Articles for November 2006

By: at Sage Media Creative Design
Building a strong brand takes commitment, time and hard work, but the result is one of the most valuable assets a company can own. That said, not all assets are static, and your brand image is no exception.
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By: at ImageWorks Studio
What is Branding?
Simply put - your “brand” or “corporate image” is the impression formed at every point of contact with your prospects and clients.
Branding is the combination of imagery and content.
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By: at Synaxiom Media Group
You’ve heard many people talk about search engine optimization and its importance in the visibility of your website. Well, it is vital to your website, but there are certain rules to follow and certain techniques that are important to avoid at all cost.
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By: at VISIONEFX
A fair amount of our clients find Visionefx after wasting a few thousand dollars or a few months (whichever comes first) with a web designer that has left them angry and frustrated.
Many of these clients initially hired web designers offering terrific prices that were irresistible.
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By: at Synaxiom Media Group
In today’s booming internet market, there are so many companies competing for every single user that what ends up making or breaking the deal almost always has directly to do with the website design of the company. The user usually decides within the first 5-15 seconds whether or not they are going to remain on that site, making first impressions imperative.
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By: at Carousel30
What are the company logos that you remember the most? As you are about to design your corporate identity, take a look around and notice the logos that are all around us. Most of the time, they are very simple icons.
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By: at Carousel30
It’s a familiar story. Your Web site was designed around the time when an upstart named Google was just getting their foot in the door of the Search Engine market.
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By: at VISIONEFX
Staying on top of the ever-changing browser world is not easy, but it's key to outstanding web site design. That's why Visionefx puts the time and effort into understanding the latest developments.
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By: at Synaxiom Media Group
When it comes to building your website, one of the most important steps is choosing a good web hosting company. Web hosting is basically defined as a service that hosts web pages on central servers making them accessible through the Internet.
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By: at Virtual Impax
There are two powerful psychological principles at work when a potential customer or client visits your web site.
The first is the law of first impressions and the second is the placebo effect.
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By: at Virtual Impax
Ever wonder why some marketing tactics work for some businesses but not others?
Maybe you heard about a business that paints their company's domain name on the top of their delivery trucks and increased online sales by 25% in a single quarter. However, when you try the same tactic, your sales remain flat.
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By: at Alienation Digital
Web Design is not just about the technology, but in how that technology is implemented. But what does this mean? Well, if you are looking for a web designer, these are some of the questions you need to ask yourself.
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By: at Web Hosting Clue
Below are some tips for selecting a domain name:
1. Register a name that contains your major keywords, such as you design a web site to guide people how to find the web hosting solution, it would be better to include ‘webhosting" or "hosting" in the domain name, such "webhostingclue", "hostingclue", etc.
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By: at Web Hosting Clue
You have a lot of choices in the web hosting market and it can be very confusing to find the best deal that meets your needs. So the first step of web hosting guide is to determine your needs of web hosting.
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By: at Harvest Media
How Free Web Content Can Cost You
Would you wear a suit from a thrift store to a meeting with your clients? Then why settle for recycling free content on your website? Your website message effects inbound links, dictates your online reputation, and can land you on the wrong side of a lawsuit. Most importantly, web content impacts customer trust.
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By: at Image X Media
What do you see when you search for your company or brand name? Is there anything on the first page of the search engine results that you wouldn't be proud to display on your home page? Consumer review sites, blogs and forums have made it easy for anyone to say whatever they want about your company, whether they be disgruntled customers or competitors who like to play dirty.
If you're in a situation where negative publicity is front and center in search results, there are ways you can reclaim search engine real estate for your corporate identity.
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