By Josh on 02/12/2009
Photo by tensafefrogs
I always live by the motto that substance beats fancy pants design hands down. Mostly because fancy pants design is usually the key problem that hampers people actually using websites that could otherwise be a lot more friendly.
Organisation
Content makes a website interesting – but it’s only good when users can find it. Can [...]
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By Josh on 27/11/2009
Photo by dullhunk
Many people want to make their websites look super fancy by embedding flash based graphics in their website.
I can’t really blame them, Flash is pretty damn fun and certainly adds a little sparkle to the page with cool animations that you can’t acheive in other ways.
I’ve got three main gripes with using them [...]
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By Josh on 24/11/2009
Photo by La Citta Vita
For small businesses that mostly trade with local customers the best focus for your website is going to be getting customers to call.
“Your website exists to whittle out the customers that aren’t really ready to buy and just bring you the people that are.”
It’s kind of like a non-threatening way to [...]
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By Josh on 17/11/2009
The first question I always ask my clients: What do you want your website for?
“More Customers.”
This is the most common answer – and Of course it should be! We could all do with more customers right?
To refine this answer a little more you may want to question what particular type of customer you want to [...]
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By Josh on 13/11/2009
Sometimes it’s really easy to get gung-ho working on a sweet looking design for your business website.
I was talking recently with a photographer that did our wedding and naturally I asked how their website was going.
She’s mostly happy with their current designer but she referred to him as “more of a programmer than someone with [...]
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By Josh on 23/10/2009
If you’re looking for a way to grab your visitor’s attention right away I have an insightfully simple tactic which I recommend to all my clients.
One of the most effective ways I’ve found of grabber a potential customer’s attention online is to implement a small attention grabber on your front page.
An attention grabber is a [...]
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