Wearing Many Hats as a Web Site Owner
If you've run a Web site for very long, no doubt you'vediscovered that the process of actually building yoursite is only the beginning of your challenge in creatinga successful Web business.It takes a lot more than knowledge of HTML to get asuccessful site up and running. Veteran site owners eventuallybecome aware of the fact that one must excel in a number of areasin order to earn a living on the Net.These include:1. You must be familiar with at least the basics of HTML andother aspects of page building.2. Additionally, it's important to learn the nuances of thevarious search engines out there and to become familiar withhow to give your site the best exposure possible through them.3. You must also become familiar with the Web's various revenueopportunities and learn how to properly implement them on yoursite, as well as get the most bang for your buck.And all of this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes torunning a Web business.
Depending on the format of your site,you may also have to learn specialized tasks, ranging from how toensure that you have a stable hosting environment to learning howto set up and run a database.As time goes on, it can all seem quite overwhelming. A successfulWeb site owner must indeed learn to be a jack of all trades.I'm often asked by fellow site owners for tips and advice on howone can juggle so many duties successfully.It's been my experience over the years, that it's best to not tryto do everything yourself, once your site is up and going and wellestablished. Over the years, I've developed numerous relationshipswith other Webmasters, each of whom typically excels in one areaof expertise. In effect, my colleagues and I have built up a commonpool of knowledge that we share among ourselves.These days, I'm much more likely to farm out a given specializedtask to someone who excels in that area, rather than try to stumblethrough the process myself.It's a far cry from 1995, when I first set up shop on the Web. Inthose days, I did everything myself: from writing the HTML to installingCGI scripts to creating my own custom graphic images, etc.So the question remains: how many hats should a Web site owner tryto wear? I think the answer lies in how far along you are in thedevelopment of your Web business.If you only recently started a Web site, I think it's important todo everything yourself initially.
You should become familiar withat least the basics of every aspect of Webmastering. Even if you'replanning to farm out such work eventually, it's important for you toat least know the basics, at the outset. It'll save you a great dealof grief, over the long term.This holds true, even if you have a budget and you plan to pay tohave work, such as HTML coding, done on a commercial basis.If you know at least the basics of a given task, you're likely goingto get more bang for your buck if you pay to have someone else do it.If the process of coding HTML (or any other aspect of Webmastering)is a complete mystery to you, then you leave yourself wide open togetting a poor deal, if you're paying someone to do it.The analogy is the same as if you take your car into a garage to getit repaired. If you're reasonably knowledgeable about the basics of automaintenance, the odds increase that you'll get the repair job done right,and for a fair price.At the same time, you should work hard to build up relationships withother Web site owners (preferably those who are roughly at the same stage ofdevelopment with their sites as you are). As time goes on, you canshare tips and advice and even specialized tasks.If you try your hand at all aspects of running a Web site, then in time,you'll inevitably discover which tasks that you have a knack for.In my case, I discovered early on that my HTML and programming skillswere mediocre---but that I had a talent for writing copy, site layout and site promotion.These days, I rarely write raw HTML code any more.
I farm that work out to mycolleagues who are HTML gurus. In return, I can offer them my help intasks in the areas that I do well in.On the other hand, I know enough about the basics of HTML to where Ican go in and make tweaks and adjustments to a page, if need be.The bottom line is: if you want to succeed as a Web site owner, thenit's important to learn the basics of all aspects of running a siteearly on.Then, as time goes on, you can work to develop a networkof friends and colleagues that you can share tasks and projects with,as your site grows and develops. And you'll be in much better shapeto protect yourself from being scammed if you decide to pay someoneto do Webmaster-related tasks for you.Equally crucially, you'll know at least enough about the basics ofvarious Webmaster tasks that, in a pinch, you'll be able to jump inyourself and tweak or fix things in a pinch, instead of having to relyon someone else to get a crucial project done quickly..
The Memory Collector
Everyone collects something right?
