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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making your website shine! attract and keep visitors at your site!
- When you consider the billions of individuals and companies on the net who are attempting to influence visitors with their wares, it is vitally important that your site offers something out of the ordinary. An important fact to remember is that what the site says is far more important than how it looks. Why? Because good copy sells!Pretty is as Pretty Does!I don't mean to imply that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 7 tips for building an antique car website
- Like wine cars get more attractive to collectors as years pass by. The fact is there are only a finite number of cars made in the world in any model and make. As years pass by only a few of these manage to stay out of the graveyard. These are usually maintained by antique car enthusiasts. Then there is the collector who collects them for their value and sometimes as an investment. After the advent...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - From search to sale
- The Internet car buyer is an elusive animal. Trying to hunt them down for the kill is not to be taken lightly. Dealers across the country continuously ask me what other dealers are doing to improve their closing ratios and CSI. I am constantly working to bring more traffic to their sites but as the old saying goes - "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". I have compiled some...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building ecommerce websites that work - part 3
- An interesting eCommerce success factor that isn't precisely overlooked, but which is often thought about more in terms of being a way of feeding the search engine spiders has to do with providing content. In a very real sense the customer's job is to consume. That's why you're in business.Think in terms of providing the information your customers need to do their job of consuming. What doe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - From concept to website
- You've decided to create a website to market your products or services. More and more people start their information searches online, so having a website is the logical next step. But without web development skills or knowledge, how do you build and market a website?To help you bring your business online, we've laid out these steps for you: The website concept? Choose and register a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 questions to understand your customer better
- Customer service questionnaires can help your clients better understand their requirements. Your clients can benefit by:* Focusing on immediate project requirements * Increased awareness of budgeted time and finances * Better understanding of project goals * Setting priorities of essential project features * Planning for project post-implementation phaseOn the other h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Php redirect
- A PHP Redirect automatically transfers a web user from one URL to another. For example, typing foo.com in the browser automatically transfers the user to another URL bar.com.The PHP Redirect command:Replace [some-url] with the URL where you want the redirection to take place.For example,header("location: ./version2/index.html"); =>redirect to "index.html" page in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Achieving differentiation with your website
- Internet Marketing is not a miracle marketing strategy ? competition still exists and you need to have a unique approach with regards to:Web Design Just as in the "real world", where your brand needs to have a unique look and feel about it, so does your website. You won't have much luck finding a web design template that is consistent with your corporate identity.Web Pa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Art, artists and the web: part 4--what to do after a website is designed
- What to do if you are an artist after you finish your website.Unfortunately, just because you've created a website, does not mean that anyone will visit it. The first thing to do is visit a website called "Words In A Row", www. wordsinarow.com. This is one of the best websites that explains how to have your website show up on search engines. This is called "search engine optimization" or SE...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Art, artists and the web: part 3--what to put on an artist?s website
- What to put your the website if you are an artist.1) The art workTry and think like a gallery hanging a show. Would a gallery put 20 paintings of an artist's art work on one wall? No, because the visitor would be completely confused and not be able to focus on any one painting. The same rule applies to artist's websites. If you cram 20 pictures on one page the Web visitor will move o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Art, artists, and the web:part: 2--first steps in building an artist?s website
- What you should do and know if you are an artist and you have decided to have a website.1) Look at "Web Sites That Suck."If you are an artist and have never had a website, the concept of a website can seem unnerving. The first thing to do is look at a web site called "Websites that Suck", www. websitesthatsuck.com by Vincent Flanders. This is a website that is so funny, and so enligh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Improve conversion rates ? load times
- Your site is getting traffic, but conversion rates are horrible. Everything seems to be working, so what's wrong? Your site may simply be to slow.Load Times ? Are You Driving A Ferrari or Moped?Give some thought to the sites you have visited of the past few weeks. Were you willing to wait 20 seconds for a site to load or did you hit the back button? Why would visitors to your site be...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Improve conversion rates ? effective content
- Your site is fast and getting traffic, but conversion rates are disappointing. You may have problems with the tone of your contentDo You Believe?You must have passion for the product or service you are providing. If you don't believe in it, why should visitors to your site? A lack of belief will result in weak content and poor conversion rates. If you are selling quality, you are doi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make your communication come alive
- Design and layout can make your communication come alive and your message immediately apparent. Now, with so much technology at hand, design becomes much easier, but you must develop the ability to plan and visualize what you want to convey. Then decide what will appeal to your readers and help them understand the material.Plan to use spacing, underling, indenting, numbering, and different ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The dos and donts of launching a small business website
- Launching a new small business website is often a long and painstaking process. And for most small businesses, the endeavor rarely ends in success. The terrain is mapped with freelancers, firms, and consultants that don't offer the same services and most certainly don't charge the same prices. Projects are often riddled with unclear expectations, missed deadlines, and ridiculous hourly rates. What...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website success is key
- The popular search engine Google indexes over 8 billion websites. Is one of them yours, or is your website just floating around in cyberspace and you're hoping your customers will just find you? Is your website a benefit to your organization or company? Is it just an expensive showpiece or is it of true value?These are some of the many questions that can be asked when launching a new websit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips for building a great business website
- A website is lifeline of internet home business. In order to succeed you must have a website that that meets the general criteria of accepted standards. Flavor of each site varies according to the intended business and choice of the owner. But there are guidelines which should be kept in mind while you work to develop your own e-shop.First of all is the domain name. It is the address to you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating dynamic website content with php - mysql
- Fresh website content for your visitors can be of real benefit when attempting to generate repeat traffic. Most webmasters, however, just don't have enough spare time to frequently update or rebuild their pages manually. If your web site hosting company provides free access to PHP and MySQL, this article will show you how to combine those two open source tools and replace a portion of your website...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Entangled in the world wide web
- I am just a learner who likes to delve in websites as a hobby. Hobbies are what make life so enjoyable for me. I have tried many other things - watercolor and pastel painting, organic gardening, kayak making, dinghy sailing, kite making, origami, stock photography, cartooning, carpentry, rock collecting, snake rearing and many other unusual pursuits. Somehow, as time goes on, and for some particul...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why you really need your own web page in-order to make online business!
