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#1 (permalink)   12-13-2011 mshort New Member Company name: VirtuallyOnTime Business Services, LTD   Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19 Website I have someone doing my website for me. My struggle is the content for the homepage. Right now the draft of the page looks rather plain, nothing to draw your attention. Any ideas? __________________ Michelle Short VirtuallyOnTime Business Services

#2 (permalink)   12-13-2011 vrsi-office Junior Member Company name: Virtual Resource Services, Inc. My latest Twitter: Avitar http://t.co/WIIE2Y7d   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 261 Re: Website The homepage should describe your business and what you have to offer clients. Best of Luck, Julie __________________ Julie | Virtual Resource Services, Inc (VRSI) http://www.vrsioffice.com

#3 (permalink)   12-13-2011 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: Website Try looking at other VA's home pages to get ideas of what you would like to see on your own. You can (and should!) change up content to suit your own business, but having an idea of what appeals to you on other sites will help to define your own. __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#4 (permalink)   12-13-2011 marimac Contributing Member Company name: Marimac Administrative Solutions   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Medina, NY Posts: 59 Re: Website I struggled with this very same question! So I made a blog entry about it: http://marimacadmin.com/make-me-courageous/ __________________ Marimac Administrative Solutions www.marimacadmin.com

#5 (permalink)   12-19-2011 leedrozak Resident Member Company name: My Office Assistant Small Business Practical Times: Web Security: Password Protection My latest Twitter: This is a great weekend to support #SBW2012. I wi...   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Pennsylvania Posts: 2,263 Blog Entries: 13 Re: Website Short of getting ideas from other sites you should be able to answer the following the questions: What do I have to offer to solve an issue? Why should they trust me? What sets me apart from the competition? Just remember that often times short is sweet and you only have a few seconds to catch their attention. __________________ Lee Drozak My Office Assistant

#6 (permalink)   12-19-2011 mshort New Member Company name: VirtuallyOnTime Business Services, LTD   Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19 Re: Website What do you do not like the website once it is complete. It has a totally different look than what you expected. __________________ Michelle Short VirtuallyOnTime Business Services

#7 (permalink)   12-19-2011 hazeleyez Contributing Member   Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 104 Re: Website It depends on what arrangement you have with the designer from the beginning. They should be flexible enough to provide you with revisions. It's always a good idea to see a mock up of the site before the designer gets to far in the process. __________________ Stacy White, Spectrum Office Solutions www.ask4sos.com

#8 (permalink)   12-21-2011 lcmills,inc Contributing Member Company name: LC Mills, Inc. Latest blog post: A Professional Website Bio My latest Twitter: lcmillsinc: With a heavy heart, I have decided to ...   Join Date: May 2011 Location: Monroe, Georgia Posts: 144 Re: Website First of all, don't overload the audience with content and text. Keep it clean. Things to mention: Services- a general explanation List of Recommendations or testimonials. If you don't have this yet then simply write a blurb about what makes you the best. Contact Information: a way to quickly contact you. Maybe a feed of your blog. My site is always a work in progress... __________________ L. Caroline Mills of LC Mills, Inc. www.lcmillsinc.com