Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
How often, men, have you come home to find the living room furniture in different places? Your wife said she was ready for something different, so she moved some things around. It may have been inconvenient at first, but deep inside it felt good to have things a little different at home. Maybe by moving [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
QUESTION: My business is very small, just me and two employees, and our product really cant be sold online. Do I really need a website? — Robin C. ANSWER: Congratulations, Robin, you are the one millionth person to ask me that question. Smile for the cameras, brush the streamers and confetti from your hair and [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Should Generating Revenue From A Website Be The Prime Motivator? A pure sales site has only one purpose… to generate as much revenue as possible at any cost. In other words, your experience–good or bad–is inconsequential to the ultimate goal of the site and may well sacrifice customer satisfaction to make a sale. How many [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Color is everywhere and conveys a message even if we dont realize it. While this message can vary by culture it pays to know what colors say in your own corner of the universe, and even what color means to your target market. If you dont think that color speaks just complete this sentence, red [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
How you write and design your links is crucial to your visitors clicking them or not. Write them badly and they leave, write them well and they stay. Who knows, they might even do exactly that what you created your site for. Following are 7 guidelines how links should be written to improve the usability [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Creating a web site takes thought, planning and execution. Unfortunately, many designs are dead in the water before they are even published as far as search engine optimization is concerned. Whatever you do, avoid these critical mistakes. Database Parameters in URL Many web site designers dont take into account the effect of database parameters in [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Designers especially the newbies go frantic on how to go about it. It has to be attractive, engrossing, user-friendly and functional. Thus, unraveling the secrets will definitely bind the website. So, what are these layout secrets? Together let us unfold them one after another 1. Centering it all is no good. The secret is doing [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 10:40 am
If you have a business, big or small you may be thinking of getting yourself a website. The world wide web is another way of spreading your message or selling your product. First you need to find somebody or a company to build and design your website. Some web designers charge a huge amount of [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 9:40 am
When designing a website, it’s easy to start loading it up with graphics. While tempting, you have to resist — otherwise, you’ll end up with graphical overload. Why is that a bad thing? Here’s why. It Takes Too Long to Download The first reason to cut down on graphics is that the more there are, [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 8:40 am
The following tale must repeat itself a thousand times a day across the USA, and there is no telling how many times it happens across the world. I am asked to attend a lunch with some of the principles of a soon-to-be-launched new venture. One of the principles, to whom I am known, believes that [...]