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Q. Are simple Web publishing tools pushing the average designer out the window?

A. If you're a web designer, you're more likely to lose clients to foreign competitors than to Web publishing tools like Weebly or SynthaSite. Yes, these programs have significantly lowered the bar for the technically challenged, making it easy to setup a page in a matter of minutes. They're great for firts time users and small time entrepreneurs.

Q. My website, which aggregates deals on travel and electronics, isn't getting much traffice from Google Adwords. How do I market my site and generate traffic on a small budget?

A. Let's start with the most important thing: a good product or service. It sounds obvious, but all the traffic in the world won't convert to to paying customers if there's nothing good to buy. "Grab2travel.com needs unique content if it's going to compete with the larger service," says Aaron Wall, who literally wrote the book on search engine optimization (see www.seobook.com). Find a niche - extreme travel, for example - write about it on your site, and offer relevant travel deals. The same goes for electronic goods.

We'll I read 2 magazines religously.  Business 2.0 and Forbes Small Business.  I'm sad to read today that Business 2.0 was closed by the parent company Time.  This magazine alone has brought us many new ideas in  a wide range of fields.  The largest factor being marketing.

Sorry to see you go!

Greg