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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Graphic terms- the basics part i
- You're almost set. The content of your website, e-book, or software is complete. Ready to put together your e-book or software on the market. In order to turn your prospect into buyer, the look of your e-cover is just as important as the content. What to do? If you're adventurous and seeking the how-to's of self-design below is a short list of terms you'll need to know. If you're considering havin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choose & use the best colors, the psychology of color
- Are you using the best colors for your web site? Many web designers often overlook the issues of color in web design. When choosing colors for your web site there are three main areas that should be addressed.1) The psychological effect of colors,2) The effect on the readability of your site, and3) The complementary choice of colors for your background, graphics, links, and te...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increase sales on your website! use graphics!
- How many times have you clicked on a website only to find a screen full of text? You read a large-scale headline and then all you see is text, much like reading a letter. You scan down the page looking for something to attract your attention.Do you know what you're really looking for? You're looking, subconsciously or not, for a picture to show you what's in the web site. You want to "...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your graphics- are they really working for you?
- (Making Your Graphics Work For You)It's no secret that a picture is worth a thousand words or that people really do judge a book by its cover. Effectively using graphic headers, e-covers and background graphics can send your profits soaring. Amateur looking graphics are worse than no graphics at all.The graphics you use on your website should intensify the screen's message. Correctly...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - E-covers for your niche market
- When creating an e-cover the what's the first thought that comes to mind? How do I do it? What software do I need? How much will it cost? How quickly will I have it complete?Most people will start searching for software to automatically create the cover. There are several "cookie-cutter" software packages available to create e-covers for e-books, and software boxes. Most of these ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hiring a graphic designer
- You've come up with a great product. You've got the sales letter written for your website. Now you need the graphic design to complement your product and the text that describes it. Not being artistically inclined or adept at the technicalities of computer graphics, you decide you need some help.You may be thinking, "I'm not sure I can afford to hire a professional graphic designer." The tr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great e-cover creation in 5 steps
- There are several graphic software packages available to help you create your own e-covers for your product or service. Most provide you with a set of templates to choose from, and have varying degrees to allow you to modify the templates provided. Regardless of which package you're using there are 5 other important steps to consider when design an e-book cover, graphics for a software package or ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Looking for a designer to re-design your website?
- If you were like me and you have just started an online business, you have a website that you have made or someone has made it for you, and this design does not match up to your expectations and the competition. Fear not, there is an inexpensive solution to your problem.Your budget maybe low, very low and you cannot afford any well established design firms who charge the earth for an outsta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building your first web site?
- Before doing anything on the technical side, you need some kind of basic idea to work with. I suggest first getting some paper and a pencil. Start by sketching a layout of how you would like your web page to appear. For example, a simple title at the top, the area in which you would like any content, pictures and so on. Now its time to do some programing!Don't let the word programing scare ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to avoid the biggest mistakes member sites make in their marketing copy
- If you have a web site to which people pay a periodic member fee, it's likely that you belong to other member web sites and have done so for at least a year or two. Thus it's easy for you to overlook the fact that to the average person, member web sites are either a relatively new phenomenon or a completely new phenomenon. It follows that you can't afford any sloppiness or hanging back in making c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to design your web site with css
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allows you to create fast loading pages, increase your search engine rankings, and modify your whole site with one style sheet. So why don't more people use them? This is because they got so used to html design and are afraid or too lazy to upgrade their skills. Some will also use ready made templates that contain flashy graphics, bloated code and sometimes even contai...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 14 ways to add content to your web site - part 1
- When I surf the Net, I often see web sites filled with beautiful graphics that strive to capture my attention. Well, they do so for an instant, however I click away when I don't immediately find relevant content. The content you add to your web site needs to attract both visitors and search engines.Here are 14 ways to add content to your web site and attract visitors:1. Get in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sell yourself first...your key to more sales
- Selling on the internet is a challenge. There is no way to come "face to face" with your potential buyer. That visitor is unlikely to buy from you on the first visit. It's likely to take several visits and contacts before they throw down that cash or credit card.So, how do you build enough trust in a visitor to make them a customer who will press that "buy" button?Well, here are some...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How do you make a website?
- No, that's not the real question. The real question is "How in the Heck Do You Make a Website???"You do not have to buy software. You do not have to invest $300 in a special online program, either. You can do this for free.My websites were created for free and I did them myself. I knew almost nothing about making a website. I did not use any store-bought programs whatsoever. (Actuall...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why ugly sites sell more than pretty ones
- What the heck is going on lately? Most internet websites I go to now, all I see are pretty graphics everywhere. I see moving images, I see crazy JAVA, things flying around.Don't get me wrong, some of these graphics are truly amazing - I love to see them! But, that's the problem! I only love to look at them, when I'm done looking at them, I LEAVE! Lately, there's been a disturbing trend of e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Web designing tips
- Easy That's how you'd like life to be, right? Especially when you're creating a website on your own. But that doesn't mean you want the site to look severe and just functional. you want it to be pretty , smart and also respond and move when you interact with it, while saying all that you want to say to its visitors . There are little tips and Features incorporated into software just for people lik...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You too can have an amazing website
- It is a well-known fact that a successful business depends greatly on how it is marketed. With an ever increasing dependence on the web, the use of a professional website is not only a necessity, but a priority. Although it is a common thought that only large businesses can have top-notch websites, with the tools available today what seemed impractical can now be a reality. Best of all, designing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - My top ten list of extremely annoying web page design elements!
