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Website Creation Tale
My team’s baseball coach asked us if we knew anybody that could make a website for the team. He wanted to build a site to show off the teams statistics. Our coach Larry thought that our site should have full animation so that it could impress site visitors. Even though I can easily create websites, I didn’t want to tell him since I knew it would lead to me doing free labor. Unfortunately my friend Jack decided to blurt out, “Chris knows how to build websites”. This of course led to me having to make the team’s web site.
Knowing that the coach didn’t have a large budget to work for, I decided to try and find a free web host and some discounted seo services. Using local Minneapolis seo company I’d be able to cut down on seo costs. Using Blogger I created a site for the team. Embarrassment hit me as soon as I showed the new website to the coach. He didn’t want to offend me so he said it was good, but I could see in his eyes that he was not satisfied. I immediately told him that this was just an outline and that the real site would be coming soon.
I went back to the drawing board to think about what kind of platform I could use to make a great site. After searching around the Internet I decided that the best way for me to make a great web site would be for me to use flash. I’d be able to add visually appealing graphics with full animation. In addition to this I could place in some video highlights of the team. I knew that the team would love to watch themselves playing.
A thorough search of the Internet brought me to a place where I could get a free flash website. I signed up at the site and looked through what they had to offer. This site was just what I needed. Although I ended up devoting an additional two weeks to the site I am very happy with the new look. After seeing the look the coach gave my new site, I knew it was good. Using Surge Seo we got the site ranked in the search engines.
After seeing the site, my buddy’s dad asked me to create a website for him. Even though he has offered me money I’ll probably do it for free.