What you don’t know about… Websites 👨🏻‍💻

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“Everybody who comes to a website has a task.” Wise words from Jason Wade, founder of Sitetrustee, offering website management. A business website isn’t for leisurely browsing. Business websites are designed to help people accomplish something. It is your job to make that accomplishment easy.  What is a website about  Every website is about that…

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What you don’t know about… Graphic Design 🎨

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Visual communication is effective, fast, and valuable. This much we established last week.  A fundamental component of any visual communication is design.  But what does that even mean?  Can I download some free graphics, commission, and off-the-shelf logo, and use Papyrus font for all my materials? Sure… I could… but I shouldn’t.  I sat down…

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Customer experience: an essential to grow your business

You want to make your customer happy.  That’s not the same as having happy customers.  It doesn’t matter if your customers are simply happy people (although it’s nice). The important thing is that the actions you take contribute to their happiness. That’s what you want your customer experience to achieve.  What is the customer experience?…

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3 key business skills, part 2: Marketing

It is also essential to let the world know about your business. Your marketing should do more than just announce your presence. It should “attract” customers.  It’s about finding your market and being there, building strong and long-lasting relationships.  Take your marketing in 3 stages.  They need to know they need you Start by making…

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Why your clients will choose you again next time

Your clients have options.  They don’t have to buy from you. They don’t have to choose you. They don’t have to call you.  There are plenty of other people and businesses that will gladly take their calls.  What can you do to make sure you are their first phone call time after time after time…

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Contact forms: a story in three parts

“Contact us” “Click here to connect with us” “Request a demo” “Schedule a call” And all the other calls to action that we put on our websites.  That might be where the website journey ends for our visitors.  But it is only the beginning of our story together.  Lead generation is more than a click…

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Why you should have a website

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I received my first garlic crusher in my later 30s. Garlic is a common ingredient in my cooking, but I could never purchase a unitasker gadget like a garlic crusher. Then I received one as a gift, proving that thoughtfulness is not about price, and not only do I crush garlic on the regular, I…

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How to pick the worst clients

If a strategy is about knowing what not to do, then client profiles are about knowing who not to target.  Much of this will happen as a process of exclusion as you build your Customer Profile.  But that is not enough. There are certain traits you want to look out for, that make universally bad…

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Do you know what your clients want?

Your clients know what they want.  To get what they want, they need something: you. You know what they need, which allows them to get what they want. (If this doesn’t sound familiar, see the link above).  Now let’s make sure that you understand what your clients want.  How Let’s start with how your clients…

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