The big news of the week is Rick Latona shutting down AEIOU.com, because, and I quote, “The reality is there is no money in web design. It’s hard. The customers are hard to please. The margins are slim and frankly, there are bigger fish to fry”. Rick is not the first one to walk away from mini-site development. SiteGraduate.com did the same either late last year or early this year, basically for the same reasons.
Although I don’t completely disagree with Rick, I’d still like to offer my services to the domain community.
Here are a handful of mini-site examples that my team has completed.
Pricing and what is included: (Content written in the United States)
$149 – WordPress install, theme, custom header, seo plugins, adsense, banners and 5 unique articles 250-300 words each.
$179 – Same as above with some minor link building and directory listings.
$299 – Same as above with an additional 11 articles. Use these articles to post one every month giving yourself a year of steady unique content.
For any orders of 10 or more I can offer a slight discount.
Honestly, I’m not trying to compete with any of the existing mini-site companies such as DomainMassDevelopment.com or MiniSites.com. If you are already using their services then please continue. I have not re-invented the wheel here. I strongly believe that I can put out a good looking, high quality content site that, with some work on your end, will do very well. When I say work on your end, I mean it. Content should be added at least once per month if not more often and you will have to work to sell ad space, links and so forth. If you need the help, I will be more than happy to teach you how to monetize your website.
One extra personal touch that I can offer is that if you are not familiar with WordPress, I can personally walk you through adding links and making minor additions to the mini-site. There is no need to pay me for a two minute change, I’d rather you be empowered to do it yourself.
If you are interested in my services please use the contact form to open communications. I look forward to earning your business.
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