Building a Business »
Though I haven't been particularly vocal about it, I have been slowly building up the web site for Everitz Consulting, and it now actually contains some reasonable information on it (instead of the one-page placeholder that had been there for months). I'm also going to try to do a better job of keeping up with it in the future. If you have a few minutes, take a look around and let me know what you think.
It's very simple, because I'm just a simple guy. I'm not very good with colors (you should know that by now). I don't like animation, be it animated GIFs or Flash, I don't like massive amounts of options that aren't really necessary, and I'm not even really much for images. I want a simple, to-the-point site that looks reasonable across browsers and conveys some basic information, allowing interested parties to then contact me if they need more.
I doubt that I will ever really be interested in soliciting business through the site, but I would like people to be able to visit in case they would like to find out just a bit more about the company. Please keep that in mind.
Update: It turns out that my friend Ben Franklin (yes, that is really his name) has put together - or rather, resurrected - his own company that offers consulting services. If you're in the Nashville area, look him up! I would tell you to tell him that I sent you, but he might charge you extra.
Comments (2)
I hate flashing web sites. I don't think the layout is very important, as long as it is easy to navigate and contains useful information.
One of my pet peeves are web sites that don't have the company phone number and email address on the home page in plain sight.
I have read that putting a blog one one's business site is the next big thing. It's something I want to do, but I haven't made up my mind exactly how I want it to look.
In my case I sell and install Microsoft Great Plains. In the blog I expect to note new develeopments in what I sell as well as projects I do for clients. I'm hoping my clients will come to view it as a resource of ideas.
But I'm not sure how much traffic it'll generate. I'm not sure it'll be one of those "Build it and they will come."
BTW, did you change your colors again? I don't remember the yellow.
Posted by Ted | January 15, 2005 3:37 PM
Hi Ted - I changed the color last week sometime, from a slightly paler yellow to this one. I liked the contrast better. I also added some extra fonts to the CSS, so you may see some difference there. If installed, you should see Palatino Linotype.
Posted by Chad Everett | January 15, 2005 9:43 PM