I am very excited to announce that Starting a Web Design Business is available in paperback and available for purchase from Amazon.

The Starting a Web Design Business paperback (ISBN: 978-1442168893) is 54 pages in length (10,500 words) and sells for $11.99.

Shoestring Business Guides: Starting a Web Design Business will show you everything you need to know to start your own web design and hosting business. Written by a serial entrepreneur, veteran web designer, and all-around “computer geek”, this book will cover the most important information you need to consider when starting your own web design business. Starting a Web Design Business is filled with practical, useful information sure to get your new business off to a good start.

Starting a Web Design Business covers these important topics:

1. Web Design and Hosting as a Business
2. Legal Considerations
3. Marketing and Advertising
4. Hosting Providers and Domain Registrars
5. Software (HTML Editors, Graphic Design and Office)
6. Web Standards Compliance
7. Working with Subcontractors
8. Payment Processing and Automatic Billing

This comprehensive book covers everything from general business startup considerations to details specific to the web design and hosting industry.

Starting a Web Design Business is neatly arranged in self-contained chapters so you can turn to the material you need most right now. This format is designed to save you time and let you focus on the matters most important to your business.

Head on over to Amazon and order your copy of Starting a Web Design Business today.

• lack of passion and vision for the site
• loss of interest in posting anything anywhere online
• family distractions and responsibilities that precluded blogging regularly

While these issues are far from being completely resolved, I have at least gained some clarity on the matter.

Most of the original posts will not be imported to the new site though I could do so with a few clicks since the old database is archived. The reality is that most of the posts I had on the old site were in the categories of family and religion. There is, of course, nothing wrong with posts in either category; however, practical considerations caused me to not wish to import these posts.

I once used my blog as a primary mechanism for keeping in touch with family and friends since I abhor phone calls (just ask my mother). I later began using Facebook to achieve this objective. Now I let my dear wife, Terri, act the part of my personal secretary and call everyone on my behalf. This works just fine for me, though my mother does go through a form of withdrawal occasionally and argues that she just “needs to hear my voice.”

I also wrote quite consistently on the subject of religion and Christianity. My intention now is to launch a new, dedicated site to explore Christianity – specifically the marriage of orthodoxy and orthopraxy. The new site will hopefully be a multi-author site with representation from multiple streams of Christianity. This will be much better than just my own ideas and perspectives on this great faith.

This is a blog though and, as such, I will certainly share my humble opinions on any number of topics of varying significance. I will probably even post some news about family and religion occasionally – just not as the main focus of the site since I now have other venues for those discussions. Most importantly, my good friend Carlos can quit asking when I am going to get the site back online! Consider it a Christmas present, Carlos! The blog is back (and thanks for the encouragement)!