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Monday, July 7, 2008

3 Important Aspects In Designing A Work At Home Business Ideas Website

There is a lot of information about how to build a work at home business ideas website out there. There are a lot of tips and tricks on how to create a website without needing a programmer or hiring a professional. All of these technical tips and little pieces of advice often overlook the big picture and end up making the work at home business owner micromanage the small details.

While this is nice and will actually be good for the online business it is not the only advice a person needs to hear in order to build a good online income business website.

There are three key points to building a good work at home business website. These three points can easily be lost in the technical aspect of creating a website. They are very important, though, to the user. When building a website keeping the user in mind is important, especially when building a business website where the user is key to success.

The three points are as follows:

#1 Make it easy to use.
A website should be easy to use. A visitor should be able to navigate the site without hassle. This means they do not need to be bombarded with pop up ads or have to search for anything. Everything needs to be right there for them and they should be able to easily see how shopping and checking out works.

#2 It should be informative and give value to the visitor.
Online users are now used to websites that are informative and actually offer them something. Most people will simply leave a website if they can not get information from it. People are spoiled, but that doesn’t matter. A website needs a section with a blog or articles that allow the user to get useful information.

#3 It should be clear and simple.
This goes along with being easy to use. A website should not be cluttered or difficult to figure out. People are not going to work to get to anything on a website. If they can not figure it out then they will leave. Menus should be clear and every aspect of the shopping experience should be clear.

In order to ensure a website meets these three points a online income business owner should try it out before going live. They should go through the website and make sure it is not confusing or there is too much on any page. It is also a good idea to put up a survey that allows visitors to say what they do and do not like about the site.

Making sure these three points are covered will really help to make a website a success. It can be a big boost for a work at home ideas business, as well. People want a good experience and a good experience includes a website that is easy to use, informative and clear. This is all something that can be worked into the final steps of creating a website.

Once the technical things are handled the focus can shift to making it user friendly and making it a website that people are going to want to visit.

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3 Comments:

  • At July 7, 2008 8:07 PM , Blogger GT said...

    Hello, Ingrid:

    Good information that we should all keep in mind and try to apply as best as we can.

    I agree that the designers are great at what they do ... but they don't always design with the site visitor's best interests in mind.

    GT Bulmer
    StarrBizz.com

     
  • At July 10, 2008 10:11 AM , Blogger Alan Thomas's Blog said...

    Hi Ingrid,

    Nice post with good information. Designing a website can be a bit of a compromise between making it search engine friendly, but also user friendly.

    Your blog layout is very attractive!

    Alan
    Stay At Home Moms Business Opportunity

     
  • At August 5, 2008 5:12 PM , Blogger Peter Lee said...

    Hi Ingrid,

    Thanks for very useful information here. Sometimes we tend to make our site more search engine friendly instead of reader friendly. Also I agree that content is so important. I think having one killer content is better than 10 sub standard ones. That way the reader leaves your site with a "wow" and keeps coming back too.

    Peter Lee
    Work At Home Ideas

     

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