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Surprisingly, the most important part of good website design has really nothing to do with what most people think. It is true that they all play a big part:

Business Internet Marketing Minimal yet tasteful graphics,
Plain, readable font,
A solid contrast between text and background and
A nice blend of colors based on a uniform color scheme.
Together, they do make a website look professional and credible.

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Internet Marketing Strategic But why are professional looks so important on the web? First, just like its opportunities and benefits the limitations of ecommerce are just as many. For example, one of them is surely the Internet's lack of tangibility. An Internet shopper can not touch, feel, smell or taste a potential online purchase. The second is the lack of familiarity. An online business may be totally unknown and therefore untrustworthy to the new online consumer.

Try adding 2 to 4 more tablespoons of flour to the dough and bake a test cookie to see if it's the right texture and consistency.

Internet Marketing Seo Since scams and snake oils are common these days and particularly on the web, it has become difficult for anyone to accept anything at face value -- at least, to a degree. People have a natural tendency to make what I call UPAs -- or "unconscious paralleled assumptions." In other words, when they see only one part of the whole they unconsciously assume that a parallel exists between it and the whole. It's just human nature.

I buy the tall cans (12.5 oz) and have noticed that sometimes the consistency of the product is terrible.

Ebook Internet Marketing For example, you enter a store that offers quality products -- such as one focused on kitchenware. But as you enter the store you notice that the shelves are unorganized and dusty, and that posters are placed all over its walls (such as one promoting the latest blockbuster movie, one announcing the latest car widget to hit the market and one marketing the latest political party to run for office). Now, what will be your initial perception?

Business Home Internet Even if the store purportedly offers great products and provides good customer service you will have a natural inclination to assume that their products (let alone their customer service) will be just as disorganized, unprofessional and lackluster -- and more than likely you will do this simply based on your initial, unsubstantiated perception. Therefore, if you wouldn't buy from such a store then why would you buy from a website that is totally disorganized, plastered with banners and affiliate programs, and terribly inconsistent from page to page? Consistency breeds consistency.

In its efforts to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ukraine passed more than 20 laws in 2006 to bring its trading regime into consistency with WTO standards.

Internet Marketing Site Web Stated differently, consistent looks lead to consistent sales. I am however astounded to still see so many online businesses -- even reputable businesses that sell quality products and offer good customer service -- on websites that smack of being put together horrendously quick. In these cases, inconsistency will preclude any sign of professionalism.

Based Business Home Internet A question was posed in one of my favorite marketing discussion groups, Nicholas Schmidt's Profit Talk, which asked: "Would you buy from a site hosted on a free server?" It sparked an interesting discussion to say the least. In here the poster meant those free websites like freeyellow.com or hotyellow98.com -- or, as Schmidt put it, "The ones with those annoying advertising frames popping up left and right, making it completely obvious that the [company] behind the site is a one-man operation."

Internet Marketing Web While only one answer was positive -- provided that the free site was a referral from a trusted source -- the majority ruled otherwise. I agree with the majority. Professionalism is not limited to the looks of a website.

Estate Internet Marketing Real For example, if an online business' domain name is long and cumbersome, as is the case of http://www.geocities.com/eureka/concourse/7990/, the natural presumption will be that the business is not making any money. In turn, this will consequently cause people to conclude that the business is not successful (or genuine, for that matter). Not good. (By the way, I'm not saying this lightly as I speak from personal experience. In fact, if you click on the Geocities link above you will understand what I mean.)

Engine Internet Marketing Nevertheless, in addition being consistent includes your marketing activities. As Monique Harris of SellYourBrainFood.com once noted, "Try to become a regular." If you frequent discussion forums in which your target market congregates, try to post on a regular basis -- over time you'll be recognized as an expert in your field. For example, time permitting I actively participate in Internet marketing discussion groups. Some of my favorite ones include the following (I also strongly encourage you to visit them):

Affiliate Internet Marketing http://www.bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/,
http://forum.marketingsecrets.com/,
http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi,
http://www.wilsonweb.com/forum/,
http://www.ablake.net/forum/,
http://www.profitinfo.com/discuss/marketing/,
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/,
http://rwm.net/internetmarketing/index.htm,
http://webwizards.net/AssociatePrograms/discus/.
And of course, my own at http://copywritersboard.com/.

Consulting Internet Marketing Nevertheless, consistency breeds consistency. Keep that in mind in all your marketing efforts. It is the most important element of web design -- or of online marketing in general, for that matter. Consistently project an aura of expertise and professionalism, and you will see a big improvement in results.

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Michel Fortin is a direct response copywriter, author, speaker and consultant.His specialty are long copy sales letters and websites. Watch him rewrite copy on video each month, and get tips and tested conversion strategies proven to boost response in his membership site at http://TheCopyDoctor.com/ today.