GermanJohn Design Studio

Budget Web design

Outsourcing

Jun 12

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Have you ever wanted to do something but didn’t know how?
Do you want to add things to your business or website but couldn’t be bothered learning how?
If the answer to these two questions is yes, then outsourcing could be your answer.

Outsourcing certain jobs is a smart way to work. Everyone has different skills and if you use your own skills to their best advantage and get others to assist you in some areas, you actually become more efficient and this can aid you in your work or hobby or even simply when you blog.

Please let us know if you want further information because we have several sources for assistance and can also help you with our skills.

Work smarter instead of harder.

Make Life Easier

Jun 10

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Do you have a website? Are you trying to establish an online business and make money for yourself?

If so, you need two very important things to help you succeed.

Firstly you need a great website that is fully functional that encourages people to read further when they find your site.

Secondly you need to make sure you have great written content on your site. This includes correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and a well balanced layout that keeps your viewers there long enough to arouse their interest in whatever you have to offer.

This is where we come in. We can give you all of these things and much more for a very affordable price. Sure, there are plenty of website designers out there. There are also plenty of great writers.

However, it is seldom that you find one person or a team that have a lot of experience in all of these areas and can offer you everything you need all at once.

So stop wasting your time with inferior products and services when you can improve your site and your capacity to make more money and attract a larger number of viewers.

Another very special special??

Nov 13

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This special comes from: http://www.thenet.com.au:
Check your domain name availability.
Simply type the domain name you want to register in the box below to see if your selected name is available and if it is we will register it for you at only:
$69 for 2 years .com.au domains
$45 for 2 years .com domains

And here is what we offer:
.com.au domain $12.00 per year
.com domain $11.00 per year

Another special? We don’t think so.

Traps you will encounter

Nov 12

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Not everything is as cheap as it sounds!

Have a look at this:

  • Fully customised interface and menu structure design.
  • Up to twenty images embedded into each page if required.
  • Sitemap
  • Built with the latest web technologies utilising custom templated layout for complete scalability.
Price: $149 per A4 page including GST. (minimum 4 pages)
Now calculate how many pages you would need, use our DIY quote here.
Now this:

Hosting and construction of your website for $50 a month.

Hosting comes with cpanel access, unlimited emails, ftp, email forwarders. etc.

Will include website build with free add-ons such as advertisement software and forum/blog software

Email me for more details..   and remember @$50 a month it’s a bargain.
A bargain? I don’t think so. In just one year you pay $600 for your site. In five years $3000.
NEVER sign up for packages where you ‘rent’ your own website.

Who are we?

Oct 26

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We are a two man team with the necessary complementary skills to offer you a complete service that most of our competitors simply cannot achieve.

John has more than 30 years experience in computer programming, website design, graphic art, layout and functional capacity. He also has 5 years in marketing.

Laurence has 20 years experience in writing, proofreading, editing, layout, design; and sales and marketing.

Some years ago we started using HTML which was the most common programming language for websites.
About two years ago we changed over to PHP, as this is a more efficient method.
Because each of the processes involved in the creation or amendment of a website is now shorter, we are able to still offer you a top quality complete service, but at a much more competitive price.

As we only publish our PHP portfolio, a lot of other work does not appear on this site.

We welcome all enquiries.

Thank you.

John and Laurence
GermanJohn Design Studio team

Great special for 2009

Feb 13

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We will create a completely FREE blog for any non profit/charity organisation until December 31, 2009.
There are no ongoing costs either as these blogs will be run free from wordpress servers.
Creation of blogs includes free teaching updating and maintaining the blog. Contact us to arrange a time to call us so we can discuss matters further.

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How do I get more hits to my website?

Apr 10

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How do I get more hits to my website?

Many people think that when they have a website, visitors will just swarm in to see it. Sadly that is not the case. Imagine a phone book with numbers but without names to it, how would you find a certain person? It is the same with websites, people can not find them unless they are listed in search engines or are linked to from other sites.
To increase hits to your website, you should use all three of the following:

Links
Find other websites that write about similar things to your website, websites that sell similar things but not direct competitors.
Contact the owners and asked for a link exchange.

Search Engines
This is the hardest part. Several 10 thousand websites are created every day, search engines get flooded with requests to be added. The chance that you got to the top of one search engine is very small and depends on many factors.
Search engines use bots and/or spiders. These are programs that read websites and check them out before they are considered for listing. Main checks include but are not limited to:
Relevance of text to titles and key words.
Names of pictures and relevance to the text.
Number of links to other sites and quality of those links.

There is a lot more that is checked before your site may end up in a ?pool?. Then the waiting starts and with a lot of luck it might end up getting listed.
Great but on what page is it?
Surfers only go on average only up to page 3 of a search engine to find what they are looking for.
If your site is on page 250 000, how small is the chance that it will be found?

Websites we create have a direct connection to the search engines bots.
As soon as the site is updated, those bots are notified and read the new update. Listing of this update will normally follow real soon and can then be found on the first or second page, depending on subject.
This goes automatic and is done without the need for you to do anything for it.

Others
Keep you site active. Meaning update often, best once per day to keep the search engines happy.
?Dead? sites get kicked out of them.
We understand that some websites do not need updates, because they are fully functional and the products/services they offer hardly change.
For example many Restaurant/Hotel/Tourism sites are like that.
Work on it; write news sections, articles about specials, events. In short anything related to your site.

Business Cards/Television/Radio are other options. Think of sponsoring events, even small ones and have a chance to introduce your website/business there.
You will be amazed how many people do not know that you have a website, do business, offer services etc.

Create a newsletter section and E-mail your subscribers often. You are receiving this E-mail because you are subscribed to our newsletter.

Last but not least, word of mouth. As always the best promotion.

For more info on Websites, visit us here

How to increase business using a website

Mar 19

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We get asked often how can I improve my service and increase revenue using my website.

Here are a few hints:
Make sure that you are listed in the top 3 pages of Google or Yahoo because surfers do not want to search 20 plus pages

If you receive feedback from your website, it should be answered in within one hour the most. Internet is on-line and all about speed.
Make clear what hours you work, so people can see what time it might take to get a response.

Your website should be clear and easy to navigate, surfers, customers don?t want to click 20 times to find what they are looking for?.

As a golden rule:
If you sell products/services, a visitor must see what he/she is looking for after a maximum of three clicks.

Search engine listings:
On March 19 this headline was seen in the NT NEWS:
I would have got less for killing someone
Search Google for it, you will see we are listed (www.darwinnewsblog.com) on top of page one with our post to it.

Easy navigation:
Have a look at www.aussiebalikbayanbox.com

It needs one click to view the item you might want to order.

These results are archived by websites/blog we create. Using PHP instead of html, they get listed much faster, are more customer friendly and much easier to update.

With all the best for a
Happy Easter
Regards
John

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