Common Small Business Website Design Mistakes Part II
In our Part II follow-up, here are a few more items that can maybe help you avoid someone leaving your website the moment they see it: Be careful about your color choices. While there are many websites out there with some pretty bad color choices (see below), another problem can be how many different colors […]
Common Small Business Website Design Mistakes (Part 1)
The Small Business is a crucial market these days and it’s almost a given that if you want to be taken seriously, you need a website help validate that you’re real and want to do business. Unfortunately, many small businesses may not seek out help or may not always get the best advice when it […]
What should I put on my website?
This may seem like it has a simple answer but, many people get it wrong. Here’s a few pointers on what you should consider: A website should be an extension and a support system for your sales efforts. A good website focuses on the user. A good website is one that can handle a user […]
How important is it to Blog?
The quick answer is, very important! Search engines can index every one of your Blog entries as another page on your website. More pages can mean better search results. And, that’s what most of us want. Now, you don’t just want to create a Blog and leave it. You need to keep posting fresh content […]
People visit my website, but I’m not getting any calls.
This is something we hear from many companies. The technical term for when a visitor to your website actually takes action by either calling you or filling out a contact form and sending it to you is called a “conversion”. Why visitors aren’t calling isn’t really that hard to figure out. Most websites are informative […]
Why not just use a free website service?
There are a lot of compelling websites that offer “free” website creation tools. I’ve looked at several of these sites and have been tempted to use them myself. But, do I really want a “cookie-cutter” website that looks like a thousand others? Sure, they have hundreds and maybe even thousands of “templates” to choose from. […]
Rules for Home Page content
Avoid talking about yourself or your company – Instead of using words like “me,” “my,” “I,” “we,” “our,” and “us,” talk to your customers. Use the words “you” and “your” frequently. The one page of your site where you can AND should talk about yourself and your company is in your staff directory or an […]
Website design in Maryland
Why is website design in Maryland different than anywhere else? It’s not. It just happens to be where we are based out of. However, what’s different about doing website design for local customers is that it adds a little “home-town” touch to your work. A lot of times people like to meet face-to-face with the […]
A few tips on blogging
A few pointers about blogging you may not already know: Keep your blog post titles unique & fewer than 75 characters How often should you blog? Basically, as often as you can. Companies that blog at least 20 times per month generate 5x more traffic than those that blog only a few times per month. […]
SEO 1, 2, 3
Are you tired of all the emails that claim they can get your website on page one of Google? Some people even believe that SEO is a myth and that Google has their own way of determining who ranks page one and who doesn’t. I don’t buy that and I believe that there are things […]