A web Page of Your Own

Advancing Women Guides You to Sites To Produce Your Web Page

We are all experiencing a shift in today's business paradigm as dramatic as the shift from the farm to the factory, as revolutionary as the coming of electricity or the telephone. With its world wide span and powerful communication tools, the Net is , as PC Magazine notes, " the most significant mass-media revolution since the invention of television...letting any organization serve up information to a global audience." A huge array of intriguing, valuable, captivating and informative sites now are available to any PC which gets online to the Web transforming forever the way we communicate with each other and do business together.

If you are looking for a business , professional or personal advantage, this is the place to start. The tools are all here. The Web itself can teach you to understand its functionalities and efficiencies. The secret is just to begin. If you're like the rest of us, you will be so intrigued by the possibilities you will soon move beyond email and want your own web page to leverage the power of the medium for you, your business or profession.

In the old days - which were actually only a few months ago - anyone who wanted to create their own web page faced a daunting task which included learning HTML, the Hypertext Mark-Up Language, the computer code into which all documents are translated for the Web. No fun at all for the novice or technically challenged. Now, however, a whole new day has dawned. There are a number of Web authoring tools, including WYSIWYG, what you see is what you get, drag and drop software tools for producing your web page: Adobe System Inc.'s Page Mill is just one example.

To get started, we highly recommend your taking a look at an overview from Macworld's April issue on Internet Essentials:

Stay on the Web, Make Your Internet Site Pay Off discusses how to get started, the easy way, advertising and marketing, from sales to profits, automated email, and a particularly valuable " Ten Steps Toward a Solid Net Presence."
Next, you may find it useful to visit the sites listed below:

First Step:

Small Business and Effective Web Marketing, basics, turn-key Web solutions.

Next Step: Assemble Your Web Page or Site

Plugged in Publishing,women owned firm which designs, authors, even hosts Web sites.
Sage Studio - Woman owned, web design and multimedia
Solutions.Online is a very savvy woman owned firm offering Web consultation, design, service.
Web Site Set Up Simple, if a bit generic, set up,up to 4 pages, $150 gets you started.
Women Online, "empowering women with technology", offers Web page design and training.
WordbizNet, women owned web page designers.
Web Page Design for Designers.

Then, Let the World Know You're on the Web

Netpost run by Eric Ward, the Ward Group, a very experienced, capable and tenacious marketer who invented the field of net posting and media awareness campaigns and takes a personalized approach. to let people know where and what your site is.
Submit It! is a free service for do-it-yourselfers to submit your Web site URL ( address to 15 Web databases) using an electronic method of streamlining the task.
The Postmaster announces your site to over 100 Web sites and publications and all you have to do is fill out one form and click one button.
Web Site Promotion Posting to 50 of the most popular search engines, $75.
WebStep TOP 100 Free Listings , in the top 5% of all web sites, is a master index of the best free places to list your site and puts stars by the elite top 30 to start with; gives additional good information on how to list and publicize your site on your own or offers a series of publicity campaigns in different price ranges, starting at a modest $35, for them to help you with it.
Women in Business Cyberspace Field of Dreams , a women owned web site which supports and promotes women's businesses , offers a free link to their WWW Women Business Page . Visit, register your web page and support this wonderful site. Motto: "If you build it, they will come."

For More In-Depth Info

Macworld Online has a searchable database of articles from previous issues, many of them dealing with all aspects, from the simple to the highly technical aspects on getting and maintaining a presence on the Net. Particularly recommended is the April 1996 issue devoted to the Web.You can also download free Mac software.
PC Online is one of the top rated sites on the Web and offers a wealth of Web related material including Internet User : browsers, plug-ins, internet tool kits, and Web Central, columnists, Web searching and Top 100 Sites.

See Leveraging Technology and the Web
Navigating the Web
Articles of Interest
Webwomen in Engender, electronic magazine for women in small business.