Blog Money Design Blog http://www.eblogmoney.com Just another Design Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:19:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en BlogMoneyDesignBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with FlurryAdd to Any Feed Reader What Internet marketing has to do with content! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/ZbCctC6ad98/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/what-internet-marketing-has-to-do-with-content/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:19:37 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=17 You have heard the phrase “content is king,” and this is very true. Website content will do a number of things for your business: 1. Informative, interesting content will help you pre sell your visitors and entice them to click through to your sponsor’s website. These can be varieties of articles. Information articles are very popular [...] You have heard the phrase “content is king,” and this is very true. Website content will do a number of things for your business:

1. Informative, interesting content will help you pre sell your visitors and entice them to click through to your sponsor’s website. These can be varieties of articles. Information articles are very popular and will establish you as the expert in your field. This will create trust and credibility for you in your visitors’ eyes and encourage them to click through to your sponsor and buy. Product reviews are also popular and are great pre sellers.

2. Content can also be used to improve your Page Ranking. Google will consider good content as a good resource for their customers, the searchers and your visitors. Always optimize your content using your main keywords.

3. Keep your website fresh by adding new content on a regular basis. Once a week is a good schedule. This will make Google happy and will again improve your Page Rank and position in Google.

4. When you fill your website with good informative, interesting content, other webmasters will want to link to you to add resources to their website for their visitors. You will then be able to create back links, which will also help you with search engine positioning.

Content is not hard to get. You can either write articles yourself or get them written. If you are really strapped for time and money you can get help here http://www.moreniche.com. MoreNiche is free to join and will provide you with many resources. Apart from these resources, they will provide you with fresh content every week. You can modify this content for your own use and have it ready to go on the fly. This will save you money and time.
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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/what-internet-marketing-has-to-do-with-content/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/what-internet-marketing-has-to-do-with-content/ Creating a Web Design That Sells http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/dSdoQmNWoqU/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/creating-a-web-design-that-sells/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:09:25 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=18 The holy grail of website design is not a site that wins awards at some design conference or at a geek convention. The holy grail of web design is searched for and found every day by designers and scripters just like you. This web design holy grail is a website that sells. Whether it sells [...] The holy grail of website design is not a site that wins awards at some design conference or at a geek convention. The holy grail of web design is searched for and found every day by designers and scripters just like you. This web design holy grail is a website that sells. Whether it sells products, services, or free information, it doesn\'t matter. It sells. That\'s what commercial websites are all about and that is what you should be striving for when you design a site for a business.Of course, this selling isn\'t always direct. Sometimes a site is just a glorified online brochure for a company. That site is still selling. It\'s selling the company that you\'ve made the site for, so it is still a web design that sells. Your goal as a website designer is to sell your client\'s products, not to make flashy widgets that look really cool and accomplish nothing but wasted bandwidth and maybe an award or two for your portfolio.

This can\'t be overemphasized. I am contacted by both businesses looking for website designers and by designers wanting to know if I have any work for them. I rarely match them up because those designers who\'re looking for work have portfolios full of work that might look good in an art gallery or a design show, but that is not what business sites need in order to succeed on the World Wide Web.

So now the question is, “what exactly is web design that sells?” Fortunately, that part is easy to explain. Unfortunately, it\'s not so easy to accomplish. Many web designers think of themselves as artists, but they think of this “art” in the wrong way. They think they\'re visual artists who create art using the electronic medium of the web. That\'s not the case. Web designers are more like interactive or audience participation artists. They\'re more like illusionists and magicians than they are like mimes. This means your business site design is not about wowing the eyeballs, but instead getting the visitor involved in the site itself: getting them to click, to read, to participate. That\'s the true art of web design.

To accomplish this, your design must be simple, but not boring. It must be interactive, but easy to use. And most of all it must be gently guiding the visitor towards a goal: usually a sale, or the piece of information they\'ve been searching for.

Let\'s look at an all-time favorite of ultra-simplistic design: Google. This home page is probably the fastest-loading page on the web that consists of more than just “.” Yet it\'s one of the most user-friendly and most-visited sites on the Internet. Another great example is eBay. A little more complex, yes, but still fast-loading and very clean to look at. Very rarely does a visitor to eBay not know how to use this site—everything is laid out for them simply and neatly. All while still selling.

