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Top 18 Ways to Improve Your Website

By PaperStreet Web Design

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Top 18 Ways to Improve Your Website

• Design– Message: Have a clear message, powerful tagline and crisp logo.– Brand: Have a unified brand across all your websites and print materials.– Typography: Enlarge headlines and paragraphs for information hierarchy.– Imagery: Feature imagery that best represents your brand.– Content: Feature your most important content on the home page.– Structure: Create an organized structure for your website.

• Technology, Usability & Platform– Content System: Make it easy to update your website.– Errors: No missing pages or broken links.– Build: Make your website W3C compliant and full HTML.– Tools: Submit your site to Google Webmaster Tools, Sitemaps and Analytics.– Size: Make your site at least 960 pixels wide and have clear rollovers.– Blog: Make sure you blog. Become an authority in your area.

• Marketing– Calls to Action: Include your contact information in header, footer & sidebar.– SEO: Build Links to your website and properly tag your site’s web pages.– Social: Integrate Social Media into your website and network.– Content: Write regularly. Become an authority in your area.– Mobile: Create a mobile version of your website or “Responsive Design”.– Paid: Consider paid ads online to increase traffic and convert users.

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Design Improvements

• Message: Have a clear message, powerful tagline and crisp logo.

• Brand: Have a unified brand across all your websites and print materials.

• Typography: Enlarge headlines and paragraphs for information hierarchy.

• Imagery: Feature imagery that best represents your brand.• Content: Feature your most important content on the

home page.• Structure: Create an organized structure for your website.

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Design: Message

• Have a clear message, powerful tagline and crisp logo.

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Design: Brand

• Have a unified brand across all your websites and print materials.

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Design: Typography

• Enlarge headlines and paragraphs for information hierarchy.

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Design: Imagery

• Feature imagery that best represents your brand.

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Design: Content

• Feature your most important content on the home page.

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Design: Structure

• Create an organized structure for your website.

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Technology Improvements

• Content System: Make it easy to update your website.• Errors: No missing pages or broken links.• Build: Make your website W3C compliant and full HTML.• Tools: Submit your site to Google Webmaster Tools,

Sitemaps and Analytics.• Technology: Make your site at least 960 pixels wide and

have clear rollovers.• Blog: Make sure you blog. Become an authority in your

area.

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Technology: Content System• Make it easy to update your website.

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Technology: Errors• No missing pages or broken links.• http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

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Technology: Build

• Make your website W3C compliant and full HTML.

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Technology: Tools

• Submit your site to Google Webmaster Tools, Sitemaps and Analytics.

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Technology: Size

• Size: Make your site at least 960 pixels wide and have clear rollovers.

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Technology: Blog

• Make sure you blog. Become an authority in your area.

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Marketing Improvements

• Calls to Action: Include your contact information in header, footer & sidebar.

• SEO: Build Links to your website and properly tag your site’s web pages.

• Social: Integrate Social Media into your website and network.

• Content: Write regularly. Become an authority in your area.• Mobile: Create a mobile version of your website or

“Responsive Design”.• Paid: Consider paid ads online to increase traffic and convert

users.

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Marketing: Calls to Action

• Include your contact information in header, footer & sidebar.

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Marketing: SEO

• Build Links to your website and properly tag your site’s web pages

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Marketing: Social

• Integrate Social Media into your website and network.

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Marketing: Content

• Write regularly. Become an authority in your area.

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Marketing: Mobile

• Create a mobile version of your website or “Responsive Design”.

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Marketing: Paid

• Consider paid ads online to increase traffic and convert users.

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Thanks!Top 18 Ways to

Improve Your Website

By PaperStreet Web Design