Soft Launch Feedback!

I am announcing my “Soft Launch” of this web design consulting website, “dcwebrevolution”, today, December 9!

As of this date anyone with this link – dcwebrevolution.com – can view the site on the Web; however, I will not allow broader searchability until my “hard launch” planned for early 2023. At that time I plan to open the site to Google Search and actively promote the business to new customers of my web design, business planning and social media management services, with a focus on small non-profits, entrepreneurs and bloggers.

This article is to thank my colleagues from the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, 40 Plus of Greater Washington, Baltimore Techies for Good, and past pro bono clients (plus anyone else who comes across this link!) for their advance feedback prior to my finalizing this site for hard launch in January. In particular, I am looking for reactions to the site’s general design, ease of navigation, and description of my consulting services and related resources. To get a quick feel for the site, please check out my Consulting Approach, video samples of my work in Tutorials, and my background in Owner Bio.

Users can convey feedback (or any advance interest in my consulting) by directly commenting on a site Page, by filling out an online form on Contact Me, or by sending me an email at gary@dcwebrevolution or glvconsulting@hotmail.com

Note that the following elements of the site are still pending completion:

Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and related client pricing/deposit policies.
Payment block to accept deposits for consulting services (I created my business bank account last Tuesday, but will not receive the debit card until next week).
Edits to my Partner Page, flowing from my ongoing conversations with possible WordPress Developer, Graphic Artist and other tech agency Partners in coming weeks.
Continuing contacts with other consultants or non-profits to gain permission for use of their links as references in my site.

I look forward to seeing your comments (as people have time given this busy holiday season), and applying them to strengthen and edit my site for final launch in early 2023!

Thank you all, and wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year!

Gary Vaughan, Owner, DCWebRevolution

New Business Progress

I have made the following initial progress in formalizing my web design consulting business over the past 6 weeks:

Obtained an EIN number from the IRS, and discussed tax planning with my accountant

Registered my company and received a DBA Certification from the State of Maryland for the company trade name: “dcwebrevolution”

Applied for membership in the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC), attended a couple of Chamber events, and had some productive networking with Chamber members – a very professional and collaborative group!

I continue to fine-tune my website at dcwebrevolution.com, getting feedback from colleagues on site design, navigation and content – all with a view to a public site launch before the end of the year. Thanks all for your input to date!

Nonprofit Marketing Table Topics

On October 14 I participated as an expert panelist at a live webinar on Non-Profit Marketing Table Topics sponsored by Baltimore Techies for Good, Apex Systems and ClearEdge Marketing. Solutions. See this EventBrite link for program details. Hats off to Erica Woods for hosting and organizing this successful event!

My panelist role was to offer non-profits tips on Social Media Planning and Press Releases. I also enjoyed participating in other table topic sessions by using Remo virtual conferencing software. I found this software to be very user-friendly in hopping in and out of various sessions.

Stay tuned for my posting of other Baltimore Techies for Good events to provide tech tips to non-profits!

Blog Goals

Why write this Blog for an audience of bloggers, non-profits and entrepreneurs?

(1) To draft tips on how best to craft a user-friendly WordPress.Com site;

(2) To publicize my and others’ presentations for DC IT and business groups;

(3) To share my passions about American history, public speaking, and SOHO organization.

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My 40 Plus “Online Branding” Presentation

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Thanks to all who attended my 9/19/22 online Monday Speaker session (see program description), and to 40Plus staff Craig Muckle, Millree Williams and Qaddafi Sabree for their encouragement and support in hosting and scheduling this talk.

Here also for your reference is a link to the Slides on my Slideshare site – see video excerpts from this presentation on the 40 Plus YouTube Channel, or on this site’s Tutorials Page.

If anyone attending this 40 Plus DC presentation wishes to follow up this Fall on my free offer of an hour online session to set up a starter WordPress.Com site, please let me know.