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When and How to Revamp Your Business Website?

Posted by Linda Stacy in 2010

by Ben Johnson

Once upon a time your sales were good and you were very happy with your website, but then things changed and for some unknown reason your sales declined. Even though you are still getting traffic from search engines through the same keywords, but still your bounce rate is increasing and conversion rate is decreasing.

Well, it’s about time you revamp your website.

Long gone are the days when people actually tried to dig and find the required information. Now, people want things fast. They need access to the required information and products fast. So, you need to design your website accordingly and make it fast.

Recently Designed Your Website?

Even if you have recently designed your website, if it’s too crowded with hundreds of links and pictures and unorganized content, then you need to revamp your website as well.

Here is the Big Question:

Now, the question is: How to revamp your website to get the desired results?

There are several factors that make a website successful. Let’s discuss them here now:

Your Business Website Must Depict Your Business Model:

Let’s say you are searching for electronic equipment and you Google some keywords to find relevant websites. You then click on a few links. You then come across a website with pink color and pictures of clowns. Your instant reaction will be that you have visited an irrelevant site. The same thing will happen to you if you fail to convey your business model via your web design. Don’t make your visitors pause and think, “Ok…So, where have I come?”

Keep in View the Mood / Tone of Your Business when You Design Your Website:

There should be a clear difference between a site selling toys and a site selling surgical equipment. Hence, you need to evaluate your business and your target market first and then create your web design accordingly.

Don’t Make Your Visitors Wonder How You Have Organized All the Information or Products:

Your website navigation should be easy to use and it should look clean as well. Having links everywhere will only make your visitors wonder what to do and where to go. They may also have trouble finding the desired information. So, prevent them from getting a headache by providing easy and user-friendly navigation. This will also decrease your bounce rate.19

Create a Powerful Business Identity:

Make sure you create a professional and attractive logo design to create your business identity in an effective manner. Without a logo, your business will be faceless and your website will be incomplete. So, make sure that you hire a professional logo designer to build your business image.

So, folks, these are some powerful tips that will allow you to revamp your website in a professional way.

Article by ben
Ben Johnson is the Alliance Manager at Logoinn, a custom logo design company. He writes about the effect of design on marketing and brand identity and helps small businesses find design solutions for effective marketing.

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How Do You Define a Perfect Business Website?

Posted by Linda Stacy in 2010

by Ben Johnson

Different people may have different ways of answering this question that how a perfect business website can be defined. Is it a website that is helping you make a living from home? Is it a website that is not only helping you, but also helping dozens of your employees earn bread and butter? There is no need to debate here. However, one thing is for sure that you have to have a realistic plan when you launch your website.

What do I mean by realistic plan? If you are launching your small business, then in the beginning you should focus on establishing it and making enough money to make a living. Once you achieve this, you should move on and grow your business even further. So, we can say that a perfect business website grows smoothly.

Now, there should be some characteristics of a perfect business website that will actually make it perfect and help you make a living from home or your personal office. Without powerful characteristics, your website won’t perform well.

So, let’s discuss what these characteristics are that will make your website a perfect business website:

Your Website Must Be Visually Appealing:

How will people determine your taste for quality? Well, they will check out your website and conclude whether you are a true professional or not. Your website represents you. Your website tells your audience why you should be chosen over your competitors. Your website tells your market you believe in providing quality information, products or services. However, to achieve all this, you need to have a visually appealing website.

Your Website Must Present All the Benefits Concisely:

Your market won’t buy from you if they don’t know why they should buy from you. Thus, you must write benefit-oriented content to convert visitors into customers. You should clearly discuss the benefits that your products and services offer. You should also explain what unique quality you have and why your business is perfect for them. It’s advisable to hire a professional copywriter to write your web copy, because it’s the content that converts.

Your Website Must Be User-Friendly:

Your website navigation either retains your visitors or makes them go away. If your visitors are unable to acquire the desired information easily, then they won’t waste their time on your website, they will go straight to one of your competitors. Website navigation is one of the most vital elements of successful websites. Also, it should be similar on all pages.

Your Website Must Engage Your Visitors:

Communicate with your visitors instead of providing information in dry manner. You won’t be able to engage your visitors and make them stay on your website if you don’t write compelling content. Talk to your visitors and tell them what they should do.

So…These are just some of the elements you must consider when you design your website to make it a perfect business website. Each element plays a powerful role and you can’t afford to neglect them.

Article by ben
Ben Johnson is the Alliance Manager at Logoinn, a custom logo design company. He writes about the effect of design on marketing and brand identity and helps small businesses find design solutions for effective marketing.

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