website, you must have an idea, a focus.  Why
do you want a website?  What are your plans and goals for the site?
Sit down and draw out a map of possible pages and ideas for your
site.  Include your site's purpose --whether it is to sell more
product or make the public more aware of your issue -- whatever it
may be.  Build your site from it's strong foundation (your goals)
and you'll have a better, more solid site.

2. Failing to put contact information in a plainly seen location.
This could be disastrous.  If a customer doesn't see this
information, they can't contact you.  You should consider a 'Contact
Us' button or link from your Home page.  Even better, make a link to
your email address in your header or footer, somewhere that will
show up on every page.  Even if no one ever contacts you this way,
just the presence of this information comforts edgy customers.

3.  Broken Links
Do you enjoy clicking on a search result only to get a Page Not
Found Error?  No one likes them.  Check your site statistics at
least once a month (if not more) to make sure you don't have bad or
broken links.

4. Outdated Information
A sure turn-off to a potential customer is the presence of old
information.  If it's July and your website is announcing the 'new'
products available in February, your site just lost major
credibility.  Make sure your information is up-to-date.  Consider
adding a 'Whats New' button or a Business Blog.

5. Too Many Font Styles and Colors
This is a huge pet-peeve of my company.  I've had people ask me to
review their website and the first thing I notice is 4 different
fonts.  It looks bad, unorganized and unappealing.  Different colors
may attract the eye for a short time, but constant flashing or
otherwise bright fonts (and graphics!) become annoying.  Beware,
this is a sure-fire way to scare people away from your site!

See some mistakes in your website that need repair?  Let Lighthouse
Technologies help you get your website running smooth!
Write to us at help@...

Join us again next month for the other 5 web-site killers!
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Announcement
Because of a change in our Yahoo! Groups subscription process, many
of you may be getting this newsletter for the first time, even if
you subscribed months ago.  We apologize for this occurance, and are
proud to have you as a new member!

If you no longer desire to receive this email in your email, you can
unsubscribe at the address below.  You can also always read our
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Host 3 and Save - A Webmaster's Dream!

Are you a master of your domain? Do you own multiple websites? Do
you create websites? Looking to make a few more dollars? Look no
further.

If you host two websites with Lighthouse Technologies, your third
one will be 50% off! Keep the savings for yourself or pass them on
to your customers! All three websites do not have to be registered
at the same time. If you have one or two, and don't expect the next
for a few months, that's fine! We give you a 6 month window from the
time you sign up for the first site to get your other two hosting
plans signed up and ready. All plans require a one year signup.

For hosting information, view our website!
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Filtering Email to Your Advantage

If you are a busy entrepreneur, or just like to keep up with your
email, setting up a filter could greatly help you in your business.
Consider these ideas:

* Add a filter that contacts you when new mail comes in from certain
email addresses.

* Set one for important messages to be forwarded to your cell phone.

* Create a reminder email for important events, and have that email
sent URGENT to yourself.

* If you get recurring emails that you want to keep but don't need
to read, make a filter that automatically dumps them into a
subfolder.  Then they are out of your InBox, they are still there if
you need to access them, and you've saved a ton of time.
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how?  Need a custom script or database?  We can help.  Check out our
new Custom Services listed on our Home Page (www.techlh.com)
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As always, Lighthouse Technologies thanks you for your interest in
our newsletter, and hope you have a great day!  Good luck in your
business ventures, both online and offline!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

There are obvious choices when it comes to promoting your business
online.  You've got to have your keywords and description tags in
order.  Submitting your site to Google and Yahoo! is a MUST!

Other online ventures include link swapping, virtual networking and
newsletters.

Link swapping is just that.  You swap your link with someone else.
It's best to find someone who would complement your business and ask
them for a reciprocal link.  (It would be smart to have a LINKS page
off of your home page!)  An example would be a dog breeder swapping
with a dog food company.  They are not competing, but they can help
each other out.  One will result in business for the other.
Advertising on cheap sites and newsletters can bring in customers,
too.

