I use Weebly...no cost! ???? Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone-------- Original message -------- From: Johnny Bradley via <[email protected]> Date: 05/29/2015 1:55 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [TGF] Business Website Hello everyone, I don't recall if anyone has discussed having a business website for there genealogy business. Will this bring in more research business for me or are they not worth the expense. Johnny Bradley      ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Something to consider is that almost every recommendation out there for professional websites is to use your own domain without the provider attached to it. In other words, www.BestGenealogistInMyTown.websiteprovider.com or websiteprovider.com/BestGenealogistInMyTown. Do-it-yourself-design website providers are relatively inexpensive and many offer low monthly payment plans. Think of your website as the location-location-location for a retail store. It's all about perception. NOT ours - but the prospective client looking for someone who presents a professional image so that he/she can expect professional work and results. And not just the everyday client looking for a genealogist, but established colleagues looking for another professional to do local research or perhaps some sub-contract work. Maybe I'm too picky, but I almost never initiate contact with colleagues with email addresses like [email protected], [email protected], or websites like those above. As the potential client, my perception is that the colleague isn't invested enough in the Business to encourage me to use their services. One may not have a successful genealogy business yet, but we sure want to leave the impression that we do. You might try looking at websites of successful colleagues. I still do this about once a year. Are there new trends in design? Is there a new idea that might be adaptable to my site? What features make a site POP? best regards, d -- Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 Forensic Genealogy Services LLC and Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty, POW/MIA Branch Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 www.forensicgenealogyservices.com www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, conferred to associates who consistently meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed evaluations every five years, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.