Visitors Choose To Buy From Your Competitors Sites?
May 12, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Leadership Skills
After you have spent a lot time and effort in the planning that is involved to achieve a successful website, the last thing that you want, is visitors coming to your site, only to leave the site and wander over to one of your competitors.
To prevent this from happening, it can be very helpful to review the following reasons why many websites have lost revenue that could have otherwise been earned, if prospective customers had not chosen to instead buy from competitor sites. In doing so, it gives you the chance to take the necessary measures needed to see that these problems do not ultimately interfere with your success.
Lack in having a professional design – If the design of your site is second rate and not created in a professional manner, man times individuals will move on to other sites that are presented in a much more appealing design.
No clarity – If the information on your site is not provided in a clear and informative manner, many times visitors will not be able to find the answers to their questions very easily and they will move on. Most are looking for precise information and want precise answers.
Navigation that is poor – Often times a visitor on your site will become easily frustrated if the navigation on your page is inconsistent and confusing to navigate around in.
Content that is outdated – One of the biggest disappointments visitors notice very quickly, is when not much time or attention has been spent on a website to ensure that it contains content that is current and up-to-date.
Pages loading too slowly – There are some individuals that do not like spending a lot of time waiting for a site to load. In fact, if more than three seconds is needed, there are some that will give up and move on and find faster loading sites.
Advertising – Sites that rely on money earned from advertisements through Google AdSense are of course expected to have various ads placed on their site. However, for online businesses that rely on revenue earned from specific products or services, it is important that advertisements are in fact maximizing the amount of leads and revenue, or if they are driving visitors away.
Sites that bring on the Zzzz – If your site contains nothing but boring information that loses the interest of your visitors, you can pretty much bet that they are not going to stick around for long. Successful sites need to contain as much interesting and exciting content as possible.
External site links that lead visitors away – Links are placed on a site for a reason, and that is to take people to a variety of different places on the web, including those that sell a variety of different products and services. If you place a ton of external links on your website, then it is natural to expect at least some of your visitors to follow these links. It is suggested to place links on your business websites that offer information that is relevant, but it is also important to find balance in those you select.
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April 28, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Leadership Skills, Writing skills
Writing on blogs can ever be so daunting task, but you go on stressing yourself deeper into it to get that final paycheck at the end of the month but how many of us really enjoy what we are doing? Let’s make our task more interesting without ever sacrificing on other commitments of life like socializing, parties, parenthood, etc.
There are so many variables which needs to be kept in mind before you sit writing on blogging items, you have to get straight to the point attracting interests of your readers till the end of the articles, although the work of writing might seem to be monotonous you can still spice it up with your creativity and talent. Firstly, you need to stop sleeping while writing, concentration is the key, secondly giving up on family and friends for some time, dedicating a few hours completely at work helps, thirdly you can write faster and learn new things too.
The main key in blogging is to hold the interests of your readers till the end, but how we achieve that target? Writing under deadlines can even be a very challenging task I remember the times when I used to have very little time writing big articles for websites and sometimes for newspaper ads, there are varied other blogging site where I pass on my articles weekly.
Writing every weeks get me in average of 5,000 to 10,000 words per week, it still not that much of a boring task like it seems although you can make it more interesting each passing day. You can have loads of time at your hands even by writing 100s of articles per week, given below are some few simple steps you can follow to write faster and even:
- You need to know what you are going to write, keeping thinking of the items you can to state in your next blog, once you are decided with one thing you will have clear mind in stating what you want in writing. Consume your time in thinking, even while you watch TV your subconscious mind can think and you can come out with some brilliant ideas. Even while washing your dishes you can start thinking creatively to get the hang of it, once you create an art by itself to start with creative headliners it goes on till the end.
- Interestingly, even when you write creatively you can set a proper sequence to all of your blogs yet make it look so different and unique. You can start your blog in a Q & A sequence, these are the most common communication starters. Starting with small paragraphs is a good idea as they state briefly what will follow. You can start with your own experiences and interesting stories you came across. You can list some of the sites with your work involved to get the confidence of your readers. You can quiz your readers about something and then state the answer in the following paragraphs that will keep them interested in your blog.
