Web Site Tip
Small, but life changing!
I seen this story on the news today and it just blew me away. The story explains how Seven-year-old Isabelle Redford takes her art and raises money to build orphanages in other countries. The first one was built in Haiti and works are already in place for the second. You can read the full story…
Read MoreMistakeable Guarantee
This is a common mistake on many websites and that is either a non-existant or weak guarantee. There are many misconceptions about using a guarantee on the website. I’ve heard some discussion about the fact that if they add a guarantee to their website they are afraid that brings to light the possibility that the…
Read MoreWebsite Video Mistakes
With more people using video on their website I see this next mistake over and over again. First let me state that I think use of video on your website is a good idea, as long as it is done correctly. Many times we see video that has been put on the page below the…
Read MoreTypos in your website marketing
Typos or typographical errors are common since the beginning of written word and of course miss spoken words as well.
But on a web site or printed marketing ad this can be very costly.
Web Site Branding Mistakes
One of the biggest mistakes I see with a webiste is lack of identity, something that the visitor can recognize as your brand whether it is a definable logo; tag line; or color theme; be sure to carry that identifier through the whole sales process.
Let me explain, to many times I’ve seen an optin page (the page a visitor comes to on first visit to give name and email) that either was pretty basic or had one look and feel and then after the visitor opted in have yet another look and feel, only to be followed up by the shopping cart or order page that yet was a total disconnect from the previous two pages.
Read MoreWebsite mistakes using Hyper Links
This website mistake has been an issue for a long time but with some of the technologies that have been introduced it has only gotten easier to achieve this mistate. What I’m talking about is hyper links a hyperlink is a section of text that has been given some code instruction to go to a…
Read MoreCSS Trouble Tip
When working with css you work with values to set how the different elements are displayed such as font sizes, line heights etc. There is a elements where you apply more than one number such as padding, margins, border elements and such. These elements are applied clockwise starting at the Top, Right Bottom Left a…
Read MoreOpt in Page Mistakes
These are called various names such as Name Squeeze pages, Doorway Pages, Gateway Pages, and of course opt in pages. The biggest mistake here of course is not using them although there are many mistakes that people make with opt in pages. The purpose of this page is to get web site visitors to “opt…
Read MoreFree Training Classes…
Within the next week or so I’ll be recording a free class or two you decide… What I’m planning on covering for each is: In the wordpress strategies I’ll cover – Installing wordpress – Upgrading wordpress – Installing a template – Ways to use wordpress (sales letter, membership site, replays) – Simple tweaks and reasons…
Read MoreI need your help or I’m going to jail…
This Thursday they are coming to arrest me for a crime I didn’t even commit but I am willing to pay the price to put an end to this on going crime spree. Here’swhats going on: This Thursday it the executive lock-up for Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA – Jerry’sKids) I have to raise $1,300 to…
Read MoreImportant website issue
I’m not sure if this affects you – but I’ve noticed an issue that I just seen today with a recent cpanel upgrade. It appears that an update to cPanel caused a change of the “default” page order on your website. What does this mean? Previously if you had index.html as your home page then…
Read MoreA website mistake I see a lot of web site owners make is with Testimonials.
This is actually a double whammy and here’swhy first off I don’t see people giving testimonials and if they do they don’t give their site url. Always give a site URL in your testimonial most marketers will not mind at all. I usually start of with something like “Hi, this is Frank Deardurff coFounder of…
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