The development of a web design must be intentional and with purpose. I know this runs counter to any idea of freeform and learning as you go, but there is a solid reason for making sure you know where you’re going before you try to get there. Because Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies can take so long to have a pronounced effect on your website, and subsequently your traffic, it becomes important to make sure your website matches your objectives by at least 85% before you launch it. If you need to take time to learn as you go then try doing so through an affiliate revenue program and a site designed for that purpose. Using web builder technology you can build a site at little expense while exploring the possibilities in design and function. What you learn from this exercise can assist you in bridging the gap between experiment and experience.
This will be important as you consider diving into ecommerce. Some of the standard pitfalls for most web designs are that the pages have already been established and you know what you want to put into each page, but you don’t actually finish the content before you launch. What you end up with is an opening page that gives the consumer high expectations and subsequent pages that are either blank or have the dreaded words, “Coming Soon” or “Under Construction”. This can be a death wish for your website. Complete it before you release it online. Call in help from freelancers if you need to, utilize free article directories when appropriate, ask advice from someone you trust who has been through web designs and make sure every page is functional and informative. You wouldn’t start a brick and mortar business without the racks, merchandise and essential items to make your business wholly presentable to customers. Imagine, if you will, a business that placed two 55 gallon steel drums on the floor of their showroom and them placed a couple of 2×12 wooden planks on top to display their latest high dollar jewelry while a couple of mismatched chairs sit in the corner for customer convenience. This would never instill trust in the product or the personality behind the business and the same is true of a half finished website designed for the consumer. When you present a fully optimized website that is developed with both the consumer as well as the search engines in mind you stand a much better chance at reaching both of them successfully. Unlike a brick and mortar store you do not have to live with the sign, “Pardon our mess”. You can develop a new website offline and upgrade the entire system when you need to. This article is really for both existing businesses as well as businesses planning to launch. If you have an existing business online, but your website is not what it needs to be block out some time right now to begin web design on an entirely new site.
You can redirect your domain when you’re ready, but web-building technology can help you achieve that next level in site design that will make the important marketing connections you need to really get noticed online.
As websites continue to grow in size and function the use of video streaming has become a comprehensive way to manage what may seem to be complicated changes for site visitors. The development of professional video streaming tours can help site visitors learn how to manage certain tasks. One of the primary reasons these video streaming tours are so successful is that they can visually guide the visitor through the most complicated of sites.
Obviously the best-case scenario would be to have a site that is simplicity personified, but as more and more technologies are meshed together to provide your site visitor a unique online experience it can be beneficial to incorporate a video streaming site tour to enable your visitor the best chance at gaining the full use of your site. For example let’s explore the possibilities of a fee-based membership site that allows a professional to gain access to freelance work in their field. The site visitor is interested, but isn’t quite sure how the site will ultimately benefit them in locating work in their field of expertise. A series of video streaming tutorials can help the visitor understand how the site functions, how they can locate work and how they manage their online jobs.
The online video takes them step by step through the process and shows them specific locations on the website where each function can be accessed. These video tutorials are a very positive next step to the traditional help section. As the interactive nature of the web improves the notion of a glossary type help section seems antiquated. A video streaming tour guide can be a great asset when wanting to move through a new learning curve in the fastest way possible. One thing that had become very apparent to online business owners is that site visitors lack patience. They want to be able to access what they want to access and they want to do so quickly. If there is perceived value in a more complicated site they will extend the courtesy of learning what they need to learn, but they want your help. This is why video streaming tutorials can pack a powerful punch for sites that may seem a bit complicated when the site is first accessed. As more and more traffic merges onto the information superhighway businesses will have to do an increasingly better job of leading customers to their site and then providing a means of understanding where they need to go and how to get there. Think of traditional box stores. Each aisle will have signs that indicate what the customer might find in that aisle. This is the thinking behind the best websites. Bold signs direct the visitor to locations that will be best suited to their needs. Site designated search engines or site maps can help, but the online video tour guide is becoming a strong ally in the battle to help customers find the most value in your business website.
