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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web marketing: design mistakes that drive customers away in droves
- They may look cutting edge, but if you want a web site that contributes to your bottom line here are some design ideas you will want to avoid:· Opening with Flash. If your site opens with a movie that your prospect is forced to sit through, no matter how short, before they can get to your "welcome" or "home" page, you are losing customers. She wants in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Teach yourself css the easy way
- I taught myself HTML back in the mid-nineties and was proud of the fact that I was able to accomplish the design of fairly complex web pages with nothing more than a starter HTML book, an HTML reference book, and the knowledge I had stored in my head. But back in those days, we web designers had what looking back was a fairly limited amount of tools with which to work, and the quality (or lack the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 14 ways to add content to your web site - part 2
- 7. Create high quality content - make clear points with each paragraph you write. Each paragraph should build on the previous one, so that you are pulling your visitor through your page naturally. You are trying to pre sell the product or service to your visitor. This puts them in a natural frame of mind to buy (unlike many sites which may just have pictures of the products and a shopping cart)....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mini site or content-based web site?
- Are you in a dilemma whether to create a mini site or a content-based web site for your new product or service? The purpose of creating a web site should be to attract visitors and convert them to paying customers. Is a mini site with a few pages enough to do this or should you spend more time and create a content-based web site which contains many pages?Let's look at some of the Pros and C...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to make effective use of web fonts
- Writing for your web site is not the same as offline writing. The fonts used for print media are different than web fonts. This is because it's harder to read text on a computer screen and visitors tend to scan your web pages rather than read them word for word. When deciding on what web font to use, take into consideration the character of your site and whether the web font type is widely availab...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to design a search engine friendly web site
- Many web site designers don't design their sites for the search engines. This is a huge mistake because they miss out on attracting lots of free traffic. Your beautifully designed web site may have cost you thousands of dollars but it still needs to attract visitors to be profitable.Here are 12 highly effective strategies for designing a search engine friendly web site:1. Research hi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to use sliced graphics to layout your web site
- The problem with designing your site as a graphic, is that it would take too long to load. Your visitors would leave your site immediately and move to your competitors web site. How can you resolve this?Slicing graphics into a number of sections, then putting them together in tables is a great way to layout your web site. It cuts down on the time for providing a quick design for a potential...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web site redirection - how to implement a 301 redirect
- You just created a new web site but want to pass on the search engine rankings of the old one to the new one. What is the most effective and spider/visitor friendly strategy to implement your web site redirection? You should use a 301 redirect.What is a 301 redirect?It is used when you want to redirect your web site or web pages. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently". ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - .htaccess to mask errors on your website
- The .htaccess file is a control file located in your webservers directory. This file is a very powerful file that can control access to certain files, restrict access to files, forward people in the event of errors, and many more useful features for webmasters!One of the most embarrassing things for a webmaster is to have a website with dead links, bad URLs, and error messages when the user...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 404 error - the page cannot be found
- A "404 Error" happens when the web server you are on cannot find the page that you requested. This type of error is quite common and is seen all over the place.404 Errors can be caused by many different problems, though generally they are caused by either dead links, or errors in the websites coding. Dead links often occur when a webmaster puts external links on his website, then the websit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Essential strategies to make your web copy attractive to your target audience
- Reading on the web is different than reading in all other formats. People approach it differently and you need to have strategies that capitalize on those differences so you can connect with your prospects. Creating website copy that attracts your perfect clients, holds their attention and gets them to take action and connect with you should be your only goal when writing your website copy....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Optimized web page template
- I want to give you a free web page template that will be search engine friendly. Why?Well, I assume you want your web page to come up as high as possible in search engines because that generates free traffic.On the other hand, your page has to deliver value to your visitors. Most people on the web are not searching to buy something. They're surfing the web to find information to solv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cascading style sheets for better web design
- In cascading style sheets you can specify how your web pages will be presented on the screen by simply predefining page elements such as fonts, headers and links.You can add these predefined elements in the head-section of your pages, but more interesting is to use them in a single .css file and include that file in every page on your site.All you have to do is include in your HTML h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to increase your conversion rate or what most people miss when it comes to optimization
- Everybody talks about the importance of testing your sales copy or a page layout. After all, proper testing can help you modify your page in a way that will drastically increase your conversion rate.In this article, I would like to describe a way to shorten the amount of time it takes to test your pages and to increase the probability of success.Before I go any further, I would like ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Designing your websites directory structure
- Any kid, and their grandmother too, can make a webpage. There are many "wysiwyg" webpage design applications that let you create a webpage as easy as typing text. But only a few people can create a WEBSITE. The stumbling block is knowing how to link webpages together to form a website. I have seen many websites that consist of a single webpage - about a mile long!The first problem is that w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips for getting more sales from your website
