Getting the Most from Small Business Websites Waterville ME

Small businesses are succeeding online as American’s turn to the Internet to search for products and services of all kinds. Competition could get rather fierce as unemployment rates increase; traditionally, this coincides with an increase in small business startups. Whether starting a website from scratch or revamping one, these pointers will help guide small businesses convey their messages consistent with web surfers’ expectations.

Pictures tell a thousand words

Ineffective: These websites have many characteristics—photos take more than 10 seconds too load or Flash animation looks great, but doesn’t convey important messages or grainy, low-resolution product photos look unprofessional.

The Segway.com website: an example of good balance between page elements

Effective: Product details combined with captions guide the untrained eye toward features and benefits quickly. Be mindful of optimizing pictures in a few different methods. Work with sizes, colors and pixels of every graphic so they load in a timely manner and look great. When creating code, make sure there are Alt Tags, descriptive words that pop up when a mouse pointer is hovered over a photo. First, this improves search engine content. Second, viewers who either cannot see the graphics or choose to block them are still able to get the full experience.

White space offers a place to rest

Ineffective: Overcrowded, dreary palates of colors on one hand, and barren wastelands of white space randomly spattered with brightly colored graphics on the other. Both distract visitors from understanding where their eyes should go and what they should do when they get there.

Effective: Colors used to enhance logos and pivotal graphics help establish patterns quickly, letting visitors focus on finding what they need. Using white or light colored backgrounds paired with dark colored text helps prevent eyestrain; dark backgrounds sometimes work, just be careful to keep a balance.

Plan pages in regions and have a specific goal for each region. All regions should work together to accomplish one goal—click throughs.

Words seal the deal

Ineffective: Websites often present like brochures. Lengthy descriptions about a company’s mission and goals on the homepage miss the mark. It doesn’t address a customer’s needs. Surfers don’t read—they skim pages for the information that best suits their immediate needs.

Effective: Cut to the chase. Web surfers are seeking solutions to their problems or filling voids. Present common problems and how products and services offered through the site can help solve those—dark rooms need stylish lighting solutions and growing small businesses need offsite helpdesk support. Write around 150 words about the company’s main offerings using basic and direct terms that potential customers will use in search engines.

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