Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
Two big items to share with you this week. First, while the new sites that I have been discussing are being completed I did a redesign of the existing Original New England site. This redesign consisted of linking changes utilizing internal page linking by major section of the website vs. having all links on a VERY LONG menu bar on each page. We also added two new pages to the site, one is a guest page, which was added with the idea to improve the ability of site visitors to comment and/or receive feedback on the site. The second new page is called Sitebuildit Easy, which is an informational page designed to help people to understand the Sitebuildit product.
The other big news that I would like to share ( a drumroll please!!!) is the continued climb of Original New England in the search engine rankings. For this week the site is currently ranked at 248,492 by Alexa. We couldn't be happier with this site ranking! Hopefully with the recent changes that have been implemented the site will continue to rise in the rankings.
In other news, now that summer has ended (and I have completed some other major projects) I am back to focusing my efforts to complete the major business overhaul discussed in the past several posts. My "To Do" list is now down to approximately 12 items and counting, with the #1 item still being the creation of a PHP based front-end solution for my MySQL database. Wow, it almost sounds like I actually understand all of this techie talk. Believe me, I have learned quite a bit during the past year, but I still have a long way to go, but I am a persistent type of person (and I really enjoy learning new things) so the journey continues.
Hopefully my next posting will be the announcement of the new sites going live!
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success! We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Friday, September 7, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XIX
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
This week I'd like to address two topics that are closely related. The first is an update on the redesign of the Original New England Enterprises website/s. As stated earlier my main website, although filled with a lot of good information, wasn't very focused. There was just too much information about too many subjects on this one site. So the main site was divided into three sites, with each focused on a specific ecommerce business area. This leads me to my second topic, the release of these new sites online. I apologize for the delay in releasing these new sites. Believe me when I say I am probably much more anxious to see them released than you are, with me being like a proud new parent. The holdup is that I am still working on the interface between the PHP code and MySQL database. I have been promised that this will be completed shortly. (A drumrole please for the developer!)
Coinciding with the release of the new websites I will be sending out a special edition of our newsletter with a FREE ebook download on "New England Wholesale Product Sourcing".
In the meantime, one of the companies that I represent is currently running a fantastic special focused on "WHY BUILD JUST A WEBSITE? BUILD A WEBSITE THAT WORKS! This special runs through August 28th. For more information go to this link: BUILD A WEBSITE THAT WORKS
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
This week I'd like to address two topics that are closely related. The first is an update on the redesign of the Original New England Enterprises website/s. As stated earlier my main website, although filled with a lot of good information, wasn't very focused. There was just too much information about too many subjects on this one site. So the main site was divided into three sites, with each focused on a specific ecommerce business area. This leads me to my second topic, the release of these new sites online. I apologize for the delay in releasing these new sites. Believe me when I say I am probably much more anxious to see them released than you are, with me being like a proud new parent. The holdup is that I am still working on the interface between the PHP code and MySQL database. I have been promised that this will be completed shortly. (A drumrole please for the developer!)
Coinciding with the release of the new websites I will be sending out a special edition of our newsletter with a FREE ebook download on "New England Wholesale Product Sourcing".
In the meantime, one of the companies that I represent is currently running a fantastic special focused on "WHY BUILD JUST A WEBSITE? BUILD A WEBSITE THAT WORKS! This special runs through August 28th. For more information go to this link: BUILD A WEBSITE THAT WORKS
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XVIII
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
This week I believe I am going to talk about putting things in perspective. By this I mean when you begin a new hobby, etc. it is only natural to put all of your energy and time into it, especially if it is something that you are really into. It's only natural to do this! A word of warning, even though it's great to learn new things, it is also important to learn how to keep things in balance. Be careful when you start something new that you don't stop paying attention to the other things that are important in your life, be it work, friendships or your family. All are equally important and need to be nurtured and maintained to keep them going.
I'm not trying to sound profound or to preach to anyone, just a little advice that if taken, I believe, will go a long way in helping you to be successful in both business and in your personal life.
