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1. What makes a great website?
What are the essential traits of great
Web sites? After you visit a site and find yourself staying awhile, what makes
you stay? A sense of humor helps. Flashy graphics are nice. But the fundamental
traits that make a site work are more elusive. This article will break down the
essential characteristics of great Web sites into some easily followed rules of
thumb.
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2. Words come before looks in web design
Advertising agencies tend to design awful
websites because they are obsessed with getting attention. When people come to
your website, you have already got their attention. They want to do something.
They want detail. They want facts. The thing they value most is their time. So
don’t waste it.
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3. 20 Rules of website design
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You have no
choice. If you want to be successful online, you
need to develop a website that serves the needs
of your visitors in a manner that is both
user-friendly and easily understood. This sounds
easy enough, right? Unfortunately, no one thing
is going to make your website a success. You
will need to constantly be trying and testing
new things, even if you currently have a website
that is doing well. Why? Because what works
today isn't necessarily going to work tomorrow!
In order to help
you, here are a few rules that you should follow
when developing and maintaining your own
website:
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4. How to Use
Online Networks to Market Your Business
Here are some of
the ways that you can use social networks to
market your company and you:
Research your market. You have two ears and one
mouth; listen more than you talk. Through
participation in these communities, companies
can learn about consumer interests and reactions
with a candor rarely found in focus groups and
surveys.
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5. Why Have a
Web Site?
The World-Wide Web
Offers Many Reasons Here Are 20 Good Ones
Originally Authored by Net 101:
1. To Establish
A Presence
Approximately 27 million people worldwide have
access to the World Wide Web (WWW) and it is
estimated that by the end of 1997 36 million
will have Web access. No matter what your
business is, you can't ignore 27 million people.
To be a part of that community and show that you
are interested in serving them, you need to be
on the WWW for them. You know your competitors
will.
2. To Network
A lot of what passes for business is simply
nothing more than making connections with other
people. Every smart business person knows, it's
not what you know, it's who you know. Passing
out your business card is part of every good
meeting and every business person can tell more
than one story how a chance meeting turned into
the big deal. Well, what if you could pass out
your business card to thousands, maybe millions
of potential clients and partners, saying this
is what I do and if you are ever in need of my
services, this is how you can reach me. You can,
24 hours a day, inexpensively and simply, on the
WWW.
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