Virtual Networking is a somewhat new concept.  Recently large
websites such as Ryze (www.ryze.com) and Friendster (www.friendster)
have caused quite a stir.  While joining the local Chamber of
Commerce is a great way to network, so is virtual networking.
Joining a common network of entrepreneurs can benefit your business
with referrals and clients.  You can view our webpage at
www.ryze.com/go/techlh

Newsletters are another great online (and offline!) way to promote
your website.  What better way to stay in touch with customers and
possible clients than to provide a once-a month or so update about
your business.  Make sure to provide some tips and ideas that help
their business or they will have no reason to sign up.  Make it
interesting.  Also, make sure you have an archive of your past
newsletters on your website, in case someone wants to read through
them.

Offline promotion techniques include clubs and organizations,
advertising, and guerilla marketing.

Joining the local Chamber of Commerce, the Jaycees, the Kiwanis, or
any other organization can be a good way to put a face to the
business, and pass out business cards.  A casual acquaintance today
may refer a customer to you in six months.  You never know.

Advertising offline in local publications can reap results.
Bartering your time or expertise in exchange for flyers placed in
local restaurants is a great way to get your site known.  Recently I
gave Papa John's Pizza some advertising in exchange for 2000 flyers
attached to their pizza boxes!

While I don't have much time to go into Guerilla Marketing, I will
attempt to briefly explain.  Guerilla marketing is, in short,
marketing your site in 'odd' ways, sometimes to the point that
people don't realize you are even promoting yourself.

During a recent city watermain break, streets were closed and
traffic was a mess.  A local diner offered free food to the workers
fixing the line.  He also called the media and made sure they knew
what he was doing.  The ensuing press and attention boosted his
sales significantly.

Offering an outrageous deal may work, too.  A steakhouse in Texas
offers a 22oz. steak FREE to anyone who can finish it.  Word spread
quickly about that deal and the customers came in.

Have a few minutes?  Go to your local library and find books related
to your business.  Put business cards in the pages for the next
reader.

However you promote your website and business, do it with the utmost
care.  Remember, you may be at Home Depot yelling at your kids when
a possible client sees you in the plumbing aisle.  They may make up
their mind about you depending on what they see...
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Host 3 and Save - A Webmaster's Dream!

Are you a master of your domain? Do you own multiple websites? Do
you create websites? Looking to make a few more dollars? Look no
further.

If you host two websites with Lighthouse Technologies, your third
one will be 50% off! Keep the savings for yourself or pass them on
to your customers! All three websites do not have to be registered
at the same time. If you have one or two, and don't expect the next
for a few months, that's fine! We give you a 6 month window from the
time you sign up for the first site to get your other two hosting
plans signed up and ready. All plans require a one year signup.

For hosting information, view our website!
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Recent Security Issues Force Upgrade of Client's sites

If you are a client of Lighthouse Technologies and have a feedback
form on your site, we've recently upgraded your mail script.  While
this will not affect your website addresses in any way, we
considered it necessary to report to you.

The security issue is found in a script that we use called
FormMail.  We've updated to the latest version of the script and
have implemented them on your site.

While the change is transparent to everyone, if you notice anything
odd or different, please contact us immediately.
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As always, I hope you have a great day today.  Good luck in your
business ventures, both online and offline!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

Do you have a blog?  Do you know what a blog is?

A 'blog' is short for 'web log'.  It's an online journal of sorts.
Many people use blogging software to post their personal goings-on
for others to see.  Teenagers use blogs to communicate among their
small community of friends.  Business people have business blogs to
help customers keep up with the latest products and upcoming
releases.  Still others use a blog to be a source of news, whether
offbeat, religious, or specialized.  Whatever the reason, millions
of people are doing it.

Bloggers use various programs to produce their content.  Some use
Blogger (www.blogger.com), b2 (cafelog.com) or Moveable Type
(www.moveabletype.org).  There are many others available, too.

Whatever you choose, Lighthouse Technologies can provide complete
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Have you been to our homepage lately?  We've done a little
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host your site with Lighthouse Technologies or another company, you
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You can read the entire web buyer's guide at
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Hourly Price Increases and Web Maintenance
Since 1998 Lighthouse Technologies has built professional websites
for small businesses and non-profit organizations.  During that time
we have never had to raise our prices.  However, all good things
must come to an end, or in this case, an increase.  Because of
increased workload and server prices, we are forced to increase our
hourly rates.

Effective August 11, 2003 our new hourly rate will be $65.  If we
are currently doing work and you have an outstanding balance of less
than one hour, you will be billed for that hour (when it is
completed) at the old rate.