Simple and effective design is much more than just graphics and obscure talk about “visual flow.” It\'s all about how the user interacts with the site and what the visitor can get out of the site quickly. Most definitely it\'s about “selling” the site through its web design elements. Often this involves a strong mesh of team work between the designer, copywriter, and the back-end programmer.

The search for the grail continues as designers who understand their business continue to find innovative ways to make web design that sells rather than web design that wins obscure awards. Moving away from pure “art for arts sake,” they\'re capturing the holy grail and winning the awards that matter: happy clients who come back and send their friends and colleagues. That is great web design!

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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/creating-a-web-design-that-sells/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/creating-a-web-design-that-sells/ Points you should use on your site http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/G1YgMAIUQDg/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/points-you-should-use-on-your-site/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:09:18 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=16 In order to have a successful website it is important to include certain things within it. Your website is like your storefront and will be your visitor’s first impression of you. You will need to be sure that this is a good one. Here are some points that you should include on your site in [...]
In order to have a successful website it is important to include certain things within it. Your website is like your storefront and will be your visitor’s first impression of you. You will need to be sure that this is a good one. Here are some points that you should include on your site in order to get the full potential from it.
• Firstly you will need to give your visitors some details about your company. This will encourage confidence and trust.
• Describe the services and products you are offering your visitors. Answer the question “what’s in it for me?’
• Give your customer every reason to select your products and services over your competition. Again answer their question of “what’s in it for me?’. Also establish your unique selling point with added value and more benefits.

• About you: Be sure to always include an about us section on your website. It is important to include little snippets about your accomplishments and reason for being in business. This again builds trust and credibility for you with your business. This will of course encourage sales.

You can easily add value to your website and products by using this free site http://www.moreniche.com. This site offers many free tools and content for promotions. This will give you a good start to your business and save you a lot of time and money. The better you present your website and the more resources you can offer the better your website will be and the more your visitors will want to stay and buy from you.

With these few points you can make a website that your visitors will enjoy and build trust for yourself. In this way you will increase click through and sales conversions.

 

 

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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/points-you-should-use-on-your-site/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/points-you-should-use-on-your-site/ How Graphic Design Can Make or Break a Business http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/H4dpCRZ27Wc/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/how-graphic-design-can-make-or-break-a-business/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:06:10 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=11 Graphics design is everywhere around you. Most of it you probably don\'t notice or are so used to seeing that you take it for granted. The obvious items are logos, business cards, and advertisements. There are also billboards, book covers, magazine layouts, posters, product packaging, and a host of other thing that utilize graphics design. So [...]
Graphics design is everywhere around you. Most of it you probably don\'t notice or are so used to seeing that you take it for granted. The obvious items are logos, business cards, and advertisements. There are also billboards, book covers, magazine layouts, posters, product packaging, and a host of other thing that utilize graphics design.
So how can good graphic design make or break your business? Simple: bad graphic design is obvious to most anyone who looks at it and reflects badly on your business. If your website\'s graphic design, your logo\'s design, or even your business card\'s design is not very well done, you\'re giving a bad impression to your prospective clients. Even they might no be able to pinpoint what, exactly, they don\'t like, but any doubt will make them look somewhere else. Great graphic design is essential to making your business succeed.
Websites are the most common area that businesses fail to utilize great graphic design. Usually, a brick-and-mortar business has spent the money and effort needed to get a good logo, business cards, and such for themselves. Often, though, these same businesses will take the “cheap way out” and undercut their graphic design costs on a website. Traditionally, businesses have felt that a website is nothing more than another printed brochure and deserves less attention than their print and other traditional advertising.

The problem is that you\'ll have prospective customers and clients who will find you through your website or who will visit your website in order to get more information about you. If they encounter a shoddily-done site with bad graphic design, they\'ll see this as a reflection of how you do business.

Great graphic design is essential to your businesses\' success. That is why, in all elements of design in and around your business, great care should be taken in utilizing great graphic design. Besides the obvious, traditional items, this also includes: websites, business cards, emails, signage, and more. Utilizing great graphic design will put your business ahead of the curve, making you look for professional and confident, therefore giving you an edge up against your competition.
 

