Relax

Get Your Creative Juices Going

Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your message across you have to get the attention of the reader and have a firm grasp of their interest and…

Trustworthy

How to make your website more trustworthy

Trust is a factor in Google’s ranking algorithm. Reputable websites that can be trusted get better rankings than websites of dubious origin. Google does not want to show low-quality websites in the search results. For that reason, it is important that you can convince Google that your business is for real and that your website can…

Bouncing

Reasons for a High Bounce Rate

A site’s bounce rate is the percentage of people who visit just one page on a site, then immediately go somewhere else. Your site could be the first result the search engines display for a given set of keywords, but it will get nowhere fast if most of your visitors don’t stick around. A high…

Wording your website

Wording Up Your Website

Are you losing business because of your website? More and more customers are logging on to the Web to decide where to spend their money because it is quick and convenient, and they can jump from site to site instead of walking from store to store. Web-savvy customers don’t need to be patient, studies have…

Blogging

Myths About Blogging

There are certain myths that have grown up around blogs, bloggers and the blogosphere in general. Here are just some of them and some clarifications: Anyone can start a blog! Not just anyone! There are some requirements, some more obvious than others. Obviously, you need a computer that you know how to use, an Internet…

Eye on you

Why Your Site is Not Making Money

Many people often asked, “Why am I not getting sales, nobody is signing up, I am not making any money, what is going wrong?” Something is actually wrong. You see, when you’ve developed a product, registered a domain name, host your site, and solved issues like a payment processor, you have to wait for the…

90’s Web Design

A look back at 90’s web design, and a warning to anyone whose website is an accidental anachronism. Remember the days when every PC was beige, every website had a little Netscape icon on the homepage, Geocities and Tripod hosted just about every single personal homepage, and “Google” was just a funny-sounding word? The mid-late…

Your First Small Business Website

When planning your first small business website, there are three essential questions you should ask yourself: Who is your target audience? How will your target audience find you? How will you convert your visitors into sales? These questions sound obvious, but it’s amazing how many people don’t bother…and then moan that “our website doesn’t bring…

Advertising in Email Marketing

The subject of whether or not it is acceptable to use advertising in email market is debated with some internet marketers being strongly in favor of placing advertisements in email marketing while others are strongly against the use of advertisements. Still, others take a more neutral stance and are not either firmly for or against…