Reinventing Your Homepage
Some sites need little alterations but some need total
overhauling. The latter, being the most taxing than the former,
has to start off on the right foot. What does it take to have
tempting and pleasurable sites?
First, a site must have focus or concentration leading to a
goal. Be sure not to leave the site wanting in details. Say
everything that needs to be said. The contents must be material
to the site's objectives. Place in graphics that are valuable to
the site. Bear in mind that the color, design and layout must
agree to what you are saying. However, do not give beyond what
is expected. Overdoing it invites confusion by reason of
smorgasbord of links and all sorts.
Focus means organization of ideas and graphics. The more
organized the homepage is, the better.
Another attribute of a good homepage is empathy. Marketing
involves not just logic but a greater doze of matters of the
heart. Persuasion is the key to a successful marketing strategy
thus, this is also vital in websites most especially to
homepages since they are primarily used to market products and
services.
When visitors come to a certain site, their expectation is to be
served and get solutions or answers. Therefore, your site must
cater to the individual needs of these visitors. That way they
can be satisfied and comfortable with your site. This will
further build trust and loyalty between visitors and your site.
This trust can yield you visitors and probable purchasers.
To empathize, you have to know first the possible reasons why
visitors come to your site. Next, the class of visitors and
level of knowledge they have in connection to your product and
services. Be sure to answer all the doubts in their minds as
well as needs, feelings and habits because that will affect the
decisions they will be making.
The third thing to consider - is the 'call to action'. This is
the most important yet the most neglected attribute of a site.
Without this, your site will be wasted.
Visitors want to know the action plan and they should get what
they are supposed to do. The action plan can be getting
information, buying the product, signing up for a service and
the likes. Give a strong, persuasive and clear action plan to
get the results you desire.
Reinvent and invigorate you homepage by making it stunning and
functional!
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