While a video-streaming tutorial is not the only answer it is one that is gaining support from a visually oriented customer base.
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Marketing On The Playground (TM) My business is created around fun and yet I didn’t realize that I was still holding back. I wasn’t paying attention to those inner messages saying,»… really create this the way you want it,» because I thought that’s what I had done. I finally GOT IT one day after I figured out how to market my business and have FUN at the same time. Here is an example from one part of my business. See if this rings true for you. After creating my first exciting marketing program new ideas began springing up. I told a friend, I wanted to create additional «fun» programs but kept getting stuck. She said, «You like brainstorming, it’s part of everything you do, create a single program around that.» So I did. I thoroughly enjoy having brainstorming groups, and have received some great results and feedback, but after a while I felt like something was missing — something I was ignoring. I discovered what I really wanted to do was take this monthly program and turn it into not just a quarterly program, but an EVENT! Each event had to have an environment that really meant something to me.
It might have been something I enjoyed as a kid or now as an adult. What happens when you start paying attention to those wonderful times in your past or what you really enjoy today and integrate them into your business? You create magnificent, FUN, inviting programs. If you’ve been following your business path, doing what you love, how can it get any better? By looking deeper inside and paying attention to those inner messages. You begin like this. Simply start writing down those experiences or environments that bring warmth, giggles or excitement to your heart from childhood to now. Think back to what you really enjoyed as a kid. Maybe it was books, a love for animals, or those magnificent salt-water fish in your aquarium. What puts that smile on your face when you think of something you have enjoyed from your past or in the present? How exciting would it be to combine that special environment with a program you created? Here are a few examples. Things I enjoyed as a kid: boating, riding the train to my grandparents Things I enjoy now: hot tea in the afternoon, high tea, and a cabin in the woods One of my programs is now integrating all of these things with separate events.
One event will take to the rails on a train similar to the one I rode to my grandparent’s house when I was a child.
It will also be in my favorite time of year. I’m so excited I can barely stay focused on my daily routine and my energy feels like a giddy kid. Another event will combine with an afternoon tea. Here’s a bonus. By offering what you enjoy — it becomes your BRAND. Do I want to be known as the Chief Executive Kid of business and marketing fun? YOU BET! How do you want to be known?
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You need not go out to earn money, but can make money at home. This is an enjoyable way to work, and especially when you can spend all the time that you want at home with your family and loved ones. Reasons to want to make money at home There could be several issues that want you to make money at home and not have to go out to work and get your pay check. You need to have time at home and yet you need money at the end of the day to meet your commitments, so the only other option is to make money at home. A new mom you want to spend time with your baby You are a working mother and now that you have had a new baby, you would definitely want to be at home for a while but you cannot afford to give up your job too. With all the options of being able to make money at home, this aspect of cash flow need not worry you at all. As you already have a basic training for the job that you were doing you could opt to do something similar from home and could make money at home. Once you decide on the kind of job that you want to do, you will have all the time in the world to spend with your baby and can also easily make money at home too. Recovering from ill health and need to recoup Ill health, a surgery and prolonged sickness can take its toll on your well being and you may not feel up to returning to the office as yet.
Maybe unfortunately, you do not have any leave left which you could avail of and take time to recover from your illness. With all this you still need your salary at the end of it all and now do not know where it will come from. Relax, there is no need to worry. You can make money at home by doing online work or starting a home business. As you are not feeling too strong you can take on as much work as you feel like doing and also something that you have the skills for, so that you need not worry about any money coming in at the end of the week or month. There is an assortment of jobs available and you can take on what suits your know-how and do it at your pace at home. Someone needs to be taken care of at home Often there are aged parents, who are at home living with you, and you cannot really afford hired help, or you prefer to spend more quality time with them, then you could opt to make money at home and also be with your loved ones who need you at this critical time. You need not change your kind of work, but could take on something very similar to do online and have job satisfaction as well as mental peace, because you are bale to do all the things that you want and need to do right now.
You will be able to function better as you have the tranquility of your home to work from and at the same time do full justice to all your commitments, be it financial or personal.
