Beginning this month, I'm going to hold a Q&A session which is open to anyone. Add your question to this blog post as a comment and I'll consider it for answers. If I choose not to answer your question, I will address it. So, please share!

The theme this month is online stores, but it's a free for all. So, ask anything you like.

Questions already selected for answer(s) this month:

You will have a lot of services enabled over the course of your internet presence. All this stuff can easily become overwhelming. The easiest thing to do is create a schedule and a disciplined list of tasks. I'm going to work on creating a practical tutorial on this process this week. I hope you'll have time to review it when I post.

Often, people make the mistake of starting with the design of a website and jamming the content into the design they pick. We tend to work around this backwards method of site design by first creating a template or framework for the site: colors, logo, fonts, etc. We try to make it as fluid and as flexible as possible, giving the website administrators tools to update content with as little technical encumbrance as possible. However, whenever possible, we try to get the website administrators to engage in the content creation process.

I enjoy some of the cartoons on BusinessGuysonBusinessTrips.com. You should check it out. This caption captures the methodology of many businesses. Dumb, slow, unnecessary and broken.

PlacePop seems to be yet another locator ap. But, I like it. After a short sign up process I searched my local coffee house. It wasn't in the system, so it asked me to add it. My favorite part of the experience was that it found images from the website and asked me if one represented the business. I quickly picked the sketch of the Coffee House and we were off.

Some things I'd like to see:

Tekany has been a technology service provider and consultancy for years. Most of you have never heard of the company. And, up until now that was much by design. We have worked behind the scenes to consult entertainment and retail business to build strong online brands and consumer interaction. Today we launch our public authoritative information resource: tekany.com.