Web Design & Development

Small business owners are taught to not spend their money unless absolutely necessary. In fact, bootstrapping your business is often considered the best way to ensure success. This concept is often challenged when businesses are faced with whether or not to set up a website. In today’s marketplace technology is king. You have to be online, the pace is too fast and you can be certain your competitors are mostly online too. Find out how to acquire better customers by utilizing hosting services.

Why does my business need a website? Perhaps you think it is what your clients expect from you – but think about this again. A website is, in all probability, one of the most valuable marketing aids you have at your disposal. It makes your business accessible to any person who has access to an Internet connection – 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. This article will be discussing a few basic principles against which you may evaluate your website.

Having a website is one thing, but having an effective website is another matter altogether. In an era where being online is not a luxury but a necessity for large and small businesses, Myron Salant, Director of Sales at Webafrica, outlines the five top features that visitors expect from your website - namely page seed/loading time, website design/call-to-actions, self-shot images, images over content, and control.

It has been found that many SMEs feel that they don’t have the necessary resources, equipment, infrastructure or capital to incorporate technology into their business. Previously, technology was only within the reach of larger corporates. Today, there are many service providers, such as MWEB that can assist you in taking your business into the online domain for minimal costs and even less fuss. This article outlines four tips to help you establish a professional online presence.

The security of your website is crucial to keeping an online business booming. The fact that your site is open for literally the entire world to access, means you can not completely guarantee your website's security. That is simply the nature of the Internet. However, there some basic measures you can put in place to help prevent Internet thieves from getting their hands on sensitive information.

With the ever-growing world of online communication, at some point or another you may decide to establish a presence on the Internet. It is however, important to first make the distinction between the Internet and the World Wide Web and whether or not having a presence in cyberspace will benefit your business. Not many people realise that there is a difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web. This article explores this difference.

It’s a fact: tourists love South Africa. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, tourism directly and indirectly contributes to an estimated 4.3% of the country’s GDP and employment, supporting one in every 23 jobs. Despite the encouraging statistics, it can be challenging for new small businesses aimed at the tourist industry to enter this potentially lucrative industry. This article provides three insights into small business success in the tourism industry.

When you set up your small business Web site, chances are you won't be creating and maintaining your pages on your own web server. Instead, you probably will be using a web hosting service -- a third party that sells you space on its web servers where your site will reside. It's important to choose a host wisely. The service that your web host provides will have a direct impact on how customers view your site. Select an unreliable host, and potential customers might get turned off by slow access times, pages that don't load, or orders that don't go through. These tips will help you select the best host for your site.