Tips for Developing Successful Web Sites:

Website Development:

• 8 Main reasons for having a website
• 10 Tips for Better Web Sites
• Seven Tips on How to Select a Domain Name
• Tips for Choosing a Domain Name
• Flash Web Design: Pros and Cons
• Usability of Websites by US Department of Health and Human Services
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
• Government's Section 508 web site
• Website Usabiltiy Testing on a Zero Budget
• Does My Web Site Suck? Checklist 1 - 148 Mortal Sins That Will Send Your Site to Web Design Hell
• Does My Web Site Suck? Checklist 2
• Don't Let Your Web Site Design Become a Nightmare? - Designing for the web vs. print design

Website Content :

• Tips for writing Web Site Content
• 10 rules for your small business home page
• How to Differentiate Your Online Business on Your Home Page
• Building a Content Rich Website
• Passing the Ten-second Test: The frantic haste of information-seekers
• Avoiding Website Assumptions that Mask Your Blind Spots
• Home Page Goals by Derek Powazek
• How to write a good About page
• Getting What you Want: How To Secure An Effective Testimonial
• The Basics Of Tip Sheets
• Education-Based Marketing: How to Make Business Come to You
• Secret Formulas for Writing Headlines That Sell
• Navigation: Not Confusion
• What's this "RSS" all about?

Website Promotion/Optimization:

• Develop an Internet Marketing Plan
• Google Information for Webmasters
• Search Engine Optimization: Preparing your pages for the search engines
• The Web Marketing Checklist: 29 Ways to Promote Your Website
• Search Engine Optimization Tips
• All About Title Tags
• Web Page Title Tags for Search Engine Optimization & Web Usability
• The Risky "Top 10" Guarantee
• Bad Search Engine Optimization Tricks
• How Do I Get Visitors to My Site?
• Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions
• Google: Guidelines for owners of local businesses
• Google: Webmasters/Site owners Help for Bloggers
• Help customers find you on Google Maps
• Google SEO Tips

Advertising & Marketing Tips:

• Getting Going with Email Marketing
• You're Only As Good As Your List... and What You Email To It
• Six Reasons Why You Need an E-Mail Service Provider (ESP)
• How Anti-spam Laws Apply to You
• The CAN-SPAM Act: Requirements for Commercial Emailers
• Will a Press Release Really Help My Business?
• 10 Essential Tips to Ensure Your Press Release Makes the News
• 12-Step Online Marketing Plan
• Ideas for Designing Your Frequent Buyer Program
• Top 10 Do's and Don'ts for an Effective Business Referral Network!
• Secrets of Successful Advertising
• Turn Ghosts Into Visible Customers
• How to Market Online via Flickr and Photobucket

Social Media:

• Social Media Action Plan

Rules & Regulations:

• Small Business Administration. This is one of the best web resources for the small business owner.
• How Anti-spam Laws Apply to You
• Copyright Information
• Understanding the Can-Spam Act of 2003
• Nolo: Small Business Legal information, accessible to everyone
• Colorado Department of Revenue: Starting a Business in Colorado
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Recommended Tools and Websites:

• Free Photo Editing Program: Irfanview
• E-mail marketing tool
• Buy mailing lists from Dun & Bradstreet
• Color Chart

Techno Talk:

• Spell it Out:How to handle abbreviations on your website
• How can I make my pages look good on all monitors?
• Glossary of Internet Terms