August 4, 2011

 

How to Have a Relationship with Your Consumer

When it comes to online marketing there are specific ways to show the client the ROI, Return on Investment. How many clicks throughs, visits to the site, purchases and SEO are all a part of this analysis. But how do you really know your consumer is spreading the word? Are you going to call up every single person that has purchased your product and ask them for a review? Yes, an interrogation process would definitely be affective.

To help a business grow, there has to be a purpose to the product, coming from the CEO to the salespeople and finally to you, the consumer. Being an entrepreneur is not enough if you don’t believe in the purpose of your product. We have all seen it a million times when shopping in a store where the salespeople aren’t helpful or engaging. When we work for a company whose owner exudes the money hungry obsession that clouds his purpose. [Read more...]

Top 10 Landing Page Best Practice Usability Tools

We’re currently at the Online Marketing Summit 2010 which is being held in San Diego learning about all kinds of new best practices in the online marketing world.

Today we listened to sessions on Website Conversion and Usability Best Practices, Email Marketing Best Practices, Twitter and Tweeting Best Practices, International SEO and so on.

However the best take away of the day was on Landing Page Optimization Best Practices where Tim Ash listed his top 10 tools for understanding your website usability and landing page effectiveness. Here’s his list of top ten tools that anyone can use, and many are free:

1. CrazyEgg – www.crazyegg.com

This site’s services start at $9/mo. It lets you visualize your visitors and see where people click on your landing pages.

2. Click Tale – www.clicktale.com

Lets you watch your browser behavior to help you boost your conversions. The most basic plans range from $0-$99 / mo. [Read more...]

Avoiding Major No-No’s on your Website!

Stop Guessing and Do it Right!

We get a lot of inquiries from new start up companies and companies who have a strongly established offline brand but are looking to move to the online space to generate traffic, brand awareness and sales.

We have found that there are many misconceptions about what works when designing and effectively promoting a website. I’d like to share with you the major mistakes we regularly see that should be overcome for any new (or existing) business with a website.

To have the most effective results and to start with your best foot forward, here are the common mistakes to avoid:

Website Design Mistakes:

  • Poor loading page times
  • Poor navigation
  • Poor or inconsistent layout [Read more...]