- (1) Create a Direct Response Website, with the minimum number of pages possible (e.g. an Index Page, a Contact Page, and an Order Page).(2) Make sure your sales copy is positive and inspiring - people buy things because they want to improve their lives.(3) Identify a problem and show people how and why your product or service solves the problem.(4) Keep your paragraphs short -...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Want to increase your online sales? make sure that your web site has a unique selling proposition
- If you own a web site or if you are going to build a new one, the most important thing about your site is to achieve as high as possible visitors to sales conversion rate.Although they say that "the traffic is king online", if your website converts poorly, your online business will fail, unless you receive tons of free traffic which I doubt.On the Internet today every website has com...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Use feng shui techniques to design a harmonic website for your business
- By following feng shui guidelines and techniques, you can build and design a business website that is not only visually attractive but also attractive to wealth and prosperity. The elements that are part of a business website are somehow equivalent to the objects distributed through a working space since the website is the electronic version of the actual business' offices. Therefore, the website ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wording up your website
- Back to basics. Forget funky design, good copywriting is the key to a clear and intuitive website.Are you losing business because of your website? More and more customers are logging on to the Web to decide where to spend their money because it is quick and convenient, and they can jump from site to site instead of walking from store to store.Web savvy customers don't need to be pati...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 6 reasons why using flash is a big mistake
- Most web designers and web design companies will try to convince you that if you want your business to have the best site possible that you MUST have a flash site. Flash, for those of you who are newbies, is a software program that can create really cool special effects and animations. You can either have flash elements embedded in your website or you can have your entire website done in flash....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to choose a website design company
- The internet is full of web design companies pleading for your business. They all look great! Not sure which company to select? By following these simple steps, you'll be able to select the perfect designer for your business.1. The search for a web designer. Unless you really feel that face to face meetings are a priority, there is really no reason why you can't ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to save money on a website
- Know what you wantMake sure you know why you want a website and what you want your website to do for you. Write down some short term and long term goals. Establishing an Internet presence for your business is an important step ? make sure you do it right! You need to have a clear vision before you start.Surf the internet Compile a list of websites th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tried and tested tips to improve your website - part 1
- 1. DO NOT use excessive graphics or banner images on a single web page. They tend to slow the loading of your Web page. Impatient surfers might close their browser and move on. If you have many images on a single page, consider deleting few of them or moving them to a new page.2. You should include these elements on your website: About Us [Brief description of your company and its products....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building web sites using web templates
- Gone are the days when you had to rely on a web-designer to design your websites. New technologies with innovative ideas have brought out a new variant to this trend in the form of ready to use website templates.So what are web templates?Well, to put it in a simple way, web templates are nothing but readymade web-pages that can be used to create websites in seconds! How you ask? Web ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why stock photography is a great resource for web business
- A picture is worth a thousand words.And it still is today. With the media changing everyday photography has changed along with it and as a result is still a valuable resource for web business.Photos enhance the look of a website.Communicate so much more than words, they communicate emotions.Photos can be customized for borders and backgrounds....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Basic graphic design
- Wether you design your business brochures, flyers, web page, or ads there are some things that you need to know. There are some basic graphic design principles that those of us trained in the commercial art/graphic design field don't always share. Here's a short list of elements of graphic design that you can use today.ColorThis is the first and most important. Color is everything. I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you driving away potential customers?
- When a prospect lands on your website will he or she understand what you are presenting? Do your ordering/sign up instructions make sense? Can prospects easily find the information they are searching for? If you don't know the answers to these questions you may be driving away potential customers.As a writer I put a lot of effort into making ideas clear. Therefore, I sometimes find it annoy...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The next marketing tool: deisgn
- Design sells. It's something that all of us know, but few of us consciously acknowledge. There is an age old adage that warns people not to "judge books by their cover." In other words, we shouldn't judge people or products by their appearance. But this isn't true in America. We do judge books by their cover ? in fact we spend billions of dollars on products that have prettier "cove...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web templates: replacing designers?
- I've seen articles (and websites) that suggest you can buy a website template and skip the expense of hiring a professional website designer. Recently, I read several testimonials from the very satisfied customers of a website template vendor that mentioned how quickly they were able to get their sites done. The template vendor commented that he/she had known people to complete their websites in a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web page building for beginners 2
- A search engine robot actually reads the wording on your web pages and places a certain amount of importance on what the content says, but not quite like a human does. A human will place the words together in their head and try to decipher the relevancy to them personally and decide within a few seconds whether they will continue reading or click to another site, whereas a robot counts words and p...