- Just start with your natural ideas as soon as you sit on your computer, don’t stop until you are blank on head with no words to type. At least when ideas strikes you, you shouldn’t stop yourself for correcting on grammar and typing mistakes, that can be corrected later let the natural words flow. You can make use of quick notes so that will remind you later for your corrections that are to be made later.
- After completing on your statements, go through your blog properly from beginning till the end. You can correct your grammar, fill in the empty place, replacements, etc.
- You can read your blog loudly, so that will give you an idea whether if it is really going to make an impact on your readers.
- Did the final touch up, its ready to be posted.
Follow the step given above and in some days you will see yourself writing almost double the blogs you have been writing and see the speed at which you type, you might really be surprised!!!
Once you get the hang of writing or stating your ideas forward, you might well know how to start with creative stuff.
You can give your advice or comments over the stated article.
Be a Leader With Killer Instinct
April 28, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Leadership Skills
1 BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF
Trust yourself in spite of hundred of limitations. Just have faith in inner you. Whatever you do, do it with a reason to do it. Once you start the job, do not confuse, just go and get your goal in your way. The leaders are never born, the born person becomes leader by keeping immense faith in own self. If you don’t believe in your self, how will others? So, start believing and loving yourself.
2. LOVE THE CHANGES
Changes are bound to happen. Stagnant water gradually converts into gutters. Just make sure that changes are heading towards the desired directions. There is always a saturation point to even the best things in the world. Every construction is based on destruction. So, face the changes and enjoy performing innovative ideas.
3. DO NOT FOLLOW METHODS, MAKE YOUR PRINCIPLES
Even in Mathematics, the methods are derived from the principles. Try to catch the roots of targeted goal and create your own principles to get it. Let people know your methods and do not make attempts to convince them by orders, convince them with the results. Think dynamically, but share statistically. Ask everyone to share the views and thoughts. Be an analytics and take some concrete steps towards the desired goals. Be a trend setter.
4. MAKE THE FAILURE A LEARNING LADDER
Do not hate failures, failures makes men more successful. Do not blame anyone; try to solve the problem rather than problem makers. A nicely treated mistake is the master key for success. Walking is more important than falling. Teach everyone that every fall is to rise higher. Stand with your followers in every problem of theirs. Built an impression and then take out work from them.
5 THINK BIG, DREAM BIG AND COUNT ON SMALL
Leaders are the born dreamer; they may not be achiever all the time. The Leaders are the Dreamers who Desires and Develops. The seconds are the driving force of the centuries. So, keep attention on each and every small issue. It is important not to be overconfident but it is necessary not to be under confident. There is something in everyone, raise their morale to take that instinct out.
6 BE PERSONNEL WITH PUBLIC
Try to keep personnel relations with everyone. If possible, call everyone with their names that makes a big sense. Touch the feeling of followers and be a friend of everyone. Do not try to become big, be the best of yours. Make a circle than making a group. Be the leader for outsiders and loving friend with insiders.
7 BE OPTIMISTIC
Do not lose hopes at any point of time. Be positive always. There is always a big possibility after any failure. Try to concentrate that possibility and make the possibility possible. Do not lose hopes for anyone, be a supportive rather than a critics. Failures can be raised but losers can never. Win a lesson from every loss. Teach the people morals of failures to prevent them from following failures.
8 IDENTIFY THE POTENTIAL
Do not judge others from outlook, judge them by their deeds. Touch the potential of the people around. Try to share the work rather than doing it. Give targets to the followers; keep Targets higher than their capabilities. Work for 25 hours a day. Teach them how to enjoy work rather than doing it. Raise the potential of everyone around you.
9 BE FOND OF CHALLENGES
Do not bind anyone with the traditional attitude; ask them to work naturally. Be different and make others to think different. Try to take out impossible and special things from the normal and dumb persons. Think innovatively and exclusively and make impossible, possible. Be passionate to reach the goals and pass the enthusiasm within you to the colleagues.
10 BE AN IDEAL
Do not ever forget that you are always an ideal for everyone. Behave always with everyone the way you want them. Be an example for everyone. Barack Obama did the impossible in America by representing himself as an ideal leader. Be an ideal personality, rather than an idle. Guide the people in the right direction by your lifestyle. Make sure that we can not be 100 % perfect, but 99% we can.



