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No further than 10-15 years ago, web design was a highly paid and sought after skill. Web designers were hard to find, therefore they were charging high rates for their services. Today, this changed completely. Any small business owner who starts an offline business can have an associated website up and running in as little as one day and with investments that don't go above the $100 margin. However, if you want a website that looks professional, have an unique and exquisite design and interactive functions, you'll need to take more out of your pocket. We are going to see next what are the characteristics a good website should have today.

Whenever you think of website design,

 you are probably considering how a website looks on the outside. If you are an HTML programmer, you might think that this refers to the programming that is used to create the site that we all see.
 In reality, website design also refers to a type of optimization technique that can help you improve your ranking on the search engines.

Social media marketing has become a necessity if you want to stay even or exceed the efforts of your competition. Our society literally functions tuned into social media each day, and if you are not there with them you and your business are being left behind. Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest are all being used to the hilt to promote products and services to the extent that these are the places that up and coming younger people are looking to find their products and services. It is estimated that the age group of 15 to 24 derives 95% of all their knowledge about the world in general and their desired products and services specifically from this source.

Creating a personal development plan can transform an individual’s life. It can help a person get in touch with their internal feelings, determine exactly who they want to be, and how they want to live their life. A personal development plan is often used by younger individuals that are constantly bombarded by peer pressure. However, adults can benefit greatly by creating their own personal development plan, to take the single step forward to transforming a life.

Your family and friends can either be a great resource to your own personal development or they can be detrimental to your growth. 

When I speak about family, I generally consider these to be people who are related to you and with whom you have close contact. They can include your mother, father, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. Your own children as well as your spouse or life partner are also considered family.

Everyone needs goals in life. Goals can help us improve our personality, our way of life, and our relationships. Setting goals is easy enough, but the real challenge is reaching them. How can you reach your goals?

The first step in reaching your goals is to overcome fear of failure.  If we start out thinking negatively, we likely won't get very far in our efforts to reach our goals. In fact, we may not even set goals in the first place. Fear of failure can sometimes prevent us from doing this.

Negative thoughts or past "failures" may overwhelm us. But if we keep thinking back to past "failures", were these really failures after all? Did you learn something that you can now put into practice or avoid the next time?