We've also taken this opportunity to offer all existing and new
clients a web maintenance package.  The package includes one hour a
month of web design, redesign, updating, graphics design, or other
programming.  The price is only $499 a year.  That's a savings of
nearly $300 for your business!
Read about our new website maintenance offer at
www.techlh.com/maintenance.htm
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Lighthouse Technologies wants to welcome our newest hosting client,
MW Productions from Illinois, USA!  You can view their website as it
builds at www.mwproductions.com

You can get your site hosted by us, too. See
www.techlh.com/hosting/hosting.htm to find out how!
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Thanks for reading,

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com

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Interactive Web Design

Websites have advanced beyond anyone's wildest dreams.  Gone are the
days of personal home pages with flashy graphics and ugly
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Dynamic web pages, or interactive web pages, create a feeling of
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website.

Do you have a website that needs some spunk?  Want to be able to
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You can get your site hosted by us, too. See
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www.techlh.com

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Do you already have a website that just sits there, and doesn't
bring you an ounce of business?  Perhaps a redesign is needed.

Or maybe you just need to be shown what cool things you can put on
your site to save your business money.

How about a map to your location?  That will save your receptionist
time explaining directions.  "You can print out a map to our store
at our website."

Have customers that call and ask the same questions again and
again?  Maybe an updated FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is all you
need.  Point them to your site and save yourself some repeated
aggravation!

The ideas are truly limitless.  Let Lighthouse Technologies help you
get your investment out of your website.
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Thanks for reading.

Lighthouse Technologies
web: www.techlh.com
email: sales@...

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How Do I Get Spammed?

Are you a website owner?  Ever wonder why you get spammed so much?

The trick spammers use is called a SpamBot.  A SpamBot is a program
that works somewhat like a robot.

Somewhere out there in cyberspace is a great big database just chock
full of email addresses.  Those email addresses are put there in
numerous ways, and most often by a SpamBot.

The Internet works on links.  One site links to another, and that
one to anohter.  When this SpamBot program finds your site, it
gathers information - especially email addresses!  Your email
address - whether it be feedback@..., info@... or
whatever - is treasure to the SpamBot!

There are many other ways that spammers find you.  Visit a chat room
and they log your email address.  Post a question on a forum, and
they'll find you.  Don't do anything, and they'll probably find you!

Ask us about tricky ways to display your email address on your
website that SpamBots can't understand.
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Advertise in this space!  Reach customers and grow your bottom line.
write us today at advertise@...
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Hosting at techlh.com

Don't forget, Lighthouse Technologies is now your one-stop shop for
all your Internet and Website needs.  We offer hosting, web design,
search engine optimization services and much more.  Visit our
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Lighthouse Technologies
website: www.techlh.com
email: sales@...

Greetings monthly readers!

This last May newsletter focuses on small business owners.  Many
business owners nowadays are starting to realize the importance of
having a website.  Some of the older businesses are still holding
back.  Maybe they think the Internet is still a fad.  Maybe they just
think it's overwhelming.  Hopefully I can help alleviate some of
those fears today.

While the Internet is definitely a huge part of everyday life, it's
not the big monster that is waiting to take away your business.
While you have most likely lost business because of the Internet,
perhaps you can gain some, too.  Perhaps to your surprise, there are
MANY people today that use the Internet as their first resource for
spending money.  The Yellow Pages have become a thing of the past,
replaced by Yahoo! and Google and many more.  If your website is
listed in these places, you will attract sales.

Do you consider spending a few hundred dollars on a website a
valuable investment?  Last year alone, there were over 100 BILLION
DOLLARS of sales made on the Internet.  This does not include sales
that were the result of a Internet lookup that resulted in local
revenue.

My advice to small business owners:  Get a website.  Even if it's a
one-page blurb about your company, what you offer, and your phone
number.  Get an email address.  Check it often.  Offer free (yes,
free!) advice or a printable coupon.  Encourage them to come see you.

For more information on why your small business may need a website,
check out my write-up at http://techlh.com/why_web.htm
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Last Chance May Special

With only a few days left, this is your last chance to take advantage
of our reliable hosting discounts for May.  If you sign up for a one-
year hosting package (starting as low as $6.95/month) we'll give you
a month FREE!  You can view our packages and benefits at
http://techlh.com/hosting/hosting.htm
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Host 3 and Save

Are you a master of your domain?  Do you own multiple websites?  Do
you create websites?  Looking to make a few more dollars?  Look no
further.