- Easy navigation and usability are one of the most important aspects of creating a "user friendly" website. However, there are still a "plethora" of web-sites out there that are, to be politically correct, "functionally challenged." Does your website keep people captivated, or does it send them fleeing as soon as they get to the first page? Do you offend your visitors by employing these t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The right trigger words
- CNN.com's designers have gone out of their way to make their work difficult. They could have built a very simple home page with just their logo and a handful of links: The Most Important Story The Second Most Important Story The Third Most Important Story An Unimportant, Yet Entertaining Story Yet Another Story about Michael Jackson ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Alternative to web site templates and design software
- Before I discovered the concept of Web site templates, I felt woefully inadequate to build my own site. It was the old "catch-22" where I didn't have the money to pay to have a site built, I needed a site to make the money to have a professional site, and without the knowledge of how to build a site, I had no hope of getting a site.But even templates took some degree of technical knowledge....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - No matr how goud the infomation...
- Typos, misspellings, hideous grammar, exclamation overkill and run-on sentences all undermine a Web site's message. Your reader will have to work too hard, and you won't have that reader long.Grabbing a reader's attention is a key point in getting your message out, but there is such a thing as too much grabbing--and the wrong kind of attention. Negative attention can lose a great many visit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 powerful ways to get zero sales from your website
- I want you to imagine a lemon. In your mind's eye, see its yellow skin. Imagine cutting it in half with a knife. Now pick up the one lemon half and bring it up to your mouth and suck on the juices.Do you notice how sharp the tangy lemon juice could be? Does it make you pucker? Do you notice how your mouth is watering?...Good!Now you realize the power of words!See, one t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet tip of the week: first impressions
- First impressions are extremely important if you hope to do business on the Web. After you refine your ads, and if you make your pitch to a targeted group, you will start to get visitors to your web site. Here is where many would be entrepreneurs drop the ball.Putting up a web site is not a difficult task, but designing a good one is, and if you don't pay attention, it might be working agai...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 20 tips to creating a profitable website
- As an online Entrepreneur you require a successful website.One that you personal own.On the Internet the two most used tools if you can call them that are Email, closely followed by Search Engines.This applies to all Internet users and for Entrepreneurs owning your own website comes in as second equal with search engines.Operating any business on the Internet requires c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stop sabotaging your sales
- Do your web pages, sales letters or personal presentations include subtle distractions that unnecessarily cause you to lose sales?Sometimes prospective customers get distracted during the selling process by outside interruptions. You cannot control those. But many sales-killing distractions are caused by what you put in your web pages and other sales messages ...or by what you say in your p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your web site is a wonderland: what picassos art taught me about persuasive design
- Whenever singer John Mayer sings his romantic song, "Your Body is a Wonderland", I can't help but think of web sites and usability. As a usability consultant, I see the devotion to his lover, and the time he spent uncovering every detail of her being, as the way most web site designers think we approach their web sites. When the lyrics arrive at "Take all your big plans; And break 'em; This is bou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You had me at the search engine
- You've likely heard of the movie, Jerry Maguire, with its famous line, "You had me at hello." Jerry Maguire was luckier than web sites we find in search engines. Many web sites don't attract user devotion at the first word, let alone after scanning the home page.How many times has this scenario happened to you? You've performed a search in a search engine or directory, reviewed th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to improve the professional look and feel of your website
- Projecting a professional image is paramount to your website's success. It can make or break your online business. Use this handy article and links to improve the professional look and feel of your site.First, take a general overview of your site. What is subject matter of your site? Define it down to a particular topic -- your niche.For instance, you can have a website on Sports. Yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to test your web headlines and web site home page to sell more products and services
- A client asked me, at what point do you change your Web site when not making enough sales? My answer? Within a month because as long as your ad copy is weak, those weak sales numbers will continue.Your coach is number one on Google and 35 other search engines with the key words, "book coaching." While web site hits were high, I noticed a below 2% conversion rate for one top eBook. The culpr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The technology may change, but human nature remains the same
- Let me repeat that.."The technology may change, but human nature remains the same!"In this wonderful Internet Age, we are all struggling, and succeeding to different degrees, to keep up with the technology. It's a never-ending battle. Web Technology! When it's good, it's often poorly executed, and when it's bad- it's fatal.Frankly, much of the time, the technology gets in the ...