Not to be critical, but in checking out your website, it's relatively hard to follow for someone who isn't familiar with the field of nanotechnology (even for someone who is!). Speaking from a perspective heavily influenced by graphic and web design, I would recommend taking a look at your web presence, and hiring a design firm to update your not only your website but look at branding possibilities as well. Straight up, your website is hard to navigate and read. I think you could benefit from consolidating some of the information you have listed on the left hand nav bar by deciding what your you really want to highlight (i.e is it the consulting? technology monitoring? In-depth analysis? Maybe you could display a ticker for your up-to-the-minute news briefs and breaking developments in the nanosciences or a permanent graphic banner that people could link to your stories). Create some tertiary navs. I think by just improving your website, you could seriously help yourself.

Beyond that, I would recommend word of mouth, attending seminars, networking, any opportunity you have to market yourself and your business, do. If it’s not your thing and it means hiring someone (even part time) to help you with that, then it would be worth it. I think more business is gained by word of mouth than anything.

Best in your development.
b

Speaking as a reasonably technology-competent person, I don't really have any quibbles about your web design. (Perhaps it's not eye-popping, but is anyone really going to pay you just for having a slick-looking site?)

In my view, the greatest shortcoming of your site is that I can't tell what it is that you actually *do* -- that is, assuming I'm convinced that you know your stuff, what can you do for me (the person reading the info, not me personally) that I should pay you for? I think that you should concentrate on highlighting the value that you can add to whatever it is you help people to do.

Hope that helps.

Gary