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
This week I believe I am going to talk about putting things in perspective. By this I mean when you begin a new hobby, etc. it is only natural to put all of your energy and time into it, especially if it is something that you are really into. It's only natural to do this! A word of warning, even though it's great to learn new things, it is also important to learn how to keep things in balance. Be careful when you start something new that you don't stop paying attention to the other things that are important in your life, be it work, friendships or your family. All are equally important and need to be nurtured and maintained to keep them going.
I'm not trying to sound profound or to preach to anyone, just a little advice that if taken, I believe, will go a long way in helping you to be successful in both business and in your personal life.
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Monday, May 14, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XVII
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
My apologies for not posting last week. The database creation is still a work in progress. It seems that in addition to the MySQL database creation, that in order to take the next step, which is for the database to display, you need to use another programming language, PHP. From what I have learned PHP is a server side HTML embedded scripting language. Huh? What does this mean? I really don't have a clue what this means. All I know is that this means there is one more step needed to make all of this work.
I'm also working on uploading all of the files for the companies that will be part of this database. This is also taking quite a bit of time to do. The good thing is that this keeps me out of trouble and I am constantly learning new things concerning programming, etc. The online education continues!
The new anticipated release of the database together with the new websites has now been moved to June 1st. This way I will be sure to have it completed by then and will not have to keep changing the completion date each week.
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
My apologies for not posting last week. The database creation is still a work in progress. It seems that in addition to the MySQL database creation, that in order to take the next step, which is for the database to display, you need to use another programming language, PHP. From what I have learned PHP is a server side HTML embedded scripting language. Huh? What does this mean? I really don't have a clue what this means. All I know is that this means there is one more step needed to make all of this work.
I'm also working on uploading all of the files for the companies that will be part of this database. This is also taking quite a bit of time to do. The good thing is that this keeps me out of trouble and I am constantly learning new things concerning programming, etc. The online education continues!
The new anticipated release of the database together with the new websites has now been moved to June 1st. This way I will be sure to have it completed by then and will not have to keep changing the completion date each week.
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Friday, April 27, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XVI
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
As I mentioned last week the wholesale products database is still under construction, but I have been promised that it will be completed within a few days. That should allow me to input all of the information that I need to into it. The next step will be to go live with the revamped sites. I can't wait to do this!
In the meantime I focused on the creation of my ebook this past week. I am proud to say that it is complete and ready to be published. It ended up being what I would call more of a guide than a book. It is 32 pages in length and provides information on the following:
As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
As I mentioned last week the wholesale products database is still under construction, but I have been promised that it will be completed within a few days. That should allow me to input all of the information that I need to into it. The next step will be to go live with the revamped sites. I can't wait to do this!
In the meantime I focused on the creation of my ebook this past week. I am proud to say that it is complete and ready to be published. It ended up being what I would call more of a guide than a book. It is 32 pages in length and provides information on the following:
- A Real Business with Real Business Requirements
- Finding Products to Sell for Your Niche Business
- New England Wholesale Product Shows
- New England Fairs
- Creative Product Sourcing
- Appendix of Helpful Business Links
Once I completed this my next step was to convert this to PDF format so that it could not be altered. An additional requirement was to make sure that all of the hyperlinks contained in the book would be clickable. This is where I ran into some problems. Long story short, if you don't own Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0, ($499) which is more than adequate for this task, there are much less expensive alternatives available.
After doing some research I found out that Adobe has an online service that they charge for, $9.99/month or $99/year that will allow you to convert your word documents into PDF format, and will make it so that your hyperlinks are clickable in your new PDF formatted document. It is a personal decision, based on cost and need. If you think you will need this service full time on a continuous basis then maybe you should buy the full Adobe program. If you only need to use this service occasionally then I think the online option is much more economical. This is the route I chose and it works like a charm. You upload your file, it is converted and a link is sent to your email notifying you that it is complete. Next you click on the link to open the file. If it is ok then you can save it to your desktop, folder, etc. The link to access this is: http://createpdf.adobe.com/
PS You will at least need to have Adobe Reader if you use the online method. Adobe Reader is a free download. Click on this link to access the free download: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
That's all for this week!As always, I wish you the best in your success!We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Friday, April 20, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XV
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
Well I spent quite a bit of time working on the "Best New England Made" website during this past week. This site is going to be all about wholesale product sourcing. This site presented the biggest obstacles to me in respect to the home page. There is so much information available. I lost count of the number of revisions that I went through before I felt that it looked and conveyed the information the way I wanted it to.
