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Personal Web Sites

Promote Yourself Online

Although there are many resources today that allow a person to create their own web site, and publish it online, they all have a few basic things in common:

They use set templates and designs, offered to everyone. (This means there may be two or more sites that look exactly the same.)
They are inflexible and do not meet the needs of everyone.
They are not all free, but the ones that are will most likely fill your pages with ads.
They are limiting in their content, their storage and their access.
You do not own your web site.
Your site is hosted by a company, which forms part of your web site address (URL).
The web site company may go bust, meaning you often lose everything.
Online support is often limited or non-existent.

For this, and many other reasons, more and more people now choose to have their own personal sites created properly, by a professional, who can then provide them training so that they can easily update and maintain the majority of the site themselves. This involves a smooth learning curve and doesn't simply drop you into the deep end, as many "free web sites" do requiring you to do all the work yourself. You then have no limitations on how you design your site, what content you can provide, and your choice of web site name means your fans, friends, or family can always find you easily online.

Don't get stuck using a MySpace or Facebook site, which tracks everything about you and constantly hassles you with messages and sales offers. Don't be forced to house large banners and ad sections on your pages that have nothing to do with you, or your web site's content. Good design, simplicity and function is what will keep others coming back to your site again and again. There are so many ways to utilise the internet with a personal web site:

Promote yourself, your band, your group, your hobbies, your interests.
Assist others with similar interests to you, by providing an online source of information (eg. photography, motorsport, music, etc.).
Publish your stories, articles, or journals on the best value for money medium.
Create a community or meeting point for others with the same hobbies (games, sports, etc.).
Share photos, video and more with family and friends, without the limitations posed by other services.
Sites can be specifically designed for a certain category of people (eg. children, teenagers, mothers, the disabled, those with mental or health conditions, and more).
Or even just provide secure online storage for your important files.

Personal web sites are one of the most popular types of sites that people choose to build. First time webmasters are known for building a web site about their hobbies or interests, complete with pictures and text. Another form of a personal web site is the increasingly popular blog or weblog. Blogs are simply an online journal. Some use them for venting, others for sharing stories and even more just a place to pen their thoughts and feelings in cyberspace.

We have been building web sites for as long as the internet has been accessible. We know what works and what doesn't. We know how best to structure your site so that it's easy to use, format it so it's easy to read, and design it so that it makes an impression and is something you can be proud of. Once created and online, we can take you through step by step of how to update and maintain your site yourself - as all our personal web site designs incorporate easy maintenance practices and uniformity. Once you gain direct access to your site's storage you will find it invaluable for hosting a vast range of files, not least of which is video. With today's fast broadband connections, many personal sites really take off when they provide movie clips or short films to their viewers.

Whatever your needs, whatever your budget, we can design a web site for you and help you maintain it easily and affordably. You can phone us on 07 3800 1509 to discuss your needs or email us at sales@virtuosoit.com.au