Letting the Client Discover the Answer
We’ve been designing sites for years and while we’re quite good at what we do, it always amazes me when we let the client discover the answer because it often isn’t the answer we thought of. A couple of years ago we were working with a private school. We asked them how their site fit […]
Begin with the End
Some of the complaints we’ve heard over the years: I tried a Facebook campaign. It didn’t work. Our website doesn’t really generate any business for us, it is just a brochure. I don’t’ know whether our website brings any business or not. My clients don’t have time to read blogs so I’m not going to […]
Becoming a Customer (Part 3)
There should always be a next step! And if that step is up to you, you had better carry through! A well-known Hollywood director said “Showing up is 80 percent of life.” Successful businesses often take that one step further – showing up is 90% of success. Our first two articles on Becoming a Customer […]
Becoming a Customer (Part 2)
Can your web site design (not the content) help you get more customers? In our first article on <becoming a customer>, we discussed the content aspect – having a clear call to action on your site. In this article, we are going to investigate whether the visual design elements of a site can help your […]
Becoming a Customer (Part 1)
Have you ever thought about how you interact with web sites? When we speak with potential clients, they rarely have stopped to think about how they want visitors to interact with their site. But what does it mean to become a customer? That, ultimately is what every business owner wants from their website. Social media […]
Looking Back or Looking Forward
Imagine starting a marketing campaign with the thought of “We don’t intend to get any business out of this.” Ludicrous, right? Yet nearly every time I sit down with a potential client, especially if they offer services instead of products, I hear “Our web site is more about closing the deal instead of getting leads.” […]
Unanticipated Events and Internet Marketing
It is the middle of May and outside it is snowing. Like many here in Colorado I can only shrug and say “Colorado weather!” although I suspect many folks across this country could say “<insert_your_state> weather!” But as I ponder this unanticipated weather event, it reminds me how so often, in Internet marketing, we face […]
10 Reasons You Don’t Need a New Website
That’s right. I’m not here to talk you INTO buying a new web site. I’m here to tell you why you don’t really need one: You paid for a whole new web site five years ago Websites don’t generate new customers, good salespeople do that Somebody told me I’d have to write something called a […]
Listening to Your Web Site
Have you every stopped to listen? Really listen? I have often experienced situations where someone has a question and the listener is so sure they know the question and the answer that they haven’t really heard the question and end up giving an answer to a different problem. And I’ll confess that more often than […]
Formed for Success
A pixel? A color? Or More? For going too far we have the phrase “the straw that broke the camel’s back”. In a similar vein, bridges often have a sign announcing their load limit which conjures up interesting mental images about what testing they performed to determine those limits. But in a positive vein could […]
