The Full Service Hosting
AGConsulting Services proudly offers full
service hosting. Many web design companies outsource the hosting aspects of the
web pages and, consequently, are often restricted to what they are allowed to
design and do by the hosting provider. The hosting companies often restrict
what is allowed on their servers because they are afraid that some websites will
cause the servers problems or cause them to crash. Because we host our own
sites, we do not have these types of restrictions on our web designers, and they
can design the website and write the code to meet your needs.
The Importance of a Well Designed Web Page
A well designed website, or your
e-Business solution site, is important for a business, whether it is a large
business or small business. This is the image that you present to the world.
The website tells the world who you are, what you stand for, as well as the
products and/or services that you provide. A well designed website is more than
just a colorful and attractive page on the web, if it is a dynamic facet of
your business that shows what features you offer, how the functions work, and
how you benefit your customer. At AGConsulting, e-Business sites are hosted and
designed with all of the e-commerce needs built into the system, from the
ground up.
A well designed e-Business site is an
economical solution that does many things. Not only does it tell the world who
you are, what you stand for, and the products and services that you sell, it
also increases your publicity, increases your exposure and therefore your
prospects, and increases your “expert –ability” in the eyes of those who see
it. The website also provides a mechanism for great customer service and
support. A poorly designed site will just collect “e-dust”, cost you money, and
not do you any good.
Do well designed e-Business site will
show your clients and potential customers to various features you have and the
functions that you perform, but most importantly it will show them how you can
benefit them the most. A good e-business solution should include the following:
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Identify who your visitors are;
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Identify and present clearly the
benefits as visitors of your web site are going to receive;
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Visitors should achieve the purpose
of visiting your website fast (easy navigation), whether it is finding
information or purchasing goods for service. The rule of thumb is that a
visitor should fill the purpose of their visit within three or four clicks.
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Information should be clean and easy
to read. The overall page should not be cluttered.
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The web page of the fast and should
not take a long time to load. The rule of thumb is a patient load and several
seconds. Too many graphics were too much flash slow down the load rate.
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The website should get a good search
engine ranking, there should be a lot of visitor interest for your products or
services – this is targeted traffic
There are several important aspects
that should be considered when designing your e-Business solutions site.
Site Design:
The content of your e-Business solution site should be user friendly, quick to
load, and incorporate relevant keywords in order to get higher rankings in the
search engines. Remember, this is your storefront is open 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
Shopping Cart:
Your virtual shopping cart is similar to the shopping cart and supermarkets.
This allows your customers to purchase items and services online, process and
total the order, calculate applicable sales tax and shipping charges and
provide them with a total. Shopping cart should be easy to use and store basic
information for repeat customers for ease of use in the future.
Payment Method:
The ability to immediately pay after going through the shopping process is
extremely beneficial, especially the catch the impulse buyers. Again, the
payment process should be simple, straightforward, and easy to use. Many banks
will help you set up a margin account click credit cards and/or checks for a
nominal fee. Paypal how will process most methods of payment from the consumer
for a small fee.
Shipping: if
you sell hard goods, and chipping is one of the main tasks that must be
fulfilled. Shipping can either be handled in house or through fulfillment
companies for a nominal charge. If you’re going to use a fulfillment house, you
should sign your agreement with them and configure your website to notify them
automatically, to reduce the amount of work on your part and the possibility
for errors.
It is important to keep your website
simple to read and understand and easy to navigate. This makes it easier for
your customers to find the information you’re providing for the items that are
selling. Do not get this makes it necessary to have a clear navigation bar any
good search box.
Your e-business solutions site is an
effective way to gather emails addresses from clients, customers, and
prospective customers. This is one of the best and cheapest ways to sell
on-line period was also a great way to communicate with your customers and
clients and disseminate information.
Keep people interested in your site
and returning it is evident ages to provide E-mail newsletters and/or free
information (white papers). Keep these items short and simple. It should be
well designed and visually interesting, including photos and graphics. Include
multiple links back to your own site. Make it look professional, without any
typos or errors. Including easy way for the viewer to contact you or two
unsubscribed. Constantly test and track down your newsletters or white papers
are doing.
Provide great customer service. A
satisfied customer will return to your site and even pass along links. Go out
of your way to give great customer support and service. For those who are not
happy with their experiences, try to turn them around with an offer of a
discount, free product, or some other benefit. It is cheaper and easier to keep
a customer it is to develop a new one.
As you can see your e-Business site
or your e-Commerce site not only shows what features you offer, how the
functions work, and how you benefit your customer but is also designed with the
functions and features that benefit you built into it from the ground up.
Can Weblogs Keep Your
Customers Coming Back?
Weblogs, or "blogs," as they are also
known, are the latest computing trend. While it is almost impossible to
estimate how many blogs there are in the Web, recent estimates have put the
number over 10 million. Clearly, the blog phenomenon is here to stay. But the
real question is “can a weblog help you run your business better?” Absolutely.
What is a blog?
Originally, blogs functioned as public, online diaries. Blogging applications
made it simple and easy to post content quickly and take the headache out of
updating Web pages.
Bloggers post about everything
from the minutiae of their everyday lives to firsthand accounts of momentous
world events. The vast majority of blogs are still of the diary variety, but
savvy business owners have seen their potential as a marketing tool.
Blogging for business
The appeal of the blog model to an e-business owner is obvious: Blogging is a
fast and easy way to update site content and connect with customers.
Web surfers have a short attention
span, and they want to see new content -- even if it's only minor updates. A
static site is a dead site. But you can use blogging technology to add
new content to your site in just minutes. You do not need to post tons of
content, and you do not even need to update every day. Blog about new
developments in your business, new product offerings, sales, or anything else
that might intrigue your site visitors.
And with Web users becoming
increasingly accustomed to email and spam, weblogs are a great way to interact
with your users instead of, or in addition to, your email-marketing efforts.
Some customers who would never open an email newsletter will willingly visit
your site time and again if you pique their interest with your blog entries.
Search Engine Optimization
Bloggers love links. Virtually all blogs have links to other sites they like or
recommend, and those sites invariably link to other blogs, and so on, ad
infinitum.
Search engines love links too.
Google and other top search engines use the number of links that point to a
site as one of their indicators of how "important" the site is: The more links
to a site, the higher up it will appear in search results. So, theoretically,
if you started your own hosted Blogger blog and linked to your company's home
page, your ranking in search results would improve marginally.
Once you set up your blog, you
may want to include links to other blogs you read and enjoy, and some of those
bloggers may even return the favor by linking back to you. Once your blog has
been around a while, other bloggers may discover your site. If they like it,
they may also choose to link to your site. Before you know it, your blog is
part of a huge network of blogs, with myriad links pointing to your site. If
you pull it off, it can do wonders for your search engine rankings. Welcome to
the viral world of blogs.
Keep at it
There may be more than 10 million blogs on the Web, but only about a million or
so are updated regularly. The other 9 million or so are updated occasionally or
have been abandoned by users who grew tired of even the minimal amount of
dedication it takes to maintain a blog.
If you want your business to
reap the many benefits of blogging, keep at it. Because blogging is a viral
medium, you need to give users time to "catch" your blog. If you prove yourself
by updating consistently for long enough, users will continue to come back
looking or fresh content, your fellow bloggers will accept you into the
community, and you will be rewarded with a steady stream of traffic.
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