Showing posts with label South. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Complex Website Design - A Make or Break Factor in Customer Perceived Value



Many businesses have started running their operations online as well. Because the internet is such a widespread phenomenon, it's only understandable that businesses try to reach their target market through the internet now. Because you cannot interact directly over the internet with your customers, especially when you're selling stuff, your website will act as your face. The appearance of your website will be the factor that your clients will judge when they consider you as an option to trade with.

Making sure that you have a complex website design is the new worry for most upcoming businesses. The more complex the design of your website is, the more reliable your site looks, and the more customers are willing to trust you as opposed to other websites. The first step that you will need to do, in order to build a complex website, is to sign up with a web hosting service provider. Don't just pick any service provider; it's necessary that you pick the most reliable one that you can find. There are some free providers on the internet but most of their features are limited. If you want the more complex features for your website, you will have to buy a hosting plan first.

Once you've purchased your desired hosting plan, you can skim through the different template options that the service provider is offering you. Most templates come with different widgets. You will be allowed to alter the widgets by adding or deleting them from the administration panel. If you're new to website designing, it's highly recommended that you hire a professional to design your website instead of wasting a perfectly good plan and designing a website through trial and error.

The professional web designer will be able to meet your requirements for the website and will be able to make your website look top-notch and professional. If the cost of hiring a professional is not something you can afford to pay, there are certain tools that might be able to help you in designing your website with a complex and professional design. There are tools like Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia's Dreamweaver and even HTML that will be able to help you with the designing.

HTML happens to be one of the most important tools in creating a good website. You can find many other tools online, both free and downloadable. Some might need to be purchased, and they are worth the money more often than not.

Your complex website design can include a number of features like detailed brochures, reports of the company, interactive interface, logistics etc. you can also have back-end systems to record client information and maintain records.

The tools that are used in designing these kinds of websites will definitely make your web pages look rich. When designing, it is necessary to consider the various browsers that people operate with and make sure the website looks good on all browsers. You need to make considerations for people accessing your website from their smart phones and tablets as well, so you need to make your website compatible with various devices as well.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Research And Development Stage Of An Internet Marketers Online Business

Ever wondered why some Internet marketing business fail? While other just seem to roar with success. I'll let you in something straight away. The successful business owners online don't suddenly get up one morning, fire up a website and "SHABANG" - It's a success and they have loads of disposable income through luck.
It simply doesn't work like that. Successful businesses online go through a whole process of research and development which can be ongoing to keep the website performing at its best. Some will go on and build at times several hundred websites by performing adequate research and developing a site around consumer demand, then move on and build more. Others just find a sweet spot and can make the amount of money they want from their business with just the one website.
They all start with the research stage. Not just to find the keywords but to find out what is going on behind the searches that is showing them that there are certain keywords getting typed into search engines. That is just the start of the research stage. Finding groups of keywords that have search volume. High search volume with low competition is an ideal keyword to go for. Those are few and far between though. It is so much easier to go long tail and go after as many long tail phrases that could be profitable for an online business.
The research stage starts out with keywords and then things move on the development stage which requires a bit of action with the keyword terms. Forums work great for this as an internet marketer will see first hand what people are looking for and then be able to match up products and offers that would be of interest to the people behind the search.
It is the essential part of relevancy. To start out with keywords, investigate the audience looking for the information and develop your online business around what people want. The internet is fairly similar to a high street. If you go to shopping mall and set yourself up as a painter and decorating service with no products to sell then you will be paying overheads for real estate that isn't delivering on profits. It gets the word out but that is it.
Online business for a successful internet marketing business is similar in respect that you need to do the research and develop your products/promotions around where the people are searching. That is your URL and your keywords. Those are the 2 components that establish where you set up your real estate online.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

South East Web Design

Figures from the UK government show that the South East of England, which covers such geographic areas as Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, has a population of over 8 million residents. The same area has over a quarter of a million businesses which is creating a growth area for web design firms. With a multitude of universities with good international reputations producing a plethora of design students, and Brighton having achieved a reputation as the UK's digital media capital, the number of web design firms is phenomenally high.


Here are some important factors to remember when carrying out a search for a good web design company in the South East:


Is it what you need?


It is of vital importance to actually understand what you want from a web design company. Before engaging a web design agency or company to undertake the design and maintain your site you should clarify in your own mind it's purpose.

Web sites serve a variety of purposes ranging from online brochures detailing and extolling your companies virtues to full blown ecommerce systems which are part of the core business.

Which companies are appropriate?


You should always investigate a design agency's work. Before undertaking this investigation you should also familiarise yourself with good practice in web design. This is a complex subject and you should dedicate a reasonable amount of time in establishing in your mind the core requirements. Once you have done this look at various web design agencies work and assess if they have achieved that which good practice dictates.


What talents do they offer?


If your requirement is for an ecommerce website then you should limit your search for designers who have a demonstrable track record in this field. Try to find out how many members of staff these agencies have and what each person skill set is. To create a e-commerce system from scratch requires experienced people who have regularly undertaken such projects and are intimately aware with the issues that surround such systems. Likewise if you demand for a website is for an online brochure you want to limit your selection to those that maybe more skilled in the graphic design side of website construction rather than the technicalities of code that will run on the server. Some web design companies offer other service, including copy-writing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and email marketing.


You will find that many agencies in the South East and in Brighton in particular, special in certain aspects of design. With these tips you should be able to narrow your search down rapidly.