Your Business Website http://http://www.netbuilders.com/bizsite en meyerson@netbuilders.com Copyright 2007 2007-07-25T18:55:00-05:00 Bizsites http://www.netbuilders.com/bizsite/bizsites/ Each week we analyze a small business website and point out what works and what doesn't.  To build an effective small business website - a website that will drive customers to your door - requires you follow key principles. Each week we review small business websites and walk you through the things that were done right and wrong. Our analysis are extensive and address all the key principles from how a site was coded to the quality of content and everything in between. 

]]> 2006-10-01T22:40:00-05:00 RJ Marine http://www.netbuilders.com/bizsite/rj-marine/ Specialists in Raymarine marine electronics, RJ marine ranks in the top 5 on most search engines. The result is they are getting new customers through their website. Ralph Baker is an expert in Marine Electronics. He knows more about boating, marine navigation, and marine electronics than just about anybody. 

But he is no Internet Expert.  So how does he rank near the top of Google for many key phrases? He found an search engine optimization expert to help him out.
Ralph wanted a simple web site that focused on his companies expertise at recommending, installing, and repairing Raymarine products such as GPS, Chart Plotters, Radar, Auto Pilot, VHF Radios, and fish finders. So with the help of professionals recommended by Net Builders he put together RJMarine.com.

It is a very simple but effective website

The site makes it easy for potential customers to quickly know exactly what products and services RJ Marine provides. We hear from Ralph that new customers find his company regularly through his business website.  Now Ralph wants to build version 2 so RJ Marine can easily post used marine electronics they have for sale - we’ll keep you posted…

]]> 2007-07-25T18:55:00-05:00 InsideFlorida.com http://www.netbuilders.com/bizsite/inside-florida/ InsideFlorida.com is a unique guide to the State of Florida. Over 85 million people visit Florida every year and hundreds of thousands people move to Florida each year to become new residents. Inside Florida gives you a insiders view of schools, fishing, beaches, restaurants and just about everything you need to know about Florida. And the site makes it easy for small locally owned business to list their information. In 2004 the US crossed an important line. Consumers used the Internet to search for Local Information more than they used their local newspaper and almost as much as the yellow pages.

The bottom line is that when people are searching for something to do, someplace to go, or a specific place, product, or service, they search on the Internet.

InsideFlorida.com is packed with photos of beaches, parks, fishing, restaurants, golf courses, small downtowns, theme parks, landmarks, state parks, and many other Florida destinations.

InsideFlorida.com – The Insiders Guide to Florida
Find the best of Florida.

We are on a mission to help Florida visitors, residents, and anyone interested in Florida find the best of Florida.

Business Owners
If you own a business your job is to go to InsideFlorida.com, select a city and checkout the local business listings. You could list your business.

Residents
If you have a insider tip for your part of Florida, go to insideflorida.com and let us know about it.

]]> 2007-03-07T20:39:00-05:00 Keymorada Fly-Spin Tournament http://www.netbuilders.com/bizsite/keymorada/ Net Builders donated it's team to build Keymoradafishing.com, a website for a charity that raises money for the Crohn's and Colitis foundation of America. The Keymorada Invitational Fly-Spin Tournament takes place in Islamorada, Florida and has raised over $500,000 for the CCFA. The Internet is a powerful tool for charities to raise awareness, provide useful information, and raise money. Keymorada was created by Mitch Widom whose daughter was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2004.

As an an attorney in south Florida, Mitch Widom decided to use his love for fishing as a way to raise awareness and money for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He created an annual fishing tournament that raises charitable contributions through sponsorships and the Law Firm Challenge.

Law firms from all over the country compete to become the “Keymorada Champion Law Firm” by making tax deductible cash contributions. Law firms have been at the forefront of assisting worthwhile charities such as the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America.

The wining Law Firm receives a special trophy and keeps that trophy for one year. In 2006 over 125 law firms participated and helped raise over $300,000. All contribution go directly to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

Keymoradafishing.com is built using a powerful web publishing system called Expression Engine – made by Pmachine. This allows the Keymorada team to add new content and make changes on their own. This is especially important in this case because almost all the people working on the Keymorada website are donating their time.

]]> 2006-12-29T21:47:01-05:00 WorkOut America http://www.netbuilders.com/bizsite/workout-america/ WorkOut America gives Fitness Expert Bill Hebson a way to reach millions of Americans looking for workout routines. This is Bill's first website and he struggled with common challenges, the biggest being creating a set of initial information and features to get the site up and understanding that a website is never done. Now that the site is up, Bill is close to launching new sections that will include detailed workouts with photos and a members only area. Bill Hebson is one of South Florida’s premier personal trainers and fitness experts. Bill’s cutting edge workout routines have taken his client athletes to the NFL, Major League Baseball, the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, Pipeline, and even Mt. Everest.

Putting Fitness Online
For Bill, Workout America is a way to reach fitness enthusiasts beyond South Florida. "The website lets extend my customer base. Our primary focus is help people take advantage of their gym membership so we have created workout routines, with photos, that you can take with you to the gym. So many people pay a gym every month but either don’t go or don’t get any results" says Bill.

At Net Builders we don’t build websites for hire but Bill is a personal friend. We volunteered our time for planning the site and recommended top web designer Reid Stott to do the design and code the templates. The team at Net Builders and Reid Stott worked with Bill to create the initial version of Workout America. It’s important to get a first version of a new site up and running without trying to do everything right out of the gate. Of course there is a long list of work still to do - a website is never done.

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