I have one major step left to complete on this site. That would be the New England Made Wholesale Products Directory database. This was just a little too techie for me, so I contracted someone that knows all about MySQL database creation to put this together. Once it is complete I will input all of the wholesale supplier information, test it out and then the site should be ready to go.
The other item I had done was to have a new logo created to differentiate this site from the other Original New England sites. Here's the new logo:
I was really happy with the way this came out. What do you think?
Together with completing the wholesale directory I have a list of other things to do to complete the revamping of Original New England. So, while I am waiting on a couple of things I have started to work on my next project - the creation of an ebook on sourcing unique, quality, New England Made wholesale products. This ebook will be a complete guide to sourcing wholesale products in New England and everyone will be able to get it for FREE! The only requirement needed to obtain this e-book will be to sign up for the Original New England Home Business Solutions Newsletter! Now that's what I call a good deal!
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!
We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Well I spent quite a bit of time working on the "Best New England Made" website during this past week. This site is going to be all about wholesale product sourcing. This site presented the biggest obstacles to me in respect to the home page. There is so much information available. I lost count of the number of revisions that I went through before I felt that it looked and conveyed the information the way I wanted it to.
I have one major step left to complete on this site. That would be the New England Made Wholesale Products Directory database. This was just a little too techie for me, so I contracted someone that knows all about MySQL database creation to put this together. Once it is complete I will input all of the wholesale supplier information, test it out and then the site should be ready to go.
The other item I had done was to have a new logo created to differentiate this site from the other Original New England sites. Here's the new logo:
I was really happy with the way this came out. What do you think?
Together with completing the wholesale directory I have a list of other things to do to complete the revamping of Original New England. So, while I am waiting on a couple of things I have started to work on my next project - the creation of an ebook on sourcing unique, quality, New England Made wholesale products. This ebook will be a complete guide to sourcing wholesale products in New England and everyone will be able to get it for FREE! The only requirement needed to obtain this e-book will be to sign up for the Original New England Home Business Solutions Newsletter! Now that's what I call a good deal!
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!
We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - Part XIV
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
The redesign continues! I am learning more and more concerning web design - new terms like MySQL database, I-Frame, how to make a page password protected with javascript and more! All of this can get confusing, but, in reality, I am enjoying all of the learning that is taking place as part of this process.
We are still on schedule for our May 1st new release date. (lots of work and hours to go - if you know what I mean) What started this process was the realization that there was just too much information on the main website: original new england enterprises
After analyzing just what our goals are and how we want to convey this message to our customers, we decided to take the original site and to break it up into three unique sites, in addition to our other two existing web presences. The plan is for it to end up like this:
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!
We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
The redesign continues! I am learning more and more concerning web design - new terms like MySQL database, I-Frame, how to make a page password protected with javascript and more! All of this can get confusing, but, in reality, I am enjoying all of the learning that is taking place as part of this process.
We are still on schedule for our May 1st new release date. (lots of work and hours to go - if you know what I mean) What started this process was the realization that there was just too much information on the main website: original new england enterprises
After analyzing just what our goals are and how we want to convey this message to our customers, we decided to take the original site and to break it up into three unique sites, in addition to our other two existing web presences. The plan is for it to end up like this:
- Main Corporate Site w/ links to all other sites
- Ecommerce Site
- Wholesale Products Site
- Online Opportunities Site
- eBay Site
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success!
We hope you found this weeks' article helpful. Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
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