The Digital Evolution of the Website Industry
Imagine a world where paper is digital. This electronic paper is as thin as paper, flexible, wraps, folds, rolls, looks more or less like paper, but is far more technically advanced. We pick up the morning paper from the grocer along with a coffee. The single sheet of digital paper is as cheap as paper but thats where the similarities end. We touch the center of the page to turn it on and...
Links help your website to become number one in Google
Everyone wants their website to be number one in Google. Getting there can be straight forward you simply need to know where to look. Did you know that the greater the number of links to your website, the more important your website will appear to search engines and the higher your website will perform in search results. The goal is to get other people to place a link on their website through to...
I love you Web Stock 09
Webstock 09 was a real eye opener. The web is a mature 2.0, or maybe 2.0.1 and anyone with half a computer can post their photos, twitter their life away, and network with friends to their hearts content. The question on everyones lips, where is it all heading? The answer is “no one really knows.” The best guess is that every thing will be more connected and I am not just talking...
Your website is a powerful money making machine
There are different kinds of business people in the world, those that know that they need a website and get it done quickly, and those that understand a website is a powerful business machine. If your business relies upon being found by customers, then getting found on the Internet has to be the number one priority for you. The Internet is the easiest way for customers to search for goods and...
Website statistics: what do the numbers mean?
Often you hear people talking impressively about websites with 30,000 hits a month. Sounds like a lot doesn’t it, but is it? In order to get an idea about how your website and others are actually performing statistically and make judgments based on this information, you need a grasp on what the different terms such as hits and visitors actually mean. Let’s just keep things simple today by just...
How to write text for your website
What key points do you need to get across? Often a business will have a compelling proposition that defines its brand. This may be matched to a key advantage that the business has in the marketplace. What’s your key advantage? For example, our company creates custom designs and databases for websites. We are also at a size where we have specialist people working in areas of Internet...
Selling online…will it sell?
So you’re thinking about selling on the Internet. You talk to friends and business associates and they all agree that it would be the next logical step for the business. However, will that new revenue stream become a revenue stream? Many businesses get online to discover that making a sale over the Internet is like finding water in a desert. If you are blessed with a product that everyone...
Smart design
If your search engine rankings are important to you then you need to read this. You can save yourself a lot of sleepless nights by talking to an Internet marketing professional before and during the development stage of your website. Many of the ranking and performance issues website owners face, have been derived from websites with poor search engine design. I suppose some of the readers out...
How to accept credit card payments on your website
Online credit card orders could be the missing link in building your Internet nirvana, but how do you go about setting the system up and what are the best options? 1. Establish a merchant account with your bank In order to process credit card orders you will need a merchant account with your bank. They charge you a setup fee, there will be a network fee and they put you on a plan that is a...