Having a link to a testimonials page is convenient for you, but it is a mistake. A visitor may not want to take time to click to page. But there is something very compelling about "text in quotes". Since your homepage is crowded with information, you can put your best testimonial prominently on your homepage, then add a "More testimonials" link

3. Make it easy for visitors to give referrals.

Ask your visitors who do they know who would be interested in your offerings. Have a refer-a-friend feature on your website. Even if a small number of visitors invite their friends, it's free word-of-mouth.

FrontPage – create a new Web from site files you have imported from your old host, then publish them to new host. Make sure your new host has Front Page extensions installed. This process will transfer your complete site to your new Host.

5. Transferring web pages to New Host. Dreamweaver or FrontPage editors make it very easy to transfer html web pages. They keep most, if not all your web site intact for transfer (as explained above).

Another way to transfer your web pages is to copy source code by right clicking on page as you see it when you visit site and select 'view/source'. It will come up on Notepad. Select 'file/save as' and save to a place of your choice as an HTML file. To do this, at bottom of box just before you save it, it will say '.txt'. Change drop menu to 'all files' and then change '.txt' at end of name you're saving it as to '.html', then save it. You will then have a complete page ready to load to wherever you want. If you have images though, you'll have to save them separately.

6. Amending your web site. Sometimes your web site may not look exactly same as on your last Web Host. This is because html code and/or files did not completely transfer. This may happen more often with editors. FrontPage will do this more because it uses FrontPage extensions for publishing (extra files for easy publishing).

Make necessary design changes to mirror site you had previously hosted. You may have to eliminate or add some code to completely reflect your original site.

7. Testing your web site. Once domain name and your web site files have been transferred, you should test that all services are working on your new Host (i.e. email services, etc). If it’s working correctly, go ahead and cancel all your remaining services with your previous hosting service.

Transferring your web site to a new Host doesn’t have to be such a nerve-racking task, once you know exact steps to take. Now you can enjoy savings and services of a new home for your web site.

Herman Drost is a Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) owner and author of iSiteBuild.com Low Cost Hosting and Site Design (http://www.isitebuild.com/sitehosting.htm)