When you have a website, you want it to be designed in a way it is appealing to visitors and easy to navigate. There are a few elements of web design that are fairly universal that every site needs. Find out what you need to do that will make your site follow these design elements.First of all, you need to have a simple design to your site. Many times pages look sloppy when too much is going on. You need to simplify things...more
Brick-and-mortar small to medium sized businesses are facing a lot of changes in this economy. Cutting costs and increasing revenue is the bottom line, what every business needs to perfect in order to succeed. When talking about Internet marketing, most small business owners think that investing a few hundred dollars in a sub-par website is enough to put them one step above their competition. You guessed it right - they're wrong.Having a basic...more
Many online businesses know that keeping good traffic for the business is crucial in bringing the business to a successful level. Gradually, they will be nervous when they see a drop in traffic of their websites. They may then think that the problem is about their web hosting plans or the articles that they post on the website. As a result, they will purchase a new web hosting plan, which is more expensive. They may also hire some professional article writers to write the articles for them, and they need to pay a lot. This sum of money is actually unnecessary in most of the cases. In many cases, the drop in traffic does not originate from the business. The drop is actually determined by several external factors which can hardly be changed even though the businessmen purchase a more expensive web hosting plan or hire someone to write the articles. Firstly, you have to accept that there must be some seasons in which traffic may drop. As long as the products sold by you does not suit the seasons, your website's traffic will drop. For example, your business website which sells sunglasses may earn a triple jump in traffic or even sales volume in summer, but in winter everything turns...more
The cheap website hosting of course has a lot of flaws due to its low price. Limited bandwidth limited hard disk space, shared server, lowered customization options and others. And these are just the major flaws and for instance. One of the minor ones is the lack of support for the requirements of different applications. Undoubtedly,...more
You do not have to think of totally new gimmicks to grab the attention of the market. You just have to be innovative enough to be able to twist and transform the old favorites of your clients such that they will appear as new to them. Here are three excellent examples of innovations you can make to the much loved promotional pens:1. Mood Stick...more
Tips to getting a promotion at work.Most people think getting promoted at work is just a matter of working hard and hoping you'll be recognized when the time is right. This is not so, getting promoted at work requires a conscious effort of making behavioral adjustments that will get you and your work noticed and put you in the executive radar for consideration.In short getting promoted requires a plan. If you do not already have one, I'd suggest you get down to scribbling now.You need to ask yourself if you enjoy what you do and if you can thrive doing what you do currently- There is no point getting the extra responsibility that comes with a promotion if you do not currently enjoy what you do or have sufficient competencies to excel.Let your passion show through- Still back on point 1, you need to be enthusiastic about what you do and this is what others see, someone who is truly dedicated, committed and achieves results.Communicate effectively- The engine of the work place is communication, and it appears in various forms, emails, telephone, memos etc. Avoid spontaneous responses to email communication especially, carefully read and craft responses which you know...more
Website hosting, this is what adds life to your website. Irrespective of the fact that how much you have worked for the development of your website, its creation, designing and content, if your website isn't resting over reliable...more
The reason why you put up the online business is foremost the income-generating aspect of the venture and everything else is secondary. Money is what drives people to focus in terms of their goals and ambitions, and as such exerts all efforts when it...more
What makes any search engine optimization campaign successful? A successful link building campaign! To be fair, SEO is not only about links - you have to have an SEO friendly website, you need to do onsite optimization, and then roll up your sleeves...more
When duplicate content issues appear on your site, you might be surprised to learn even similar content can be deemed as duplicate in the eyes of search engines. The question now arises - how do you deal with this problem? What steps can you take to...more
It isn't enough just to have a website—you have to be able to draw visitors in order to make money. It is essential to keep traffic coming to your website in order to generate new sales even if you have a consumable product that is in constant...more
Have you ever been passed over for a promotion that you thought was bound to be yours? This author was once overlooked for a position that I was sure was in the bag. I left for a 2 week vacation the day before the position was posted, and I...more