Karen and Tod's website book, The Almost Everything Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies, gives the reader a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand overview of what's involved in creating a website. The book is very friendly in tone and at the same time, inspiring.  My favorite part of the book is the Bonus Checklist at the end of the ebook. The Checklist breaks down the process of creating a website into distinct manageable steps. Two thumbs up!

Margaret Copeland
graphic designer

I just wanted to let you know that I greatly enjoyed your web design book. It's full of one-liner tidbits that are really helpful and to the point. The nuggets of advice and information are well worth the short time it takes to read. Thanks!

Kathleen Hunt
Attorney & Counsellor at Law

I just read The Almost Everything Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies. This great website book is packed with useful information in bite-size pieces. Got two minutes? Sure, everyone can find a couple of minutes, whether waiting on hold with a vendor, or those last few minutes of the day after the kids are in bed and you have some time to relax before retiring yourself.

Almost every section in this web site book takes only 2 minutes to read even if you're not a speed reader. The whole book can be read in an hour. Useful sections like, "How much does a website cost?" and "How long does it take to put up?" are on the minds of every business owner who is considering a website. Great tips include how to avoid the pitfalls of using the wrong kind of hosting service, how to choose a website name, and bringing more traffic to your website. Highly recommended reading!
 
Sue Oda,
Landscape Architect


I was delighted to discover that the title The Almost Everything Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies goes absolutely to the heart of the content. After a brief introduction the very first section of this gem of a book is titled “What is a Website?”. I knew this book was for me! Although I formulated a plan not to be spotted reading the book in public, I felt a great sense of relief that after 52 easy to read pages I would finally be able to get on with the business of clearly defining and establishing an internet presence for my business. After the first section, we are lead quickly but with great respect through such content as “Why a Website?”, “What are the Benefits of a Website?”, “What does a Website Cost”, and “How Long Does It Take To Put Up A Website?”. And all of this in just 3 pages! Bravo, Karen and Tod. Thank you for the courtesy of answering the questions some of us were scared to let anyone know we needed help with. One suggestion though, scratch over the “Almost” from the title using that fake chalk look--give yourselves the credit due!

Declan Spring
Realtor, Pt Richmond, CA

I am impressed by the content and flow of this short Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies. In the past I haven't wanted to read about website material because I thought it would be boring and nothing I would understand or be interested in. But after reading this I have changed my mind.

I particularly, liked the section on bringing traffic to your website.  I have found that it does take alot more than passing the word around about your website or creating business cards. I learned that there are quick and easy ways to help market your site. Such as creating a short description of your site and having your website professional put that in the description meta-tag, or by simply submitting your site to key search engines and directories. I think that marketing is a very important part of a website and sometimes with all the technology that goes into a website, the marketing is overlooked.

I also like the glossary at the end of the book, I found it very useful and helpful to look up words and technology I was not familiar with. I highly recommend this short and information packed book to anyone. Thank you!

karle fried, portrait and kid's photographer

The Almost Everything Website Guide
for Newbies and Non-Techies 2008

Setting Up a New Website? Working with a Web Designer?

If you are new to the Web, or uncomfortable with technical stuff, building your first website can be overwhelming:
 

• At best, you can lose time and sleep over the countless important decisions--even with a professional web designer.
  
  
• At worst, you can lose 1000’s of dollars because you either give up on a website altogether, or make costly mistakes.
  

The Almost Everything Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies 2008 bundles together the technical and marketing advice web designers Tod Abbott and Karen Nierlich share with their clients.
 
After reading The Almost Everything Website Guide—about 2 hours of your time—you'll have:

• a basic understanding of domain names, hosting, websites, photos, and traffic; what they are, what to do and what NOT to do
  
  
• 5 simple criteria that will help you pick a web designer who is a good fit for your personality, industry and your web project
  
  
• a step-by-step checklist for your WHOLE web project including all the technical and marketing aspect.

Why do newbies and non-techies make so many costly mistakes? Often it's because they don't know enough about websites to know what questions to ask or where to start. When they do try to read up on something they find a lot of "free" but confusing information and misinformation on the web. Finally, their technical phobias can inhibit their ability to learn in this area.
 
We are Karen Nierlich and Tod Abbott of Almost Everything Communications, an A-Z Web Design Firm. We’ve been helping small business clients for over 7 years with custom websites, shopping carts, online payments, domain names, hosting, search engine optimization and much more.
 
Our previous experience as teachers, dedication to helping others, and our experience as web designers makes us uniquely qualified to demystify the key technical aspects of building a website. In our Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies each technical aspect—like hosting, shopping carts, spam, email marketing, traffic—gets a 2 to 5-minute treatment. By explaining essential information in short, snappy segments, we make it easy-to-read and easy-to-grasp.
 
 The Almost Everything Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies 2008 is now available in the US and internationally. It is the “must have” tool for entrepreneurs who want to make the right decisions the first time when setting up domain names, hosting, a website, shopping cart or a merchant account. The book comes with a unconditional one year money back guarantee.

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Ready to take the next step towards being a web marketing maven? Download your copy of The Almost Everything Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies. The information in this book is a synthesis of the education and advice we give to our clients and has been tested it over and over again in the last 10 years. Whether this is your first website or your tenth, or you’re ready to add new technical features to your site, our clear and concise advice will help you make the right choices.

Almost Everything Website Guide for Newbies and Non-Techies 2008 is 50 pages long and includes:


What are the Benefits of a Website?

What Does a Website Cost?

How Long Does It Take To Put Up A Website?

A Step-by-Step Account of the Process

What's the Difference Between Web Designers and Web Programmers?

Web Addresses / How to Pick a Domain Name

How to Choose a Hosting Service

Email and Email Addresses & Avoiding Spam

Website Structure / Navigation

Design Templates

Web Page Code

Bringing Traffic to Your Web Site

Head Shots

Graphics and Images

Video, Audio and Animation

Online Stores

Payment Processing /PayPal /Merchant Accounts

Shopping Carts / Shopping Cart Services / Third-Party Shopping Cart Software / Custom Solutions

Updating and Content Management / Adobe Contribute Software

Email Marketing

Open Source Software

Appendix A: Web Site Owner’s Glossary
Appendix B: How to Shop for a Web Designer
Appendix C: Bringing Traffic to your New Website

Free Bonus:
Almost Everything Checklist for Planning a Website that Makes You Money

This awesome checklist tells you all you must do marketing-wise and techie-wise to build a powerful, money-making website in simple steps.

Karen Nierlich and Tod Abbott

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