Announcing our newest deal, Host 3 and Save.  Here's the lowdown:

If you host two websites with Lighthouse Technologies, your third one
will be 50% off!  Keep the savings for yourself or pass them on to
your customers!  All three websites do not have to be registered at
the same time.  If you have one or two, and don't expect the next for
a few months, that's fine!  We give you a 6 month window from the
time you sign up for the first site to get your other two hosting
plans signed up and ready.  All plans require a one year signup.
For more information, view our website!
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Thanks for reading.  See you in June!

Will Hanke
Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665

Lighthouse Technologies is proud to announce our newest benefit for
customers - web hosting.  We are your official one-stop shop for all
your Internet needs.

What is hosting?

Well, before I answer that, let me give you a little background.  The
Internet is made up of websites, as you know.  Each of those websites
have one or more (usually thousands!) of web pages and images.  Each
of those web pages and images are separate files that "live" on
someone's server.  When you type in www.techlh.com, your computer
talks to another computer called a Name Server.  That computer tells
your computer that the files for www.techlh.com are located in a
specific place.  Your computer then connects to my website and
downloads the home page and any graphics related to that page.  The
computer (server) that you connected to when you downloaded my home
page is called my HOST.  That's where my website lives.

So?

If you have a website, you need somewhere to host it.  That's what we
are offering.  We have several packages to choose from, depending on
your use.  If you have a personal page of pictures, your resume, etc,
you'll probably get by with our Bronze Package.  If you have a
business, and you want more flexibility, look into the Silver and
Gold plans.  For corporations, the Platinum plan could be for you.
Each plan comes with custom email addresses (you@...) and
a FREE shopping cart.  Plus a whole lot more.  Pretty cool.

To see our hosting plans, click on this link
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May Special

Our May Special is related to our new hosting packages.  During May,
if you sign up for any one year hosting plan, get one month FREE!
This offer is only available to newsletter subscribers and readers.
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Thanks for reading.

Will Hanke
email - sales@...
website - www.techlh.com

Greetings, friends!




Every month I try to bring you new ideas for your website.  If you
don't have a website, I hope that when you start to design one (or
have it professionally done), you can look over the past newsletters
and have an effective design in place.  Customers are looking for
certain things.  These include fast load times, few annoying
animations, and of course the information they seek.




Probably the biggest mistake that beginning designers make is the
over-use of images.  While sometimes "neat", they also slow down your
web page dramatically.  With broadband and other fast pipelines to the
Internet on the rise, your customers have become accustomed to the
high speed rate.  If your page is 80% images, and it takes more than
8-10 seconds to load, statistics show that these people may just hit
their BACK button and go onto another site.  That's not good!




The key is to use images, but make them effective.  Saving JPG images
as "Progressive" helps soothe the user while the image loads.  Saving
your graphics in web colors will also dramatically reduce the file
size.  The less colors, the faster the page loads!




Other effective web design tips will come in future newsletters!


To view our past newsletters, click to
http://www.techlh.com/newsletters


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New Referral Program




Lighthouse Technologies has now implemented a new referral program.
If you know of someone who is in small business and needs a website,
you could make $25 bucks!




If you currently have a site that is designed by Lighthouse
Technologies, and you refer a customer to us, you have the option of a
FREE web page addition to your site*, or the $25 reward.




(Referred customer must sign web design contract with Lighthouse
Technologies.)


* One static page per referral, excluding forms.




For more information, see our website -
http://www.techlh.com/refer.htm


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Feature Client Site




Recently Lighthouse Technologies finished up a site redesign for
Nations Security, Inc. located in Saint Charles, Missouri.  The
business owner wanted something a little more "jazzed up" and we were
happy to help him out.  He wanted a few things:  New, nicer buttons, a
fancier (but not cluttered) home page, and an interactive form for new
customers.  I believe it's safe to say he was pleased with the final
site.




Take a minute to check out his site at
http://www.nationssecurityinc.com and let us (and him) know what you
think!


feedback@...


