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How-To Create A Successful Website And Help Your Clients
Introduction: What is Important
YVOD’s approach to building websites is 100% client focused. Many businesses want to tell their own story. They spend a lot of time talking about their approach to solving problems and why they are so fantastic. While this is very good to know, it is of little importance on the web. A successful website must deliver what the visitor wants to see.
Step 1: Who Are Your Clients
YVOD likes to start the conversation by asking owners of websites to think about who is going to visit their site. We try to develop at least 3 “personae” of potential visitors. These personae may describe existing online visitors, desired visitors or existing offline clients that you wish to convert to online customers. What is important is to think deeply about who these visitors are. Continue reading
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Find a cab on the internet in real-time!
Oh I can not wait for my iPhone!! Ride Finder by Google Labs Want a cab? Click this Ride Finder link in Safari on the iPhone and walk to the nearest cluster of cabs and hop right in. Updating in … Continue reading
michaelromanowski.com is now live!
Michael was in a bit of a pickle. While he owned michaelromanowski.com he did not actually have a website. For the past two years he had a simple “Site Under Construction” page that had not changed. I met Michael and … Continue reading
Deconstructing the justfood.org home page
YVOD builds websites for individuals, nonprofits and small businesses. Sure, we can toss anything up on the web and make it stick. But our real value is that we T-H-I-N-K about what we are doing. We actually care about your … Continue reading
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YVOD – “Experts” In Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
A client was asking for an example of YVOD’s search engine optimization (SEO) skills. As we so often do, we point to our own website as the example. Less than a month ago YVOD released our 13 SEO Best Practices … Continue reading
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13 SEO Best Practices
If you own a website, or are thinking of building one, you need to be concerned about how appealing your website is to search engines like Google. Making websites attractive to search engines is now a multi-billion dollar industry. This … Continue reading
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Here’s To The Crazy Ones
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world… are the ones who do. – Apple Yes, I love Macs. But more than anything, I love what they allow me to do. YVOD is changing … Continue reading
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(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free I wish I could break all the chains holding me I wish I could say all the things that I should say Say ‘em loud say ‘em clear For … Continue reading
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Backup your DVD’s on a Mac
Backing up your DVD’s should be easy. If you want to place them on your iPod it is trivial – just launch Instant HandBreak and click two buttons. handbrake.m0k.org – Rips your DVD video and puts it on your iPod … Continue reading
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