IT pros sense that personal branding can advance their careers, but they sometimes have trouble putting it into practice. I’m always amazed at the amount of traffic personal branding stories generate for CIO.com. My last story on the topic, 6 Personal Branding Mistakes that Can Threaten Your Job Search, turned nearly 16,000 page views in its first week. The numbers tell me that CIO.com readers are hungry for information... 

If you want to sell products and services through your Web site, you’ll need extra features and capabilities. Before you start planning, make sure your Web host supports e-commerce. For more information on selecting a Web host, see An Intro to Web Hosting Services. Most likely, you will contract with a Web design or development company to implement your ability to sell online. Before you shop around, consider... 

According to our 2006 AllBusiness survey on Web hosting, the largest number of AllBusiness readers (31 percent) who have a Web site are hosting it at Yahoo! Small Business Web hosting services. In second place is the category of “Other” provider (19 percent), while third place (18 percent) goes to in-house hosting. “Local” ISP providers ranked fourth (11 percent), followed by national providers...