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Lighthouse Technologies


314.496.8665


www.techlh.com

Search engine Optimization is a big business.  Many people are trying
to get their site into the top 10 rank for the search engine(s) of
their choice.  In past newsletters I've mentioned keywords and
descriptions.  Those are great, and every site should have them.  But,
some search engines don't just use keywords to rank a page...




Take search engine giant Google.  They use keywords, sure.  But they
also have this wonderful algorithm that does more before it ranks your
page.  Google's "bot" also looks at what OTHER Internet sites (not
yours) link to your site.  They call it "link popularity".  The more
sites that point to your domain, the more "popular" your site must be.
  It gets more in-depth than even that.  Google also mathematically
decides the "value" of the links.  For instance, a link from your
kid-brother's Geocities website will not have much value, whereas a
link from a high-traffic site (like Yahoo) would.  There's so much to
learn.




I personally believe that buying programs or services that promise to
get you in the top 10 may be a waste of money.  Find out about them.
Make sure they aren't just plunking your URL (that you worked hard to
get just right) into a script and hoping it works.  Make sure that you
personally take the time (or pay someone trustworthy) to get your URL
on "valuable" pages.




For instance, if you are in the pen business, try to get your links on
complimentary sites.  These might include ink distributors, plastics
manufacturers, and even pencil companies.  Asking these companies for
a small link on their "links" page will only help your traffic flow!
Some may ask for a reciprocal link, which is only fair.  (You don't
want to link to your distributors, though!)




One more thing.  Want to know who links to you now?  Go to Google
(www.google.com) and type in the search box:




link:www.yourdomain.com




If you have questions or comments, or want help getting your website
"further up" the Google rankings, let us know.  We'll be glad to look
at your site and suggest/implement further ideas.


SEO@...


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No April Fools - Domain Prices Drop!




On April 1st, Lighthouse Technologies dropped all their domain
pricing.  Formerly, .com addresses were $35.00/year.  Now you can get
your own .com address for only $39.90 for TWO YEARS!  Other pricing is
as follows:




.us


----


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Let Lighthouse Technologies register your domain today.  Write us at
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April Web Design Special




Every month, we do our best to offer a special deal on web design for
new clients.  This month we have yet another great offer.




All template packages are 20% off.  Get your business online quick
with our pre-made templates.  Design time is cut to a minimum because
our templates already have graphics included!  We have hundreds of
templates to choose from and more on the way.




Decide if you want 1 page or 10 (or more!).  Pick yours out today!


http://www.techlh.com/templates


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Market your website




Advertise your website in this newsletter for only $10/issue.


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Lighthouse Technologies


www.techlh.com


sales@...

When designing or redesigning your website, you need to already have
your vision in mind.  What are you wanting to accomplish with the
website?  More customers?  Providing information?  Advertising?  Are
you wanting people to use the website as a tool, or simply as a
cash-generating outlet?




There are also other things to consider, such as layout.  Do you want
a bunch of flashy, fancy graphics?  Do you want bright colors?  Or do
you want calm colors, and just a few graphics?  Once again, it
depends
on the purpose and goal of the website.  If you are wanting to grab
the user's attention, bright colors are better.  If you are providing
a simple service or just giving information, a low-graphics site is
what you need.




If you overload your site needlessly with graphics and colors, you
may
actually scare customers away.  You may also slow down your page load
time, which will also send customers fleeing off for another website.




It's good to know when enough is enough.  It's not always in the look
- sometimes it's the content that keeps them coming back.


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March Web Design Special - prices are going up on April 1




Lighthouse Technologies now has hundreds of business templates on our


site! We are adding new categories and expanding our current content


daily. If you want your business online, this is a great way to


start. Once you get your site up, start making money, pulling in


business, and increasing your income, you can upgrade your site and


add more features, which will in turn bring in more business!




Our March special is as follows:


Three page professional template site* **


* Home page


* Contact Us page


* Page of your choice (About Us, Product Line, Services, etc.)


A FREE feedback page with results emailed to your InBox




This package retails for over $400.00. Lighthouse Technologies is


offering during the month of March the price of $200.00. This price


is a one-time special. If your business needs a website, contact us


today.


If you'd like to browse our current templates, click on over to


http://www.techlh.com/templates


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Lighthouse Technologies


www.techlh.com


314.496.8665


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* Price does not include domain registration and site hosting fees


** Additional pages are available at a rate of only $75/page during


this special, not including e-commerce (shopping cart)

Spammers are at it again, and your website may be their target!

