Download our NCET Flyer

Didn’t have time to stop by and grab a flyer?? Get your full-color copy right here.

And, here’s the link to the beginning of our “do-it-yourself” tutorial, for those of you who we referred to the site.

Meet us at the NCET Entrepreneur Expo…

…Reno Sparks Convention Center, Saturday 3/15. We’ll be exhibiting and attending as many of the breakout sessions as we can fit in. Check us out if you’re in the market for a site or have questions on how to create a “do-it-yourself” online presence.

Applying the Web

I’ve been meaning to change the name of my blog for a while – not a big change but substantial enough that I’m sure any Google goodness I had will be gone. The reason for the change? I wanted our company blog name to be similar to our company name. Basic branding 101. Same content – slightly differnet name. Welcome to: Applying the Web!

Under the blogdar

If Technorati is the blogdar of the blogosphere, and posting keeps your blog’s blip on the horizon, then I have either crashed or gone into stealth mode. I disappeared again. Yet again, I’ll blame workload as I’ve been finishing up five simulatenous large projects.

Hopefully May will be a more balanced month for me – some projects, some blogging.

There isn’t any better way to get back in to the swing of blogging like a streched metaphor and a heavy dose of jargon.

In the next couple weeks I’ll be posting about my latest projects, getting a couple of post ideas out of my system. I’ll also have a Google Apps for your Domain tutorial|editorial.

Resurfacing

I’m back. I’ve committed an all too typical sin of blogging – I’ve neglected to keep up on my posting – and I didn’t even bother to let people know where I was or what I was doing. If you’ve been wondering why I dropped off the face of the blogosphere – I apologize for poor communication.

A little known rule of blogging (which I did not follow) – you can take a break from regular posting but you need to let people know you are taking a break. Sort of like a cardinal rule of effective interpersonal communications. Even if you can’t get back to someone – get back to them so they know you can’t get back to them.

I’ve been finishing up a very busy 2006. I’ve launched some websites, done some emergency web development, refined my production process, and lined up a lot of work for 2007. I’m going to have a very cool, very busy year and I’m excited for the challenge. I’ll keep you informed.

What do you want to know?

I want to hear from you.

I always have a lot of ideas for posts – it’s just a matter of getting to them. If you are one of the five people who read this blog (thank you) you probably have a good idea of the subject matter and focus. If not, please let me know.

I especially want to know if I’m leaving something out. Is there something you’d like me to research, weigh in on, or explain? Leave a comment to this post or fill out my contact form.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Happy Thanksgiving

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Editing

Okay, I must confess, I don’t edit my posts for typos. If you’ve been reading me for any length of time, you may have noticed. Sorry if this fact impedes your reading…but I am much better off waiting for my wife, Erin, to do it. She’s a proofer at heart, but she’s pretty busy, so she’ll probably only edit me once every couple weeks or so.

So, please note that as of now, everything here is shiny and clean. But I make no claims on future posts until she’s had a look. (Oh, and she proofs all my client sites before launch, by the way.) A big thank you to Erin for all her time and effort.

In case you are just tuning in

I build web infrastructures. I design web-based applications and processes – which is a fancy way of saying I build websites that do stuff. More importantly than building websites – I help my clients simplify processes that save them money and make life easier.

I have worked for large corporations, solving large corporate problems. Large corporate problems often have large expensive solutions. I have found that small businesses have them same problems as large businesses, but less resources. Because they have less resources they are frequently overlooked by vendors and solutions providers. This is where I come in.

I provide my clients with the expertise to solve their problems efficiently. I have created solutions of every size from custom-coded applications to PayPal setups.

This blog, Harnessing the Web, is meant to be a way to share my experiences with small business owners so they can learn what they need to know – and how to get what they want.

There is an important distinction here – I don’t think entrepenuers need to know how to create websites or code HTML. They do need to know what they want their website to do and how to go about getting it done.

Welcome to my conversation – and thank you for tuning in.