I just hung the phone up with a potential client that was looking for an animated Web design or template. However the conversation started with him telling me he was looking for the best price for an animated website design.

Most companies want to go as far as they can with the money they have and don’t want to spend much on a website design. I explained to him that when you’re looking for a website design the return on investment is what you should be looking at, not the price of the design.

You can find high school kid they can design your website but chances are that website will never produce any money. A good custom designed website that is set up to convert the traffic will not only pay for itself it will continue to make money, day after day, month after month and year after year.

It’s a good idea not to look at the initial price of a website design as an expense because it is not an expanse it is an investment. And until people start looking at website designs as an investment and not as an expense it will be difficult for them to ever make money online.

And on a side note, animation should be added to the website only if it adds to the message the website is trying to convey. Both Web designers and business owners need to stop adding animation into websites just because they think it looks cool.

Your website plays a major role in making a living online but it is a very simple process. All you have to do is build a website that will convert the traffic and then target keywords based on products and services.

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t talk to at least one person that wants

• to make money quickly.
• the process to be simple.
• a method that they can use to build a business online.

It’s important to understand that if you are serious about making a living online, then you need to be equally serious about the time that will be needed to do so.

I will take you through the steps needed to make money online, than by repeating these steps over and over again you can make an unbelievable amount of money day by day online.

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore

I ran across what I thought was going to be a very good topic by Jordan over at WPW, however like most things on the web it fizzled out before ever hitting a high note.

This isn’t an attack on Jordan, as a matter of fact had it not been for Jordan I wouldn’t be writing this now.

I believe Jordan’s thread would have been a lot better had he tried new things as he went along. Other words, if something isn’t working try something different.
I currently make a decent amount of money online and have learned over the years that there are two important things when it comes to making money online.

They are the traffic and the sites ability to convert that traffic.

I’ve got sites that make me money day after day on some extremely boring topics. And even though the rest of the world is seeing problems in the economy, I think God that my business has continued to grow.

However, it’s not been without effort, I’ve changed directions more times than most people change their underwear. I’ve spread out into other areas to pull traffic back into the sites I’m trying to make money with.

Let me give you an example;

I’ve got a website selling silicone wristbands; November was the worst month we’ve had in a long time. In December we redesigned the site and hit a record breaking month however January and February sales started dropping off really bad again.

We decided to build a website about fundraising events and once again drove sales back up and hit an all time high in the month of March. As a matter of fact we broke records that had been set over the past years in that one month.

Why the rest of the world is dealing with a recession, I’m dealing with how to break records that were set last month. There are times in life when we have to change directions and try something new.