Check out our NEW
Blue Plate Special

What's a blue plate special? It's an inexpensive meal that's traditionally served with a meat and three side dishes. Quick, easy, no substitutions and offered at a great price.

At Good Idea Cafe, we offer our own version of the blue plate special. It's the perfect "starter site" for the new small business. More...



 

On the Web ... but Why?

If you don't want to do it on your web site, don't offer it as an option. This month's "web tale" involves a car repair shop that offers to talk with customers online ... but then telephones them instead.

For the complete story and more tips on small businesses using the web, please check out our Small Business section.

Do It Yourself ... tips, techniques and tricks for your website


OK ... no surprise here ... DIY (Do It Yourself) sites are fine when you're creating a personal or a family site. We all know that when it's time to create a professional business site, it's time to hire a professional web development company. But we love the web's accessibility and the DIY'ers that make it an incredible tool. People around the world that engage each other, trade ideas, entertain and challenge each other. And just plain, flat out, cool stuff for personal use and business use ... things that do what technology should do (make life easier!).