Web Tips for getting the greatest results.

The need to write a single, benefits packed sentence that describes your business, products and services.  (Approximately 20 words.)
We enter this in your web page's code. (Visitors to your site never see this description, but many search engines use it for ranking your site. It also often appears on the first line behind your name in search engine listings.)

For example, the meta description for Pardue-Consulting.Com reads:

"Pardue Consulting builds quality web pages - for low cost.

Come up with 7-10 single "keywords", or "keyphrases", that you think your customers would enter when doing a search with search engines. As with your site's , these are entered in the code behind your page. Again, as an example, ThumbsUp Consulting's keywords are: web design authoring graphics computing internet software hardware quality low cost

Collect the information necessary to write a "web page that sells." If you have existing brochures, ads or articles about your products or company, these can be used by our designers to write the best body copy for your web page.

If you choose to write your own body copy, be sure to write it from a customer's perspective - loaded with your keyword benefits. And to rank highly with search engines, it is important that these keywords appear very early in the text and are mentioned 5 or 6 times throughout. While factors such as "reliable, experienced, trustworthy, etc." may be important to clients, they are "throw away benefits" as far as search engines are concerned. Therefore, be sure to also include keyword benefits that are specific to your products or services.

Other items we would like to include - to make your web page the most useful are: your hours of operation; the forms of payment you accept; your phone, fax and cellular numbers; years of experience; any awards you've won or associations you belong to; etc.

Provide a copy of your logo and one or two photographs (either in digital form or hard copy) showing your products, store front, key personnel, etc. These should be of photos of items that will interest visitors and may help give them the to confidence to do business with you.

Once your page is published to the web, include your www.address on business cards, stationary, envelopes, etc. A web site is no good unless you publish it. A web page is the quickest way for both current and potential customers to learn more about what your company offers. (And your site will be working all day, every day - long after your staff has gone home.)

Include your web address in your store; on your yellow page and newspaper ads and brochures; on any billboards or bus benches your running; on product packaging and on all vehicle signage. By directing customers to your web page, you can communicate much more information, for a lot less money compared to other marketing methods alone.

At the bottom of your e-mail messages, include a line about why people should visit your page and provide a link to it.
For example:
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Want to save hundreds of
dollars on your small business
web page? Learn how at
www.pardue-consulting.com
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Send a press release to current and prospective customers announcing your web page and your matching email address. Make sure everyone knows that, with your web page, you are now easier to contact and do business with.

When customers know that your page is a timely source for the latest company information, they are much more likely to bookmark the site and visit it frequently.