Despite a slowdown in the economy, leading research organizations including eMarketer are forecasting online shopping to grow at approximately 6% over the next year, while in-store retail sales continue to decline.
At a time when all businesses are trying to maximize every sales opportunity, it is amazing to find that nearly 40% of small businesses still [...]
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Get Your Small Business Online in 2009
Posted in Internet Marketing, tagged advertising, businesses, eCommerce, internet, marketing, online, sales, selling, site, web, website on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
6 Signs You Need a New eCommerce Website
Posted in eCommerce, tagged business, eCommerce, ecommerce platform, ecommerce software, Internet Marketing, marketing, selling, site, technology, web, Web Design, web development, website on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The web is like everything else in life; it constantly changes. This being the case, what may have worked for your business online a few years ago, may no longer be working today. This is why it is critical to choose an ecommerce platform that is highly scalable that can continue to grow with your [...]
Guidelines for Good Web Site Design – Part 9 of 9
Posted in Web Design, tagged business, design, development, eCommerce, internet, marketing, site, web, website on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Consistency
In this final post of our series on Guidelines for Good Web Design, we’re wrapping it up with the element that ties all of the other pieces together – consistency.
Consistency is critical to good web design to ensure everything matches. Heading sizes, fonts, colors, spacing, navigation, etc. Good web design should be consistently themed to [...]
Guidelines for Good Web Site Design – Part 8 of 9
Posted in Web Design, tagged business, design, development, eCommerce, graphics, images, internet, marketing, photoshop, site, web, website on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Crisp and Sharp Web Design
Keeping your web site design looking crisp and sharp requires thinking at the pixel level. Sure, everything in your CSS will be pixel perfect, but in software such as Photoshop you’re going to have to work for it. To achieve a sharp design for your images and graphics you have to:
Keep [...]
Guidelines for Good Web Site Design – Part 7 of 9
Posted in Web Design, tagged alignment, business, design, development, eCommerce, internet, marketing, site, usability, web, website on November 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Alignment in Web Design
All good web designers understand the importance of using alignment to create associations between visual elements of a web page, which helps site visitors easily understand the objects on the page.
Alignment in web design works by visually associating multiple elements in a way that the elements become instinctively related to one another [...]
Though Times Are Tough For Retail, Online Sales Still Growing
Posted in eCommerce, tagged business, eCommerce, economy, internet, marketing, online sales, retail, technology, web, website on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s undeniably difficult economic climate, all businesses are cutting costs. Some are tempted to skimp on their investment in ecommerce, viewing it as a marketing expense rather than a line of business. That is a mistake.
Online retail is growing at 12 times the rate of brick and mortar.
Internet Retailer has announced that online retail sales [...]
Guidelines for Good Web Site Design – Part 6 of 9
Posted in Web Design, tagged business, design, development, eCommerce, internet, marketing, site, usability, web, website on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Usability
As important as a great looking website is, it’s not going to perform well if it isn’t easy for your visitors to interact with. Therefore, web designers need to ensure they provide for both eye appeal and a site that’s designed for easy use.
Although, we have previously covered some areas of usability such as navigation [...]
Guidelines for Good Web Site Design – Part 5 of 9
Posted in Web Design, tagged business, design, development, eCommerce, formatting, internet, marketing, site, text, web, website on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Text and Formatting
The text you choose for your web site is among the most important design elements you need to consider. Even though you may have always liked Arial font on previous sites, a new project may not necessarily look as good with this tried and true font. To set off the overall look of [...]
