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Showing posts with label Website Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Website Design. Show all posts
10/24/08
The Economy & Advertising...
The economy is in a terrible state and has been for a long time now, and there is no reason to believe it will improve anytime soon. Most people and businesses are probably feeling the crunch. What's a person to do? You need business and customers. How will you get their attention in the most affordable way?
Your website and global Internet marketing is still the most affordable way to be visible and attract potential customers. Available 24/7 to the world. There is no other advertising option that can do that! As an example, take a $1500 website. Do the math!
Your website and global Internet marketing is still the most affordable way to be visible and attract potential customers. Available 24/7 to the world. There is no other advertising option that can do that! As an example, take a $1500 website. Do the math!
- $125 a month
- $28.85 per week
- $4.12 per day
Now that is amazing! So put your advertising budget to proper use and make sure you have a good functioning, properly executed web site that is visible. If your website is not bringing you positive results, you need to re-think your marketing strategy and update or re-create your web presence NOW!
Email me your needs and desires and let's talk about it. :-)
3/20/08
Creating The Feel & Look of Your Web design
The look and feel of your website must reflect your over all vision for your company or business. In my opinion, the "Header" is a very important aspect in creating the over all look. If the client has a logo, that is always taken into consideration, and a priority factor. Then the task of finding just the right visuals - image - to incorpoate into the over all feel. "Every picture tells a story," "a picture is worth a thousand words," you know the sayings, and it's true! I usually pull the entire color theme from a single picture, perfectly coordinating it through out the design.
It would be nice IF we could use beautiful high resolution images all over the website! BUT, this would not be wise as the pages would become to heavy, making the site useless. Always optimize your photos to the best download size while retaining the optimal quality... easier said than done sometimes. One or two fantastic images is always better than many images of less quality and impact.
It is always helpful IF the client has an "image" in mind or available. While working on http://www.wisernow.com/, my client had an image of an apple. That was all we needed, and the entire look took off beautifully!
Keep in mind that knowing WHAT you desire, and being prepared from day one in providing examples will only result in a more satisfying web experience.
In my opinion, the entire web page should not exceed 50k at most.
It would be nice IF we could use beautiful high resolution images all over the website! BUT, this would not be wise as the pages would become to heavy, making the site useless. Always optimize your photos to the best download size while retaining the optimal quality... easier said than done sometimes. One or two fantastic images is always better than many images of less quality and impact.
It is always helpful IF the client has an "image" in mind or available. While working on http://www.wisernow.com/, my client had an image of an apple. That was all we needed, and the entire look took off beautifully!
Keep in mind that knowing WHAT you desire, and being prepared from day one in providing examples will only result in a more satisfying web experience.
In my opinion, the entire web page should not exceed 50k at most.
2/16/08
Woman With Websites...
Marketing to woman, woman owned websites, or a web audience that focuses on the female market, is proving to be very beneficial. The new year is off to a great start as LuLu Wow has attracted 5 new clients. Two are powerful and accomplished women that are authors and public speakers. One is a women Realtor, another, a women owned website, and lastly, a school in California owned by a women.
Marketing to and for women is specialized and a very needed service in the web community. I am enjoying all of these new projects enourmously!!
Marketing to and for women is specialized and a very needed service in the web community. I am enjoying all of these new projects enourmously!!
10/12/07
Vision...
Vision - n.
The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.
Something that is or has been seen.
Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision.
The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.
A mental image produced by the imagination.
Creating a website begins with "vision." A spark, an idea that flows into the mind. What creates this "spark?" For me it is usually something as simple as a word, a picture or a color. Turning that VISION into a workable and awesome CONCEPT come from communication with my web client. Every client has a vision of what they desire their website to look like. Since we all see things differently, communication is the key to a beautiful and positive result. We will talk about color, shapes, style, emotion, and all possible aspects to have a genuine meeting of the minds. Then OUT vision begins to unfold and ultimately produce the desired outcome. Talk to me about your VISION!
LuLu
8/14/07
Relax~
I take an honest and genuine approach to doing business. First of all, I LOVE what I do, so it does not seem like "work." This is important... one has to like doing their livelihood, or they will stress out and not do it well.
I want my clients to know that when we work together it is their best interests and goals that are priority. Buying a web presence should not be difficult or stressful. This is an enjoyable situation that will benefit the client as needed. So, relax and lets have some fun with this! I will do whatever I can to assist and make your web site a pleasant experience.