 

 

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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/how-graphic-design-can-make-or-break-a-business/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/how-graphic-design-can-make-or-break-a-business/ Creating Your First Website http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/GfcjJn2zJxs/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/creating-your-first-website/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:05:06 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=13 Whether you\'re just entering the website development field and want to get started on your first, full-blown website or you\'re an amateur just trying to put together your personal website, it can be a daunting task when you see all of the jargon and options available. Don\'t worry, most aspects of website development are actually [...]
Whether you\'re just entering the website development field and want to get started on your first, full-blown website or you\'re an amateur just trying to put together your personal website, it can be a daunting task when you see all of the jargon and options available. Don\'t worry, most aspects of website development are actually pretty straight-forward. The confusion is usually in the terminology and the complicated-sounding technologies you\'ll be using.Almost all of website development is about understanding Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and the design elements of making a functional website. When you see a good site on the Web, you usually don\'t notice the design elements very much. That\'s what makes the sites so good. It\'s when those elements, like navigation, graphics, and the information on the page, get in the way or distract the user, that you notice them. This means the site\'s designer, or website developer, did not do his or her job correctly.

If you\'re an amateur building a website for fun or family, then this may not be as important to you. Most likely, you\'re using an online site builder or free website tool. The professional, however, should be very concerned about these design elements. The only way to know if your elements are correct is practice, revision, and criticism. Look around the \'Net at sites that you admire and focus on these elements to see how they accomplished what they did. Find similar sites and check them and look at sites that don\'t come up to standards and note their mistakes. Learn from other people\'s website development efforts in order to better your own.

Now comes the fun part: experimentation! The best way to learn on your own is to try things. Don\'t be afraid to fail, since it\'s your mistake and no one\'s going to fault you but you. Learn from it and try again. Play around with different concepts of navigation and design, fill pages with useless gibberish or random content so you can see what handling large amounts of written material is like. Make drop-down, hover-changing, and other kinds of menus to see how the buttons interact and the scripting holds up to expansion and changes. Above all, though, experiment with your website development!

Once you\'re confident with your skills, start building your first site—probably your own professional site to sell yourself. The successes during your experimentation are now your portfolio. Good work! Keep working, trying, and succeeding by learning from your failures. Website development is about practice and knowledge. Don\'t let your lack of experience hold you back, but instead utilize your unbounded imagination. Keep trying!

Now that you\'re ready to do something for real, you\'ll need to know some basic concepts about website development to keep your sites well-grounded. You\'ll need to know: what the focus of the site-to-be is, what kind of content will be included with, how much content is expected, how often feedback from the client will be given, and what kind of hosting will the site be on when completed (often the same as during development). There may be other questions, but these are the most basic.

The focus of the site is merely what the site is for: is it a sales site, online store, or glorified brochure. In other words, what\'s the point of the thing? You\'ll need to have at least a rough idea of what kind of content will be used on the site and how much of it (text, graphics, audio/video, etc.) there will be. Some clients are very open to letting you run with their website\'s development and come up with your own, while others want to control the process from start-to-finish and have a clear idea of what they want. This covers the question about client feedback. Most sites are built in stages, with a “skeleton” going up first to solidify the major design elements and the details and content going in next, page-by-page or section-by-section. The question of site hosting is very important if the site is to be anything more than just a cut-and-dried brochure or text-only site—a site that doesn\'t use much or any audio/visual or back-end scripting like shopping carts.

Now the fun begins! Building the site needs to be somewhat organized, but if you\'re given some leeway, take advantage of it and have fun with the concept. Start with organizing the content and creating a game plan for how the site will “flow” or be laid out for the user, from index page to final purchase or final goal. Use this game plan to start building the backbone of your site: its navigation. Square this away first, before you do anything else on the site. The navigation is so integral to the design, website development, and even file structure of the site on the server that it must be the first thing completed and ready to go. Changes to the navigation, once implemented, will probably be difficult and will affect everything else about the site.

