I recently completed a redesign of the Paul’s Nursery website. The entire site is designed in flash and features an online portfolio, photo galleries and a user friendly navigation system.
The design of the website focuses on strong images to captivate the end user. Because their business is primarily design driven, it was important to focus [...]
A request from every website owner is “Can you list my site on Google?” So, for all you do-it-yourselfers, here’s the easy guide to getting listed on the major search engines including, Google, Windows Live, Yahoo and Ask.
1. First you need to build a sitemap of your site. There are pleanty of free sitemap generators [...]
1. Building a following.
Most site lose out on the opportunity to save some marketing dollars by not having a “sign up” form on their website. Whether it’s a “’sign up for our newsletter”, “sign up for updates and specials” or simply a register button doesn’t really matter. The point is to capture the contact information [...]
Most of my clients, I’ll guestimate nearly 85 – 90%, come to me for a web site redesgin. I love redesigns because the client has already had some web experience and kind of knows what they like and don’t like. Also, it lets me see what they were thinking the first time around and really [...]
A common request I hear often from clients is “We need a site we can update ourselves.” Maybe they had a site in the past with a web designer that was unresponsive or slow getting their work up. Or maybe, they might be so darn excited at the prospect of having their own web site [...]
A domain name is the actual name of your site (i.e., www.yoursite.com) . While domain names are pretty cheap to purchase and easy to change, it’s always best to do it right the first time to avoid bigger problems later.
The trick to having a good domain name is to pick a name that is easy [...]
The written content will be one of your sites most important aspects. People who surf the web are looking for information. The information on your site must be relevant and sought after by your sites end users to have value.
To go about the task of creating content, first think about the type of people who [...]
There are many things to consider when planning a website. Like a house or building, websites are best designed when built through layers of planning and construction. The first and most important thing to consider is the purpose of the site.
Will it be used as a marketing tool or will it be mainly informational for [...]
You may have heard the word but do you know the benefits? The trendy vehicle for individuals with unrelenting points of views – blogs are making inroads into the corporate sector. Could a blog be right for your company? Lets take a closer look.
First, what is a blog exactly? The term blog is short for [...]