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10 Concerns To Have Before Creating A Members Only Web Site!
1. What will be the title of your member's only website and will it have a subtitle? Will you have a logo,slogan or graphics for your member's only site? By Larry Dotson

Whatever Happened To Keep It Simple?
I don't know, maybe it's just me, but it seems the KISSformula has been tossed out the window. By John Colanzi

6 Web Site Content Tips to Attract Potential Customers Like a Magnet!
1. PROVIDE LOTS OF FREE CONTENT By Joe Gracia

11 Web Site Design Tips to Keep Your Visitors Coming Back
1. KEEP IT SIMPLE By Joe Gracia

You CAN get over 50,000 hits to your web site every month!
Naturally, you ask "how?". You might think this is a lot of hype, but its not. My Ecommerce web site gets well over that number of hits every month and I don't even purchase banner space anywhere on the Internet. So, how do I do it. It's simple. Search Engine Submissions By Linda Rocco

Web Site Design: Things You Should Avoid
Time and again I come across a web site with ages of load time,nearly illegible copy and a lack of content but full ofirritating gimmicks. By Gunter Gerdenitsch

A Visit Isn't REALLY a Visit if Your Company Leaves on the Porch
What good is your website traffic if your visitors are leaving at the home page? You don't want visitors ON your site, you want 'em IN your site. Use these five painless ideas for getting visitorsINTO your site. By Harmony Major

Do You Really Need a Web Site?
Having a website is the one form of marketing for your business that just keeps ongiving! But how do you know if you need a website? By Janice Byer

Choosing the Right Web Site Designer
You've made up your mind. You want to have a website to represent your business.The next decision to be made . . . who should you hire to develop your site? By Janice Byer

Viewpoint on Usability
It's a sad truth that very few Web integrators and interactive agencies have integrated performance engineers -- those folks who can analyze, assess, design and test Webb sites for usability -- into their overall work practices and methodologies. By Mimi Brooks

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
I was recently reminded of a TV advert promoting a travelcompany. In the ad a character was wandering about awilderness calling out "Is there anybody there?". The ideaof the ad was that everyone had gone off on cheap holidaysbought from the travel company. By Jeff McCall

Web Design for the No-Talent Artist
Not everyone can hit a 90 mile per hour fast ball 400 feet.That's why there are so few major league baseball players.Most everyone enjoyed art class while in school, but we alsorealized there was probably only one in each classroom whoactually had a talent for drawing. So too with web design. By Jeff Clark

Enough "stuff"!
Did you know that the English language has an estimated vocabulary of 800,000words? (Words R. McRoberts) We have words to describe every object,movement, feeling and thought on the planet; we can pinpoint each little nuanceof meaning, simply by choosing the right word for the right spot. By Jennifer Stewart

The First Step
What is the First Step? By Jesse Seymour

Frames and Tables
FramesSome of the most god-awful sites I’ve ever seen have used frames. To be fair though, I’veseen some that used tables that were just as bad. By Mary Hickey

Keep 'Em Coming Back for More
Maybe you've already got good search engine placement. Maybe lots of sites have linked to you, and people are able to find your little piece of cyberspace without much trouble. However, once they've been there, do they ever come back? By Jenna Glatzer

A Revealing Interview with A Design & Marketing Expert
This week we asked one of Worldprofit.com's senior designers,Cris Anderson, to comment on some of the key elements ofeffective design. Here is the interview in it's entirety. By Cris Anderson

DesignSmarts: Three Terrific Tips for Site Design!
Terrific Design Tip # 1 By Dr. Jeffrey Lant

SEE IT! LIKE IT! BUY IT!Flash Animation 101: A behind the scenes look at what's involved in creating an effective web site animation
Animation is more involved than what appears in the final product.There are many aspects of animation that go unnoticed, such aspaying attention to, and complimenting the message, legibility andlimiting motion and breaking up the monotony. By Cris Anderson

Flash Design Does It Really Deliver What Is Promised?
Flash design? Is it all it's cracked up to be?In this article, we'll be confronting all the questions head on:What is Flash? What's good about it? What's bad about it? And,most importantly, what will it do for your online business? By Jody Hatton

Building Your Own Web Site? Here are Two Critical Points to Consider
First let's look at site planning. By Gary Abada

Let's Get Navigational
Navigation is extremely important for your website. It's part of your design, look, and feel. The right navigational tools will create a user-friendly website, while a poorly mapped out website can crush your success. By Chrisi Darrington

Let's Flash!
Most of you have visited web sites filled with video-like animation, sound effects and music synchronized to the animation, enhanced interactivity, and stunning graphics - all of which appear to load and play almost instantly. By Elmer Horvath

What's really going on with your web site?
With any good business plan, the defining of a primary goaland primary audience goes hand in hand with deciding whatproduct or service you will market. However, with the floodof entrepreneurs to the Internet, I have watched an interestingreverse trend occur. By Ralph Hilliard

ADD GRAPHICS TO YOUR WEBSITE - without losing your mind!
We've heard it over and over again - adding graphics to awebsite is a GOOD thing. They can generally make your sitemore appealing, illustrate points or products, and providecreative icons for people to click through for moreinformation. By Rick Hunter

