Archive for the ‘Website Design’ Category

Setting up a Quality Website Design for Your Business

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Here is a great way on how to set up a fantastic website design for your business.

There are an increasing number of online businesses sweeping the web because of the massive incoming potentials that can be made if they are set up correctly. Products and services are often being sold by these companies can be strikingly similar to other businesses. Because of this, competition is getting heavy and many businesses compete in terms of design in hopes to attract more online consumers.

A good business website design is absolutely crucial for the success of your company. The website must be lively keeping your corporate colors and adding some unique twists while at the same time keeping things real professional and putting your product or service in the frontend. A well positioned and designed navigation bar or column is also important to make your business website design clean to let viewers easily move on to the other pages whenever more information is needed.

If it Is too difficult to think of a good website design idea for your business, you can consult a web design service such as Icon Website Design. Icon Website Design specializes in creating e-commerce websites from the design all the way down to the coding necessary to make your business website design really fly. As long as you provide enough details for your company, Icon Website Design can handle the rest.

Sites done by Icon Website Design can really make a difference and ensure added success to your business all with the power of business website design. It is indeed agreat way set up a fantastic website design for your business.

Using Flash to your Advantage in Website Design

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

 

Turn your boring old static website design into a Flash website design today.

A decent website is considered complete when it has a great deal of text along with some graphics and images. Many times, templates are used throughout the pages to maintain a consistency with the theme or message of the site. This style is proven to work and many good website models have all of these elements present.  But even well executed designs can be lacking something and is often associated to interactivity or liveliness of the site. This is where Flash comes in and adding Flash to your website can turn any boring site into something very attractive if used correctly. In fact, the entire website can be fully Flash making it a Flash website design.

Flash website designs are really not very common since they take an awful amount of time to load and don’t get properly indexed by the search engines, but Flash website designs have no limitations when it comes to animations, transitions, effects, and other visuals. A nicely done flash website design offers some good visuals even while the website is loading. Then after the loading is finished, a breathtaking intro sequence is usually demonstrated.

 Flash websites are not easy to design and require extensive programming and design skills. Consulting a website design service like Icon Website Design is a good choice because you leave your creativity to talented professionals that can turn imaginations into fully interactive Flash sites.  From video development to interactive galleries, Icon Website Design is the best choice for making a solid Flash website design.

eCommerce Website Design

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Enhancing productivity and increasing revenue are the goal of many e-Commerce Website Design Companies. If you are looking for solutions to your e-commerce needs and software for your website which provides “Shopping Carts” you would be contacting an e-commerce Website Design Company like Icon Website Design.

A unique and highly effective e-Commerce Website Design Company to look into is IconWebsiteDesign.com. This company has a contemporary outlook to the design and e-commerce needs of its clients with excellent results in finalized website projects. Customer-friendly and with a great support staff, this online e-Commerce Website specializes in creating and re-designing e-commerce websites. Please contact them at 1-800-558-1017 to gain more information on their services.

Successful e-Commerce Website Design Companies that are technically interactive, digitally innovative and creative will generate formidable marketing space and execute perfect solutions for their customers’ digital and e-commerce requirements. Most have a passionate in-house staff that is highly qualified to integrate so-called market brands into their designs and give their clients a competitive advantage over other products and brands.

When discussing a project, some of the country’s most recognized brands are given as examples by these e-commerce Website Design Companies, and modern e-commerce methods are suggested so as to streamline and manage clients’ needs, and provide customers with e-commerce web-service that is unparalleled.

There are various e-Commerce Website Design Companies who offer:

• Design for Web Pages with Graphics that are prepared for e-commerce Website Development.
• Development and Growth of Web Sites, ensuring clean and well organized e-commerce web pages.
• Keyword Research Strategies used and suggested for the success of any e-commerce website.
• Promotion Tools for Search Engines so as to ensure maximum exposure to Major Search Engines.

Professional Website Design Company

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Professional Website Design Companies are in the business of providing result-driven finalized projects for their customers, with the potential for immense eye-catching solutions that are unique and pro-active, making their clients stand out from the competition.

