Turn Your Website into a Pot of Gold
by: Rachel Lower
Out of 500 million web pages, is yours among the very few that visitors will remember?
Businesses are catching on as far as hiring professionals to design their websites.
A professional looking website does give visitors an immediate, positive impression.
However, no matter how well designed, a basic website does not leave a lasting impression.
Visitors won't forever recall your spiffy "Location" page or "About Us" section.
They won't even remember how polished your fiery red logo looks.
There is one important key to leaving an impression on website visitors and potential customers.
One way to go from "good website" to "awesome website, dude!" It will inspire a visitor to bookmark your site, link to you, or refer friends to your URL.
The key is to provide a rich and useful website.
The basic website is like a skeleton.
People know what it is, a web site (a skeleton), but if all the people you know sat around in nothing more than their bones, would you be able to pick out any one individual?
If you want a thriving website, put some flesh on its bones. Be recognizable by developing a web site face for customers to remember.
There are various features you can add to enrich your business site:
- Q&A with an email or form for question submissions
- Informative FAQ's
- A quality links page or directory with personalized descriptions
- A blog (Write your own informative articles to feature on your website)
- Writing articles that are featured on other sites, but linked to from a page at your site
- Including quality article reprints from other writers
- How to's and DIY resources
- Offering your own monthly syndicated article to related and popular content-driven websites
- Managing an email list highly tailored to your customer base
- If applicable, including files about your products, product maintenance, troubleshooting, etc.
- Providing useful print outs and checklists
- Reviewing and testing products your customers use in relation to your field of work
- Thorough portfolios of work, perhaps with a positive account/summary from each job included
- Standing out as a leader in your industry by providing a resource, such as a mailing list, for others in your line of work
- Providing clips of interviews or television shows you've appeared in as an expert in your field
Anything that shows you know your business, that brands you as an expert, is gold for your business website and to potential customers.
It is prudent to choose just one or a handful of features.
Overloading your website will only result in its neglect due to overwhelming demands on your time.
Over time you'll see your online referrals increase, as well as the kudos you get for having a great web site.
You'll also have a major edge on any competitive companies who only have the basic cookie cutter info. on their sites.
Establish yourself, your experience and credentials, your expertise and willingness to share information, and you'll be in the lead before a potential customer even receives any quotes.
About The Author
Copyright 2005 Rachel Lower is a freelance writer and web designer from Toronto. Visit her websites at http://www.hardwoodflooringsites.com and http://www.RachelLauer.com.
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Man Made Diamonds ? Save Big Money And Avoid Mined Diamond Scams
Man Made Diamonds ? Save Big Money And Avoid Mined Diamond Scams
by: Robert Joseph
High quality man made diamonds are a bargain at about $80 per carat, and they do not increase in price exponentially as carat weight increases.
For example, a one-carat synthetic diamond costs about $80; a three-carat man made diamond would then sell for $240.
A one-carat mined diamond that sells for $3000 would go for $45,000 in a three-carat size, all things being equal, which with mined diamonds is never the case.
Perplexing comparative evaluations, exponential price growth, consumer confusion, and the reality of diamond industry antics is why the mined diamond business is awash in dirty tricks.
Here are descriptions of the most sneaky and pervasive mined diamond scams:
THE BLUE-WHITE SCAM:
A jeweler tells you, "This is a blue-white diamond."
This is a very old term.
The dealer will probably tell...
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Fashion Directions for 2006
Fashion Directions for 2006
by: Mary Bailis
Fashion styles are forever changing. What do this year's changes bring forth? Fashion is up and down and all around this year. Accessories are going to sizzle this summer, hemlines are going down a bit, pants waistlines are going up, necklaces are going down, scarves are fluid, earrings are dangling, handbags get soft, and belts are back. Feminine, sexy and sultry styles will keep those heads turning. Sheers, crocheted lace, silky satin and flowing gauze will be everywhere. Comfy cool and sexy, sounds like a great year for women!
Accessories are fabulous this year and are leaning in the arts & craft direction. We will start with necklaces. They are beady, long and plentiful. Where a single large beaded strand with artful beads or pair them up with several.
Long is where they are at as well as big and with interesting beads. Plastic, glass, wood, handmade, crocheted, and metal beads in all...
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Valentine Jewelry
Valentine Jewelry
by: Rachana Agarwal
Love is the most wonderful and beautiful emotion which is incomparable and endless. It needs no special day or moment of expression but people usually express their love on every 14 February that celebrates the true love of Saint Valentine. Keeping the preferences and tastes of their partners, people choose their kind of jewelry that says their heart clearly and perfectly.
Fulfilling this needs of all lover, several jewelry companies has come out with their special collection to cater the interest of all lovely ladies in love who wants to be exclusive and unique. You can find lots of jewelries designed keeping the occasion of Valentine?s Day in mind. Choose jewels that suit your beloved interest, personality and nature as women are really sensitive about their jewel. It makes them honorable and privileged.
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How To Get Rich ONE Site At A Time!
How To Get Rich ONE Site At A Time!
by: Dan Lok
Are you fickle?
(Do you even know what "fickle" is?)
According to Merriam-Webster Online, "fickle" is defined as "given to erratic changeableness."
And when it comes to website success? If you're fickle, you're in a pickle!
One of the biggest problems that crops up with my clients is that they always to seem to be too focused on the *NEXT* "big thing"?long before they've perfected the science of their *CURRENT* big thing -- their existing website.
As an entrepreneur, you should always be on the lookout for the next new ideas, the next challenges, the next possibility for success?but don't be fickle!
Clients say to me, ?Dan, what am I doing wrong?
I've got 8 or 9 websites up right now and I am starting 3 more this month.
But I don?t know why am I not making much money with any ONE of them."
Wake up and smell the coffee, you Fickle...
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Diamond Jewelry vs Moissanite Jewelry
Diamond Jewelry vs Moissanite Jewelry
by: Janice Wee
Diamonds and Moissanite look alike. Both are dazzling stones that are clear and have a brilliant fire. Price wise, they are miles apart.
Diamond jewelry or Moissanite jewelry? Which should you choose?
If you only look at the prices and brilliance, moissanite seems like the better buy.
Then again, diamonds are way more expensive because diamonds are natural gemstones that are rare and are mined from the earth itself. Diamonds are precious. The moissanite you see in stores is actually an artificial gemstone. Often used as diamond substitute as they look very much alike. Diamonds are rare and precious while more moissanite can be made any time to meet any demand. Diamonds are an investment. Moissanite is well... decorative. More about moissanite at http://www.alljewelry.info/moissanite.html
When are diamonds...
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