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Learn What You Don’t Know

Are you aware of what you don’t know? Of course not, or you would know it. Online technology is changing rapidly and so your ability to gather and use the information. Especially if you’re busy running a business. That’s where the Internet Conference can help you. Started by Texstar Web.com, The Internet Conference is growing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Protect Your Businesses Reputation and Proprietary Information

Protect Your Businesses Reputation and Proprietary Information By Guest Writer, Charles Blount Recent news reports highlight collisions between personal and private online worlds. Humorous from a safe distance, online and other electronic mishaps can cause damage and embarrassment in a professional context. Recognizing this risk, organizations are adopting policies covering online conduct. Employers should […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Using an Internal Company Website?

Does your company have an Intranet website? A lot of companies are still using older forms of internal communications that may be hampering your efficiencies and communications such as email from one employee to another with large attachments, company handbooks, policies, trainings, resources, and much more. There is a better way! An intranet website is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Too Many Bad Websites

Too Many Bad Websites So, I’m sitting in a Starbucks this morning before my next meeting. Earlier, I thought of what I believe may be a great idea for an expansion of my company. So, I do what we all do, I went digging on Google. OH MY GOSH! What I have found is aweful! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s Not All About Likes!

It’s Not All About Likes! It just isn’t. For a couple of years I’ve been hearing how social media and the new economy is all about relationships, and people buy from people that they like and trust. Before I go any further, I do believe that is absolutely true! Without question. However, if I go […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

October’s Free Monthly Website Giveaway Coming Down to the Wire

October’s Free Monthly Website Giveaway Coming Down to the Wire Do you think you need a new website for your business or non-profit? This could be your chance! Entries close at 11:59 on October 31st to be in the running. We have received 35 entries. Those are great odds to win a $6,000.00 website. Simply […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

What’s a landing page and why should I spend money on it?

What’s a landing page and why should I spend money on it? By Trey Finley You should because marketing is math, and you’ve got to know your numbers to get the math right. It’s tempting to suggest that you should spend as little as possible so that you can keep your expenses down as much […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Texstar Web.com Welcomes Trey Finley

Texstar Web.com Welcomes Trey Finley Texstar Web.com is excited to share our newest guest blogger, Trey Finley! Trey is a Certified Business Coach that I’ve known for several years, and is extremely gifted at helping businesses of all sizes understand their companies better, improve business efficiencies, and grow their bottom line. Texstar Web.com is currently […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

What is a Blog and How Do I Use It to Grow My Business?

What is a Blog and How Do I Use It to Grow My Business? Great question, I thought you would never ask! Just kidding. All joking aside, a number of you don’t really know or understand the difference between a website and a blog. The answer is in how you use it, in my opinion. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

How To Protect Privacy Information Online

How To Protect Privacy Information Online By Charles Blount, Underwood Perkins, P.C., Board Certified-Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization If your company collects information from visitors to its website, your website probably needs a privacy policy. Several legislative schemes that would affect privacy policies have been proposed, and handling or mishandling personal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Texstar Web.com Welcomes Charles Blount as a Regular Contributor

Texstar Web.com Welcomes Charles Blount as a Regular Contributor Texstar Web.com is pleased to announce that Dallas area Business Attorney Charles Blount will be guest writing on our blog. Charles is a Senior Counsel practicing in business law, corporate law and appellate law. Corporate and business practice includes counsel to and representation of individuals and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

My Website Cost What?!

My Website Cost What?! Once your business has decided that it’s time to get in the game and create a website, it’s time to face the daunting task of designing and creating the site that will introduce your brand to the web. This inevitably means hiring someone to help you develop and build your website, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Texstar Web.com Uses Thumbtack.com

Ever wondered how your company can easily use other services to reach your target audience? Texstar Web.com is now utilizing Thumbtack.com to reach our targeted, demographic audiences look for company’s who specialize in web design, web development, and search engine optimization. We will assist you in all areas of website design and web development to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Dallas Cowboys vs New England Patriots

Dallas Cowboys vs New England Patriots It doesn’t always have to be about work. Listen in to todays podcast as I re-cap yesterday’s game between the Cowboys and Patriots. Both teams have a lot to look forward to! http://www.texstarweb.com/index.php/multimedia/podcast/dallas-cowboys-vs-new-england-patriots/ Don Founder/ CEO www.texstarweb.com

Explaining Your Business Online

Explaining Your Business Online I know why I’m visiting a website, and I know what I’m looking for. But do you as a website owner? You’ve probably sat in conferences or sales meetings and you were asked to give your 30 second elevator pitch. If you didn’t have one, you spent some time developing one. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The Real Purpose of Marketing

The Real Purpose of Marketing Today, I want to talk about the real purpose of marketing. The job of marketing is to grow the organization and introduce you to new customers. Whatever it takes, right? The entire cost structure of marketing is built around interrupting people that is extremely expensive. But it doesn’t have to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

5 Benefits of Web Design, Other Than the Obvious

5 Benefits of Web Design, Other Than the Obvious Building a new website has a lot of benefits, aside from the obvious, that have a very strong impact on your business and bottom line. Designing a website and developing it is a process that requires you to know your business. So how does building a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Fun LinkedIn Strategy

Fun LinkedIn Strategy One way you can use LinkedIn is to get involved with groups and answer questions that people are asking, as they apply to your field. So, I have an idea you can use to find questions being asked on LinkedIn quickly that will enhance your LinkedIn presence. Using Google Alerts First, if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

SEO Done Well

SEO Done Well For Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to be well done, one must remember that search engines are trying to serve their customers (i.e. their site visitors) by providing them with the most relevant content consistent with their search queries. That is the goal of SEO. It’s not to spam people on a search […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Browser Bugs May Lead to Website Performance Issues

Browser Bugs May Lead to Website Performance Issues Web developers spend an a lot of time learning, perfecting, and developing new ways of making websites easier to use, highly dynamic, and more capable than at any time in recent history. New programming languages like html5 and css3 now a normal part of the development community, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The Diversity of Web Design

The Diversity of Web Design Web design is both an art and science, and as such there is always going to be subjectivity as to what people like and dislike in a website’s design. When I talk about website design, I am referring to the look and feel of a website. Is it clean or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So Your Website’s Message Doesn’t Match How People Search

So Your Website’s Message Doesn’t Match How People Search As a website owner, you may have an idea of the search terms that people are using to find your website in Google. But in all likely hood, you probably have not really thought this through. I am sure there are words you are missing and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Blog about Blogging

Blog about Blogging Lets do something different today and blog about blogging. You know, that mysterious little word that everyone knows, but in informal surveys says they don’t understand. In reading this month’s edition of Inc. Magazine, I discovered an interesting little article titled, “Navigating the New Online Universe.’ I want to mix in some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Easy To Use Content Management System (CMS)

Easy To Use Content Management System (CMS) Texstar Web.com is committed to the values and principles of high quality web design and easy, user-friendly websites that allow our clients to quickly and easily update their own websites without the need of a web developer to do basic functions like add pages, text, pictures, videos, forms, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Liven Up Your Website A Little with Textures and Patterns

Liven Up Your Website A Little After surfing the web for an hour and glancing at hundreds of websites at a time looking for some inspiration, I realized there isn’t much inspiration to be found in a lot of web designs. Lets face it, most websites are boring and screaming for a little attention. How […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...