Represent Your Product Or Service
        Images must be sharp,
navigation intuitive. Everything about your site -- right down to
the colors and fonts -- must invoke specific feelings and
demonstrate certain characteristics about your business. For
example; a luxury car manufacturer must make their site elegant,
beautiful, and flawless. A technology firm must make their site
appear high-tech, modern, and functional. Because this is what
their brand represents. This is what their clients want to see.
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Sample of a Broker Page    
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Know your target audience
        To leverage your investment in an
online solution, you need to ask yourself some questions: Are
you selling services, products, or both? Who is your audience?
New prospects, existing customers, or both? How comfortable are
they with technology? What do they really need from you? What new
services does the Web make possible that would benefit your
customers? How are you doing a good job of serving them now? Where
are you failing? What is your competition doing in this area? Why
is your service or product better than your competition?
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Sample of an Informational Page    
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Put your customer's needs first
        The bottom line is your
customers needs. Nothing else matters. Because if their needs
aren't met, they will take their business to someone else. Make it
easy for your customers to get what they need from your web site.
That means posting information about your industry in general and
about your products, services, procedures, and policies in
particular. It may be helpful to "layer" information so that a
few clicks take the visitor from overviews to in-depth
specifications. A well-designed online solution will help you
meet your customer's needs along the entire sales cycle
(Awareness, Product/Service Knowledge, Consideration, Conversion,
Post-Sale Service and Support).
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Sample of a Promotional Page    
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Complement your existing promotional materials
        Your site should
be congruent with your existing advertising and marketing materials.
To do otherwise invites confusion and reduces the impact of your
online presence. Make sure that you incorporate the key elements
of your visual identity into your web site. Behavioral experts
inform us that a person needs to see your brand name nine times
before you are familiar enough to do business with. Maximize your
branding effect by using similar fonts, logos, and colors online.
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Sample of an Online catalog    
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Communicate your unique selling position effectively
        What is
the primary benefit your business offers that differentiates you
from your competition? Think about it. That benefit should be the
focus of most of your marketing communications, and will be key
in developing an attractive and informative web site you can
leverage to YOUR competitive advantage.
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Just below is a sample of an advertising banner that is placed on other peoples pages. This directs traffic to your Webpage
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