It may be baseball cards, hats, or some other type of sports memorabilia.
Even if you don't consider yourself a collector of anything, you may be and don't even know it.
How about the collection of tools in the cellar you don't really use, but you have to have them!
Even maybe all those movies laying around you no longer watch, sounds like a collection to me.More common items people typically collect are things like, coins, military items, guns, and sports items.
Generally it will be something that once interested a person, had an impact on their lives or they just simply enjoyed.
Me, I am a collector of shot glasses.
What it was that spawned the interest is beyond me, I think it may have started in college.
I now have a collection of over 300 shot glasses, and yes, I have had at least 1 shot of some type of a concoction from each one of them.
Looking at them now, they are...
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The Memory Collector
Everyone collects something right?
It may be baseball cards, hats, or some other type of sports memorabilia.
Even if you don't consider yourself a collector of anything, you may be and don't even know it.
How about the collection of tools in the cellar you don't really use, but you have to have them!
Even maybe all those movies laying around you no longer watch, sounds like a collection to me.More common items people typically collect are things like, coins, military items, guns, and sports items.
Generally it will be something that once interested a person, had an impact on their lives or they just simply enjoyed.
Me, I am a collector of shot glasses.
What it was that spawned the interest is beyond me, I think it may have started in college.
I now have a collection of over 300 shot glasses, and yes, I have had at least 1 shot of some type of a concoction from each one of them.
Looking at them now, they are...
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Kid Birthday Party Game Ideas - 7 Proven Winners
Here are 7 classic kid birthday party game ideas that are always successful. And you can easily make all of them fit your party theme.Incredible Musical StatuesThey'll have lots of fun with this one and they'll even be still for a short time.Have all your party guests move to the center of the room. Start playing some music related to your theme. Have your guests start moving in silly positions and dancing around. Then stop the music and have all your guests freeze like statues.
Anyone who moves is out. Start the music again and have your party guests start moving in silly positions and dancing again until the music stops. Have them freeze like statues again. Keep repeating this until only one person is left. The last remaining party guest is the winner.Crazy Mixed Up Message RelayA kid birthday party game idea that will have them laughing!Have all your guests sit in a circle.
Have your birthday child think of a silly phrase or sentence related to your party theme. Your...
Kid Birthday Party Game Ideas - 7 Proven Winners
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Personalized Chef Hats
Chef hats are a unique family of hats, highly distinguishable anywhere in the world. They identify the chefs, and the traditional variety of hats can even provide an insight as to the chef's experience in the field. Even though all the chefs and cooks and others working in the kitchen wear these chef hats, each would have a different style of hat, based on their ranks, to distinguish among them. Be it a cloth variety or a disposable kind, chef's hats tend to make a statement when the wearer enters a room.
Personalized chef hats are the latest craze as party and gatherings giveaways.
They make great personal gifts, while ensuring cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen or at a small barbecue gathering. Personalized chef hats also provide a unique touch to a home cook. Although they do not come under the categories of traditional giveaways, they can be made a bit special with a couple of lines indicating the function or gathering at which they were presented to the...
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But This Is Just My Opinion
Hi, Charles...here,
Your Cap and t-shirt guy From Texas. How are you doing today.I have been doing that for the last 18 years. Taking care the needs of my customers and becoming Con fondant and friend.Now I want to be your friend and take care of you. But first I want to tell you a story.I want
to tell you a story about a customer of mine. Keith lives in Florida he has been a customer of mine for 6 or 7 years.
He always get's tshirts for his crew, and has them printed with one print just small over the pocket. I
always ask let me print them big on back because you will get more exposure, but he always say's no. On his last order he bought hats. I put two free t-shirts in with his order. He called me one month later.
He said ok Charles because of you I need to hire more men. And I will need to double my order to. He said, Do you know what has happened to me. Last weekend I was gassing my boat up and a man said to me do you do landscaping. I said...
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