The face of your business will be your website design. Your websites success depends directly on the design and flow of the overall site. The layout and design needs to be easy to understand and eye appealing. Your visitors should feel comfortable when visiting your website, not overwhelmed. A professionally designed website should always make your visitors feel welcome and provide the information they need to make the right decision to purchase from you.
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Your Website Design is the Face of Your Business
Monday, March 28th, 2011The Importance of a Professionally Designed Website
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
An unprofessional or low functioning website will actually cost a business sales. Website visitors expect and demand a well designed website that looks great, is easy to navigate and provides concise and easy to understand information. The online image of your company needs to be projected as professionally as possible. If your website is seen as unprofessional, it will reflect poorly on your business. So it goes without saying; a professional, honest and experienced website design firm is a must.
Website Design & Coping With Various Browsers
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
How do professional website designers and developers cope with the multitude of browsers and their varying capabilities? Here are a few guidelines.
Don’t sweat the small stuff. As a website designer, you must allow a certain amount of variation. It’s the nature of the medium. What is important isn’t that form input boxes are all precisely 15 pixels tall, but that they work. The first lesson you’ll learn is that you have to let go.
On Page Search Engine Optimization (part 2)
Friday, February 18th, 2011
DOMAIN NAMES AND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
A topic that comes up frequently when discussing URLs is the importance of the domain name. The domain name is that part of the URL that is shared by all other pages on the site (for example, hubspot.com and inboundmarketing.com are both domain names). Since the domain name is part of all URLs on a given website, it is often useful to have a keyword contained within your name. The reason is simple, since all of your URLs contain your domain name, any keywords that are in your domain name automatically become part of all of your URLs. This is why keyword-rich domain names have become so popular recently.
Not All Website Design Firms Are The Same
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
If you are new to the world of website creation, then it probably seems logical to assume that most website design companies are pretty much the same. After all, they all work within the same medium, so they should be similar, right? While that might be logical, it is not correct. When you choose a website design firm, you need to make sure that they have a proven track record for developing the type of website that meets your unique requirements. Not all companies are going to have the wherewithal to achieve the results that you need, so you need to choose very carefully.
Does My Small Business Need a Website?
Monday, April 19th, 2010I am still surprised that in 2010 I’m still hearing small business owners ask me why they need a website. The conversation usually starts out the same every time; I’ll ask, “Do you have a website for your business?” and they will reply, “I’m a small local company, my customers know me so I don’t need a website”. Then I reply, “Do you advertise in the local paper or the yellow pages?” and they’ll reply “Yes I do, you have to advertise”.
“You have to advertise”! That is the very reason why you need a website for your small business. The number one function of a small business website is to advertise your company. A website has now become the most cost-effective advertising platform there is today. Why?