There are plenty of web sites out there in which basic elements of design are ignored. The viewer may experience overkill and frustration, instead of gently receiving the message or information. Here are some simple ways to help clarify your web site’s message for your company or organization. Use the web as a tool for [...]
As a graphic designer, you are sitting on a gold mine. You have a skill other people do not have, and you can use that skill to earn a good living. But, it’s very sad to see most experts in graphic design work for others. It’s time for a change! Let me tell you a [...]
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 [...]
If you are going to be placing ads on your website, you’ll want to put some thought into how you’ll integrate them. Poor integration of ads into your website will cause visitors to click away fast. Successful integration of ads into your site can be highly profitable. Before I show you where to position ads, [...]
Every action has a beginning phase where you launch your activity, a middle period in which you must sustain and develop it and a conclusion. Many people set up a website enthusiastically but then they find that they dont have the skills or knowledge to maintain and develop it. So, what are the challenges in [...]
Many people are looking for a bargain, when it comes to finding themselves a person or company to build and design them a website. In this article I write about where to go to find this website design bargain. The market place for website design is very competitive, for this reason there are plenty of [...]
“It’s good.” “You’ve done a nice job.” “I don’t like it.” At some point, you have probably received comments like this when asking for constructive criticism of your website efforts. Unfortunately, the generic nature of these comments does not give specific information on elements that you need to improve your site. So how do you [...]
1. Use .gifs rather than .jpgs. GIFs are smaller in size when compared to JPGs. 2. Use ‘Height’ and ‘Width’ tags for your images. So while page loading certain place is left for the images and visitor can go through the content while images are loading. 3. If you are using large images, slice them [...]
There are lots of websites out there that do little to encourage their customers to stick around or buy their products from them. In this article i’m going to show you a typical example of where a small company has gone wrong with its website. Company X is a small family run roofing company. They [...]
Your web site should be- visitor friendly to navigate search engine friendly for the crawlers Automated with ecommerce and subscription forms… Your visitor should get the feeling that you know your ‘stuff’. Here are few tips to show your web site professionalism: 1. Uniform Layout and colors: When you see Arial font on one page, [...]
