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4D Hosting got a reaction from upperhanddig in How to increase rank?I think if page rank is not moving (which is hard to do) then you have to look at the site and why it is not relevant to the audience.
Content in my eyes is King -
Make the content:
Specific
Relevant
Interesting
The more people interact with content, share, like, comment etc... the better. Customer and prospective customer engagement is key in this.
Also a question - are you just looking for an increase in page rank or are you mainly after an increase in sales? They are not the same.
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4D Hosting got a reaction from iems in How's business going?If you need any advice on marketing - happy to help!
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4D Hosting got a reaction from nguyenhce in My 2nd websiteHi,
I am guessing the nav in the first image are drop downs? I would put a left hand navigation bar to make the sections easily accessed.
I would also have a basket at the top right which (if your an international ecommerce site) have currency options, and an item counter.
I would move the search bar to the right.
To make the bottom nav clearer I would have them in sections with titles
I would also enable social sharing 'I like this item at this shop' type of stuff.
Hope this helps!
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4D Hosting got a reaction from TheUninvited in How can i start my paragraphs with[Help]http://www.essayzone.co.uk/blog/how-to-begin-a-new-paragraph-useful-linking-words-and-phrases/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111230105608AAFsnw0
These are great resources to show all the different variations!
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4D Hosting got a reaction from teodora in who was first egg or the hen?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a8pI65emDE
This might help!
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4D Hosting got a reaction from danieljoseph in Professional OptionHey - not a problem.
Understand what you mean about pricing.
If that is the case then perhaps emphasize in the text about being bespoke and people to fill out a basic form to get an idea of costs etc...
The contact us page would really benefit from a quirky grey scale map which different artists/entertainment types can be pinned with pop ups of summary profile or what the entertainment is.
I would have a separate and more comprehensive data capture form, focusing on what you need to know in order to give basic costs and or details for the prospective customer. I would personally want to know details like:
Proposed date
Is this flexible - yes / no (then another tick box on weekends only or week day possibility - this is great for making sure people can get what they need without you having to just say - sorry we are not available)
Is this a celebration? Yes / no (this is great to find out so you can email 6-8 weeks prior to date next year to find out whether they would like a repeat or give a discount for a repeat booking)
Area or postcode they are in or the requirement is in
Number of people
Is a venue required (might sound obvious but not all people will have a venue at time of inquiry and by offering may allow a "packaged" service offering)
Name and Email and optional telephone.
I like the windows 8 image box scroll over option which would then display text to entice clicks. I see you have done this on http://www.urbanedge-promotions.com/entertainment.html
this looks brilliant, really takes the depth of the design to a new level, and the subtlety of the colours is impressive.
Have noticed something going a little wrong with the banner layout on http://www.urbanedge-promotions.com/entertainment.html at the top in chrome, refreshed cache but it is still doing that.
From a really basic SEO point of view, top tips:
Mention location
make sure titles of pages are in harmony with the URL
Have a bottom nav to put pages which are hidden in the drop downs on the top nav
Be specific in the text something like:
We offer beat boxing performances in all areas of the UK, including London, Surrey and Berkshire. Our Surrey beat boxers are the best in the UK, so for your beat box entertainment needs we can offer the most variety and flexibility.
Instead of
We can offer a variety of beat boxing performances from solo shows to beat box battles where 2 of the UK's top beat boxers can battle it out for your entertainment.
Then you would link the beat box pages to a google plus page labeled Surrey beat boxers etc..... which you then appear in the Google plus local listings and it will produce good click throughs.
You also may want to then appear for the key terms: Surrey beat boxers, beat box entertainment, best beat boxers UK etc....
I am no expert at SEO but these general things that I have learnt over the past 8 years in marketing have really helped the listings and page rank of the websites I have worked on.
A great resource is the videos from brighton SEO (I went back in sept)
http://www.brightonseo.com/david-whatley/
http://www.brightonseo.com/ade-lewis/
These are good ones to tell you about basics and local listings.
hope this all helps!
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Thanks
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4D Hosting reacted to pulsphoto in Great idea for a website but no experience in web design or coding?There is website which connects enineers and non-engineers for creating startups or doing projetcs, techcofounder.com you can post some details of your idea and see if someone reply, you can even try to find someone close to you. I think there are couple more of this sites they probably willl even have some in your area. not sure where are you from
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4D Hosting got a reaction from danieljoseph in Professional OptionI love the design, very minimalist is great.
I think the black on white is great, but a little more colour to enhance areas would be great.
Banner images with a big statement (I am a marketer) would go down really well e.g. http://www.vtesse.com/
I would love to make some suggestions on the SEO front and improving your page rank but that wasn't really your question.
I would also maybe consider a speech bubble idea for the customer quotes and perhaps use some more images to break up the text.
I would also like to see more pages in terms of pricing, FAQs, Downloads etc..... but that's the marketing side coming out!
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4D Hosting got a reaction from MMMedia in Google+ share your pageDone!