Is your website generating what looks like a large number of
visitors, but you have not heard from any of them?  Do you have a
feedback form or other response form on your site?  Your form script
may be insecure!

Spammers have figured out how to use old versions of "cgi scripts"
that may reside on your site to help further their goals.  If you
have experienced inflated numbers recently, you may have been a
target.  If you are seeing large numbers, you may want to check with
your webmaster and inquire about it.  If you need more help, you can
contact us any time.
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March Business Template Special

With Spring just around the corner, many new and existing business
are "springing up" on the Internet.  If your business doesn't have a
website, and you're looking for a very cheap but very nice quality
website, consider a template site!

What is a template site?
A template is a pre-designed website.  The graphics and colors are
already created.  Since the site is premade, all you do is supply
your webmaster with the content.  This not only cuts down on the time
it takes to get your site up and running, but it definitely saves you
money!

Lighthouse Technologies now has hundreds of business templates on our
site!  We are adding new categories and expanding our current content
daily.  If you want your business online, this is a great way to
start.  Once you get your site up, start making money, pulling in
business, and increasing your income, you can upgrade your site and
add more features, which will in turn bring in more business!

Our March special is as follows:
Three page professional template site* **
* Home page
* Contact Us page
* Page of your choice (About Us, Product Line, Services, etc.)
A FREE feedback page with results emailed to your InBox

This package retails for over $400.00.  Lighthouse Technologies is
offering during the month of March the price of $200.00.  This price
is a one-time special.  If your business needs a website, contact us
today.

If you'd like to browse our current templates, click on over to
http://www.techlh.com/templates
---------------------------

Looking for an inexpensive way to advertise online?  Advertise in
this newsletter for as little as $10/issue!  sponsor@...
---------------------------

Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665
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* Price does not include domain registration and site hosting fees
** Additional pages are available at a rate of only $75/page during
this special, not including e-commerce (shopping cart)

Are you getting the results you desire from your website?  Are your
competitors claiming to bring in business from their site while you
sit and wonder how they do it?




Perhaps it's something easy.  Did your web designer ask you for
keywords?  Are your desriptions up-to-date and accurate?  Do your page
titles captivate?  How about site design, is your website easy to
navigate?  Can you keep a user's attention or do you lose it in
excessive load time?




All these things and more need to be important to a web designer.
Anyone with a web design program can put up a website, it's not that
difficult.  But putting up a quality website that brings in business
is not easy.  It takes a lot of work.  When we put a website together,
it starts with a one-on-one meeting with you and perhaps a business
manager.  We get the details, build your site, and follow up.  Your
website is not only an advertisement, but it should be a viable income
tool.




If your website isn't producing the results you expected, let
Lighthouse Technologies see if we can help you increase your traffic.
Contact us today for a free website analysis.
www.techlh.com/contactus.htm


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Template Special




Lighthouse Technologies is announcing a HUGE template special for the
month of March.  As a newsletter subscriber, you can take advantage of
this special today.




Templates are wonderful ways to save money, and get your business
online quickly.  While they sometimes lack the personal design that
some businesses prefer, you'd be surprised at the wide variety of
wonderful and colorful templates we have to offer.




Our normal 2-4 page template website costs $310.00.  For the month of
March only, we are offering this special for only $200.00.  That's
over $100 off!  We'll also throw in a feedback form page for FREE!
This brings your savings to over $200.00!




Browse our collection of professional business templates at
http://www.techlh.com/templates today and take advantage of this
offer.


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Advertise in our newsletter!  A three line ad in this newsletter costs
only $20/month!  Contact us today.  sponsor@...


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Coupon Code for TECHLH stores




Enter the coupon code PREZDAY at any of out shops for an extra $5 off
any $40 purchase.


http://www.techlh.com/store.htm




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Get more information at http://www.techlh.com/cafe_special.htm


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Lighthouse Technologies


(314) 496-8665


www.techlh.com

Lighthouse Technologies has teamed up with CafePress to offer you
the opportunity to start your own online store!  Grab those
graphics, logos and slogans!  CafePress is a wonderful business
which offers businesses with the opportunity to market their
services through items such as coolers, baby shirts, coffee mugs and
more. CafePress does everything from provide the "hardware" to
accept credit cards for you!

