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Check
out our free promotion section - you'll find tons of good ideas.
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Keeping
your site user friendly 1. Keep your navigation consistent. 2.
Make it easy to 'bookmark' your site. A
free script can be found here. 3. Use colors that are easy
to read - black text on a white background is the easiest to read.
4. Make your text fun to read. Use headings, paragraphs, and bullets.
5. Give your readers your contact information and a link to order
something on ALL of your pages. 6. Make a link back to your home
page on each of your pages.
7. Include alt tags for your images. Not only will it help some
with your SEO, but it will also make it easier for folks who turn
the images off. 8. Make sure to proof all of your forms, pages
and links.
9. Have a friend or associate do the same. If anything isn't crystal
clear, then make it so.
10. Make sure you have a privacy, order, refund, and shipping
policy. You may also want to build a FAQ page. Some tips on writing
a privacy policy can be found
here.
Website Navigation - There
are tons of ways you can build your website navigation.
Java
Scripts You
can find hundreds of free ones here. CSS
Tutorials
can be found here.
DHTML
Check
here Many
more options can be found by searching in your favorite search
engine. Some general information on navigation can be found below.
Web
site navigation guide
Believe it or not it really isn't that hard to give your site
a new look. The 'hard' part is done - your content. Just remember
to keep the following in mind.
Make
sure to use the same names of the page - ie mypage.htm, if you
forget to do this then your bookmarks that folks have made and
your search engine positioning will be lost.
You
can change the look of your site by finding a free template that
you like from the link in todays freebie section - make your navigation
links, then one by one change your pages till they're all done.
This
week we're going to be talking about how to make your site sticky.
We all know - or you should know by now that people aren't going
to buy the first time they come and visit your site. So we want
to make them want to come back and visit again.
July
19 - Five things to make your site stickier.
1.
Have a page that you change frequently with tips - help etc.,
that are related to your niche.
2. Have a contest.
3. Hold a scavenger hunt.
4. Add some things that they can actually do on your site - games,
guest books, etc.
5. Add things that are useful for them - free web email, calendars,
etc.
July
18 - Building a useful forum will help make your site stick, for
more reasons than I can put in this small space. To
build a successful forum you need to:
1.
Build traffic to it - traffic = posts, which are the live blood
of any good forum.
2. Make sure to police it - delete any ads or post that don't
really belong.
3. Answer questions - post questions and thoughts... after all
it is your forum.
4. More information on starting a message board can be found by
clicking
here.
July
17 - Building a newsletter part 2 Now that you have an ezine -
how do you get the word out - 1.
Make sure you have an ezine signup box on every page of your site.
2. Send an announcement to your current customers inviting them
to join. 3. Add your ezine to the list of ezine directory sites
you'll find on this page - http://www.blitzpromotions.com/100ways-3.htm
July
16 -Building a newsletter Part 1 - Some
questions you need to ask yourself in the planning stages include
- 1.
How often to send it. 2. The day you're going to send it. 3. What
categories are you going to have for content. 4. How are you going
to send it. You
can find more information here: http://www.ezineuniversity.com/
July
15 - Today's lesson is an overview of what's coming up this week.
Tues
- Building a newsletter 1
Weds - Part 2
Thurs - Forums
Friday - 5 additional ways
July
12 - Here are some 'useful' things you can do with your pda -
most links below are related to the pocket pc. Know
where you are with a pda map - ttp://www.pdacentral.com/epoc/maps5.htm
And
a pda GPS - click
here Build
a pda database - click
here Use
your pda as a remote
control Translate
, Thesaurus,
you can also use it
with video...
wow. Hopefully by now you get the idea - anything you can
do on a pc, you can do (or will soon be able to do) on your pda.
July
11 - Pocket Pc - Tips - all I can say is wow to this site - it's
huge - click
here ++ Support
- best way to find support is to search for your model in the
search engines - example IPaq - which is the brand I own, can
be found by clicking
here. ++ Newsletters
- again search for your brand - a list of many different sites
can be found here.
July
10 - So you decided to get a new palm - now it's time to learn
how to use it. ++
Some tips - Click
++ Sign
up for a newsletter - Click
++ Need
Help - Click
July
9 - Still not sure what to buy - the following site has quite
a few reviews and comparisons.
