20 Common Mistakes that Sabotage Your Website (and how to avoid them) offers basic commonsense advice for anyone who wants to make their website better.

Written for do-it-yourselfers, small business owners and marketing professionals, it will change the way you think about your website.

As you'll see in the examples, it isn't just small companies that sabotage their sites with easily avoidable mistakes.

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Over the years we've received lots of requests from prospects who can't afford a custom web design solution. At the same time, we've been developing our Refinery CMS (content manager) so our clients can maintain and update their sites easily.

Now we taken the ease-of-use of Refinery CMS and combined it with a simple way to actually create a new small business website. The result is Refinery HQ. 

And it really is possible to make your website before you ...

Since 1970, SF Advertiser has offered business owners a low-cost way to advertise compared to the expensive daily newspapers. Their new website is designed in the same spirit: no articles, no frills, just great local deals and free promotional opportunities for local businesses!

It may look really simple and easy-to-use, but the SF Advertiser site has some serious back-end programming in Ruby-on-Rails and uses our Refinery CMS.

Deal seekers can search ...

We are proud to announce the launch of a new website for the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley.

The project began by identifying and developing personas which guided us to create a site structured around the interests and goals of the most frequent visitors.

A custom calendar was developed to publicize the many events which the Federation promotes as they work to build a stronger sense of Jewish community in Silicon Valley.

As with all our sites ...

"Changing the Way You Think About Your Website," a live web evaluation seminar at the SBA in San Francisco attracted a group of 26 business owners who wanted to learn how to improve their websites to generate more leads and sales.

The feedback from attendees was very positive and the SBA is going to sponsor another live evaluation seminar on March 24, 2010.

"Hands-on, practical advice"

"Absolutely helpful, loaded with advice and tips"

"Terrific ...

Website Magazine has just published "10 Steps to Generate More Leads," written by Barry Harrison. It appears in the November 2009 online and print editions. The article is aimed at professional service firms and others engaged in a complex sales process.

Read the digital edition on page 38. They have a very sophisticated technology for viewing the magazine online but be patient, it does take a few moments to load in your browser and you have to register ...

The company name comes from an encounter with the proprietor of a Michelin-starred restaurant who said to be great in his business you had to be "un po pazzo," a little crazy.

Their new website, on the other hand, is clean and sober. It features the stunning photography of Tiziana Costamagna, along with the finest wine, food and spirits from the artisans of Italy. Get a taste of Un Po Pazzo.

Resolve's Managing Partner, Barry Harrison, was interviewed by Marcia Duffy for her article, "Online Portfolios: Create a Successful Virtual Showroom."
Marcia's article is featured in both the print and online editions of the magazine's August 2009 issue.

Optimizing your Website: Building Trust and Generating Leads
August 20, 2009. 12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Join us for a "behind the screen look at websites and find out what really works when promoting your firm online. In this fun and interactive seminar we'll review websites from attendees who have volunteered to have their websites evaluated live. Discover specific ...

For the past 5 years, we have been developing a Content Management System for our own use. We had realized that none of the available systems met our needs - they were too expensive, too complicated, not flexible enough, etc. So we decided to make our own, and RefineryCMS was born. We now run almost all our sites on Refinery, and it has become a central part of our business.

Developers: take a 2-minute tour of Refinery CMS or go to the github ...