Guides
Guides for Small Business Owners
Plain answers about websites, hosting, domains and getting found, written for businesses in and around Mabank, Texas.
These are the questions we get asked most often by business owners around Cedar Creek Lake, answered properly rather than in a way that ends with a sales pitch. Several of them conclude that you should not spend money on the thing the guide is about.
They are grouped into three sections. The heading of each section links to a longer page that orients you to the whole subject; start there if you are not sure which guide you need.
Start with a section hub
Getting Your Business Online
Domain, hosting, mail and the build itself — what a business actually needs to exist online, in the order it matters.Getting Found Locally
How people around Cedar Creek Lake actually find a business, and where a website fits among the map pack, reviews and word of mouth.Running and Protecting Your Site
Everything after launch: what goes stale, what breaks, what is worth watching, and what to do the day something goes wrong.Talk to somebody in Texas
Tell us what you have and what you are trying to do. If the answer is that you do not need us, we will say so.