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5 Easy Steps to Test a Business Idea for Under $1000

This article I recently wrote for Ezinearticles.com admittedly hits the surface of a very large topic, but it might serve as an introduction to marketing with pay-per-click advertising for someone.

Read the article: 5 Easy Steps to Test a Business Idea for Under $1000

October 28th, 2006

My Favorite Writing on Business Marketing & Books

Though I review technical books and write about CSS and PHP/MySQL code snippets, my favorite and most read writing centers around practical day-to-day business and marketing issues. If you are new to the Design Notes blog, I think you will enjoy the following posts, which I think are among the best I’ve written:

• Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Freelance Web Designer
• Get Your Web Site Ready for Christmas in 7 Days
• 10 Tips to Help You Plan An Effective Web Site Redesign

Of course, there are few things I enjoy more than reading and reviewing books, plus I get some occasional Amazon referral cash from them. So take a minute and check out my recent book reviews.

• My favorite non-technical book from the past few months is IdeaSpotting: How To Find Your Next Great Idea.
• The most interesting programming book I’ve recently reviewed is ppk on Javascript.
• One of the most valuable books on my CSS design bookshelf is CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions.

If you are planning to design or redesign a Web site yourself or by hiring a Web designer, you may find my free e-book, No-Nonsense Guide to Creating Your Web Site Design Plan.

Thanks for reading Design Notes!

October 28th, 2006