INITIAL FACTORS OF WEB PAGE CONSTRUCTION
So you have a product that you want to market, and nowyou want to start promoting it through your own web page. By Linda Sedmera

Domain Registered? Now What?
I own a company that, among other things, develops web sites, and I've hadmy own business and personal sites since the early 1990's. While each website project has its own challenges and rewards, there are some commonelements to all of them. By George M Ewing

GETTING YOUR OWN WEB SITE QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY
Today, it is possible to create your own Web site in minutes and at no cost. Then, when you are ready, you can get your own domain name and Web hosting service. But first, you can experiment, develop what you want to say, and put up a site with 20-50 pages - about 5-50 MB - absolutely free. By Gini Graham Scott

Great F.A.Q's Mean Great Sales!
Did you know that you have about one minute to get your customersattention on the Internet these days! Despite the fact that moree-businesses are going out of business than ever before, more people areshopping on the Internet than ever before. By Daryl Clark

One-to-one Relationship Building
The Internet is a fantastic way to have an international business withminimal investment. Many companies spend a lot of money to automate theentire customer interaction process. By Daryl Clark

How to Get Your Visitors To "Tell A Friend"
Does your website offer visitors a quick and easy way torecommend it to a friend? If not, you're missing out on apotential gold mine of free traffic. By Dawn Gray

Seven Free Tools for Your Web Site
A search utility makes your site look more professional, aswell as providing a useful service that will make yourvisitors return. I've been using FreeFind,http://www.freefind. By Dianne Reuby

Five Checks for Web Pages
There are a few essential checks that you must make beforeuploading your pages. By Dianne Reuby

Seven Free Tools to Create your Web Site
Coding your HTML by hand gives much better results thanusing a WYSIWYG program. You can get the layout that youwant, and make small adjustments easily. By Dianne Reuby

Your Website and your Brand
Don't rely on technology alone to create a great Website for you or your company. It's great to have cool technology but you need to leave a favorable impression on your user. Instill confidence and create an engaging and memorable experience for your user. By Dom Moreci

Does Your Site Qualify for a Web Site Award?
Most entrepreneurs are constantly upgradingand changing web site content and design.But how accurate and professional is the content as a whole? A great way to find out is to apply for a site award..No Kidding! You'll be amazed at the information you may not have. By Donna Sweat

Top 10 Webpage Mistakes (or, Why The Internet Bubble Burst)
1. Not knowing, before you design your webpage, why anyone (besides you) would feel compelled to visit it. By Dale Armin Miller

5 Things Which Make Your Site Sticky
Your site's stickiness is its ability to retain visitors andbring them back again later. Here I point out 5 great sites whichoffer a free service to make your site sticky: By Dan Grossman

5 Simple Ways To Improve Your Website
1) Get your own domain name. Having your site on a freebie site says that you're not serious about being in business online. By Craig Hardee

How to Make Your Homepage Flow
Your website's navigation ability is extremelyimportant to your success online. Your visitorswill only turn into paying customers if your site iseasy and fun to navigate. By Candice Pardue

How to Insert a Vertical Divider Line into Your Web
Unlike creating a horizontal vertical line by inserting an tag, a simple html code is not available to insert avertical divider line into your web page. By Candice Pardue

The Background-Table Combo
Ever wondered how some websites seem to have multiple"layers" of designs? By Candice Pardue

Let Your Visitors Know How Often You Update Your Website
If you update your website often, you may wish to expressto your visitors that your website is up-to-date, andnot "deserted". By Candice Pardue

5 Most Common Web Design Mistakes
As you're designing your new web site, you'll be tempted with web designideas that could turn into fatal mistakes. This is especially true ifyour web site represents your business. Below are five of the mostcommon mistakes to avoid at all costs... By Candice Pardue

FLASHY WEB SITE DESIGNS ARE BAD FOR BUSINESS
Have you heard yourself saying, "I don't understand? I havea gorgeous site, a really cutting-edge splash page with aflash introduction, up-to-date technology, I paid a smallfortune for this site, and I'm getting plenty of hits butno one is buying or staying in the site. By Cheryl Carnright and Joann Marsili

Elements of Interface Design
First impressions count and the first impression a visitor receives whenthey arrive at a site is the look or visual appeal of the design. Thevisual design of a site is referred to as the interface. By Cheryl R Cowtan

Psst, wanna know how to double or triple your page views?
It's easy, just design and engineer your main page in such a fashion that people will click beyond it into the rest of your site. By Chris Small

Looking Good on the Web
There's a lot of websites out there floating around in cyberspace, screaming for attention. When you cast your site out into the void, will you be able to catch viewers and hold on to them? Will they click through — or click off? By Ruth McIntyre-Williams

First Impressions
First impressions are extremely important if you hope to dobusiness on the Web. After you refine your ads, and if you makeyour pitch to a targeted group, you will start to get visitors toyour web site. Here is where many would be entrepreneurs dropthe ball. By Bob Osgoodby

Increase The Effectiveness Of Your Website In One Simple, Easy Step
I'm sure you've experienced this before... you visit a website and a small window pops up out of nowhere asking you to subscribe to an E-zine, or maybe something similar. By Brian Terry

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