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There are 8 key factors which can ruin your online business before it ever starts.
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Sin #5
Poor Spelling And Grammar
We all make mistakes when we write things down or type things out. Nobody is
100% perfect but a huge number of website owners completely ignore the basics
of spelling and grammar.
If you're selling a product or service online and your website is littered
with spelling and grammar mistakes you're losing sales. Plain and simple. You
don't need a masters degree in English but poor spelling puts people off. From
a visitors point of view if you couldn't be bothered spellchecking your website
then how good can your product really be?
Here's 4 tips for proofreading your website.
1. Use a spellchecker. Every word processor has one. If you don't have a spellcheker
then get one.
2. Proofread anything you write from bottom to top. You'll spot more mistakes
that way.
3. Print out important documents and edit them with a pen. Again read from
bottom to top when doing so.
4. When you've written an important article put it away for 24 hours. Proofreading
it the next day gives you a fresh perspective on your own writing and I guarantee
that you'll make improvements on your original text.
Sin #6
Flashing And Spinning Graphic Elements
Banners or logos that flash, spin, fade in and out or perform any other gimmick
are a major No No. Don't use them.
Flashing banners and logos say "Look look mom it's my first website! Cool,
huh?" It screamsl unprofessional at anybody looking at your site.
Any website with this type of graphic element turns visitors off. A website
logo or banner should be a static graphic or text element on the page. Online
marketing surveys consistently report that animated icons and graphics on a
website do not convey professionalism to visitors.
Sin #7
Hit counters
Only used by amateurs. Take them off your website. Please. Any decent webhost
can provide you with traffic stats which will provide much more accurate information
than a hit counter ever could.
Having a hit counter on your website was a good idea 8 years ago. The online
world has moved on. You should too.
Sin #8
Use Their Own Language
The reading ability of the average website surfer is in or around highschool
level. If you're the next Shakespeare that's fine just don't force your visitors
to read through mountains of prose that confuses them. Speak to your visitors
as you'd expect they speak to each other.
Your website content needs to follow the model of TV adverts. Short and snappy.
Use catchy writing. Write to be remembered. Write to entertain. Put yourself
in the shoes of the surfer. What type of language and slang would they expect
to find on your site. Then simply use their own language.
There's an old rule of sales:
"If I could see through John Smiths eyes I could sell John Smith what
John Smith buys".
Design your website for your visitors and not for you.
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