'Brian Schmitz Interview'

Name of your website?

Brian Schmitz

Your name?

Brian Schmitz

Your Location (city, etc)

Dayton

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Brian Schmitz: Flash Graphics, Multimedia, Web Design

What inspired you to launch your own website?

Become a Web Design Professional that has a cohesive online presence.

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

This is the first website I designed in college http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~bs184500

It used to look a lot different, in fact I have re-designed it twice.

How did you decide on a name for your website?

SEO purposes, usability, professionalism, domain availability, cost

What makes it different from other, similar offerings?

Simplicity, aesthetics

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

Keep it for income/web presence

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

Well, I bought this for about $19.00 from GoDaddy. So far, so good.

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?

Fine as-is

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

I would re-organize the navigation scheme

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

None so far

What has been your biggest challenge?

Getting things to look exactly the same in both Internet Explorer and FireFox

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Directories

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

It's been smooth, thus far... I am the only admin

How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?

3 weeks / 2 years +

What do you think of my site?

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