Criteria for an effective Sacramento business website

  Karma Sutra    February 5, 2016    1606

 

The website of your company acts as a window to your company and it most creates the first impression to a potential customer about your goods or services. How you website looks says a lot about your products, services, and your company existence. Therefore, it is important to ensure that your website reflects your business in the best possible way- it is paramount to the success of your business. If you want to maximize the effectiveness of your site, read on the following criteria.

A professional and a brand-driven web design

Those who visit your website form an opinion about your company and your business. Your website should be appealing. It should look not only clean but also look professional. Your website should also depict the image of your company. It should also be easy for your customers to navigate around the website and the information should be easy to search and find with only a few clicks. The purpose of your business should be understood within a few seconds.

High-quality content

Your website should have high-quality content that communicates directly to the clients. Although a good design comes in handy, the content also plays a significant role to your website. Apart from being top notch, your content should speak to the customer directly. The tonal variation and the style of conversation of the content should be professional. The tone should vividly show the personality of your business. If your content is dry and it is not engaging then, you run a chance of losing your potential customers as well as their interest in your business.

Some of the content that websites nowadays use includes:

• Who we are

• Service information

• Product information

• Portfolio of work

• Photo gallery

• Awards and recognition

• Employment  information

• Article and information

• Privacy policy

• Upcoming events

• Customer testimonials

• Contact us inform

• Order form

Education and do not sell

It is vital to have the “Portfolio” and the “About Us” on your website because it is very vital, if visitors don’t find this type of information on your website, they will start to become suspicious. Remember, one of the key roles of your site is to educate your readers do not sell them. There is a reason your visitors have come to check on your website. They don’t want you to sell them anything. They want to make informed decisions by themselves. They wish to know if your products or services will help solve their problems.

Making content for your site that focuses on giving valuable information to your visitors will make it easy to shift focus from the business itself to what’s in it for them. Some of the tools that you can use to educate your audience include:

• Video or vodcasts

• eBooks

• Podcasts

• Blog Posts

• White Paper

• Email Newsletters

Make your content shareable

You should create content that is not only interesting to read, but also content that is easy to subscribe to and easy to share as well.

Karma Sutra is the author of this article on Sacramento Web Design. Find more information, about SEO Sacramento here


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