I'm finally taking the plunge and starting a business. We want to get a website up and running, but I've never really done anything like this. Can you recommend where to go, what to do, and all that stuff?
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posted by Ghidorah
on Apr 9, 2013 -
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Where can I buy a fully functional working website template for my business with all rights.
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posted by pakora1
on Feb 1, 2013 -
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Building (and purchasing) a website for a friend's company in Africa - am I legally responsible if his company gets sued for something unrelated to the site?
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posted by cavs33
on Dec 7, 2012 -
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How do I ask for help and where do I look for intelligent, experienced help in creating a user-controlled website for a wholesale company based in NYC? Any ideas about the ballpark cost to create a wholesale company website?
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posted by nickyskye
on Aug 1, 2012 -
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I have an idea for a gift registry. What are the nuts and bolts of bringing it to fruition?
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posted by semacd
on May 12, 2011 -
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My (soon to be) former employer wants me to maintain their website (that I built during my time there) as an outside contractor. How much should I charge them?
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posted by Geppp
on Mar 7, 2011 -
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My employer is looking for a more accurate way to calculate downtime in web applications. Right now, we calculate in minutes of overall downtime, but I feel it would be more accurate to count "user minutes" that are lost - 20 mins of downtime when there were 10 users on the system is far less important than 20 mins of downtime with 500 users online. Is there a standard out there for doing this?
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posted by um_maverick
on Apr 2, 2010 -
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My magazine wants to sell small-scale online access: day passes, week passes, month passes, maybe per-article, etc. What web services exist to facilitate this process?
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posted by waldo
on Mar 2, 2010 -
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What kinds of ecommerce solutions are available for a business selling services?
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posted by jrholt
on Feb 21, 2010 -
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I have tentatively given my freelance editing and design business the name
Words Like Notes. What do you think of it?
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posted by jlhopes
on Nov 25, 2009 -
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I would like to hire someone, or a company to write a short bio for my professional website. The end goal is attract potential clients. Are there individuals who specialize in this? Where do I seek them out?
posted by helios410
on Sep 7, 2009 -
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Considering freelance event photography as a sideline. The kind where you take the photos, and then sell them later online. Any advice - including talking me out of this - is appreciated.
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posted by tkolstee
on Aug 15, 2009 -
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What are some examples of Medium-High Traffic websites that have successfully started to make money and how did they do it?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 28, 2009 -
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I need new business cards! In addition to my day job, I also am affiliated with several organizations and I am one of those hyper connected social media jerks who twitter, facebook, flickr and all that crap. I have my own domain name which is my full name .com
My question is, how can I make one business card that can fill in for ALL of my organizations AND connect people to my social media profiles, perhaps integrating with info on a website, yet still be professional looking enough to hand out at conferences and the like without being self conscious?
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posted by jlowen
on Mar 11, 2009 -
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blogging as a business and taxes - it can't be so difficult! Or can it?
The Plan - spouse and I want to start a travel blog (we love to travel and are *good* at it!) as a business. You know, run some google ads, make a little money. Actually, if we make enough to cover our travel, we'll be happy (until the eventual greed kicks in). Soooo... if we're going to make more than $600 here in America, the IRS is going to want it's share. But two can play at that game! We want to take all the deductions we can (home office, website costs and, of course, our travel). It will just be the two of us, no employees. But therein lies the confusion...
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posted by catcatwomanman
on Dec 8, 2008 -
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What's an editorial plan? Do topic-focused weblogs (like the Gawker Media ones) have one? How do they work out what sort of content goes on their blog?
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posted by divabat
on Sep 7, 2008 -
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I designed a couple of websites just because I know how and now someone wants to pay me to do exactly what I did for free. She wants a proposal and I have no idea what to ask, how to write up a proposal or even a one sheet invoice. Anyone out here have experience with this?
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posted by Sophie1
on Jul 14, 2008 -
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What look to give a website for a creative but commercial/professional small business?
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posted by Marzipan
on Dec 1, 2007 -
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My website is starting to turn into an actual business. How do I go about treating it like one?
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posted by quibx
on Nov 29, 2007 -
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What are the advantages, disadvantages, and Important Things To Know about officially starting a business?
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posted by cortex
on Mar 28, 2006 -
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Is the ‘revenue-from-ads’ website business model viable for a small tightly focused company, or not?
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posted by mono blanco
on Sep 12, 2005 -
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I am the "neighbourhood geek" where I live, and so end up giving away a lot of free tech support. I am perfectly happy to do so, and now plan to start up my own web site where I dispense knowledge I have recently been asked for to the world. Kinda like "SlashDot... for dummies".
If the site gets sufficiently popular I may place some Google ads on it, but first I need to get my site "out there" and so I need to advertise, which I am willing to spend a few currency units on. I was going to use Google AdWords, but I'm really useless at picking keywords.
Are there better places to advertise, based on the target audience (non-geeks and wannabe-geeks) of my site?
posted by Mwongozi
on Nov 7, 2004 -
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Are there 'standard' rates for text and banner advertisements? Are there any generally accepted pricing guidelines? Is there a formula a webmaster can use to determine how much they should charge for banners or text ads? What about exclusivity? (More Inside)
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posted by cup
on May 11, 2004 -
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