Archive for April, 2009
Web Designing Tips
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
Easy Thats how youd like life to be, right? Especially when youre creating a website on your own. But that doesnt 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 like you.
Love what Flash can [...]
Make Sure Your Site Loads Fast
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
Patience and time are two of the precious attributes why you have to make your site easy to load. Patience because visitors do not have patience to stick with your site until your site has fully loaded. Visitors can change their mind in just a flick of a finger thus your site must load as fast as a flick of a finger to keep them from running away. Remember that they have lots of alternative sites to choose from so [...]
How to Hire a Web Designer/Programmer for Your Website
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
Why hire a designer or a programmer?
You might ask this question yourself when there are 100s of easy to build software on the internet. But building a website yourself and a professional designer makes a lot of difference. The designer put in years of expertise in building your website. He knows all the web standards as well as a professional look after it is done. Apart from that business owners dont find time and patience in maintaining and promoting the [...]
User-centered design (UCD) – 6 methods
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User-centered design (UCD) is a project approach that puts the intended users of a site at the centre of its design and development. It does this by talking directly to the user at key points in the project to make sure the site will deliver upon their requirements.
The stages are carried out in an iterative fashion, with the cycle being repeated until the project’s usability objectives have been attained. This makes it critical that the participants in these methods accurately [...]
Orient Your First-time Web Site Visitor
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Imagine spinning someone around so profoundly and for so
long that when you finally tell them to open their eyes,
they ask “Where am I?” not knowing if they are even on the
same continent they started from. When someone comes to
your web site from a search engine or through a link from
another site, it’s like that for them. They may have little
or no context within which to understand your home page – or
another page deep within your site that they’ve [...]
The Secret Benefit Of Search Engine Optimisation: Increased Usability
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
A higher search ranking is what many website owners dream of. What they don’t realise is that by optimising their site for the search engines, if done correctly, they can also optimise it for their site visitors.
Ultimately this means more people finding your website and increased sales and lead generation. But are search engine optimisation and usability compatible? Aren’t there trade-offs that need to be made between giving search engines what they want and giving people what they want? Read [...]
How to Test Your Web Headlines and Web Site Home Page to Sell More Products and Services
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
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 culprits? My homepage headlines lead my [...]
How I Learned To Build Profitable Websites From This Valuable Step-By-Step System
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
All of us have dreamed about building a home business that is profitable and rewarding. Just think about it, no boss, plenty of time for you and your family and the ability to save money (no gas for that awful commute, no expensive work clothes and fresh hot lunches straight from your kitchen). Now you’re thinking, “Okay everybody dreams about it but how do I go about implementing it?” In Holly Cotter’s course “Secrets Of Multiple Passive Profit Streams,” you [...]
Improving usability for screen reader users
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
Simply ensuring your website is accessible to screen reader users is unfortunately not enough to ensure these users can find what they’re looking for in a reasonably quick and efficient manner. Even if your site is accessible to screen reader users, its usability could be so incredibly poor that they needn’t have bothered coming to your site.
Fortunately, there are plenty of simple-to-implement guidelines you can follow, which not only drastically improve usability for screen reader users, but for all [...]
Things to Consider When Hiring a Design Firm
Posted on Apr.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
With the myriad of chores filling up most entrepreneurs To Do list, it seems that many side tasks – like getting a logo – get put off until the last minute. Thats when countless business owners realize how important finding the right graphic design firm is to getting their companys logo.
Here are a few questions you should ask yourself when youre browsing for a graphic design firm, be it traditional or online:
Guarantees.
Given that many entrepreneurs are strapped for [...]
