If You Build It, Will They Come

A movie a few years back made the concept of building something and having people show up famous. And, as Hollywood would have it, it worked. But this is the real world. Or at least the real internet world, and things don't happen exactly that way.

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Creating Printer-Friendly Web Pages

Reading from a computer screen is uncomfortable, so users may often want to print the page they're viewing. The problem is that web pages don't usually lend themselves to print.

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Traffic’s Nice… But Who’s Driving?

In the competitive marketplace of the new millennium, the demand for specialized products or services will increase. If your site sells everything or to everyone, chances are that your audience will not perceive a value in shopping from you any greater than from anyone else. Keep in mind that price is *never* an issue -- it is the value behind the price that is.

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Carve Your Niche By Dominating One

I was recently interviewed by a print magazine about niche marketing. In it, I offered several tips and ideas on how to carve a niche in the marketplace. Here are a few of them:

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