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Turn your website into a cash register??

Friday, October 19th, 2007

A call to action is a command to your customer and/or clients offering them some type of a special, or informing them of an upcoming events that will be happening and some time in the near future. Essentially it’s created to have the client give you information about themselves or to take advantage of some special what you’re running presently within your organization.

By creating an effective call to action, you can increase your sales, inbound calls, potential clients filling out a form to be part of your newsletter roster. Or maybe you just have a online e-commerce website and you trying to generate more online sales.

  • “Special good while supplies last order now!!!”
  • “For a limited time only!!!”
  • “Receive a free gift when you sign up now!”
  • “Sign up for our affiliate program, and start earning money today.”
  • “When you purchase something today.  You’ll be entered in a $1,000 raffle.”
    One of the ways that you can create an effective call to action is to see what your competitors are offering. You can even look in different marketplaces completely unrelated products and see what their calls actions or on their websites. What I like to do is to us on else is doing in them brainstorm upon their ideas and make him better and obviously different.

          Obviously in whatever you’re selling the more urgent you make  it the to better it is. The more you can do things like while supplies last. A limited time only!

Obviously quotations are good. So is using various different font types like creating bold text in the call to action.

The other thing is be as direct as you can possibly be with your clients. If the offer is not specific and unclear to the client or potential client or more likely not to make the purchase.

 A lot has been done in the area of the study of colors. I personally like to create some type of text by using the program flash. I like this because it allows you to bring in different images and has the person be able to focus on whatever your call to action is. I’m not a big advocate of having everything swirling around the pages in using flash left and right.  But I do like it with inside the context of your call to action. With some good images and a strong call to action will definitely increase the amount of conversions you’re getting on your website.

Whatever you decide to do is very important that you do some testing and measuring so you can find out what call to action works the best. We are actually working on a pay per click campaign for a client right now and on the landing page.  We’ve created various different calls of actions. We also done is create various different landing pages, so we can monitor what the conversion rate is from people clicking to people filling out the forms.  The actual sales taking place. Whatever you do test to measure every and all marketing that you’re doing.

One of the cheapest ways to go about this is to have someone do some search engine optimization to your website.

Also using various different web based programs - such as PHP programming, ans my SQL you can really find out what your conversion rate is.

Here is a great book to listen to on an audio cd, or read a book

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

The name in the book that I am looking into right now presently is called the tipping point. I have to say at first I wasn’t really interested in his book.  But as time goes on it has become quite fascinating. There is some great things that could be used in creating an effective Internet marketing campaign. As well as different words and combinations are words for search engine optimization. This so many different theories that can be utilized and harnessed.

Based on what I’m reading about now.  They’ve done some studies about people and nodding their heads up and down in the yes motion.  And as a result of this.  It had created a much higher rate of agreement amongst people. And if you get people’s agreement, you can certainly get the sale.

My intention is definitely to create different sketches and utilize them in the web development and web design process.  I would dare to say also that you can probably use it as part of the checkout process in your PHP web programming.

My theory is the more that you educate yourself and various different marketing techniques.  The more likely that you will succeed. I have an business coach that I have hired most recently, and she keeps shrilling into my head about testing and measuring results.  She said that she worked with the client, most recently that has been running an ad for the last three years is coursed him roughly $18,000 a month. She asked him, quite simply, have you been tested and measuring the results based on this particular spend and the answer inevitably was no.  He had not been testing and measuring the results of this marketing campaign. Needless to say that he was heartbroken when he found out after they had put a specific value in the head.  That would have customers respond to it.  They got zero responses. That’s why it’s so imperative to create some type of testing and measuring on all of your Web marketing and search engine optimization practices. It is a great free tool out there referred to as www.statcounter.com is a free service that I would suggest everybody to use Kazaa will show entry points on to the website and it also collects the searching data from Google, Yahoo, and MSN. The more you know, the better. This will help you focus on where you should spend money on way you should pull back.

I will exhibit some good websites which are some of my favorites websites and I will tell why I like them.

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

   1.)  www.iconwebsitedesign.com - the reason that I’m fond of this website is that it’s very simple and easy to read. The other thing that I like about this website is from the level of SEO the text is not only easy to read, it’s is pertinent to search engine optimization. The other thing that I like about this site is that it has an RSS feed, which brings in new copy on a daily basis.  That will be speaking about search engine optimization, and custom website design.

2.) www.preferredprint.com - the thing that I like about preferredprint.com is its easy navigation through the left side of the page. It’s very simple at the top it says products, and then is a list of all the different products on the left side of the page. The text on this site is very pertinent obvious he to full color printing and graphic design. If you notice when you go to various different websites, almost all of them have the navigation on the left side of the page, and they have a hatter which has the basic information such as contact us and frequently asked questions etc.

