'Bella Pool Renovations Interview'

Bella Pool Renovations Interview

By Interviewer at 06/27/07 13:23

Name of your website? Bella Pool Renovations Your name? Tracy Avalos Your Location (city, etc) Edmond When did you start your website and why? We launched a new pool renovation business and thought a website would be a good way to increase the amount of business we get. The site is still a work in progress, but it is coming along nicely. Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc We are focused mainly on pool plastering in the state of oklahoma, but we do all kinds of swimming pool repair and renovation. The market is underserved, so getting our foot in the door has gone well so far. What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website? Getting everyone to agree on the design. Everyone wants something a little different, so getting the vision together takes time. Also, finding creative ways to promote the site is always difficult. What has been the easist part of operating your website? Our hosting provider, ApplicationX has been great, and they run a very reliable site. What was your biggest mistake? Trying to start advertising before the business was ready. Don't put the cart before the horse! Who maintains your website and why? My brother. He has a lot of experience as he has been a web admin for several large companies. Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website? It give us a point of presence on the web that our competitors do not have. What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet? Brick and Mortar are not going away, but the Web will become more and more important. Traditional advertising will continue to decrease in valus. What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? Not everyone can be on the first page of results. Don't waste the time or money if it won't significantly help your business. What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website? Search engines are the key to the internet. We are still trying to get our site submitted to all the major engines, so they haven't really helped us so far. What is your website address? Bella Pool Renovations News Digest Blog Tags: • pool renovations • swimming pools • web interview • - Permalink Previous (Newer) Post Next (Older) Post Comments Thinking about making a comment on this blog post? Great! But please remember that this space is for just that, comments about this blog post. It is not a place to post random thoughts about other stuff. We found that most of the "comments" posted here are not comments at all and should have really been posted in our forum. So: If you have something to say that's not exactly a comment on this blog post, please post it on the Home Improvement Blog Forum If you are just planning to spam... go away as all the comments are premoderated Have something to actually say about this blog post, please submit your comment here: Leave a comment: We welcome your comments on this post in the Home Improvement Blog. That means a comment on this post, not something about some other topic. Name: (required) Email: (required, not published) Comment: Note: Your comment will be immediately submitted and you will have no opportunity to review to edit it. It is recommend that you register on Home Improvement Blog and login so you can include full html (ie: links). We don't have a chapta because we think we're smarter than the spambots.