A recent e-mail I recieved said, "Outside of the States people are making Great E-commerce Web Sites for less than WebsiteForge."

Actually all the sites we have seen outside of the US and Most inside the US do not have SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and are not being found high in the search engines in a natural search. While the design may be good, the sites are not structured the way Google wants to see them.

For years prior to finding WebsiteForge myself I had over 20 websites and the biggest problem was always getting my site found in the search engines. The problem still exist today unless you use a company like WebsiteForge or hire a Search Engine Optimization Expert for thousands of dollars to make your site correctly.

Ever since WebsiteForge added it's SEO Software back in August 2007 all the companies now say they do SEO as well. Saying and Doing are two different words. We DO....

If you have any questions about our SEO software, please contact me.

Thanks,

Douglas A. Marks
Website Marketing Consultant

Website - www.websiteforge.com
Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208
Fax - (517) 338-5064

Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Jeremy,

WebsiteForge will be the PERFECT FIT for you! You will be 100% Satisfied with WebsiteForge. You are exactly the type of person who will be very successful with us. Like our motto says, "The Last Website You Will Ever Buy" because once you see what we offer you'll never buy a site from anyone else.

Thanks,

Douglas A. Marks
Website Marketing Consultant

E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com
Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208
Fax - (517) 338-5064

Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time

To order your website with WebsiteForge please go to http://www.websiteforge.com/website-design-prices.html or the page "Prices & Features" and select the package you want by selecting the "BUY NOW" button. (It's best to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to do this with. As of this date 5-11-2009 we are not fully compatible with MAC but over the next few months we should be. )

Fill out the information on the following pages and sign the receipt. You will be asked if you would like to continue into the Member's Area, if you do you will see the tools we use on the back-end to build your site. Please keep in mind there is nothing for you to do in there, as we design and set-up the entire site for you initially. You will see several messages, just ignore them, they are for the Project Manager. You can logout of that area once you've gone there.

Within 24-48 business hours our Project Head Kevin Ledezma (x203) or his Assistant Jeri (x207) will contact you to answer any questions you may have and to assign your Project Manager & Team. If you feel your project is not moving in the direction it should or if you have any issues with your Project Team please notify Kevin or Cindy (Assistant Project Head x 214) as soon as possible so he can make sure you remain one of our many satisfied clients.

If you are paying by check, once you get to the credit card information page please exit out of the screen and fax a copy of your check to 517-338-5064 made payable to WEBSITE FORGE LLC.

If paying by Paypal, on once you get to the credit card information page please exit out of the screen and click on this link https://secure.wf-api.com/support.websiteforge.com/29.html  enter your payment reason as "Just purchased site and wanted to use Paypal". Give us your URL name as well.

It is important to have clear communication with the Project Manager. Typically we can have your design ready in 2-3 weeks with good communication from both parties. Once the design is ready we enter all your content and set-up your site which takes about 1 week for an Informational site and 2 weeks for an E-Commerce site. (3-6 weeks total)

You should have your first draft design in 3-5 business days after the Project Manager collects your design specifications. Once you view it you can Reject it or Change it as many times as you want until you Accept it. We give you unlimited revisions on the design so you'll always be 100% satisfied.

If you have any questions, please call or e-mail me.

Thanks,

Douglas Marks
Website Marketing Consultant

E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com
Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208
Fax - (517) 338-5064

Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time

Q> As an Ecommerce website I'm concerned about keeping my advertising cost down - What can WebsiteForge do for me?

A> Ecommerce website owners are all asking me this question. E-tailers are all trying to keep their cost down.

Number 1 - Exposure.. How are you driving traffic to your site?

I see a lot of Ecommerce websites out there paying for PPC (Pay-Per-Click) like Google Ad Words and spending hundreds if not thousands to generate traffic to their sites while not concentrating on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I think this is a huge flaw in their thinking.

I think this flaw stems from lack of good information on why you need Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and what kind of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) your site really needs.

What kind of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Already I can hear some people saying "WHAT??? You mean there is more than one kind of  Search Engine Optimization (SEO)???"

The problem with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is, it all depends on the persons definition.

