Tennessee Web Site Design

Website Domain Name

2008-06-08T18:04:36Z

We recently had a new professional basketball team inquire about website design and development. They let us know the name and much about the project. The cost to develop a website for a professional basketball team will run into thousands of dollars. The website costs involve website audio, website video, and many interactive web features that a budget website would not include.

This professional basketball team is putting thousands into marketing as well as a new dome to play basketball in.

The problem is that the basketball team had not purchased a domain name, yet their team name was out there and they were getting quotes on web design in Knoxville.

Let's just make up a hypothetical name and call it the Knoxville Panthers. You purchase the team, hire the players, set up online marketing, and put many thousands of dollars into the team and never purchase a domain name (the website address is the domain name). A website domain name must come into that mix.

Believe it or not domain names are like real estate. We manage domain names that are worth tens of thousands of dollars. So, if you are out shopping around, be sure to purchase your domain name before someone takes hold of your company name, buys it and sells it back to you.

Without even purchasing the website domain name, the value of the sports teams domain name is at least $20,000. Anyone could have purchased the domain name and the team could have lost it or bought it for $5000 today from a domain broker or website developer. Or in five years could have sold it to the team for $50,000. How much is lakers.com worth? At least $100,000. BostonCeltics.com?

A lesson learned here, purchase your domain name before hunting around for a website and letting others in on your business plan. You can purchase one here http://www.netsol.com or call us at 865-809-8610 for help.
Purchasing a domain name for your website in Knoxville can be a daunting task if you don't know what you are doing. We are happy to help you purchase a website domain name at no charge, or we can purchase it on your behalf.

Data Recovery - backup your computer files

2008-01-09T21:10:42Z

Lessons to learn in data back up and data recovery in Knoxville.

1. Back up your data to an off site location
2. Add a battery back up and surge suppressor to your computers
3. Add a surge suppressor to your cable modem and dsl lines.
4. have a backup solution and backup plan

A local business recently spent 3 days trying to get their PC repaired at a local computer shop. They also tried alternate methods to get their computer to work again. It turned out that their computer was fried and this business' computer couldn't be repaired. Ultimately they paid over $1500 in support, supplies, and new computer equipment and still didn't recover their data. The brain of the computer, the processor, and data hard drive could not be repaired either and the local pc shop couldn't recover their data.

What had happened is that the cable lines outside their office had been struck with lightning during a recent storm.
Their computer hard drive backup solutions were never put in place resulting in a hard drive data becoming corrupt.

What if your office computer or home computer were destroyed or even just a simple hard drive crash occurred. Depending on the company, the data could be worth thousands if not hundreds of thousands. This data needs to be protected and your computer hard drive should be backed up off site

The data such as accounting, office files, business email, contracts all seemed to be lost.

This client came to us with this story and we were able to recover 99 percent of their files. We are happy to help the Knoxville, Tennessee and surrounding areas with computer support such as this. If you need a hard drive backup solution please give us a call or send us an email to info@caomedia.com

Also, please contact us for
off site backup plans
computer protection plans
pc hard drive data recovery in Knoxville
pc data recovery,
computer data backup,
off site computer backup solutions

We are a Knoxville based company

Website costs and pricing

2007-12-17T03:57:27Z

Web pricing can vary greatly and it is the number one question that we are asked. Web pricing is definately a topic of interest with new businesses looking to get on the internet.

So, what is the cost of a website? We like to say that web design prices are just like automobile prices. You can buy a Geo which has no features, you could pruchase a SUV which is rugged and able to do something a Geo cant do, or you could purchase a flash lamburgini. There is a huge price differeente in all of those cars. Now, you can purchase a Geo and add on features to it. A website is the samw way. You can purchase a $500 website and add on to it in phases, or you can purchase a $2000 website with some upgrades.

Website estimates run from $1500 and $1800 for the aveage website cost. This pricing would be for a small business that just starting out. Those two web price estimages would not include any marketing, search engine optimization, or advanced programming. We also have new plans that start out at $250 and then include a higher webhosting for the website. We basically have website financing, wihout a credit check,

So how does our web pricing compare to other local companies? There is a big range. You can find websites here in Knoxville starting at $10,000 minimum. We also have sites that go into that range, but we only go that high or higher if our cleints need it. There is no need for a new company to spend $10,000 on a web site unless they need it.

How does web pricing compare to companies outside of Knoxville? Again, web estimates can be all over the board. We just consulted with a large real estate company in town who spent $40,000 on a website in one year and were not happy. They were with a company out of Georgia.

We feel our price are fair and we try to be fair with our clients up front. If you need a $10,000 system we will let you know.

There are always variables. Search Engine Optimization can get expensive if you have a large website, but the payback in traffic can be enormous. Look at it this way: if you can budget out $1500 for search engine optimization, would you be ok if that $1500 you put out turned into $20,000 in new business? We would suggest to do that all day. Sure, internet marketing is needed, but it could alwaus be phase two for a small company.

Flash animation would also cause web pricing to go up. If you don't need it, don't get it. If you have a product or invention that you need to display, then maybe flash would work.

You also get what you pay for, if you hire your guy or girl friend who is going to create the site fo you for $200 dollars, dont expect to happy with the results.

To receive accurate website pricing, we suggest to meet with whomever you will be working with and discuss your project in detail. You may not know what you need or what do do to get started, but meeting will clear all of that up

Do you have more Questions? Or need an accurate quote? call us at 809-8610 or send us an email We can even help deciper a quote from a competing company.