Once that\'s done, it\'s a matter of taste and style. Once you\'ve got a feel for your client and their business (and therefore their clientčle), you can come up with a graphical design based around your navigation scheme to make the site great. After that, it\'s mostly just “plug-n-play” with content. Most sites are built on a basic template, which contains the major graphic elements and the navigation. This is because continuity throughout the site is visually appealing and less confusing to the visitor.

That\'s the basics of website development, in just a page or two. There is more to it, of course, but you\'ll learn most of it as you go. Once you\'ve got the foundation I\'ve outlined here, you\'re ready to learn the rest by experimentation. Besides, that\'s more fun than reading some boring article anyway. So have at it!

 

 

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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/creating-your-first-website/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/creating-your-first-website/ Pros and Cons of Free Web Design Software http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/Fh7FiodUV9c/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/pros-and-cons-of-free-web-design-software/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:04:57 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=15 So you\'re a do-it-yourselfer and you want to build your website on your own? Great! There are a lot of great tools to choose from, including some great free web design software. Rather than being a listing of what software is available and what my opinion of it is, though, this article is going to [...]
So you\'re a do-it-yourselfer and you want to build your website on your own? Great! There are a lot of great tools to choose from, including some great free web design software. Rather than being a listing of what software is available and what my opinion of it is, though, this article is going to be about the general pros and cons of using free web design software in general. It\'s something to consider, especially if your site is intended to be your business front or in any way professional. Just because you can do it for free doesn\'t necessarily mean you should.
Don't worry, though, often it\'s not a problem, especially if you\'re computer literate and have a good understanding of how the Web operates.First things first: why are you building this website? Is it to be a personal site, a site for a hobby or family interest, or is it to be a professional or business website? If your answer is either of the first two, then you can quit reading now and just go build your site. Find a good web host and you\'ll usually find free web design software that goes with it and that will meet your needs.
If you\'re building your site for business or professional purposes, though, then you\'d better keep reading. This site will be your livelihood (or part of it, anyway) and will definitely affect your reputation and standing amongst your peers and clientčle. So you\'d better carefully consider what your site is to look like and how you\'re going to go about making it look that way before you commit to using free web design software instead of hiring a professional.

No doubt you\'re head is full of ideas of how the content will read, how the site will look, and how many visitors you\'re going to be getting who\'ll be interested in buying your products or hiring your services. Well, it\'s good to have those dreams, but you\'d better keep your head in reality for a while. You have some real decisions to make.

The first thing to do is decide if you really have the time, energy, and wherewithall to devote to building your own website. Even with all the great free web design software out there, it still takes a lot of time and work to make a site look professional. Not only that, but there is a lot to learn if you\'re going to optimize that site so that you can maximize turnover (visitors to sales) ratios and search engine rankings. Not to mention the website copy itself and the design elements that make the site appealing and usable to the visitor.

If you\'re still up to the challenge, then let\'s look at what general kinds of free web design software are out there and which ones are best for you to use to make your new site. The two major types of free web design software out there are: stand-alone and web-hosted.

Stand-Alone Software
Stand-alone software is just that, it installs on your computer like any other application and is run almost entirely from there, with no Internet connection required for most functions. There are a lot of advantages to using this kind of free web design software:

* portability (no ties to any single web hosting provider)
* speed (it is usually not dependent on your \'Net connection speed)
* backups (your site, as it is on your computer vs. the Web is a “backup”)
* eases collaboration (if you have more than one person working on your site, this software can often make working together easier)

At the same time, this type of free web design software has some distinct disadvantages:

* incompatibility (sometimes your software is not compatible or supported by your host)
* support (free software is often not very well supported, often with little or no customer support at all)
* what you see is not always what you\'ll get (sometimes what you see the site looking like on your system is not what it looks like once published to the Web)
* not system portable (if you work on your site from more than one computer, you may not be able to move all the data back and forth easily)
* often does not integrate well with shopping carts and other web scripts (these scripts are usually built into the hosting plan and may not be able to integrate easily with your software)

You can see here that there are definite pluses and minuses to using free web design software that is stand-alone. Usually, this option is chosen by more experienced web do-it-yourselfers who have an understanding of the more complex parts of web design, such as HTML scripting and such.

