Wouldn’t you like to know what visitors to your site are thinking? Certainly an unhappy or pleased visitor could email you through your capture form, but I’ve discovered a better way. One of my clients turned me on to a new program; it’s great for all flavors of sites, but extraordinarily important for ecommerce sites.
Have you ever wondered who’s been on your site? Well, I suppose it would be nice to know names and addresses of people who browse your site, but that’s not possible – yet. I’m talking more general terms, specifically, how often your site gets visited.
Aren't blogs part of this "social networking" fad for younger people, simply journaling to each other online about what's going on in their lives? As a professional who has been employed in the business sector for over twenty years that is exactly what I thought social networking was all about. Boy was I wrong.
This January I had the privilege of attending the Internet Retailer Conference in Miami, Florida. Read more about how it changed my perspective on social networking, and blogs in particular, after the break.
The word "Blog," makes many people cringe, roll their eyes or go huh?, but many companies are praising the application of a Blog on there website for many reasons.
Welcome to our new website "No Recession Online". This website is about hope and optimism. Every day we're immersed in negative news about the economy, lost jobs, housing foreclosures, bailouts... it's enough to keep you from getting out of bed in the morning. Certainly these are real concerns affecting millions of Americans. However, the fact remains that it's not all bad news. There are positive, inspiring stories that we hear every day. I want to share some of these stories with you.
Our company, Sitepro.com, is a website development company. We build websites for a wide variety of businesses. Certainly, not all of our clients are "booming", but there is a significant number that are! Before I go one step further with my story, I must emphasize that the act of building a website to sell "stuff" online is absolutely no guarantee of success. In fact, If you're looking for a "get rich quick" idea, this isn't it.
"No Recession Online" however is a collection of case studies about everyday people who work hard, produce a product or service and deliver that product or service to online buyers. Because we have the unique opportunity to observe this cross section of businesses in action, we see and hear success stories almost every day. Some are small successes while others... hit the ball out of the park!
Because we respect the privacy of our clients, we are somewhat limited in the descriptions we can provide about individual cases though there is enough to accomplish our mission, sharing hope.
Social networking has quickly become an integral part of everyday life. The use of social networking is not simply restricted to today's youth, but spans all ages. It was revolutionary when e-mail became mainstream many years ago. The idea that you could send a message and the recipient could read that message within seconds was groundbreaking. Social networking sites are the evolution of that: communication and community building using the power of the internet. Read on to discover more about this ongoing trend.
Having worked for several years with small-to-mid size companies on a daily basis, the most common issue I find is lack of consistency in their visual identity. These businesses all have reasons for not developing consistent brand marketing ranging from belief that doing so would be cost prohibitive, to not believing the scope of their business is large enough for consistency to matter.
In a down economy many business owners find themselves low on funds, downsizing and sometimes forced to close their doors. No business is recession-proof… not even funeral homes. But just because there may be a looming recession, doesn’t mean your business has to submit to it.
