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Saturday, September 3, 2016

Without Professional Website Design On Line Success Is Highly Unlikely

By Timothy Stone


Since its inception the internet has created countless opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs, businesses and other organizations. To this day it remains the biggest trading and communication platform in the world, and it still offers many opportunities to anyone ranging from Johannesburg to Baton Rouge LA. The modern day internet, however, is extremely competitive. Only those that make use of highly skilled professionals for website design purposes can hope to compete effectively.

Far too many would be on line entrepreneurs think that a successful site is one that is colourful and that features plenty of graphics and multi media components. In fact, it is easy to create such a site by simply using one of the many free tools available on the internet. The truth is that such sites almost never succeed. Effective sites are very advanced marketing tools and creating them requires specialist skills.

Anyone that is serious about competing on line will hire the services of a professional designer. Great care should be taken, however, not to hire an individual that has mastered the workings of one or two software packages. Truly professional designers have experience in and an intimate knowledge of on line marketing and they can use a wide variety of tools to create sites that will achieve the results desired by their clients.

Professional designers will not touch a computer before they have created the blueprint of the intended site. They will consult with the client to determine the exact objectives that the site needs to meet, the specifications of the products and services that will be offered and the nature of the target market for whom the site is intended. The designer will also conduct research into the sites of competitors.

The designer will pay close attention to the user interface of the site. It must appeal to the intended target market. They layout must be user friendly and the content must be presented in a manner that makes it easy to absorb. The content of the site will be well organized and error free. Successful sites also allow their visitors to make enquiries or leave comments.

Even the very best sites cannot be successful if they do not enjoy high ratings when users employ search engines. To perform well during searches it is necessary to manage a comprehensive search engine strategy. This involves the use of likely keywords in the content of the site, regular updating of the content and the publishing of new content frequently. Top designers will not create sites without an underlying search engine optimization plan.

Underlying management systems are invisible to users but they play a vital role in the success of a site. These systems monitor visitor behaviour. They count the number of visitors, record the time of day that visitors access the site, measure the time that users spend on the site and record the origins of visitors. These statistics can help site owners to make meaningful changes to their sites.

The internet remains the biggest trading platform in the world and will grow even bigger. To take advantage of the numerous opportunities that this platform offers, it is necessary to publish and manage a highly professional site. To achieve this aim it is necessary to hire reputable specialists in this field.




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