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Build
Your Site for Success!
© Terri Seymour of
www.SeymourProducts.com
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There are many things to consider when
you want to put
up a website. Page design, layout, sections, colors,
and navigation are a few things you will need to
consider.
One thing you can do before you design
your site is
visit a few sites and see how they are set up. Take
notice of things you found interesting and what makes
each site stand out. Why do you like it? Why do
you
not like it? Take notes of your findings.
Color is very important in designing a
website. To read
more about colors in your design visit ColorMatters.com
Another important thing to remember when
you are
designing your website is that you want a clean, sharp,
professional look. It might be
pretty if your site looks
like a Las Vegas nightclub, but your visitors will most
likely get confused and annoyed and go to another site.
You want a clean, uniform design on all pages which
should also be easy to navigate.
Another thing you should think about is
content. You
want to provide quality, helpful information and content,
not just sales and ads. Getting traffic to your site is
not as hard as getting them to come back to your site.
If you have quality information and resources, they will
have a reason to come back.
For example: If you have a website
about pets, put up
articles on pet care and have links to other websites
(complimentary not competing) that
contain resources
for pet owners.
Do a search for article directories
and/or banks and
you should have no trouble finding articles of any
subject. Use a couple targeted words in your search
such as pet care article directory, etc.
Everybody loves a freebie! Offer
free ebooks, free
tutorials, free articles, free downloads, etc.
Another way to keep visitors
coming back is to get
them involved with your site.
Start a discussion board, have
a weekly or monthly contest, have your visitors fill out
surveys and draw a winner from all the entries. Start a
blog and keep the content fresh and up to date. Allow
your visitors to post their comments.
There are many ways to get people
involved. Be creative
and always be adding fresh content to your site. Update
regularly.
This is also a must for the search engine spiders.
If you want them to notice your site, you NEED to keep
adding fresh and targeted content.
To let everybody know about your updates
and new
content, start your own ezine. With an ezine you will
be able to build relationships with your visitors. You
will gain their trust and keep them interested in
visiting your site. Take a look at our free ezine
publishing tutorial for help.
Building, maintaining and promoting a
website is
challenging, rewarding and takes a lot of work. You
will have many ups and downs, but do not let the downs
deter you from your goals. Best of luck to you all!
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Terri Seymour has several
years online experience and has
helped many people start their own business. Visit her site at
http://www.seymourproducts.com
for help, resources & more.
Seymour Products also offers resell ebooks for just $1 each and
a f.ree weekly ezine. mailto:subscribe@seymourproducts.com
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