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June ABCs of Web Design Newsletter
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theresaw@columbus.rr.com.
Introductory comments
I thought I would mention my own web conversion success – my sales and
newsletter leads are up 2600% in just one month! I now have more work
than I can do and I am pretty happy about it!
For my next web column, I some research on the effectiveness of a link
exchange campaign to get my site’s page rank increased. By adding links, I
went from a PR3 to a PR5 then back to a PR3. Very strange. When I checked in
Google, it is not reading all of my links that other sites have and that I
know are linking to my site (I have checked)! I have since gone up to a PR4
though I am trying to get higher. But I cannot really see much effect in my
site rankings on Google though I have read everywhere that this does help. I
think I need to do more research and going to keep adding more links. On to
the question….
Most popular pages:
Dealing with Job Loss
SEO article series
May newsletter
Question of the month
Question: This question comes from a repeat client: I had previously
performed some SEO work for Laurel and did make some site suggestions for ease
of use. She has since asked me to work on her web site and take over site
maintenance. I am following her instructions but I have found a few spots in her
site where I can make changes to help with her conversion rate so I emailed and
asked if I could make those changes. She emailed me back asking if that is the
work I had previously performed for her. No, it was not. So I take it that she
does not really know what web site conversion is.
So what is web site conversion?
Answer: Web site conversion means getting your web site visitors to do
what you want them to do – buy your product, sign up for your newsletter,
contact you for your services, etc. In the simplest of terms, it means answering
the visitor’s questions or objections as he or she has them. To do this
effectively, you really have to get into the head of your site visitor.
“Most failures in getting a customer to convert (to a sale, lead, subscription,
registration, etc.) stem from a perception of a lack of value, trust,
confidence, security, or relevance.”*
So think about ways you can show a site visitor that they can trust you and you
will start boosting your conversion rates!
*Eisenberg Bryan, Eisenberg Jeffrey, Persuasive Online Copywriting, 2002 Wizard
Academy Press, Austin TX.
Recent Clients of W-edge design:
TechWrite (repeat client)
Lash Publications (repeat client)
Moonhorse Art Studio
TC Advertising LTD
Wrap up
I had a lot of fun speaking down at Franklin University on SEO and web site
conversion. The marketing students asked me a lot of great questions. I was even
asked to stay after my presentation and contribute to the class! Feel free to
email me any questions! Thanks for reading my newsletter.
Please send all questions to
theresaw@columbus.rr.com.
To see the articles from my print web column, go to
http://www.w-edge.com/articles.htm
Feel free to forward this email in its entirety to anyone you feel might be
interested in it.
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"Theresa - I just wanted to let you know how much my business has increased since you took over my website. What I am delighted about is that I am
receiving good, solid business leads from my target audience. How do you do that?" Sylvia Watson, President, Healing Environments with Feng Shui |
"I wanted to let you know that our rankings on Google are now in the top 3, on almost every search we've conducted (most of them are in 1st place)—without using quotes to call out specific phrases.
This is in searches that result in over 20,000 pages per search. We're backlogged with orders until late June, possibly July. You ROCK!” Diana Holycross, Tiles with Style."
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