A Pretty Site Equates to Fewer Sales – Is it a Fact or a Fallacy?

Written by Maricon Williams


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The secret ingredient is FULFILLMENT not just satisfaction. And for a site to be fulfilling it must haverepparttar four indispensable elements – simplicity, functionality, security and customer interaction. A pretty site becomes irritating when overdosed with graphics and effects. It must be user-friendly or easy to use. For it to be easily located, use keyword rich titles and contents. That way search engines can easily find them. Website becomes a frustration because of its inability to function well. Ifrepparttar 105959 load time, page size and navigability are disastrous, what do you expect to happen? Visitors can tend to be impatient. Because of their hectic time, they can leave almost straight away and never to return. Another, when they are not secure with your website’s environment they will not feel ‘at home’, accordingly, it will limit their decisions and purchasing transactions. One ofrepparttar 105960 biggest mistakes of web sites is its being oblivion of call-to-action concerns. After visitingrepparttar 105961 site, it must give a clear perspective on what you want your visitors to do next. Is it to order, to call – say it, and you got to do it politely to create a good impression.

A pretty site is nothing but a pretty box. It doesn’t guarantee a fulfilling gift. What is important isrepparttar 105962 totality ofrepparttar 105963 box including its contents. Utilizerepparttar 105964 4 indispensable elements and you will surely optimize your sales!



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7 Ways to Increase Web Site Visitors and Boost Sales

Written by Herman Drost


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Based onrepparttar profile I outlined above, you may sell them products that help them lose weight, improve their health, look good, spend more time with their children and get wealthy.

4. Write your copy to sell - when you writerepparttar 105958 copy for your site, always stressrepparttar 105959 benefits. Develop a theme for your site that focuses on this benefit and don’t stray from it. for more indepth information on this topic, read my article:

“How to Get Listed inrepparttar 105960 Search Engines – Developing a Theme-Based Site” (www.isitebuild.com/searchengine.htm)

5. Make sure each page sells. - each page should emphasizerepparttar 105961 benefits inrepparttar 105962 headline, to pullrepparttar 105963 reader intorepparttar 105964 contents of your page. It should askrepparttar 105965 question:

What’s in it for me? Why should I spend my precious time reading this page?

6. Write as if you were talking to your friend - your copy should be conversational, friendly and personal, as if you are sitting next torepparttar 105966 person. Write fromrepparttar 105967 viewpoint of what your customer wants to buy, not what you want to sell.

7. Deliverrepparttar 105968 contents in a clear, crisp way - be careful not to stray fromrepparttar 105969 central purpose of what you promised inrepparttar 105970 headline. Make sure your customer wants to click through torepparttar 105971 next page or your order page. Don't be afraid of clearly statingrepparttar 105972 price of your product.

Clearly identifying your customers and writing copy tailored to solving your customers problems, places them in a buying mood. Converting these visitors into buyers should now increaserepparttar 105973 amount of sales from your web site.

Herman Drost is the Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) owner and author of http://www.iSiteBuild.com. Affordable Web Site Design and Web Hosting. Subscribe to his “Marketing Tips” newsletter for more original articles. mailto:subscribe@isitebuild.com. You can read more of his in-depth articles at: http://www.isitebuild.com/articles


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