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.” […]
What is Your Focus?
“Brian, I just learned that a competitor is getting 60% of their business through their website. How come my site isn’t?” This question and many with a very similar tack gets asked a lot in my business. That along with customers new or existing asking about all the spam emails promising great results in the […]
Artistic Design
Today I was asked to describe visually what I do. The other participants in this exercise came up with interesting depictions of what they do. The estate planner started with a tombstone, for example. Me? I was terrified. We design such beautiful websites but since I am not the designer, I was at a loss […]
Transition Points
This morning our little part of the world was recovering from a brief snowstorm. As I left the building for a client meeting and again as I returned to my office, there were people (different folks each time) standing at the door talking. I noticed it because the atrium was getting cold as they stood […]
Custom Development? What Does That Mean?
I often tell folks that EduCyber does custom web development. They nod their heads but I can tell they walk away wondering what exactly that means. So let me give you an example of a project we just finished: Denver Tux, a local tuxedo rental company had a software package that managed all its rentals […]
Staying a Step Ahead
Not long ago I wrote about the 10 Reasons You Don’t Need a New Website. That list was formed from conversations, perhaps I should say excuses – I have had over the years. As we approach the end of the year, the time of reflecting on the year gone by and planning for the year […]
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 […]
Is Your Site Performing?
Have you looked at the stats for your web site lately? If you haven’t you should. There are two sets of statistics I recommend looking at. One is the stats from your web logs – we like to use AWSTATS as they provide a nice overview of stats but also allows you to drill down […]
Testing Your Web Site
Do you like to take tests? How about give tests? For many of us testing is something we did a long time ago when we were in school. But it shouldn’t be. We should be testing things on our web sites all the time. There are two powerful reasons why: Testing your web site leads […]
Web Site Development: A Case Study
In 2010 EduCyber began meeting with representatives from the Lariat Loop regarding a redesign of their web site. We sat down with them for a 90 minute discussion on what their goals were and how the web site could help them meet their goals. During the discussion, as we brainstormed ways to make the web […]