To see some store examples, go to www.techlh.com/store.htm

If you are interested in getting a slogan, logo, or other graphic
into an online store, contact Lighthouse Technologies today.  We can
provide simple help such as graphic design, or we can help you get
your store going, and even build the entire store for you!

How will this help your site?  Here are a few examples:  Buy T-
Shirts with your logo or website address and give them to clients.
Send magnets with your next mailing.  Create some silly graphics and
advertise them in your next newsletter.

For more information on our Cafe Special, go to
www.techlh.com/cafe_special.htm
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Valentines Special

Don't have a website? Wanting to get your business online? Act
before Feb 14th and take advantage of a HUGE special. Learn all the
details at http://www.techlh.com/specials.htm
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Advertise in our newsletter!  A three line ad in this newsletter
costs only $20/month!  Contact us today.  sponsor@...
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Lighthouse Technoogies
(314) 496-8665
www.techlh.com

Lighthouse Technologies isn't one of those "get your site up in
minutes" kind of companies.  While those offers sound good, truth is:
yes, you'll have a website up in minutes, and maybe even at a low
cost, BUT - will anyone look at your site?  Will visitors find the
information they seek?  Will your site be interactive? provide maps?
offer feedback forms?  Why have a site if no one knows it's there?




LH Tech provides full service web design.  From initial conception to
final product - and beyond - we get you there.




One of the best ways to increase your site is with "keywords".
Keywords are words, or phrases, that you think a person looking for
your site would use.  For example, a website selling auto parts would
have keywords like 'auto' and 'parts' of course, along with words like
'wreck' and 'car' and 'fix'.




Keywords, combined with text on your website boost your chances of
"getting noticed".  The better refined your keywords, the further up
the list on search engines you'll appear.  So, in short, take a look
at your keywords.  If you don't know how to add them to your site,
contact us.




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Sponsor




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sites, you can download entire cookbooks with just one click!




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Valentines Special




Don't have a website?  Wanting to get your business online?  Act
before Feb 14th and take advantage of a HUGE special.  Learn all the
details at http://www.techlh.com/specials.htm




------------------------------




Lighthouse Technoogies


(314) 496-8665


www.techlh.com

Our Christmas Web Design was so successful that we decided for the


next month and a half we'd do something even better!  We're calling it


the Valentines 2003 Special (we're not much on fancy names)




Here's what you get:


A Professionally designed four-page business website, domain
registration, AND 1 year site hosting


PRICE: - $389!  a $530.00 value!




offer must be initiated by 2/14/03




Includes:


Home page


Domain registration*


1 year site hosting** ***


Contact Us page


2 pages of your choice (About us? Our Services? Our Location?)±




For more information, see http://www.techlh.com/web_des.htm


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Sponsor




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* Maybe so you could stay home with your children


* Or earn some extra cash to help with expenses?


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Find out more => http://www.techlh.com/deals/daycare.htm


-----------------------------




Add a shopping cart and items to your website and make money.  Contact
us today for more information.


-----------------------------




Do you have some killer graphics that you want to share? Want to get
your business logo printed on a frisbee? Need a dozen shirts with your
team's banner? Lighthouse Technologies can customize an e-commerce
site for cheaper than you think! Ask about our "Cafe" special!


-----------------------------




Advertise in this newsletter for as little as $5/issue! Write to us at
advertise@... for more information today.


-----------------------------




Lighthouse Technologies


www.techlh.com


314.496.8665


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* hosting prices go from $5 to $50/month. Ask your consultant what
suits you best. This special includes banner-free hosting from
netfirms.com for one year.


** domain registration is for one year. Additional years are available
at $35/year.


± forms and pages requiring scripts not included

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Last chance to get in on the Christmas 2002 web design special!  This
is our best deal yet.  Get a three-page website, domain
registration** AND site hosting* for only $209.00.  Get your business
online and start your worldwide advertising today!  Offer must be
initiated by 12/25/02

For more information, see http://www.techlh.com/web_des.htm
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Looking for an inexpensive way to advertise online? Advertise in
this newsletter for as little as $5/issue! Write to us at
advertise@... for more information today.
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Do you have some killer graphics that you want to share?  Want to get
your business logo printed on a frisbee?  Need a dozen shirts with
your team's banner?  Lighthouse Technologies can customize an
e-commerce site for cheaper than you think!  Ask about our "Cafe"
special!
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Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665

* hosting prices go from $5 to $50/month.  Ask your consultant what
suits you best.  This special includes banner-free hosting from
netfirms.com for one year.
** domain registration is for one year.  Additional years are
available at $35/year.

