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Well, the bottom line is "anything that gets in the way of what customers need is bad design however nice it looks".How do you handle objections? Let's say you just talked with your client on a fairly large project and they suggest to you that you are not in the ballpark on the deal. What do you say and how did you get to this point in the first place? I also have difficulty when someone asks me about objections. I know it is important and each time this happens, I have to reach back into my memory and think about how I've handled objections in the past. I remember the sales training early in my career regarding objections. I just don What you include on your website and its appearance will of course depend on what services or products you are providing and what you want the site to do for your business. It can be tempting to try and be everything to everyone - just because you are on the web and can, potentially, reach the whole world. This is probably not how you focus the rest of your marketing strategy but the lure of the web is a weird and wonderful thing. This unfocussed and random approach can actually be detrimental to your business and, in the worst cases, make your website a millstone around your neck. We've all had the experience of going into a shop and being unable to find what we want easily and quickly. Often there is no assistant to point us in the right direction. What do we do? We leave and spend our money somewhere else. The same is true of websites. When you start planning your website the most important thing is to look at it from the customer's perspective. A successful user experience is the main reason people return to a company. If your website looks amateurish, is confusing to navigate, does not deliver what it says it does or makes it difficult for your customers to achieve what they want on the site they won't use your services. 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Often there is no assistant to point us in the right direction. What do we do? We leave and spend our money somewhere else. The same is true of websites. When you start planning your website the most important thing is to look at it from the customer's perspective. A successful user experience is the main reason people return to a company. If your website looks amateurish, is confusing to navigate, does not deliver what it says it does or makes it difficult for your customers to achieve what they want on the site they won't use your services. The majority of businesses do not need complicated websites, and thank goodness the craze for flashing text, cheesy music playing in the background and images jumping aro Automatic for the People - User Generated Web Content spend our money somewhere else. The same is true of websites.If there is one thing that we are being told to do with our websites is to add new content. While this is easy said, how can you add quality useful content on a regular basis? Most small businesses are one or two people companies who are trying to do everything all at the same time. Adding a web page every day to their website is real hard work and sadly is not seen as a business priority.If you are stuck in this rut and haven't updated your website for a while, it might be time to add some user generated conte When you start planning your website the most important thing is to look at it from the customer's perspective. A successful user experience is the main reason people return to a company. If your website looks amateurish, is confusing to navigate, does not deliver what it says it does or makes it difficult for your customers to achieve what they want on the site they won't use your services. 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A good website can really enhance your reputation, attract new customers, retain old ones, enable you to learn more about customers, create new revenue streams, increase referrals, develop brand loyalty, improve customer service and enhance your other methods of advertising. There are tools around to make keeping your site fresh easier. Being able to update your navigation without involving a web agency can save you money in the long term. Learn more about Flexible Navigation http://www.catfishwebdesign.com/flexiblenavigation.html So whether you are working on your first website or revamping
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