How-To Create A Successful Website And Help Your Clients

What Is ImportantIntroduction: 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.

Who Are Your ClientsStep 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.

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 Jacqui Naylor for drinks one night and the conversation turned to how many website leads … Read more

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 site and want you to have the best one possible. One of our excellent clients … Read more

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 article will help you understand the most important aspects of Search Engine Optimization.

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 the world… because we think we can.

(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 the whole wide world to hear I wish I could share All the love that’s … Read more

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 with just two clicks. Schweet! If you want to make a duplicate copy of the … Read more