Putting your address on your website tells visitors and search engines alike that you’re a legitimate company that isn’t going anywhere. It makes you more accessible and transparent which gives you an added boost of trustworthiness. (more…)
Archive for July, 2009
Tip for Online Credibility: Add Your Address
Friday, July 24th, 2009Boomerang Wins Award for Website
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
All our hardwork has paid off. Late last night we received word that the website for KSQRDesign has been recognized by DesignFirm.org as an exceptional site for both design and development. We worked very closely with the woman behind KSQRDesign, Kim Karon, to put her designs into action and it came out beautifully. The site received a total of 87 points out of a possible 99 and was added to DesignFirm’s award gallery. Check out the winning site for yourself at www.ksqrdesign.com.
Optimizing Title Tags
Monday, July 20th, 2009Optimizing your website for search engines can be a little tricky. We’ve covered the basics in our Beyond the Buzzwords: SEO article about what’s important to search engines, but we didn’t really delve into any techniques. Here we’ll go over what’s important to have in your title tags for each page.
- Different Title Tags – you want each page to have a different title tag. Go to your website and flip through a few pages. If your site title is the same throughout (most likely your company name), you’re going to want to change that. (more…)
Is Haggling Worth it?
Friday, July 10th, 2009Over the past few years, we’ve noticed an upwards trend in clients and prospects trying to negotiate a better price. It’s probably related to the economy, or it could be related to the increase in inquiries we have, but either way, it’s high-time we cut out a lot of stress for small businesses and a lot of headaches for us and share some insights on negotiating with services-based industries.
When you haggle, you are hassling your future business partner. We work with customers everyday, many of which agreed to our pricing without a problem. So what is so valuable about your business that we should be willing to give you a discount? You’ve already proven that you’re not as easy to work with as the clients that didn’t try to negotiate. The bottom line here is that you want each business venture you enter to be a positive experience so unless you can bring something extra to the table, forget the price drop. (more…)