Grrr, fool.But joking aside, it's mostly a novelty thing. I grew up here and with it being such an easy market, I'd be embarrassed not to run it. But it really doesn't make any money. Most Bucyrus businesses that have websites would rather hire an amateur local designer they've known for years, or bribe their nephew to do it (because he's the family computer whiz kid.) That's OK. You get what you pay for.
I just had to tell you that so I could tell you this.
My partner and I are expanding to bigger markets. For a lot of reasons, but mostly because they appreciate good web design and have more capital than the Bucyrus Web Design Market.
Fun Fact: Some amateur web designers think that expanding to a bigger market means putting the keywords " North Central Ohio" on their company websites. Because they don't want to limit themselves to Bucyrus.
That's not what my partner and I are doing. We're doing adult stuff involving research and math and planning. One of the markets we're targeting is an entire third world country. We're trying to take over a place with a constitution and tanks and planes. I'll give you a hint. The name of the country rhymes with "Winning!--Beat ya!"
So we're at the beginning, strategizing*, and doing other grown up stuff, and we come to the problem of needing an official mailing address. My partner tells me he knows a guy that will let us use his mailing address. All right, sounds good. But wait, not only is he going to let us use his mailing address. He'll let us use his brand as well. In return we only have to help him launch a new product.
My partner isn't the best businessman.
* Yes strategizing is a real word. It's the present participle of strategize.. duh.
** They really do.
