DylanBozeman
04-16-2012, 09:35 PM
I have been lurking around the forums for a bit, just soaking up all of the great information here and I'd like to introduce myself here, as well as gather some thoughts and opinions on my business. My name is Dylan Bozeman, I am from the greater Seattle area and currently in school for a Degree in Computer Science. My passion for the Internet and computers started at a young age and has grown into something I was able to craft a business around. Web optimization was my specialty as early as high school. I'm no artist, so whenever someone needed a website I made it clear I wasn't going to make it from scratch but I knew how to set it up, craft it to their liking, and start on the real important factors like marketing their brand and establishing search engine traffic. I never saw the sense in spending thousands on a website when the true costs come from driving traffic toward it and having a real use out of it. Early on I gave away websites to family and friends who were aspiring for a business or needed a personal page. After that I still handed out freebies, but primarily for clients that I knew would want me to optimize their site and would pay for web optimization.
After creating countless websites and constantly working on my copywriting, I realized that my true passion was for both writing and web optimization. I decided to break down my skills and offer my services around them both. I found that if you work hard at what you do and offer quality services, people will notice. The Internet is a difficult place to compete, there's so much out there and everyone is claiming they can do this or that. I realized most of them are phonies :eek: and couldn't provide half of what they advertised, but somehow I was still struggling. I tried to never get discouraged or let it effect the way I felt about myself, I knew what I brought to the table and I worked at it until people started listening.
Being involved in this field for quite some time, I have learned the value of websites and know how powerful and important they can be. However, I know that not everyone has experienced this and some are still hesitant to spend money online. What are your opinions on copywriting and web optimization services? As small business owners, is the web something you see as important (for local business) and would you invest in quality content and traffic for your website?
After creating countless websites and constantly working on my copywriting, I realized that my true passion was for both writing and web optimization. I decided to break down my skills and offer my services around them both. I found that if you work hard at what you do and offer quality services, people will notice. The Internet is a difficult place to compete, there's so much out there and everyone is claiming they can do this or that. I realized most of them are phonies :eek: and couldn't provide half of what they advertised, but somehow I was still struggling. I tried to never get discouraged or let it effect the way I felt about myself, I knew what I brought to the table and I worked at it until people started listening.
Being involved in this field for quite some time, I have learned the value of websites and know how powerful and important they can be. However, I know that not everyone has experienced this and some are still hesitant to spend money online. What are your opinions on copywriting and web optimization services? As small business owners, is the web something you see as important (for local business) and would you invest in quality content and traffic for your website?