SAN MATEO, CA (February 2009) New Concept Factory officially launches Site Battles (http://www.sitebattles.com).  Go head-to-head with other websites, and see who draws the most votes.

The Irish proverb says, “If you want an audience, start a fight.”  Going to battle with other websites is entertaining, affirming and a true guerilla marketing avenue.  Everyone loves to cheer on a good fight.  New Concept Factory’s new entertainment property, SiteBattles, is giving the Internet the chance…for free!

“Fight, fight, fight!” goes through the mind while watching two websites go page-to-page.  As the vote count increases, the blood lust ferments.  Watch a website get pummeled as another pulls out a last second victory.  The best part about this battle is there is no blood.  It is all for fun and, of course, bragging rights.

Tom Kuegler, General Partner, New Concept Factory states, “Every website owner wants to know if his or her site is the best.  SiteBattles allows the viewing public to vote every day and make that decision.”

SiteBattles is the one place to get true ‘street credibility,’ rather, ‘web credibility.’  It is affirming to see others voting for the best site and witnessing the emergence of the biggest winners on the home page.  See the new winners wave their URL flags to the world and draw new traffic to websites, as voters review each site to discern the worthy victor.

Suit up into full battle gear, and register the next battle site that would make Bruce Lee cower in fear.  Those who just like to watch and be part of the cheering crowds are welcomed, too.  The only rule in SiteBattles is there are no rules.

For more information about SiteBattles, go to http://www.sitebattles.com, or contact Michele Pesula Kuegler at michele@newconceptfactory.com.

The Internet is becoming more and more popular in today’s jobs, especially as technology is moving forward. People’s initial thoughts of being a webmaster are simply sitting in a big comfy chair and designing a Website. Once you have done it, you simply move onto the next.

Well, that’s where the majority of new web designers fail. It’s simply not a case of making a Web page and then leaving it to make money. Web design is only the first half of it. Once it’s made, you have to get traffic and make it SEO friendly. It’s a natural fact that you can’t be good at every aspect of being a webmaster, but there are quite a few who can!

For those who are not talented at all aspects, don’t worry. You can hire SEO companies (like you can car hire) who will take care of the link building, search engine ranking, and building traffic side of things, while you can sit happily in your comfy chair making Websites.

However, everything comes at a cost. The more you pay out, the less you make, so it’s vital that every webmaster learns the basic strategies of making his or her websites search engine friendly. It’s not that hard, but it is very time consuming. One basic strategy is building quality links. You can start by contacting relevant sites offering to exchange links, or you can even pay to get a one way link, which will be more beneficial in the long run.

There are many tips and tricks you can find on the Internet. If you put the time and effort in, you will be rewarded by getting valid traffic, which will boost your site’s earning potential and value.

Most Web designers have good teeth…  to get great teeth visit a cosmetic dentist.

There’s nothing better than starting your workday whenever you want, and working as much as you want, taking as many breaks as you want.  Sound like the dream job? The reality isn’t as far away as you think, as more and more people are becoming their own bosses and working from the comfort of their own homes.

Starting out as a Webmaster couldn’t be any easier.  If you have web design experience, it will be simpler.  But if you have never even heard of DreamWeaver, don’t fear! It’s never too late to learn. First off, you should download the following software, which a webmaster would call their tools of destruction – Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop. Yes! That’s all you need to get started on the road to becoming a freelance webmaster.

Once you have the basic concepts of those products you can begin to learn the advanced techniques which are also needed, such as SEO (search engine optimization). From here you need to decide whether you make sites for personal use and monetize them or you make websites and maintain them for clients and get paid for doing so.

The one thing that is crucial in this business is reputation.  You can join many freelance sites such as www.getafreelancer.com or www.guru.com (this is just a selection of the common ones, there are plenty out there) to find work, gain education, and network.  Getting started is hard, as you have no reputation, but if you make a decent portfolio, you will stand a good chance of getting your first client. If you can deliver what you say and in the time frame specified, you will build a better reputation.  Because some sites go on a point based system, once you get the ball rolling you will be overwhelmed with clients wanting your expertise.

Before this article you probably thought it was hard to get a successful one man business going and be you own boss.  I can guarantee that if you put the time and effort in, you will succeed.  Who knows?  In time you may not be just your own boss, you may have people working for you.  Then you can slowly pull out and have a group of webmasters working for you, a successful web design and development team that can charge anything from $100-$10,000 depending on the complexity of the site. So what are you waiting for?  Take that chance and never work for anyone again!

Extranets is a technology word that’s been thrown around countless times over the last few years. It’s a word that has about as many different definitions as there are snow flakes falling in Montana in the dead of winter.

Although this article is not about what an extranet is, exactly, it’s important that we agree on a workable definition before moving into the meat of the article. For simplicity’s sake, we are going to call an extranet a semi-secure external network of networks that uses Internet technologies as the protocols for communication.

By definition, one of the greatest benefits of an extranet is that it allows certain individuals to gain access to information that you don’t want the public to be able to view. An extranet, in this example, will use the network of the Internet and its communication infrastructure and protocols, but will have an enhanced security level so that only specified individuals can access the information.

With the definition out of the way, let’s move onto what’s important… a highly useful way to utilize this technology. One of the best uses for an extranet is for enhanced customer support.

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What if I told you there was an online industry in which most of the participants are profitable, adopt the latest technologies in effective business practices, and use some of the most successful marketing principles to drive traffic to their web operations?

What if I also told you that this industry, until recently, netted more revenue than any other industry on the web? What if I also said that almost every “respectable” businessperson looks down on this industry and its operations?

Of course I am talking about the online pornography industry. In this article, I won’t address the moral aspects of this controversial industry. Instead, I will examine its business practices and what other industries might be able to learn from them.

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