For those of you who need additional financing to complete your Internet projects or other expansions of your business, the Vermont Small Business and Lender Matchmaking Conference may help you get started.  Representatives from local lending sources will be at the conference, and there will also be some workshops to help you understand the small business financing process. 

The conference is Monday, April 26th, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Barre.  The conference is free, but registration is required by April 20th.  There is more information and registration at: http://economicdevelopment.vermont.gov/Home/VSBLendingConference/tabid/409/Default.aspx.

Al & Laura Duey
e-NEK Project

If people are finding your web site today via search engines, they are probably not typing in the long and confusing name, but rather linking to the search results.  Some frequent visitors may have bookmarked that old name, so it is important that you maintain the old name for at least a while.  If your new web site is being built in a new place with a new name, make sure you update your old site to link to the new one (or automatically re-direct visitors from the old site to the new), so residual search engine hits and old bookmarks don't get lost during the transition.  If you monitor the activity on your new site, one of pieces of information you will get is where your visitors linked from, so you will see when the old site is no longer being used.

Laura Duey
e-NEK Project

You want to keep your old domain name & get the new one.  I don't know what server you are running, but there is no problem having multiple domain names for the same site.  We have 6 different names that all go to the same site.  It's simply a matter of configuring your web server correctly.  It should be easily done.

I'm going to be making a new website and I'm not happy with my old domain name as it's long and confusing to say to  people.  I'm  wanting to change it to an easier and more direct name.    I've had my website up and running since 2000 and don't want to lose all the rankings that I've achieved.   Wondering if anyone knows if it would be  better to keep the old cumbersome domain name and keep my rankings or is it a painless project for someone who knows what they're doing? 
Thanks,
Miya

Right now we are offering:
 
                          3 hours of video coverage time at your location, or at our studio

                          6 hours of editing your video with royalty free music with ending graphic stating your companies name and contact info

                          1 Master data DVD to upload to your website

                          1 Master video DVD for you to watch on a standard DVD player

For this we are charging a flat rate of $300. If someone thinks they need a more in depth production, we can arrange that as well.

For more info feel free to call us: 802.274.0532 or 802.274.0067

We can show you samples of our work.

Mike and Nate,

I've received some inquiries regarding the cost of putting a video on a web site beyond a shoot-it-yourself option and putting it on youtube.  I realize that the cost for something more professional depends on many different factors but could you provide some ballpark figures as to what a video might cost just for planning purposes?  Thanks.  -Al-

Yes... we know who Barry is. He's a great musician and audio composer. Nate has shot many of his music concerts that Barry has performed and not performed in.

Not only do we and Barry do video procution but also right here in Saint Johnsbury there is Lemming Entertainment who we collaborate with often. They can do just about anything such as Commercial Video Production, Still Photography and Graphic Design. They are a team of proffesionals that all went to Lyndon State College for Television Production and have worked in the field for several years.

If anyone needs production work it's Lemming Entertainment. They are great guys that have considerable rates.
They can be reached at lemmingentertainment@gmail.com or at 802-274-0067 & 802-274-0532.

Along the lines of more options I'll mention that there is another high quality video/audio resource available in Newport Center, Barry Sahagian. Barry is a professional musician and composer. So in addition to his skills with HD videography he can provide custom royalty-free music to go along with the video stream.

Mike and Nate, you may want to team up with Barry at least for the audio help. He's an unusual resource in the Kingdom.

He can be reached by email using printmus@gmail.com or by phone at 802-334-2437

Note: I have no business relationship here, just trying to be helpful because I'm impressed with his work.

Now that final plans have been submitted, we would like to make everyone aware that we are not just The Wedding Dudes.
Mike and Nate have the experience to create any video production that you may see fit for your Website.
We can produce high quality videos that can include anything from a commercial, documentary, or a simple introduction.
Anything you can think of in terms of a promotional video we can do!
Video on your Website can sometimes help explain what you do better than pictures or text, as well as make your site more visually interesting.

Mike and Nate