Name of your website?TechShark.net
Your name?
Chris Townsend
Your Location (city, etc)
Orlando
When did you start your website and why?
Me and my partners started TechShark.net in 2005 in Honolulu, HI With our Data Center in Fremont, CA opened in 2006, and our new Marketing Center in Orlando, Fl 2007. We started TechShark.net so we could kiss our bosses goodbye!
Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc
TechShark.net offers the expertise you need to reach out to consumers or a defined audience and drive traffic to your website. With the right strategy and planning, search engine optimization can turn your website into a powerful lead generation tool.
What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?
You can design the coolest site on the net but if nobody finds it, what's the point. Most difficult part of running our site is generating traffic, I spend 90% of my time marketing the site.
What has been the easist part of operating your website?
I think the design process is the easiest part, it's what I truly love to do.
What was your biggest mistake?
Trying to get our site listed in AOL (A--holes On line)
Who maintains your website and why?
I maintain our site, I'm the creative one on our team and I have experience in HTML.
Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?
Establishing relationships with really cool clients and partnering with reputable companies.
What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?
I have nothing but posotive things to say about the internet and ecommerce. Anybody can succeed online!
What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
Tough biz at times and it gets boring studying changing algorithms of all the Big Boys. Search Engine Optimization start's in the design stage of a website, in the code. You must please the Spiders and Robots within the code.
What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?
Search Engines have made our company what it is today, successful!
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Google Adwords and Analytics and Yahoo PPC campaign.
What method has been least successful for promoting your website?
Using software that claim auto SE Submissions, they don't work. Organic SEO and PPC is the only way to market your site.
What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?
Lower cost to advertise your site and a higher return on investment.
What is your website address?
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