'Gulf Coast Emergency Equipment Interview'

Name of your website?

Gulf Coast Emergency Equipment

Your name?

Marvin R & Bettye J Harris

Your Location (city, etc)

Bay City

June 2007

Hurricane & Disaster Preparation for the people in the Gulf Coast areas that are subject to Hurricanes and Unknown Disasters.

Self powered products that use no batteries, operater by cranking or solar power

Flashlighs, Radios, Cell Phone Chargers all operated by crank power, some do have reserve batteries in case needed. First Aid Supplies for both people and Pets. Complete survival supplies.

Just designing site and linking all products to prices

Designing site from scatch and making sure all products and prices link to the right pages. I had a hard time linking all my partner affliates to the site. Had to do a lot of copying and pasteing of links and testing to see if they worked. The site took me over a month to build.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

There has not been a easy part, I am hopeing things will start getting better now that it is published and up and running.

What was your biggest mistake?

Trying to find a host provider that was easy to use their design progran. I had to go through several before i went with Lycos, their program is very easy to design a web page with. You can test your web page as you are building it, some of the other companies do not let you until your site is published.

Who maintains your website and why?

I maintain the site and Lycos host the site. I own the domane http://www.GulfCoastEmergencyEquipment.net

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

I have just gotten it up and running so i really can't tell right now how it is going to benefit for several weeks.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

The internet is going to replace going to the stores and malls due to the price of gas and the expense of the hastle of trying to find parking spots and due to the rising crime in some areas major malls.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

If you don't have them you are going to be left waiting for business.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Search engines can only help if you use them right and submit to everyone you can.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Right now i am doing word of mouth and waiting for the search engines to find my site. I expect in three to four weeks things will start to pick up in sales.

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

I can not say because i have not had it up long enough to tell

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

I would like to see spam reduced on e-mail.

What is your website address?

Gulf Coast Emergency Equipment

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