- How many Web Sites did you stumble over telling you that you don't actually need your own? Now, this is true to a certain extend but not if you are heading for the real scoop.What we all aim for is to go from point A to B in the shortest time. A stands for where we are now and B stands for where we want to be in the future.Why would you take the bike when you could take the car?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website content & usability
- Writing for the web is totally different to writing for printed matter. We tend to scan content on the web hunting for the information we're after, as opposed to reading word-for-word. As a result of this, there are certain guidelines you should be sure to follow when writing copy for your website:1. Use clear and simple languageReading from computer screens is tiring for the eyes an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wysiwyg versus coding: html with a purpose
- After years of working with entrepreneurs who developed their first web site using an image-based editor, the new world of internet marketing has placed a stronger emphasis on web development that conforms to technical concerns such as search engine optimization and multi-browser compatibility.Wigging OutWYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get, pronounced "whizzy wig")...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 rules of website designing and layout
- Now that you have got your domain name registered, your next worry is about designing a website or getting it designed, depending on your budget,inclination and knowledge.To help the newbie's start it right - Design your website before getting the domain name registered. Why park an empty domain on the web just like that? Why waste even a single day after registration? right? So a better id...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The two most common mistakes that scare away web visitors
- Can you imagine the hypocrisy of spending thousands of dollars, countless hours, and boatload of resources to create a marketing tool that actually sends prospects running for the hills? It might seem crazy, but a overwhelming majority of websites are doing just that.By failing to (1) define the specific goals of your website and (2) understand how it fits in with your customer's buying pro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you losing sales because of these 4 simple website mistakes?
- Losing website sales and traffic is sometimes simply a case of web usablity - your website just isn't clear to your visitors. By fixing these simple mistakes, you'll easily increase your conversion rate and make more online sales.Mistake #1: No Clear Web Navigation SystemIs there a clear navigation system of links both at the top and bottom of each of your web pages?Does your ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increase hits to help increase your business
- In this day and age most businesses consider having their own website; from informational based to the most advanced and complex e-commerce site. For the large enterprise, this become a vital part of their day to day operation, their web site embeds complex applications that exchanges critical information between their partners and clients. Web services are sometime employed in order to simplify t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business website building do?s and don?ts
- First, using a lot of web graphics, flash, banners and pictures on your home page may make it look fancy or cool; but it will slow down the loading time extensively. And lets be real here, most people that look at your web page will leave if it doesn't load in 3 seconds or less. Because most people are naturally impatient. If they click on a banner or link that leads to your home page, they expect...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building ecommerce websites that work - part 2
- Succeeding with an eCommerce website is a dream for many these days. It may seem nearly impossible at times, but it can be done. This series covers some of the basic success factors - things you must consider in creating, implementing, managing and developing a quality eCommerce web site. There are many ways to do business on the internet - and, not surprisingly, a lot of ways to both make and los...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Guidelines for web page optimization
- Below, I have listed 8 simple steps that you can take to optimize your web pages. By following these, you will improve your chances of increasing your rankings:1) Target one word for each page: A huge mistake that many beginners make is cramming numerous keywords onto every page. Instead of doing this, you should focus on one specific keyword for each page. That way, you can make sure that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Abandonment - why visitors don?t turn into customers
- Every good Internet business understands the value of conversions versus hits received. Far too often, businesses become fixated on the hits they are receiving instead of monitoring their hit to sale conversion rate. This misguided focus is the road to ruin because it fails to take in the issue of abandonment.Abandonment"Abandonment" is one of those terms that has a unique ...