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Understanding Customers is Key to Building an Effective Website
Understanding Customers
"Who are your customers?" Most businesses make the mistake of being too broad with their definition of their customer. For example, "My customers are all people that need a website." This is too broad and is NOT an accurate definition of their customers. For example, my sister needs a website... continue reading "Understanding Customers is Key to Building an Effective Website"»
Are You Really Listening to Your Customers?
Listening to Your Customers
When you listen to your customers, are you merely listening to their words, or are you listening for what they really mean? In order to truly understand your customers, you must learn to not listen to what they say, but rather to listen to what they mean. For example, when... continue reading "Are You Really Listening to Your Customers?"»
Invite Customers Further with Good Home Page Text
Discover the Importance of Home Page Text
Relevant Words on the Home Page
Your customers are looking for specific and relevant keywords on every page including your homepage. There are many different features about your customers that can affect what they are looking for on a website and how they act. In order to increase conversions from your website, it is important to... continue reading "Discover the Importance of Home Page Text"»
Pulling Customers in, Not Pushing Them Away
Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers
Online Writing Advice
The content on your website should always help pull in your visitors, not push them away. So, you've optimized your website for search engines, but have you optimized it for visitors as well? When a user arrives at your website from a search engine, they have typed in specific words that they are hoping... continue reading "Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers"»
Combine Good Functionailty, Organization, and Persuasive Copy
Information and Persuasion Architecture
Information Architecture
Good information architecture helps customers find what they want and keeps them coming back. Your site's architecture is supposed to help visitors find what they are looking for. Categories and links should make sense to your customer so that they are able to find information on your website, whether... continue reading "Information and Persuasion Architecture"»
Understanding These Marketing Basics will help your website do better
Web Marketing Basics - How to be Successful
4 Important Marketing Tips
Understanding basic marketing skills increases your effectiveness on the internet. There are many aspects that you need to consider in order to be successful on the web, but there are some primary marketing skills that are exceptionally important. Much of your success will come from where you focus... continue reading "Web Marketing Basics - How to be Successful"»
Put Yourself in your customers Shoes
Boosting the Confidence of Your Customers
Trust, Credibility, and Persuasion
Credibility plays an important role in convincing your customers to purchase from you. Many doctors specialize in a particular field; people trust them because they are experts in the field they choose. What can you do to make your company look like an expert with your website? You have to be able to... continue reading "Boosting the Confidence of Your Customers"»
Earning Customer Loyalty
Earning Customer Loyalty
Truly caring about your customers is the real key to earning customer loyalty. I recently read this blog on "The Easiest Way On Earth To Earn Fierce Customer Loyalty. And It's Free." I thought his list was pretty good for earning customer loyalty: following-up before they can calling to... continue reading "Earning Customer Loyalty"»
Why are Website Statistics so Important?
Why Track Website Visitors
Tracking is the single most important thing you will do with your website. Do you have a tracking plan that allows you to know... How many people visited your site What keywords they used to get there How often they come back What pages are looked at Which pages aren't looked at Which page... continue reading "Why are Website Statistics so Important?"»
Defining Points of Action
Points of Action
Understanding critical points of action will help increase your online sales and return on investment.The internet is a far different marketing medium than any other out there. Every site has hundreds of entry points, with customers at different points in the selling process. Some come just to look at... continue reading "Defining Points of Action"»
Increasing Conversion Rates through Search Engine Optimization
Customer Conversion Rates
Search engine optimization can directly increase your customer conversion rates. I've recently been reading "Call to Action" by Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg. So far they've really focused on increasing conversion rates without the need of increasing the number of "eyeballs" that view your site. I liked... continue reading "Increasing Conversion Rates through Search Engine Optimization"»
What really is Search Engine Optimization?
Customer Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is not merely validating HTML, keywords, alt tags, and descriptions. SEO is all about "Customer Optimization". Too many people do not understand what SEO (Search Engine Optimization) really is and what it is not. Even "Professionals" disagree.... continue reading "What really is Search Engine Optimization?"»
A Goal for Every Page
Individual Web Page Goals
