The Basics
You have a flourishing business - everything is in its place. You just miss one important piece of marketing: an Internet Presence a website. Like everything in business, getting a website needs planning. Getting an effective website needs even more planning.
Here are some basic things to know and plan:
The WWW
What is the www or [...]
No question about it, web design is an art.
Finding the right blend of style and usability is a delicate balance that few, if any, fully master.
Which is why I am so tired af reading bullet-pointed lists demanding what you should and shouldn’t do while building your website. These dictators of web design are under the [...]
There’s no doubt about it - the first page your site visitors see is the most important page of your website. If your home page isn’t appealing, chances are the rest of your pages will never even be seen by your visitors. It helps to think of your home page as the “front door” to [...]
If you’ve just finished building your new website (or revamping your old one), how can you be sure it’s “ready for prime time”? Or maybe your site’s been around for awhile and you think it may be due for a makeover. Because Web technologies, techniques and standards change so rapidly, even a website that seems [...]
To create professional websites is not an easy task by any means. There are many things that you got to take into consideration like easy navigation, strategic links, clean coding, professional layout, easy downloading, scanability, usability and so on. These are the elements that differentiate a professional website from a mediocre one. So in a [...]
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 times have [...]
Have you seen Jesse James on the Discovery Channel’s Monster Garage?
Each week Jesse and his handpicked team create a customized vehicle to dazzle and amaze you. So what does this have to do with eLearning? Read on…
Big boys like big toys
Did you see the episode when the:
* Cadillac Escalade becomes a tailgate party?
* DeLorean is [...]
Color is everywhere and conveys a message even if we don’t 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 don’t think that color speaks just complete this sentence, “red means [...]
Drop Capitals are frequently used in many newspapers, books and magazines in the offline world. You will frequently see the large capital letter sinking down into the first paragraph of articles, stories and chapters in the majority of publications you come across.
The drop capital gives the page a nice finishing touch, and certainly adds a [...]
Websites, there’s literally billions of them out there in cyber-space. How many of them do you go to and just think this is boring, bland, or hard to use? It seems like too many to mention. So what makes a good website? I reckon it’s about interaction. You’ve got to make the visitor interested. You’ve [...]