I was tell people never try to re-create the wheel. I don’t think it’s possible to make a wheel that is more rounds, although I do think that it’s possible to make a wheel roll better. What determines one car tire from another car tire. You know it’s funny, people don’t buy a car tire just because it’s cheap. Allow time they spend three times the amount of money just because of the unknown quality the tire and the expected safety of the.

What comes to custom website design.  It’s the same thing. People looking for quality, and as a result in a have a problem spending some money to get that quality.

I most recently bought a new router for my business Cisco Systems router to be exact. The funny thing about that is this particular router and of course you probably four or five times the amount that you could buy that same product for from an offshoot brand.  Nevertheless, I bought the Cisco Systems router anyway because it was so highly recommended by all the different business professionals. Custom websites design and the exact same thing.

I can’t tell you how many times people tell me that what they could purchase a custom website cheaper than what it is that I sell for presently right now. My answer to them is quite simple.  You get what you pay for. A purchase a website from some kid who lives at home with his mom and dad.  Generally it’s exactly what you get. I know for instance, that icon website design.com turns around the HTML 5 page website as early as seven days. Not many places can take a custom designed website from scratch.  Even if it is five page HTML and have a ready fee is seven days after you start the job. I’ve seen simple little insignificant websites take as long as four to six months. That’s why keep pushing people to icon website design.com.

The thing I like about these guys is they do everything from Web hosting, web programming, PHP programming, custom website design, and a slew of other website options that you could possibly want.

I know that there are also heavily involved with Google as well. I think presently from last I spoke to them they were probably managing somewhere in area of 30 different paper click campaigns for various different clients.

I know it’s really important to people in the making decision who to go with from Internet Mall coming to pay per click advertising to search engine optimization.

 

By all means if you have any questions, and you’d like to talk to someone to get some insiders information about some different web development companies, free to give me a shout.

What is the conversion rate that your website is producing off the various different cliques that you get on a day-to-day basis?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Said another way is what is your company statistics day in and day out? I think that it’s very vital to find out what your conversion rate is off your website. For every 500 clicks, you get one sale generally. Or do you make itself for every 1000 clicks on your website. If you haven’t already done so you’ll going to want to install some type of stack counter on your website.

Here are two different back town is that I like to use. One of them is referred to as www.stat counter.com I’ve used this service quite a bit I like it because first off it’s free, and it also gives you a lot of great information about your website. This particular stat counter will actually give you all the different people in figure site on any given day, where they found you on the Internet.  Under whatever particular keyword they search for. It actually has an option when you click on it that says keyword activity. When you click on a keyword activity button it actually will show you all the different keywords that people found your website under on the various different search engine. This is obviously based on the organic traffic that you have coming to your website and any given day. I like this in particular because I can see what people are searching more than normal on all these different statistics. Like for the printing company, if I’m getting the a high conversion rate at the level of full color printing. And also how many people are actually searching on the full color printing and what position the website is actually organic traffic.

When I speak of organic traffic when I’m speaking about is where does your site actually show up in Google. Whenever you do a search on Google.  You’ll find out that in the upper right-hand corner it’ll tell you 1 out of 10  out of  50 million possible webpages. Anything under the top sponsored links to what is known as the organic traffic within Google’s search engines results.  The organic side of blue well, what it means is that you’re not paying per click. I tell people all the time when you finally on global under my printing company.  You could click from now until the cows come home.  It’s not come across me any additional money.

This is why I tell people all the time that search engine optimization is such an important tool for you to have with inside your website. I always stressed the people what you need to find a firm that’s going to be able to take care of all of these needs for you.  And by the way is a lot of different needs more needs and you’ll even be aware of.  You know, it’s one of those things you just don’t know what you don’t know. It’s like walking into a mechanic nowadays and tell him what you think is wrong with your car.  The fact is the average consumer has no clue what goes on underneath the hood of their car. I’m not saying it’s like it’s a bad thing, but I really don’t know much about what goes on under the Michael I know I turned the key in the car starts and I drive it is about as much as I know about clause and the engines that run them.

 If you are looking to create a new website and have any title Web presence even have to find a rental firm to work with.  They have to know all about web programming they have to know all about graphic design, and Web design.  The multimedia company that you deal with is going to have to know a lot about a lot of different things and the level of your websites, productivity and profitability. Also been have to know about search engine optimization.

The reason that search engine optimization is such an important processes, because whatever they do in the show up within the three major search engines. Trippi said is really only one major search engine which happened to be Google. The other two, which is the next biggest Yahoo and MSN only represent a very small part of marketplaces for searches go online. They are only responsible for about 15% of all additional searches online. So obviously the most important part of your search engine optimization has to be geared towards Google

Is your business’s website cashing on on the Internet boom

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Things to do you see a business can cash in on the Internet boom.

