You have identified that to have an internet prescence would be of benefit to your small business, however are not sure how to proceed. This article gives free tips on web design services and practices and on how to keep your web designer happy and on side.

I have a large number of websites to do with various subjects including providing information about fostering, offering dog insurance and DVD authoring.

The first thing you need to do if find a suitable web designer or web design company. Due to the large amount of competition out there you should be able to find a quality professional web design company happy to build you a website from between £50 and £100.

There are many places where people can locate these cheap web design offers including via search engines and local small ads newspapers.

Always ask to see their portfolio of the websites they have already built, this way you can see if you like their style etc.

It is also worth asking if the web designer would be willing to include a link to your new site on their website. The amount of people linking to your website is becoming more and more important and as a general rule the more backward links you have the more visitors you are likely to receive.

Once you have found the web designer you now have to think about content, colours and graphics for your website. It is always a good idea to have a word document already finished to send to the designer, with all of the aspects already decided.

Once they have produced the website you can then submit it to the search engines. The main three of which are google, msn and yahoo. It is free to submit your website to these search engines.

Always include your web address in any correspondence or any advertising.