Web Hosted or Web Based
Software that is included as part of a hosting plan and that runs almost entirely through your browser falls into this category. This is the most common type of free web design software now and has gained popularity for a number of reasons, including these strengths:

* easy portability (any computer accessing the web can be used to log into the software to work on the site)
* what you see is usually what you get (what you\'re seeing on your screen as you build the site is probably what it will look like when people see it on the Web)
* integrates almost seamlessly with host-supported scripts (shopping carts and other scripts are usually built into the web-based design software, which means they\'ll integrate nicely)
* good support (if your website host provides good support, then your free web design software probably has it too)
* fast setup and easy learning curve (this type of software is usually quickly set up through your host and is almost always easy to learn at least the basic operations of)

There are some big advantages to using web-based software, most of which very much outweigh the disadvantages for most people. This is why it\'s gained so much popularity. The disadvantages are too much for some, though, and include:

* host non-portability (once you sign up with a host and use their free web design software, you\'re probably married to them until you decide to revamp your site entirely or quit business online)
* changes may be irreversible (you may not be able to save multiple versions of your site for backups or temporary changes, such as sales or promotions)
* backups more difficult (often web-based software has no backup solution integrated)
* functionality or custom HTML limited (often you are restricted to using only the built-in objects and scripts and sometimes you are not even allowed to hand-code portions of the HTML itself)

There are definitely some ups and downs to using web-based free web design software, but as I said, these cons are often outweighed by the pros that I listed before. For many, this is the solution that fits best.

Whatever your decision, it doesn\'t hurt to at least try free web design software for yourself and see if you can make the killer site you\'ve dreamed about for your business. If you fail to do so, you can always scrap it and hire a professional later. It was free, after all!
 

 

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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/pros-and-cons-of-free-web-design-software/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/pros-and-cons-of-free-web-design-software/ Create the Perfect Logo Design http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/63j2lqQMmRA/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/create-the-perfect-logo-design/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:00:45 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=9 How To Create the Perfect Logo Design for Your Website Your new business and website will need a logo. This is fundamental to the design of the website and the creation of your business entity (called “branding”) in people\'s minds. Two businesses that are exactly the same in every respect except their logos will see a [...] How To Create the Perfect Logo Design for Your Website

Your new business and website will need a logo. This is fundamental to the design of the website and the creation of your business entity (called “branding”) in people\'s minds. Two businesses that are exactly the same in every respect except their logos will see a large difference in their marketing and success because of those logos.

First, let\'s look at what a logo is, exactly. Before you can create one, you\'d better know exactly what a logo is. It\'s more than just a graphic with a business name emblazoned over the top of it. It\'s a simple visual that conveys an idea to the viewer while at the same time linking that idea with the business\' name. For instance, a logo with swirly lines going in one direction conveys speed through the air and would brand a business in someone\'s mind as being fast. Another logo featuring a blue mass resembling a rock conveys solidity (blue is a “solid” color in most people\'s minds and rocks are obviously the same). These simple concepts are almost subliminal, but are very real in logo design.

Creating a great logo is a matter of focusing on the elements that set your business apart from others. If you\'re superior in service, quality, or strength, you\'ll want your logo design to convey this idea. Effective logos are also simple, they don\'t have a lot of details to clutter up their look—the shape you want to convey is more important than the shading and details to make it obvious.

Logo design should also be distinctive and bold, giving the impression you want to convey in less than three seconds. The company\'s name and graphic imagery should also be able to flow with this logo without looking out of place or unwieldy. The font you use to print your company\'s name on the logo should be simple and easy to read while still merging with the look and idea the logo is conveying. Swirly, stylized and old-English style fonts should be avoided.

The final element for most logo designs is to have the ability to convert it to black-and-white (for print or fax) and still retain the logo\'s ability to convey your message. This is often overlooked when designing a logo and is usually not noticed until later, when it\'s much too late to fix it.

Now that you know what should be incorporated in your logo design, you\'ll need to start making your logo. Depending on your artistic talents, I\'d suggest you sit down with pencil and paper and start working out ideas. Be simple, don\'t expect to have a finished product in a few minutes of pencil swishing. It will take some time. Most likely, you\'ll get the general idea down and then begin honing it to perfection, like any well-made item.