This type of Website Design Company specializes in producing tangible outcomes that can be measured by their customers. Conventional solutions are created for the client, thus facilitating growth, and enhancing the brand of the company.  With functional, yet creative and unique designs, successful leads are generated for every customer, and with clear and useful websites the client will be satisfied with the service they receive from their Professional Website Design Company.

Icon Website Design is a very effective online Professional Website Design Company that has assisted many clients with design strategies for their websites using such tools as graphic images and e-commerce design and development. For a free professional website design estimate, call 1-800-558-1017.

Most Professional Website Design Companies are eager to enhance the total image of the client and the website, and facilitate global market communication. Team members give immediate suggestions and feedback so you can get immediate results. Professional Website Design Companies are eager to develop and create quality products using brilliant ideas, especially when enthusiastic staff expertise along with the client’s insight and suggestions are carefully considered and implemented.

Complete dedication to the clients advice, and brand development and recognition is what a an avant-guard Web Design Company will do to make a real difference when using its team of writers, programmers, designers and marketers to provide the customer with excellent end results.

We at Icon Website Design hope to have the opportunity to work with you on your next website design.

Icon Website Design launches a new custom website

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Icon Website Design, a professional custom website design and development company, has launched its newly design and developed website. The new IconWebsiteDesign.com better describes the growing range of professinal web services that Icon Website Design offers. The professional website services including custom website design, professional website development, web programming, web hosting, along with internet marketing, including search engine optimization, pay per click marketing, banner advertising, email marketing, affiliate marketing, and social media marketing. Visit www.IconWebsiteDesign.com to view the new website.

Icon Website Design on YouTube

Friday, November 14th, 2008

The Icon Website Design video talking about its custom website design and search engine marketing services can now be viewed on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJwfdcSm-u4. If you’d like to view videos of Seth Rand, the Vice President of Icon Website Design, speaking about website development and search engine marketing, please visit http://www.youtube.com/iconweb1.

Icon Website Design on Facebook

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Icon Website Design, a custom website design and search engine marketing company, has launched its own page on Facebook.com.  Click the link to see Icon Website Design on Facebook.

What is Custom Website Design?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Custom website design at Icon Website Design means by designing a homepage with a custom design and layout in Adobe Photoshop. We then make adjustments to the homepage design in Photoshop as per the clients requests. The homepage design then gets turned into an HTML web page upon completion and approval of the design.

125 Ways to Make Money Online

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

125 Ways to Make Money Online
 
Do you currently own your own business? Does that business have a website? If so, is that website generating revenue. If not, don’t you wish that it did? Whether you currently own a business, or have an idea for your own website, it can take time and money to accomplish that goal. If you take advantage
 
It takes a combination of two factors to have a successful website: a quality website and unique traffic to that website.
 
Question # 1 - What is a quality website, and how to I accomplish developing it?
 
Answer: First, you must decide what your website is going to offer its visitors.Five types of website’s that can generate revenue:
 
1 - Sell products - this would be an e-commerce website that sells products, either physical or virtual products - example: preferredprint.com which sells full color printing.
2 - Offer services - you would collect money in return for providing a service or services - example: iconwebsitedesign.com which offers custom website design services.
3 - Generate leads - have a lead generating website in various industries and resell them - examples: buyerzone.com and lowermybills.com
4 - Proprietary software development - fill a need, fill a void, or improve upon existing options - use the software yourself or resell it (license fees/monthly fees)
5 - Offering quality information and news - have an online newspaper or online directory or a blog with quality content that is updated often and make make money from advertising and/or industry related affiliates - examples: freebusinessdirectoryonline.com, fullcolorprintingnews.com, customwebsitedesignnews.com.
 
Next, if you want the website to be successful, you must keep in mind the following five things prior to and during the development process:
 
1 - It has to be user friendly. That includes loading quickly, being easy to read, having a strong call to action, and being easy to navigate. 
2 - It should fill a need or void. That could be offering something better or something less expensive. That can also mean offering something new and unique.
3 - It should be visually appealing, and generate the confidence of the prospective customer and/or client. It should make you appear large and experienced, even if you are a new company or a company of one. 
4 - The prospect customer and/or client should feel secure. This includes installing an SSL certificate on all e-commerce website’s, lead generating website’s, and/or members only website’s that request sensitive material, such as a social security number, bank account number, or health records. Examples of companies that can provide this security, including a trusted SSL certificate, are verisign.com, mcafeesecure.com, and godaddy.com.  
5 - Work with a web development company with experience and quality testimonials/references.
 
