Sometimes being frugal and not being afraid of rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty can save you a lot of money. As a small business owner you should always be working on ways to make & save money. One of the most costly pieces of running your business is advertising & marketing. This includes web site design, SEO, print media and other multimedia ads.

Save Money With a Joomla Web Site!

North Country Design only designs web sites in Joomla's powerful CMS. Joomla is a web site content management system that allows the end user to manage their web sites themselves. This keeps your monthly site administration costs down.

Even though many new small business owners don't have the technical knowledge or time to dive into projects with the intent on doing everything themselves. I often work with small business owners who need a solution put in place with the intent to learn how to manage the project themselves in the future.

We work 1-on-1 with you and explain everything in simple terms so that at the end of the session you are educated, able to establish and reach milestones in your project and make your small business dream a reality! Take what we teach you and begin developing your own web site, SEO best practices and learning how to help your small business gain new customers. It's not as difficult as everyone makes it out to be.

Stay Current In The Media (and with your online content)!

Behold ... the power ... of the press release!

Having an article in your local newspaper can do wonders for your small business if you reply on local exposure for your business. Small business owners do not understand the value of the press release. Your local newspapers are often looking for small business content that is relevant to your local community. People love stories about local people finding small business success and find them informative. We recommend that small business owners try to develop at least  3-4 press releases per year that announce new services, specials, their positive effect on their communities and more. We send these releases to newspaper reporters in your area and when it gets circulated - it's far more cost effective than paid advertising!

Craigslist = Free Traffic & Free Advertising

We can't talk about Craigslist enough! One of our clients, Alternatiev Power Solutions, saw their web traffic increase over 500% by incorporating Craigslist ads into their marketing routine. Their sales went up, their overall marketing budget decreased and best of all - they could handle the campaign internally. Putting Craigslist to work for you is an important step in driving local traffic to your web site. New small business owners need to take advantage of free or low-cost advertising solutions.