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A web design testimonial from Todd Colchin

Today at the Westside Business Builders meeting, Todd Colchin of Colchin Automotive & Diesel gave Katz Web Design a testimonial: Our website is just barely up — and we’ve not done anything with it yet — and yesterday, we got two new customers who came into our shop who found us by our website! They […]

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Review: career day at Lakewood High School

It was my first career day at a high school (since being in high school), and it was fine.  I remembered that high schoolers are just kids and nowhere near adults yet. There were some kids that had already started designing their own websites, one knew Ruby on Rails, one was very interested in design. […]

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Protected: Listening, clients, and websites…the low-down

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Katz Web Design is now on Facebook

You’ve heard a lot about social networking, bookmarking, and media. Facebook is the biggest social networking site out there.  Katz Web Design now has a page on Facebook. My clients have been interested in how to use Facebook and other social sites (like MySpace) to promote their business. I will write articles shortly about advertising […]

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How does a 30% conversion rate sound?

I like to brag every now and then. When we set out to design a landing page for my Denver client, we had our eyes set on a minimum 2% conversion rate for their pay-per-click campaign. Currently, we’re achieving a 15.94% overall conversion rate. I made some tweaks to the form design last week, and […]

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Landing page design – Dish Network

Katz Web Design has just completed a landing page for Dish Network (a Fortune 300 company) to help them streamline their hiring process. (By the way, if you’re looking for a sales job near Denver, Colorado [in Littleton], check out Dish. They’ve got great packages for sales representatives.) The purpose of a landing page (or […]

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Content is king…when can I get it?

As a web designer / developer, my job is pretty straight forward: I design a website, code it, and add the content. But that’s not all. I’ve also got to be a pest, hounding clients for content. At the beginning of each project, it’s always a good idea to get a firm grasp on exactly […]

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Katz Web Design is moving!

Katz Web Design moved to Lakewood, Colorado in May, 2005 and set up shop at 71451/2 W. Vassar Ave. Katz Web Design has grown over 600% in three years at this location, but will soon move to a new location; Zack Katz and his wife have purchased a new home.

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Is your product a platform?

When looking at a product or service, ask this: will it grow, change, and update with the times, or will it become something that needs to be replaced as it becomes obsolete? In these electronic times, the future is exandability – not just for iPods and other gadgets, but for every electronic product. My wife got […]

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Are you looking for a great place to meet clients?

As many small-business owners do, I work from home. It’s great: I get to be with my rascal of a cat, I check the mail mid-day, and I have the comforts of home. It’s not, however, a good place to meet my clients.Instead of wildly cleaning the house in preparation for meetings, I meet at […]

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10 Things a Day: My New Schedule

My wife and I had coffee last Thursday to discuss our new plans: we are going to have a daily schedule that we follow that will help us avoid distractions and keep us focused.  Here’s my daily schedule that we pieced together:  Make list of daily tasks and define the Main Project for the day Check and […]

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Amazon Marketplace to the rescue

I have lots of DVDs that have only watched once.   I have many books that I will never read again.  I wanted to sell them for money.  Should be easy, right?  Well it turns out, it is!  Amazon Marketplace is a simple solution.

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How to "Hack" VonageMe™

Integrating Call Me Link into Your Website VonageMe™ is a new service from the VoIP service Vonage. If you have service from Vonage, you should have a VonageMe account. How to set up click to talk using Vonage Vonage uses a simple form to enable the calling feature. Instead of using their form, you can […]

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How blogging helps your search ranking

  Why blogging helps your rank  The more you write about relevant content that is interesting, informative, and helpful, the more people will link to your blog. Consistently updating your website shows search engines that your site is active. Using keywords in your posts on a regular basis adds rich content to your site that a […]

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So I've finally given in…

The cobbler’s son has no shoes One aspect of being a web designer is that when you create websites all day for other people–and get paid to do so–making your own website seems to fall by the wayside. I have so many great things to share with people, lots of really helpful web design resources, […]