June 7th, 2008
What does this actually mean? Do you print advertisements or marketing pamphlets? Are the filled with text? Probably not, because you know if you picked anything up with 1000 words, you would most likely not read even 10% of it! The same principles flow into web design and content layout.
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June 6th, 2008
AJAX is extremely useful and helps alleviate the load on servers for large-scale application websites. What about for smaller, more concise web applications, though? This post is going to go into some of the great things that I learned regarding AJAX application support for websites, regardless of their size.
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Tags: ajax, javascript, richer customer experience, xml
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June 4th, 2008
How often do your web people analyze your website for particular keywords? AndPlus Design does a monthly check on all of its customers using FREE webtools that any website owner can use! There are people who stay on top of the search engine spider logic, but, business owners shouldn’t have to.
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May 30th, 2008
Are you having a problem with companies marking your email as being SPAM? Are you finding it hard to get in people’s inboxes if you have any links at all, or include a picture in your email? You may have an SPF problem.
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Tags: email usage, explicit ownership
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May 30th, 2008
Small business owners often do not maximize the potential of a full-time sales tool such as a website. Often, small business owners think that their website is just an online representation of a brochure or static marketing content. I am seeing more and more buzz on the internet with small business owners discussing how their websites are dynamic and what it is doing for their revenue. Having dynamic content on your website allows you to qualify leads, build credibility with potential customers, and always display appropriate information to the correct audience.
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May 29th, 2008
It sounds like a simple idea, doesn’t it? I have a client who had success with their website, and was very happy with the contribution the website was making to his and her company. This particular client had 500+ products that they were selling to customers, and, although they were not at the time taking orders and selling directly from their website, close to 80% of their regular customers did their research on this client’s website.
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Tags: make customers buy, trending consumers, trending traffic
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May 29th, 2008
When I first started working with AndPlus Design, my second or third client that I brought to the company asked what the maximum amount of clicks were while looking for information before a user “gave up.” At the time I didn’t know, but, from my own experience, I stated that it was 4 clicks. Well, people whose opinion “matters” wrote books and did some research on their own, and it turns out that I was close. The average amount of clicks that a user will perform while looking for content turns out to be three!
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Tags: Accessibility, help your users, three click rule
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May 26th, 2008
There are plenty of hosts out there offering $10 / mo or less for web hosting. This is fine if you are knowledgeable and understand exactly what you want, and see that what you are getting is what you need. If there is a problem, though, do you know their support number? Is there someone in the USA with whom you can speak if you needed to? How about a billing department? Is it all the same person somewhere in some small town who just sits and charges credit cards all day? This blog posting looks into some of the most important aspects of choosing a web host.
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Tags: Customer Service, Website Hosting
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May 25th, 2008
There are thousands of web firms in this country all trying to tell you why they are better than the next. The truth of the matter is, First impressions are everything in the world of websites. When putting together your presence on the web, you are going to want an identity which includes your logo, your content, and things that are specific to your business. You are in business because there is a particular niche that you are filling, not because you are the same as every other business out there. Using free templates is a good way to fall through the cracks and show your customers that you are no different than the next company.
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Tags: AndPlus, Customization, Revenue Generation
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May 25th, 2008
This is the first of a two-part analytics posting. We are going to discuss analyzing the effectiveness of your website through the use of free tools provided by Google. Since these tools are free, they work great for small business owners who do not necessarily have thousands of dollars to pay marketing companies to provide professional analytics. AndPlus Design’s Small Business Website Blog will go into the details of using some of these features.
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Tags: Analytics, Google
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