Website design for personal
and small business sites.

Who will see my site?

Anyone that you give your site address to and any computer owner who finds your site on a search engine. The popularity of your web site can and should be enhanced by your outside advertising. Once your site is up and running, you may put the web address on all of your advertising medium such as, business cards, stationary, television advertising, newsletters, phone directory listings, fliers, or advertisements in newspapers or specialty publications.

30 percent of adults between the ages of 55 to 75 own home PCs and 53 percent who are college graduates have purchased personal computers. In fact, according to a new study conducted by Westport, Connecticut-based Greenfield Online, Inc., 92 percent of seniors have window-shopped on the Web -- and a whopping 78 percent of them have completed transactions. In addition, the study found that online seniors have substantial household incomes that make them players to be reckoned with in the e-commerce arena.

What does all this mean to you? It means exposure, business and money. But you can not capitalize on this market if you do not have a web site available. Convenience is the keyword. Having a Web Site to advertise your business will give potential customers the ability to feel a personal connection with you and your business. The availability of e-mail has opened communications between the consumer and the retailer that has never before in history existed.

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What kinds of things can I do with my site?

With your own Web Site, you can advertise weekly specials encouraging viewers to come back. Information about your company history will also help to draw people into your establishment. Online coupons are another way to pull business into your establishment. All that is required is for the surfer to have a printer. An e-mail section will help you to stay aware of your customer's needs and desires and may help greatly with establishing demographics to improve your service by allowing first hand contact with your customers or directing the input by using a questionnaire. The ideas are up to you.

No job is too small! And if something you request is beyond my capabilities, I will either learn how to do what you want or I will help you find a larger company that can provide you with the services you desire.

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Where will my site be located?

Where your website will be placed is completely up to you. I can locate a free ftp server that will place advertisements on your site in return for the use of their space. Many of the free servers allow you to register your domain name with an appendage of their name. For example: Simply-Mad's website is www.Simply-Mad.20m.com. This is a great way to have your name on your domain without the cost of a paid service. You may locate your own web server and register a domain name. Or I can locate a server with a monthly fee.

If you are on America Online you are automatically given 2 megabytes of web space with each of your screen names. Unfortunately, AOL does not make this web space available to outside designers without you revealing your screen name and pass word. Thusly, this puts your account at risk. I do not recommend using America Online FTP space, nor Compuserve (which uses the same procedure as AOL).

You may have space available on another online provider, but I am not familiar with the upload process. If you wish to use this space, we can work together and see if it's possible.

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When will my site be completed?

I will work as quickly as I possibly can in order to get your web site up and running. The size of the site you'd like and the amount of specialized graphic work will determine how quickly I can create your Web Site. A very simple personal web page with a personal photo, family photos and links to your favorite websites can be completed within 2 days of my receiving the information for the page and payment.

The more pages you add the longer it will take me, but I will work as quickly as I possibly can without jeopardizing quality. I will let you know at the beginning of the job the estimated time.

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Why should I choose Boomerang Web Design?

Boomerang is simple and affordable. Since I am in essence the whole company, you only have one person to communicate your desires with, which in turn helps to minimize errors. Also this keeps my overhead very low since I do not have employees to pay, or an office building to rent. Larger Web Design companies offer many services that you may not need, and even though you don't request them you will be paying for their ability.

Also, I won't ever laugh at an idea you have, and my first response will always be to check into something before I say that it can't be done. I can handle all the little jobs that the larger web design companies do not have time for.

I will not expect you to be computer savvy. I realize that many people are intimidated by the internet and computers and will always talk in plain english with you to help you understand any fine point of your web site.

Millions of new Internet users are logging on with old 386 systems. Many of today's browsers purchased their computers years ago and have continued to use these out-dated yet reliable systems. Others are using set-top systems like Web-TV. These older systems, and set-top systems do not support Active-X, 3-d, Java scripts and most all of the new features. Having your website done using HTML will insure that all internet users will be able to access your business. HTML web sites move faster on the internet. They are also usually of smaller size which means you have more possibilities of increasing the size of your site without having to purchase more FTP space.

Having a 56k modem does not guarantee that the pages that you visit will display quickly. Many pages are overloaded with images that haven't been maximized for use with the internet. There are many ways to create in interesting and appealing web pages without relying heavily on artwork. I can give you the graphics that you'd like without compromising your potential customers patience.

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How much will it cost?

Much like the time, this will depend on the amount of service you request. For information on the cost, please visit the "Pricing" section. This will give you an indication of what the average price for a web design will be. You are not limited to the pre-priced package selections. I can create a site for you using exactly what you'd like. Once you've sent me an email, telling me what your ideas and objectives are for your site, I will give you an estimate. I'm sorry that I can't be more specific here, but the price does depend upon the amount of time that I will need to spend.

But one thing I can tell you here is that I promise that the fee will be much lower than the larger web design companies.

They say you get what you pay for, and this is true. Since my web designs are simple, fast and easily navigated, you get a lower price. If you want all the bells and whistles, you will have to pay for them. Although my designs are simple, don't confuse that with bland or boring. I have a few tricks up my sleeve.