I am often asked what kind of domain to get, and if it is important to purchase all of the available options for your chosen domain name or URL. There is often the feeling that it is important to have a spread to Continue reading
You’re on Candid Camera! Why you? What makes your company stand out from the competition. How are you going to present this difference to site visitors who may not be familiar to you? They need to get the message that your company is the one to meet their needs. Part of this job is done through Continue reading
When new visitors come to your website you have 3-5 seconds to convince them to stay. This doesn’t sound like much time, but if your website and content are well designed and engaging it’s more than enough. This is where knowing your target people really well comes into play. Attractive colors, appropriate images and attention grabbing Continue reading
Are you offering visitors something to encourage them to opt-in for your services, mailing list, or…? Giving site visitors some incentive to return and/or view you as a trustworthy expert is an important factor in converting them into clients. With busy schedules and the overcrowded inboxes of today, there really needs to be something that Continue reading
Where does your tribe socialize? Every business is concerned with their target market and getting to know them really well. This knowledge makes it easier to focus marketing dollars, as well as in making decisions about what products and services to offer.
Enter social networking. Is your tribe hanging out on Facebook? Perhaps they are more Continue reading
— and is there more than one? What are their demographics, behavior, needs? The better you are able to think like they think and walk in their shoes, the more successful you will be at attracting and serving them. Your content needs to be tailored to speak to them.
This may seem elementary, but it is surprising how common it is Continue reading
When visitors come to your site what do you want them to do? Do you simply want to present information or would you like them to be able to sign up for things? Or perhaps purchase something, leave comments, watch an instructional video…? Planning things like this in advance saves on costly changes later.
One of the most common mistakes Continue reading
What makes you think about a business and how you think about it more completely, reading it’s name or seeing it’s logo? People are very visual creatures, and pictures speak louder than words. Thus, the more memorable and authentically Your Business it is, the more likely the logo is to be effective and supportive of getting your business Continue reading
I had a big “ah ha” about this and realized I should share it. This is an example of something I’ve known about and used as the big “why” for some recommendations I make to clients—except I haven’t been sharing this particular “why” piece. This is all about marketing, a big “turn off” to some, but if you are in business Continue reading
Have you ever signed up for something online and then immediately received a follow-up email? Welcome to the world of autoresponders. They enrich the user experience by making the web more interactive and, in the case of a small business, they help to reassure those who opt in for your products or services that there’s someone Continue reading