Articles about web design, traffic generation, affiliate programs and related topics.

 

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  Website Design

Benefits of a Good Site Map ...as a website grows larger and more complex, it becomes easier for visitors and search engine spiders to get lost.

The Basics Of Designing Useful Website Navigation ...if surfers can't figure out how to use a website, they leave.

Web Accessibility Tips & Guidelines ...Millions of people have disabilities that affect how they use the web, yet many websites have accessibility barriers that make it difficult or even impossible for people with a disability to actually use the website.

The Basics of Search Engine Optimization ...How to get indexed and well-ranked by search engines without spending thousands on a professional SEO service.

The Basics Of Good Homepage Design ...The first page your visitors see is your most important page. Most often that is your Home Page, and it should invite people to come in and browse around, not send them back to Google.

The Basics of Good Web Design ...It doesn't matter if you have the world's greatest product or service if you are trying to sell it from a bad website.

Improve Your SEO With a Better Site Map Site maps are not just a way to quickly lead a spider to your inner pages: A well-designed site map can increase the usability and page rank for your entire website.

Your website as a 'Jigsaw Puzzle': All the pieces are equally important in assembling the Big Picture.

Do your website colors help, or hurt, your sales?... The colors of your website are important because they define the mood and the emotions of your visitors as well as reflect your identity and image branding.

How CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can help you... CSS can be used as a way to control virtually every element of your webpage layout and appearance.

How To Make Your Own Custom Form Buttons... Don't settle for grey & boring form buttons... customize them to match the look and feel of your website.

5 Important Website Writing & Design Conventions.... the five most important conventions for writing and designing your webpages.

How to Create a Favicon for Your Website... What is a favicon and why would you want one?

The importance of designing your website to work in different browsers.... building your website so it won't 'Break' in other browsers.

12 steps to designing a user-friendly website. Virtually all user-friendly websites have most or all of these features.... particularly commercial websites.



  Your Newsletter

Converting More Visitors Into Subscribers ...Tips and tactics you can implement now to get more new subscribers from the traffic you already get every day.

Getting More Subscribers for Your Newsletter.... Tips to make your subscriber list grow daily.





  Get More Traffic

Getting Your Articles Accepted & Reprinted ...Tips on using free article directories to help you get your articles published & reprinted more often.

What Is "Link Popularity" and Why Should You Care? ...The number of links that point to your website, plus the overall quality of the websites with those links...

Viral Marketing With Free eBooks ...Writing eBooks and giving them away is a relatively simple way put your promotions on 'Autopilot'

Article Marketing - The Best Advertising You Can Get! ...Writing articles for reprinting in newsletters and on other websites is, in my opinion, the best way to advertise your website and products or services.

Making your website "sticky" for greater profits ...visitors will stay longer & return more often, which translates into more sales for you.

Why Use Brandable Promotional Giveaways for your Website ...increase return traffic, keep more customers and improve your name recognition by "Branding" electronic products and giving them away.

Get More of Those Elusive "Passive Backlinks" ...for Better Pagerank and More Targeted Traffic.

Getting people to return to your website...Some strategies for increasing your repeat traffic.


  Affiliate Programs

15 Reasons to Become an Affiliate Marketer ...There are HUGE benefits to promoting affiliate programs with your own home-based Internet business ~ and here is a list of 15 great reasons to start now.

The Basics of Affiliate Marketing ...Affiliate Marketing is a GREAT way for mew webmasters to start making money with a website.

Using Affiliate Datafeed Services For Content And Profit. ...adding a product showcase or storefront to your website with merchant-provided tools and resources is as easy as 1-2-3.

Tips to Maximize Your Affiliate Sales ... getting traffic but not making sales? This will help.

Seven Ways To Improve your Conversion Rate ...having the world's greatest product or service does not guarantee the success of your website.

"Affiliate Mistakes Special Report" reviewed by David Cooper.

Some things to consider before you join an affiliate program



  Other Related Topics

You Can Find Wholesale Products To Sell Online ...Answering the two big questions: "What do I sell?" and "Where do I get it?"

Custom Error Pages Can Plug The Holes Where Your Visitors Leak Out ...Helpful, user-friendly custom error pages may be easier to make than you think.

Analyzing Your Log Files to Improve Your Website ...If you know what to look for, the log files provided by your host can give you valuable feedback and tell you how effective your website is in converting visitors into customers.

10 Ways To Increase Your Website Sales ...What would happen to your bottom line if you could convert twice as many of your current visitors into customers?

Twelve Ways To Generate Unique, SEO-Friendly Website Content ...The content of your website is what keeps visitors interested and coming back, and generating quality content on a regular basis is probably the hardest job you've got.

Who Is Your Customer? ...What do you know about your potential customers? Do you know who they are? Can you make a list of the interests, needs, fears and desires that they all share?

Seven Good Reasons To Start Your Own Internet Business. ...Why would anyone want to start an internet business? After reading this article, you may very well ask; How can anyone NOT want to start an internet business?

Free Website Hosting - Is It Really Free, Or Not? ... The hidden costs of free website hosting.

Tips for Creating Unique Content by Writing Effective Product Reviews ...Writing product reviews is one of the best ways to add unique, valuable content to your website that both visitors and search engines will love.

Successful Website Components Checklist ...most websites are missing one or more of the critical components that help make a website successful.

Make More Commissions With Contextual Ads ...No matter how much your website is making for you right now, adding contextual ads to your pages can increase that amount considerably.

Your Visitors Don't Know Anything About Anything.... If you assume otherwise, you are loosing sales.

Common SEO Errors ...Optimize for Search Engines, Yes, Definitely. But don't make these Common Errors.

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