Click Here.
July
8 - This week we're going to be talking about getting the most
out of your Palm / Handheld - you know you really can do more
than use it as an expensive to do list.
The
first thing to do if you are in the market for one is to choose
which type of hand held that you want.
An
excellent article on choosing a hand held can be found here -
http://www.digital-doc.com/why.html
July
3 - A Design Tip - Did
you know that you can assign a subject and body text in your mailto
tags. Here is how to do it.
Please
note the tags below are listed without their html - if you have
trouble getting them to work, send us a note.
To
code the mailto: with a subject -
mailto:name@domain.com?Subject=Your_Subj
Make
sure not to use spaces.
mailto:name@domain.com?Subject=yoursubj
&Body=Bodygoeshere
This
puts yoursubj in the suject and Bodygoeshere in the body of the
email.
July
2 - Nice article on telecommuting during the Holidays.
Click Here.
July
1 - Can you take some of your vacation expenses as tax deductions.
Find out by clicking
here.
June
29 - I try to always read at least something everyday that will
help us build our business. Whether it motivates, instructs, educates,
it doesn't matter, as long as it helps us grow.
One
of my favorite books is Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
You can find it at your local book store.
June
28 - Some Business Basics - How
to write a business plan.
June
27 - Learn all about business accounting - deductions, planning,
from the SBA - more than 20 + Links. Click
Here.
June
26 - How
to stop procrastination.
June
25 - Organize your home and office - you'll feel better and it
will make you more productive - ok, I know this will take more
than five minutes. Click
here to get started.
June
22 -Step 3 - Continued
Promoting to Blog Directories
http://blo.gs/
http://www.weblogs.com/
http://www.dansanderson.com
/blogtracker/
http://www.blogrolling.com/
June 21 - Step 3 -
Promoting to Blog Directories
http://www.bloghop.com/
http://portal.eatonweb.com/
http://1st-spot.net/topic_weblogs.html
http://jenett.org/ageless/
June
20 - Step 2-
Now take the list that you made yesterday and email the list of
blog owners - asking them for a blog link. Make sure that when
you email them, personalize the letter as much as possible.
June
19 - Step 1-
The first step is to get some blog links with other bloggers.
Today we're going to work on compiling the list. Most of the blog
software sites have an index for their bloggers. Use this list
to find 5-10 bloggers that talk about the same things you do.
Tomorrow we'll talk about Step 2.
June
18 - Some folks wanted an alternative for an easier blog - without
further ado - here's a nice article to get you started - click
here.
June
17 - Make sure that you are reading our Blitz Ezine During the
Summer. The latest issue can be found by clicking
here.
June
7 - 10 -This weekend we'll be showing you in detail how to setup
your blog - click
here for the link.
Our first attempt at blogging can be viewed here.
June
6, 2002 - The package that we chose to Blog with is Movable Type
- the one drawback with it is that you have to install it on your
host server... but no fears, we'll be detailing exactly how to
do it. Since we only have five minutes, the first thing to do
is download the package - which you can do by clicking
here for the page.
Fill
out the form, read the agreement, then click download.
You'll
then get a popup box asking do we want to download and we do want
to save this file to disk. Then click OK. We'll save the .tar
file to our Desktop that way we won't loose it. Click save - it's
a small file so by the time you read this, it should be downloaded.
Tomorrow we'll start the installation process.
June
5, 2002 - In preparation for one of our summer trips we're going
to work on building a webblog. This will allow us to change /
update our site while we are on the road next week, without having
to worry about an FTP. The first step is choosing which webblog
that we want to use.
You
can find a really nice review of four bloggers by clicking
here.
Tomorrow we'll tell you our choice and get ready to put it to
work.
June
4, 2002 - Now that you have the list of your five best customers.
Takes some time and write them a personal note, thanking them
for being your customer, ask them if there is anyway that you
can serve their needs and offer them a discount on a product you
know they like. Mail this letter using the post office.
June
3, 2002 - Today think about your five best customers. That's all
you have to do, make a list of the five folks or companies that
spent the most money with you during the past year... tomorrow
we'll tell you what to do with the list.
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