Articles: October 2007

Displaying Articles for October 2007

Vent 1 Customer Expectation

There are not many things worse in business than a client who feels lied to, kept in the dark and generally messed around, especially when it can all be avoided by a simple honest process that if implemented and explained at the beginning will......

How To Get Search Engines to Pay Attention

By Chris at Westward Strategy & Design

The days of putting up a Web page then waiting for it to show up on the first page of any search engine are long gone. Today it takes time and effort to see your site in the first couple pages of results. However, most site owners and webmasters do......

Protect Your Website and Domain

By Chris at Westward Strategy & Design

This month seems to be the month of horror stories from clients and prospects. Many of them have relayed stories of current or previous “solutions providers” that have taken them on some wild rides in terms of service and support. So we hope to......

10 Questions You Should Ask a Prospective Web Design Company

By Chris at Westward Strategy & Design

As a follow up to yesterday’s article on protecting your website and domain I thought I would provide 10 questions you should ask a prospective web design and development company. Not only will these questions give you a better understanding of who......

Show Me, Guide Me, Test Me...

By Cheryl at Graphik Connexions

Every learner has the same goal…to get the most out of Training...the most “Bang for your Buck!” I not only want learners and users of my ELearning modules to read the text on the screen and pass the assessments, but I also want them to try it on......

Visualizing is the Key

By Cheryl at Graphik Connexions

Most people tend to retain more data with visuals when learning, rather than paragraphs of black text on a white background. Are you the type of learner who enjoys learning a new system application with a brightly colored user guide with......

Why do the majority of SEO campaigns fail?

By Ahmed at Virtual Design

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough." -- John Christian Bovee Search engine optimization (SEO) is not rocket science but it requires both the right knowledge as well as the determination to......

Does Your Search Engine Optimization Company Understand Your Marketing Strategy?

By Scott at Medium Blue

So you have decided to hire a search engine optimization company as a part of your overall marketing strategy. The firm that you choose will have a tremendous impact on the success of your campaign, but you knew that already. However, what are your......

So, You Want to Design Your Own Website

By Jim at IG Webs

There are many computer savvy people who get sold on tackling the job of designing their own website. They may know how to get around their favorite word processor program easily, however, html maybe a different story. The forums and help websites......

Promoting Your Small Business Affordably

By Joanne at Complete Business Systems

Making the most of a small business budget can bring big results. While most business owners realize that having a good marketing plan is a must, often they don’t know where to begin. Affordable Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses The key......

Ten Tips for Selecting a Web Design Firm

By Pamela at Zafari, Inc.

Since the web design/development field is unregulated, there is a vast continuum of levels of quality, expertise and success rates from individuals and firms that hang out a 'web designer' shingle. At our company, we hear many sad tales and......