I get hundreds of people saying that they were told by another company their site will be submitted to the top 20 search engines every month for their Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This is a clear sign that a company does nothing for your site and they are FLUFFING you! That's not Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that's Search Engine Submission, and you only have to do that once. It's like going to Post Office and telling them you still live at the same address every month.

WebsiteForge actually works directly with Google, Yahoo, MSN and other Search Engines to develop and maintain code for your site that will help your keywords get ranked higher in the search engine listings along with providing you a consultation with a real SEO Expert with more than 10 years experience. This SEO Expert will show you everything you need to know to be successful in the Search Engines without the huge cost of PPC and Google Ad Words.

A great example of how Search Engine Optimization (SEO) vs PPC can change your Ecommerce Website experience is Michael Giordano with www.knowyournanny.com whom was spending up to $5,000-$6,000 a month on Pay-Per-Click Advertising using a sub-standard Ecommerce Website before WebsiteForge made his site.

Most times after spending all that money, Mike wouldn't even make back his advertising investment let alone the cost of the product he sold.  I spoke with Mike for years before he finally invested his last bit of savings with us.

After WebsiteForge launched his site, it took 1.5 weeks to be found in the Search Engines. In the first 30 minutes of being found he had already paid for the website using the FREE Search Engines. No Pay-Per-Click (PPC) was used.

In his first month with WebsiteForge Mike actually made over $6000 instead of spending it. Now just over 1 year later he's making $60,000-$70,000 per month with out advertising his site.

Now that's a success story!

Thanks,

Douglas A. Marks
Website Marketing Consultant

E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com
Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208
Fax - (517) 338-5064

Q> Has the recession changed how people shop online?

A> I believe it has. I think consumers want more value and they are doing more price-checking. Consumers are spending more time shopping to make sure they are getting the most of what they buy. They are also looking for deals, coupons and rebates.

The advantage WebsiteForge has for our clients is, there sites are being found higher in the Search Engines so they are getting more views. More views means more sales.

Also, WebsiteForge's Ecommerce Shopping Cart has the ability to add gift certificates, coupons, discounts and much more. All are great tools to increase sales.

Thanks,

Douglas A. Marks
Website Marketing Consultant

E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com
Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208
Fax - (517) 338-5064

Doug,

I was really impressed what I heard from you about WebsiteForge.  One of the things we are going to offer is downloadable items for sale, is there a protection tool (if that is the right phrase) that will allow an item to be downloaded only once.  

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Hi Sharon,

WebsiteForge is one of the few companies that offer "Downloadable Item For Sale". We do have a Protection Tool that will only allow them to Download it once, x amount of times or you can set the parameters for days or even allow them to only view it in a secured Members Only Area.

We also have a way to prevent software from grabbing items off your site as well, it's called "Copy Protection" or once again, you can put it in your Members Only Area and restrict everyone from seeing it except those who are Paid/Free Members.

Thanks,

Douglas A. Marks
Website Marketing Consultant

E-mail - dougmarks@websiteforge.com
Business - (888) 558.2446 Ext. 208
Fax - (517) 338-5064

Business Hours: (Monday - Friday) 10 AM - 6 PM Eastern Standard Time

Online spending is up.

US business-to-business (B2B) companies are increasing marketing spending.

According to Outsell, while 13% of B2B companies with over 1,000 employees are increasing spending, 26% of B2B companies with fewer than 100 workers are.

In the aggregate, large firms plan to cut overall marketing spending by 9.7%, whereas their smaller counterparts are cutting only 0.4%.

Online spending, however, will go up for both groups, with the small B2B companies increasing digital spending the most—by an average of 8.2%—and the large B2B companies increasing by only 0.4%.

In a Borrell Associates study, small-business owners claimed certain marketing tactics had proved effective—particularly online. E-mail was judged most effective 80.4%, followed by search 56.8% and display advertising 42.1%.

It is hard to any longer deny the importance of blogging, and its offspring, microblogging ( also known as Twittering - www.twitter.com ).

Currently, 96.6 million US Internet users read a blog at least once per month, representing 48.5% of the Internet population. By 2013, 128.2 million people, or 58% of all US users, will take part.

The numbers of bloggers is also rising. In 2009, 27.9 million US Internet users have a blog they update at least once per month, representing 14% of the Internet population. By 2013, 37.6 million will update their blogs at least monthly.