The first thing you need to do is to figure out where you are going to fit in? What I mean by this is what is the products that you’re actually going to be selling. Is your product is such that as of the custom nature. Meaning, can I purchase things from your company online or do you need to be able get the specs of the job because it needs to be custom quoted. If you do and custom quotes often and at that all you need to do is to find a reputable companies do search engine optimization to your website. If the website is not up to snuff to the level of graphic design.  Need to hire a web designer to bring you up to speed and/or up-to-date.

If your company website is more of the e-commerce type. Then, there’s a lot that you’re going to need to do to get that website up to snuff. You are going to have to find a company that is reputable and competent to do your job. This going to be a lot of programming that’s going to need to be done for e-commerce website. One things you don’t want to find out is going to be in PHP.,  Asp.net, etc. it is very important that you find out the company has a very good web programmer to handle all the database needs of a e-commerce website.

The and company is going to have to know more than just the e-commerce programming. They’re also going to have to have a good understanding of search engine optimization and Internet marketing. These things are all very important because they all called Mendel one another. If you go with a company that’s talented and database programming, and they know nothing about search engine optimization, and you’re going to end up paying twice the amount. Because whatever they end up doing at the level of programming.  It’s going to have to be redone at the level of search engine optimization.

So as you may figure out the is going to be a lot of things that you’re going to need to do at the level of choosing the correct website design company, and/or search engine optimization company to basically do all of your needs.

I personally find that it’s best to find a company that’s actually very well versed in both products. Find a one-stop shop that can give you everything from A to Z. as far as I’m concerned, they better be able to do all things design a aesthetically pleasing customize  Website.  Be able to do functional back in the e-commerce with an admin program.  So you can constantly update all of your products without having to call them for every little thing you need. And last but certainly not least, they need to be well versed in search engine optimization.

If you’re not sure who to go, I can definitely give you some great ideas. Feel free to get in touch with me between Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m..  My office number is area code 954-733-8862

What is the most important marketing tool you have is a company?

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

The question is so good I want to ask it again. What is the most important tool you have as a company????

I remember most than five or six years ago that I had read somewhere that within the next six to 10 years.  If you didn’t have a quality website with good functionality that you will find yourself on the short end of the stick.

When I first read it some years ago, I thought was kind of over exaggerated. Back then, the Internet was virtually nothing compared to what is now. Remember the first year they made like a big deal about how many sales through the Internet were taking place during Christmas time. But here we are just six years after I read that comment, and now I’m telling people exact same thing. I can even stress you how our agent is that you have an up-to-date functional website.

Chances are, you have an update your website in the last four or five years is completely out of date information and very least is inconsistent, if not flat-out wrong, and it looks a little bit like the tuxedo that you wore to the high school prom, completely out of date.

I keep saying this again and again because I can’t really believe it myself. Last month, Google build out $1 billion in pay per click advertising. Seriously with all earnestness, you have got a get an up-to-date website.

The next question is, if you’re going to get a new website or update the website you have the new going to have to find a reputable website design company. Sometimes just doing the due diligence to try and find an up-to-date custom web design company is next to impossible or at the very least, exhausting.

The other important thing to keep in mind is whoever builds your custom website better know about search engine optimization. If you get the best website in the world and you optimize it.  You literally throwing your money out the window. You know its funny when I ask how do people find your website online. The most common response is, they typed in www. whatever .com . I can’t help but laugh about this, that means that the only way that someone’s in a find your website as if they were you know about it. This is where search engine optimization comes in, if you optimize your website do people actually be able to find you through the provinces that you sell.

I want you to keep something in mind, every single day that goes by that you don’t have a website that has been optimized for the search engines. You are losing time, and money. Each and every day the world of the Internet keeps getting stronger and more powerful.

Something I love to point out to people is this - how many Americans, do you think are still using the Yellow Pages. And by the Yellow Pages, I mean that huge yellow book, that they conveniently keep putting them from your door, year after year. I’ll and don’t forget.  It’s now not just the Yellow Pages. It’s the Yellow Pages, the yellow book, the Verizon Yellow Pages, and probably a half a dozen little yellow books called whatever. You know it’s funny every time the Yellow Pages show up, I think it anybody’s house, somebody takes the one they had sent out may be six months before throws out a way. But here’s what’s most important about the Yellow Pages.  Almost nobody uses them anymore. And most of it about six months ago that I got the Yellow Pages sent to my house.  And I is my wife do you want us.  She said no and I said ya, me neither. I opened up the trash can, and gave them the old heve ho.

I ask people when they come my office all the time to use the Yellow Pages anymore. You know what the answer is almost always??? ((( NO!!!!))) I would say eight out of 10 people that I asked this question too soon to use the Internet to find what it is that they’re looking for. And that of those eight people.  Seven of them almost always say Google is where I do my searching. These are just a few of the many reasons why you want to make sure that your website is up to date.

Fort Lauderdale PHP Web Programming

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

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