When it comes to websites, small business owners tend to fall into one of two camps:

The first are those whose website is vital, and they integrate it into their overall business. They look for the latest and greatest trick, they understand SEO, they blog and post and all the rest.

The other group are those folk who know they need to have a website, pay it lip service, and either have a site (albeit an unexceptional one) or, horrors, no site at all.

If I were to tell you that the majority of small businesses fall into the second camp, you wouldn’t be surprised, would you? We have all seen what too many small business websites look like: With the look and feel of something out of 2002 or so, they have few, if any, Web 2.0 tools and act essentially as an e-Yellow Page ad.

Given that, it is not surprising that many small business people find their website to be a pain in the rear, a necessary evil, a chore to be handled, rather than what it should be – their MAIN window to the world, a profit center, an e-billboard, a marketing brochure, and a sales tool all rolled into one. But for too many small business owners, it is not that. Instead, their site is not only boring, it is difficult to update, and although they may want a nicer or more robust site, the imagined costs and effort make it seemingly prohibitive.

But it need not be, redoing your site with WordPress can change all that.

As you may know, WordPress is a popular program that many people use to blog. It’s popular because it is easy. But what you may not know is that WordPress can also be a very powerful and affordable website creation tool.

(Confession: Two years ago, wanting to redo my own site, I received bids as high as $75,000. Sticker shock led me to rethink the project, and my assistant extraordinaire, Vivian, convinced me that we should use WordPress. It turned out to be a very smart business decision. I love WordPress.)

Creating a website with WordPress is surprisingly easy. There are literally hundreds of themes to choose from, and most are free. These themes can be completely customized and installed quickly. You can see some of the best themes here.

The advantages of using WordPress for your business website are many:

The look: As indicated, there are tons of WordPress themes out there, so finding one that fits your business is easy. That it will be Web 2.0 enabled, and have the look and feel of something very now makes it all the more attractive. Slideshows, flash movies, blogs, video, advertising spots – all are a part of various WordPress themes, or easily integrated.

No longer need you be stuck with a site that is bland, blah, or mediocre.

The cost: Most WordPress themes are free, and those that are not cost less than $100, generally. Customizing your theme, if desired, is easy.

CMS: A CMS, or Content Management System, is what most small business people need but don’t have; that is why they need to go to their webmaster whenever their site needs updating. Not so with WordPress. The WordPress CMS is simple and intuitive. It is designed to make adding or changing content to a site a breeze.

SEO: SEO is built into the WordPress dashboard. Below the spot where you post a new article is an “All in One SEO Pack.” It asks you to give your keywords, tags, excerpts, and so on. WordPress does the rest. The result is that you get URLs that are indexed right, full of keywords, and are friendly to search engine spiders.

Suddenly, SEO is a snap.

Participation: Adding visitor comments to your site is always great, and with WordPress, visitor participation is integrated through comments and trackbacks.

Support: Because WordPress is open source software, there is a very large community of people out there who can help you.

Ease: Installing a standard WordPress site is quick and easy. Even a custom one can be done in short order. 1 and 1, GoDaddy, and other web hosts know how to add WordPress sites easily.

Bottom line: If you have been thinking of redoing your site, give WordPress a good look. You will be glad you did.

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There email (you get one by default when you get the internet service) can now connect to your social network accounts like twitter and facebook (Microsoft does the same with Live mail).

If you got to http://telmex.com/apps/ they have a store with more than 50,000 apps for free download. Applications for PC, MAC, Linux and Mobile.

One of there more interesting apps is a 24 hour professor. Kids who are in school and our having trouble can get assistance for free on school topics.

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They needed not just a website/blog but a social media strategy. There main objectives:

• Keep people informed about events and specials for visitors of Rocky Point.
• Promote affiliated businesses.

Client’s Requirement:

• New Logo
• Easy to navigate website

Currently:
You can visit the finished site at www.TourismRockyPoint.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RPtva

Rocky Point Tourist & Visitor Office Logo

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But the Flash Player has yet another Ace up the its sleeve, Augmented Reality. AR has many uses when it comes to directions, presentations and games. And now it does not need any other special plugin but the Flash Player, and since its in 99% of all machines installed, we should be ready for some great AR applications and examples.

AR applications can now be developed with ActionScript, all thanks to T-Immersion. Bellow is a video to explain more about this exiting technology, Augmented Reality.

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Many of the the cool features in websites are no longer done with Flash, because you need the plug-in for your browser, updating it was tedious, not SEO friendly, etc. AJAX with its easy to use libraries (JQuery, Spry, etc) has made the life for us programmers much easier, and fun. For many cool effects all you need to do is cut and paste.

So where does Flash stand in this hole World Wide Web. Well without flash you would not have great sites like YouTube, uStream, Hulu, etc. Flash is the dominant environment for video, specially interactive video. But now with HTML 5 and its new one line of code insert video tag, things could change. Flash is also a big player on the new AR (Augmented Reality) technology, which looks very good.

Who knows what will happened with Web 3.0, if there ever be one, or if its already here. The way we program for the web has changed, and will continue to change, for the better… hopefully.

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