I just posted this on the NA forum but wanted to post it here too just in case you're like me and you don't visit there too often! :-)
Here are just a few quick tips for personalizing your Noah's Ark Workshop website.
1. Don't just copy another crew member's site. Although that might seem like the easy thing to do, it causes "duplicate content" on the web and search engines don't like that and they'll always choose the site that has had that particular text on it the longest when someone searches. So it actually HURTS you to copy someone else's exact wording. Make your website wording your own and personalize it for you. Tell YOUR story and invite people to contact you to find out more. Brand yourself - don't be like someone else!
2. A lot of people ask about how to add some color, hyperlinks, etc to their text. The best website I've found for how to do this is actually a site that was created for kids to help them make websites. It's great info and very easy to follow.
www.lissaexplains.com
Click on html help and you'll see all sorts of tips for making your site stand out.
3. The other great sites for uploading graphics to your personalized sections is
www.photobucket.com
Photobucket is a FR#E photo hosting website where you can upload photos and graphics and then use the URLs for those hosted pictures on your site. It's VERY easy to use. BUT - since our websites are already so fabulous with so many graphics (YAY JIM!) I would urge you not to use too many graphics on your personalization - it just gets to be too busy then.
The most important thing about your website is YOU - write the content for those pages - welcome, about me and join my team - from your heart. People won't care about the glitz and fancy colors, rotating text and graphics if they can see who YOU are and why they would want to work with you. Always leave them wanting more so they'll contact you to talk with you in person. If you can get someone on the phone or in a personal email you'll be more successful at closing the sale or recruiting the new member.
I hope that's helpful!
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