Fall Website Special
There are only 9 days left to take advantage of the web design
special pricing.  This is your last opportunity to get your business
on the web for an amazingly low price.  For more information see our
website - http://www.techlh.com

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Looking for an inexpensive way to advertise online? Advertise in
this newsletter for as little as $5/issue! Write to us at
advertise@... for more information today.
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Used Computer Blowout!
We have an overstock of off-lease equipment! We're selling Pentium
II and III systems cheap! Get that extra computer you've been
wanting without paying a fortune! See our off-lease specials at
http://www.techlh.com/off-lease-specials.htm

Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665

The Fall Special has been extended to Nov 30th.  Get your business
online today!  If your business or organization is not online, now's
the perfect time to jump onto the e-train! Looking to boost revenue?
Haven't ventured into the online world of yet? We are offering a
special price of $199 for this month only. Take advantage of this
sale while it lasts!  Original contact must be made by Nov 30, 2002.

See www.techlh.com/web_des.htm for more information.
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FREE Stuff
We have added a FREE section to our website, which has links to many
great websites and online tutorials related to web design. Check it
out!
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The perfect gift - www.fancyalbums.com offers photo albums that are
gorgeously decorated for any occasion. Give them as gifts for new
babies, weddings, and Christmas!  Look for new items coming soon.
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Used Computer Blowout!
We have an overstock of off-lease equipment! We're selling Pentium
II and III systems cheap! Get that extra computer you've been
wanting without paying a fortune! 17 inch monitors are only $99.
See our off-lease specials at
http://www.techlh.com/off-lease-specials.htm

Don't see what you want there?  Contact us with your needs!
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Contact Us:
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665

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Looking for an inexpensive way to advertise online? Advertise in
this newsletter for as little as $15/issue! Write to us at
advertise@... for more information today.

FREE Stuff on www.techlh.com
We have added a FREE section to our website, which has links to many
great websites and online tutorials related to web design.  Check it
out!

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Don't forget our October Special
During the month of October Lighthouse Technologies is having a
website development sale! If your business or organization is not
online, now's the perfect time to jump onto the e-train! Looking to
boost revenue? Haven't ventured into the online world of yet?
We are offering a one time price of $199 to get your business
or organization online today. Take advantage of this sale while it
lasts - offer expires SOON - October 31st!

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The perfect gift - www.fancyalbums.com offers photo albums that are
gorgeously decorated for any occasion.  Give them as gifts for new
babies, weddings, and Christmas!
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Used Computer Blowout!
We have an overstock of off-lease equipment! We're selling Pentium
II and III systems cheap! Get that extra computer you've been
wanting without paying a fortune! 17 inch monitors are only $99.
See our off-lease specials at
http://www.techlh.com/off-lease-specials.htm

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Coming Soon
Lighthouse Technologies is currently working on FREE email tutorials
for everyone.  Subjects will include creating a webpage for yourself
or your business, finding graphics, e-mail lists and more.  Stay
tuned to www.techlh.com for more.

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Contact Us:
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665

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Looking for an inexpensive way to advertise online? Advertise in
this newsletter for as little as $15/issue! Write to us at
advertise@... for more information today.

Website Specials
During the month of October Lighthouse Technologies is having a
website development sale!  If your business or organization is not
online, now's the perfect time to jump onto the e-train!  Looking to
boost revenue?  Haven't ventured into the online world of yet?
techlh.com is offering a one time price of $199 to get your business
or organization online today.  Take advantage of this sale while it
lasts - offer expires October 31st.

------------------------------
Looking for an inexpensive way to advertise online?  Advertise in
this newsletter for as little as $5/issue!  Write to us at
advertise@... for more information today.
------------------------------

Used Computer Blowout!
We have an overstock of off-lease equipment!  We're selling Pentium
II and III systems cheap!  Get that extra computer you've been
wanting without paying a fortune!  See our off-lease specials at
http://www.techlh.com/off-lease-specials.htm

Lighthouse Technologies
www.techlh.com
314.496.8665