Once you\'ve done this, you can either put it on the computer yourself or, if you lack that talent, find someone to do this for you. A professional is key to making your logo shine.

One more option to try is to purchase or find generic logo templates on the Web and work off of those. They are good in a pinch or when you want a less personalized logo and aren\'t too worried about longevity, but if you want a logo that will stick out the long-haul and be there in the years to come, you\'ll want to have one professionally made. Logo design is not always simple and easy, but it can be rewarding to do yourself if you want to try. Even if you aren\'t able to make your own logo, at least you tried it and can have a better appreciation of what goes into making a great logo.

So try some logo design today and see if you\'re up to it. It\'s fun!

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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/create-the-perfect-logo-design/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/create-the-perfect-logo-design/ Affordable Web Design http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/SARDlbF9Ggs/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/affordable-web-design/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00:52 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=7 Where To Find Low-Cost Web Design Companies You\'re in need of a website and want to find a professional to design it for you, but you don\'t have a large budget to spend. There are plenty of low cost web design firms and professionals out there for you to choose from for your new site. There [...] Where To Find Low-Cost Web Design Companies

You\'re in need of a website and want to find a professional to design it for you, but you don\'t have a large budget to spend. There are plenty of low cost web design firms and professionals out there for you to choose from for your new site. There are just three things to know before you start: what it is that you want in a website, whether your cost projections are realistic, and finally where to find low cost web design professionals.

The first two are key, because you can\'t expect to get an eBay.com built for fifty bucks. In fact, you\'re not likely to get even the worst MySpace page made for that little money. On the other hand, you don\'t have to spend thousands of dollars to get a great site built either. Know what you want and make sure you have a budget that can handle it. If you aren\'t sure what things cost, do a little looking around the \'Net and find out what the current rates seem to be. Don\'t be afraid to call or email a professional and ask for an estimate, whether you plan to use them or not. Most basic sites, if you\'re willing to do some of the busy-work yourself (like plugging in text and so forth), can be built for under $500, often half that.

Now to find the low cost web design professional for you. This is a little trickier. You want someone knowledgeable, but not overpriced. If your needs are high and your budget isn\'t, you might also consider hiring a greenhorn who is just getting started in the business. Often these people are more than happy to do a lot of extra for nothing so they can build a reference and portfolio to use to get more clients. Just be aware that they might make promises they can\'t deliver on or get in over their head and not have a way out. If your site is fairly basic, though, you can probably work with a newbie and get good results. Be prepared to gently make criticisms and don\'t be afraid to articulate your needs to them. They might not yet know the questions to ask to get the information they\'ll need.

Finally, before we start talking about actual sites and places to go to find a low cost web design professional, just remember that when you\'re looking at these providers, you need to be evaluating them completely. By all means, use your gut instincts with your choice, but make sure that whomever you\'re going with has the ability to do what it is that you want: look at their portfolio, check their references, and get as firm a quote as you can nail them down to for your project.

Now for some of your options for finding your solution provider. Many low cost web design providers can be found on online “matching” services like eLance.com, oDesk.com, getafreelancer.com, and even eBay.com. With the exception of eBay, all of these sites are geared towards pairing online professionals with people like you who need their help. On all three of those, you post a project and the professionals come to you with bids. You choose the best bid based on price, portfolio, and so forth. You can often find many low cost web design firms and professionals at places like this. One caveat: if you are planning to talk to the person face-to-face or over the phone, be aware that many of those who bid on projects on these sites are from foreign countries and may not speak your language clearly.

If you\'re looking for someone in your area, however, you\'re going to need to do a little more footwork. It can be worth it, though, if you want someone you can call locally, meet with for consultation, and otherwise build a relationship with. In this case, you\'ll want to use your local newspapers and ad sources. One of my favorites is your local classified ads paper (called something like “Traders” or “Big Nickel”). These are much cheaper to advertise in than most newspapers, so you\'re more likely to find budget services, like low cost web design, in them. Many of them are online as well.

