Monday, April 17, 2006

Internet Blunders

Internet marketing can sound vague and obnoxious if you do not have pre-defined set of goals. This being the reason many entrepreneurs who have just landed in the field of internet marketing are prone to commit some avoidable mistakes. Building a hassle-free, sassy, responsive web site can be very simple if you guide yourself on the basics of site design and content management. Moreover, if these mistakes are overlooked on regular basis, you stand the risk of committing some fatal blunders that will mar your efforts or at the worst will leave you broke.

The most significant internet marketing mistake committed by most of the beginners is letting yourself or your webmaster take the responsibility of composing your site copy. Webmasters are generally the copyrighted owners of the site and not the professional content writers. God forbid, if they are not trained to write text, they will end up cringing the thoughts that will be viewed by thousands of people. When developing your internet marketing plan, you must be flexible enough to spend few bucks to employ a professional copywriter to create articles and text for your emphatic web presence. You need words that will persuade your visitors, and encourage them to buy your products not the words that simply ornament your site. Professional copywriters are highly educated and only write the words that sell. Their words can guarantee to generate large amounts of traffic.

Another blunder that often mars the marketing efforts is interpretation of your goals and aims via poorly carried out web site design and a pathetic navigation. A site’s design should be such that it is easy to comprehend with clean and simple design, a search box on the top, and proper navigation running down the side. In case your site is highly illustrative with shopping cart options, a small thumbnail picture should accompany each product, with larger, photos just a click away. Good enough would be to have separate sections for sale and discount products and seasonal items.

The third blunder is to become oblivion of including your contact information on your own web site. None of the person in this entire world would prefer to deal with a website whose whereabouts are not known. Always include a telephone number, your e-mail address, and shipping address and everything that lends you credibility.

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