If your website’s does those five things, you are now in a good position to be successful.

In regards to the advertising and affiliate marketing as sources of revenue:

Advertising - All five types of website’s listed above can make additional revenue from advertising. How much revenue can be generated is based upon the traffic that your website receives, and the positioning of the ads on your website. Advertising would be the primary source of revenue on an informational site, and a secondary goal on all other types of websites. Revenue from the ads can be based on a CPC (cost per click) or CPM (cost per impression) model. An alternative option is to charge a flat fee for the ad space, but it will most likely still be based on the clicks or impressions. Advertising revenue is at its best when the site is receiving a high volume of organic traffic (little to no direct advertising/marketing cost to get that traffic) examples: myspace.com, facebook.com, youtube.com

An advertising platform that can be integrated into your website is https://www.google.com/adsense. It can be used for contextual, graphic banner or video banner ads that are sold by Google and put on your website. You then are profit sharing with Google, and do not need to sell ad space. The revenue generated is based on a CPC (cost per click) advertising platform.
 
Affiliate marketing - This is usually a secondary goal of a website to generate additional revenue (rarely a primary goal). You would place banner ads for affiliates on your website and receive commission per conversion (sales, lead, or application) rather than getting paid per click or impression.
Question # 2 - How do I generate traffic to my website?

1 - Search Engine Optimization - search engine optimization is the process of getting your website in the top organic search engine results in the major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, and MSN for your site’s main target keywords. This is often the most cost effective way to drive traffic to a website on a long term basis.  Through this process, we recommend making directory submissions, blog postings, comments on other people blog postings, becoming a member of social networking sites, and submitting your site to social bookmarking sites. These techniques will help improve your organic search engine ranking, but also potentially provide some direct traffic to your site.

2 - Pay Per Click advertising -  You can get immediate traffic to your website though platforms such as Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, Microsoft adCenter, and AdReady. The ads can be in contextual, graphic banner, or video formats. Pay per click campaigns are highly customizable campaign, based on keywords, geo-target area, date and time, maximum cost per click, and maximum daily budget.

3 - Email Marketing - blast out a custom designed HTML email to a targeted opt-in email list

4 - Affiliate Marketing - sign up with affiliate marketing network and apply to become an approve online affiliate with hundreds, potentially thousands of companies.

5 - Direct Marketing - this can include TV, radio, and direct mail campaigns

In summary, if you can build a quality website, as defined above, offering quality products, services, or information, that is receiving unique traffic at a cost effective rate, you will have a successful online business.
Written by Seth Rand - Vice President of Icon Website Design and Internet Marketing Expert
 
About the author: Seth Rand is the Vice President of Icon Website Design. Seth’s role at Vice President includes being the project manager for all of Icon’s custom web development projects, and overseeing all of Icon’s internet marketing services, including search engine optimization, pay-per-click campaign building and management, affiliate marketing, email marketing, and online banner advertising. Seth has managed the development of over 250 website’s, along with over $1 million in pay per click marketing, and has achieved over 60,000 Top 10 organic search engine rankings for himself and his clients through search engine optimization. Seth is a licensed Google Advertising Professional and a Yahoo Search Marketing Ambassador, as well as a member of SEMPO and the eMarketing Association.
 
Seth can be reached at seth@iconpress.com with any questions or comments related to this article, or for a free quote on any of your graphic design, printing, website design, and/or internet marketing implementation or consultation needs.

Custom designed e-commerce website development

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

If you are looking an e-commerce website, you have alot of options. Most of those options using templates, which help to keep the cost down, but limit the uniqueness and search engine success. At Icon Website Design, we custom design your website to match your industry and your needs. We also utilize custom web programming to customize the back end of the website to match your products and your needs. Lastly, we use a custom built search engine friendly platform, which will maximize the organic search engine ranking potential of the website, will will maximize your organic search engine traffic from major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, Altavisa, AllTheWeb, and Lycos. For a free quote, call Seth Rand at 1-800-558-1017.