Another solution in this regard would be checking the online classifieds in the phone book: try whitepages.com or yellowbook.com. Often lower-budget advertisers will opt to only publish their ad online and will forgo the more expensive phone book ad.

However you plan to find your solution for low cost web design, you\'re sure to find what you\'re looking for. There are a lot of providers out there and you\'re going to find the perfect one for your project!

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1. Check the live stats on the testimonial page. It will help you make your mind about what you want to promote and where.
2. Find ways of putting links in the path of surfers. There are lots of places to promote MoreNiche™ products.
3. Go on the popular chat programs and join the conversation if the topic borders on the things you are trying to sell or start a conversation yourself.
4. Feel free to adapt existing ads or write new ones from scratch if you think the company ads aren’t creative enough, or if you have specific information about your target customers
5. Put an e-book on your website and invite everybody to download it free of charge since people like freebies and will certainly welcome the chance to become informed without paying anything.
6. Write about your experience and a personal endorsement especially if you’d tried the program itself. People need to know that a product is actually working before they decide to buy it and what kind of benefits they can expect from using it.
7. Maximize your chances by subscribing to more than one affiliate program and list all the links on your website on a directory page.
8. Create your own signature file. Use a spiffy headline that’s bound to grab attention, talk about the product you’re promoting and keep everything simple and to the point

There are just some of the many ways to advertise your product to reach wider audience on the Internet. All that you need is to feel free to mix and combine promotion techniques to suit your product and your view of how marketing should be done.
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]]> http://www.eblogmoney.com/ways-on-how-to-maximize-your-profits/feed/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/ways-on-how-to-maximize-your-profits/ Finding Affordable Web Design, pt. 2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogMoneyDesignBlog/~3/kNyq_5Yy0Uw/ http://www.eblogmoney.com/finding-affordable-web-design-pt-2/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:13:29 +0000 admin http://www.eblogmoney.com/?p=21 Finding Affordable Web Design If you\'re out there looking for professional and affordable web design, then you\'re likely finding yourself in a bit of a bind. There are plenty of affordable web design firms out there, but a lot of them are amateurs in disguise, non-English speaking, or hard to contact. Here are a few things [...] Finding Affordable Web Design

If you\'re out there looking for professional and affordable web design, then you\'re likely finding yourself in a bit of a bind. There are plenty of affordable web design firms out there, but a lot of them are amateurs in disguise, non-English speaking, or hard to contact. Here are a few things to look for to narrow the field and find the designer that\'s right for you.First off, you\'re probably looking on Google or another search engine for your designer. That\'s a good place to start, sometimes, but all it shows you is who\'s paying for an optimum search position or who\'s spending the most time optimizing their site to get good rankings. Either way, their idea of “affordable” might not be yours. Keep that in mind when you look at these firms.

A better way than search engines for finding a good designer is to go to design forums and message boards. Often this is where you\'ll find the really dedicated designers who\'re interested no only in making a living, but in helping others perfect their craft as well. Read through some of the messages and make note of who is most helpful to others and seems to have a ready answer for most things. Check out their profiles, websites, and other references and see if they\'re the kind of designer you\'re looking for.

Similar to this approach is to look through ratings sites that rate customer satisfaction with providers. You\'ll find these all over the place and for everything imaginable, not just web design. In a similar fashion, you can look for matching services that match your needs with a freelancer or firm that can provide for them. These sites are like eBay for professional services.

Whomever you find, make sure to thoroughly check them out before you hire them to do your site. Look at their portfolios, ask for references, and make sure you get a firm quote on price and time-line for completion. If there is something in the designer\'s bid you don\'t understand, make sure you get it clarified before your project starts and before you\'ve shelled out any money. Never, ever pay for your website design up-front. Always pay either in stages or in escrow (where an objective third party holds the money until everyone is satisfied).

And remember that cheaper is not always better. Sure, you want your design to be affordable, but you want it to be professional and to specifications too. The cheapest choice is not always the best choice!

There is a lot to choose from with affordable web design, if you look for it. It\'s not really a matter of finding it, but making affordable web design actually pay off for you too. There\'s a designer for every job out there, so start looking for yours today!

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