4/20/07
Marketing for Women and Color
I have a new website design for a Sarasota business that will be marketing exclusively to woman for sports wear. All I have to go on is a black & white logo and figures of women, so I did some research. What I found was very interesting. Some generalizations are possible based on various color studies.
Female Top 3 Favorite Colors: Blue, Purple, Green (all cool colors)
Purple stands out as a feminine color because it is chosen almost exclusively by women as a favorite color and is disliked by men. Women tend to prefer cool colors over warm and soft colors over bold full tones.
When marketing to women color is one important aspect of the design.
LuLu
Female Top 3 Favorite Colors: Blue, Purple, Green (all cool colors)
Purple stands out as a feminine color because it is chosen almost exclusively by women as a favorite color and is disliked by men. Women tend to prefer cool colors over warm and soft colors over bold full tones.
When marketing to women color is one important aspect of the design.
LuLu
2/9/07
PRE-Website Design 101
Not just another pretty face/space. You need a website, or you need to "spruce up" your existing one. What should YOU do first to ensure that your website will portray the web image you want?
1. Research your competition.
Sit at your computer and type in the key words and phrases that you personally would use to find a product or service similar to your own. Study the results on the first 1 or 2 pages. This IS your competition that you will be trying to beat with search engine ranking. Click the "view source" tab from the View menu at the top of your browser. Notice the TITLE, DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS these websites have in place. Take note of which sites you like and dislike, the style, the tone and the content.
This research is the foundation of your website presence, and must be considered prior to thinking about design.
2. Now it's time to get 'physical."
What type of designs please you? Simplistic, complex, straight forward? Modern, retro, technical? What colors best suits your image. It is best to stay with no more than 3 or 4 main colors. Do you like horizontal or vertical menu navigation. Do you like a lot of white space?
3. Words, words & more words.
In most cases you will be responsible for writing the content of your website.. it is your business after all, and you should know it best!
Do you prefer the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? Do you want to be more conversational or informative in your tone. What writing style best suits your image? When writing good web content, remember to answer the users question of "so what?" Remember the rules of "who, what, where and why." Involve the user.. don't go on and on yourself. The "me-me" approach is most always a turn off. What can you do for THEM? Remember those keywords and phrases noted earlier.. use them, but only in the correct context.
4. Every picture tells a story.
Photographs, graphics and images give your website "personality." Do you have good quality images? Is your logo and branding material up to date and appropriate? You can purchase affordable and quality images for your website. Be very selective in your images. I personally like Stock Exchange or DreamsTime
5. Now you've got it!
After this careful consideration defining your website marketing and presence goals, you are now ready to select a web designer that will listen and respond to YOU. I take my clients vision very seriously and then through communication we come up with a smashing result!
Give me a shout so we can talk about it!
1. Research your competition.
Sit at your computer and type in the key words and phrases that you personally would use to find a product or service similar to your own. Study the results on the first 1 or 2 pages. This IS your competition that you will be trying to beat with search engine ranking. Click the "view source" tab from the View menu at the top of your browser. Notice the TITLE, DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS these websites have in place. Take note of which sites you like and dislike, the style, the tone and the content.
This research is the foundation of your website presence, and must be considered prior to thinking about design.
2. Now it's time to get 'physical."
What type of designs please you? Simplistic, complex, straight forward? Modern, retro, technical? What colors best suits your image. It is best to stay with no more than 3 or 4 main colors. Do you like horizontal or vertical menu navigation. Do you like a lot of white space?
3. Words, words & more words.
In most cases you will be responsible for writing the content of your website.. it is your business after all, and you should know it best!
Do you prefer the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? Do you want to be more conversational or informative in your tone. What writing style best suits your image? When writing good web content, remember to answer the users question of "so what?" Remember the rules of "who, what, where and why." Involve the user.. don't go on and on yourself. The "me-me" approach is most always a turn off. What can you do for THEM? Remember those keywords and phrases noted earlier.. use them, but only in the correct context.
4. Every picture tells a story.
Photographs, graphics and images give your website "personality." Do you have good quality images? Is your logo and branding material up to date and appropriate? You can purchase affordable and quality images for your website. Be very selective in your images. I personally like Stock Exchange or DreamsTime
5. Now you've got it!
After this careful consideration defining your website marketing and presence goals, you are now ready to select a web designer that will listen and respond to YOU. I take my clients vision very seriously and then through communication we come up with a smashing result!
Give me a shout so we can talk about it!
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