Get specific. And stick to it. I know we have spoken a lot about strategy and goals lately, but I can't stress how important it is to have a focus for your website. While reading "Web Word Wizardry" by Rachel McAlpine, she made a very good point. In a broad sense, every commercial web site... continue reading "A Goal for Every Page"»
Goals - What is the Real Purpose of Your Website
Website Goals
Writing specific goals is the only way to know if your website is being successful.One of the first things I ask new clients is "What are your expectations for your site?" Understanding what they feel is success will ensure that I address their specific needs and desires. If I fail to address... continue reading "Goals - What is the Real Purpose of Your Website"»
AH Digital FX Studios Featured in River City Weekly
River City Weekly
Recently AH Digital FX Studios was featured in River City Weekly's article about businesses in Idaho that have succeeded on the web. (Full Article (535 K pdf) )Kevin Keefe remembers answering the phone in Idaho Falls late one night, and on the other end was a voice with a unique accent. “Hi,... continue reading "AH Digital FX Studios Featured in River City Weekly"»
All Business Owners Should Know these 10 Things Before Building a Website
Before You Begin
10 things all business owners should know before they have a website built.I loved the article "10 things businesses should know before building a website" over at 456 Berea Street . Here are their top 10 with my comments added:Understand what you want. Too many businesses really don't... continue reading "All Business Owners Should Know these 10 Things Before Building a Website"»
Unique Information Will Help You Get Better Rankings
Unique Content equals Better Rankings
Unique content will help you rank better in the search engines. So you have a website and you want to rank well in the search engines. Well, you need to think about what you customers need and then define your unique value proposition. First if you don't understand your customers you will never do... continue reading "Unique Information Will Help You Get Better Rankings"»
Consistent Look and Feel - Branding and Positioning
Branding and Positioning
When your customers think about your business, what comes to their minds? How have you branded and positioned your business? You've set your sites on a specific group, you know what they need and you've got it. Now all you need to do is let them know that you are the answer to their problems.... continue reading "Consistent Look and Feel - Branding and Positioning"»
Use Navigation to Make Your Customers Comfortable
Simple Navigation Pointers
Good Navigation
If users don't understand your website's navigation, you are losing sales. Navigation is of huge importance to your website, so it shouldn't be just thrown onto the page. There are certain things users expect, and people are comfortable with things they are used to. For example, navigation is usually... continue reading "Simple Navigation Pointers"»
Has Customer Service Disappeared?
Customer Service
Are you getting your money's worth or have you noticed that some businesses have lost their customer service? I hope that this is a rare occurrence but I find the following story very odd. Recently a friend of mine went to the dentist for a regular checkup and cleaning. Halfway through the cleaning... continue reading "Has Customer Service Disappeared?"»
Clarify Your Unique Value Proposition
Unique Value Proposition
Clarifying your unique value proposition will help increase your sales. What is your website's unique value proposition? In short, your unique value proposition answers the question, "Why should I buy from you and not from your competitor."Now, if you don't understand your customers, you... continue reading "Clarify Your Unique Value Proposition"»
The Right Way to View Your Business
The Right Way to View Your Business
Why does someone visit your website, or more specifically, why is this customer visiting this page at this time? Every time you look at any of your marketing materials (print, web, etc.) I want you to take a moment to think about "why" this customer is taking time from their busy schedule to look... continue reading "The Right Way to View Your Business"»

Posted on May 19, 2010

Accept Credit Cards Online
FreeAuthNet - Free Authorize.Net Account
How to accept credit cards online without a machine (by using a merchant gateway account from Authorize.net with free setup) and not using PayPal. First off you need to know that I get hundreds of calls a year trying to convince me to switch credit card processors (or switch merchant gateways)... continue reading "Accept Credit Cards Online"»
One Click Wonders - Keep it Simple
One Click Wonders
Simplify, simplify, simplify. Seth Godin, the marketing guru who wrote "The Big Red Fez" and "The Purple Cow" argues that people on the web are like stupid monkeys wearing a big red fez. Make it simple or they will go somewhere else where it will be simpler. For example, have you ever been at... continue reading "One Click Wonders - Keep it Simple"»
Building a website is easy as P.I.E.
Website Design Tips
The three things that all compelling web sites do are entertain, inform, and provide contact information. If any one of these items is missing, the web site will not be effective. Ever consider why the World Wide Web is also known as "The Information Superhighway?" Information, information,... continue reading "Building a website is easy as P.I.E."»


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