Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
I've been trying to determine the best method for my site navigation. At one point I listed all of the pages on the site on the left hand navigation bar together with all of the links also being listed at the bottom of each page. Then I shortened up the pages listed on the left hand navigation bar to only include what I considered to be the main content pages with links to the second tier pages on each of the main pages. Ying and Yang, Yang and Ying??? After doing an informal survey and considering both the short and long versions I have decided to go with the long version, which I feel will make it much easier for people to locate information on this site. That is the whole purpose of the internet, isn't it? To provide information!
Together with the expanded left hand navigation bar I have also installed a free script from a company named Allwebco. This script, which "floats", i.e. remains on your page on the right hand side as you scroll down, allows you to list key site pages and to navigate instantly back to the top of the page you are on, bring you back to the home page, etc. You can configure the script any way you choose. And, don't forget, I still have all of the page links listed at the bottom of each web page and on my site map page. Again, the idea is to make the site as easy to navigate and as friendly to use as possible for all visitors.
PS The link to allwebco above is to their FREE scripts and add-ons page, which contains all sorts of free website add-ons!
I am still building the new "Site Marketing" page and hope to have it live by the end of this week.
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success! We hope you found this weeks' article interesting and/or helpful.
Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XXVI
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
Where to begin? The past week and a half has been another whirlwind for me. I've noticed a pattern that has really become pronounced during the past several weeks. Each time I have done a posting on my blog I give a few highlights of what I have worked on recently, what I plan to work on in the short term and some advice based on what I have been learning along the way.
The one thing that keeps everything on an even keel is my "To Do" list. Without this list I would probably be a little lost and unorganized. As the rule says: Always have a plan! The funny thing about the "To Do" list is that it becomes almost a living entity, almost like it takes breathes as it expands one week and contracts another. But just like a hike I recently did in New Hampshire - using the "To Do" list is just like following the trail map so I don't get lost along the way.
Ok - enough preaching on being organized. During the past week or so I revised at least 6 pages on the site to make them flow more smoothly and to make the content more focused. One of the pages was completely restructured and renamed. What used to be Sitebuild Masters Courses is now: Success University This page contains 11 different FREE ebooks that are completely focused on helping you to develop your website business.
The next priority on my "To Do" list is to develop a new page: Successful Site Marketing A rough outline of the information that this page will include information on: Content, Traffic, Pre-Selling and Monetization of your website, website promotion, internet marketing and network marketing. Also included will be an RSS based feed of an SEO article database (continuously updated relevant articles) and several FREE ebooks.
I've just got to keep working on that "To Do" list and enjoy the ride!
PS I'm going to give myself a minor kudo this week. My 3 month average site ranking on Alexa is now at: 563,166 (top 1% of all websites) and the weekly average is at 255,522, but who's counting anyway! That "To Do" list or something must be working (I think the content, keywords, and links are doing the trick)
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success! We hope you found this weeks' article interesting and/or helpful.
Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Where to begin? The past week and a half has been another whirlwind for me. I've noticed a pattern that has really become pronounced during the past several weeks. Each time I have done a posting on my blog I give a few highlights of what I have worked on recently, what I plan to work on in the short term and some advice based on what I have been learning along the way.
The one thing that keeps everything on an even keel is my "To Do" list. Without this list I would probably be a little lost and unorganized. As the rule says: Always have a plan! The funny thing about the "To Do" list is that it becomes almost a living entity, almost like it takes breathes as it expands one week and contracts another. But just like a hike I recently did in New Hampshire - using the "To Do" list is just like following the trail map so I don't get lost along the way.
Ok - enough preaching on being organized. During the past week or so I revised at least 6 pages on the site to make them flow more smoothly and to make the content more focused. One of the pages was completely restructured and renamed. What used to be Sitebuild Masters Courses is now: Success University This page contains 11 different FREE ebooks that are completely focused on helping you to develop your website business.
The next priority on my "To Do" list is to develop a new page: Successful Site Marketing A rough outline of the information that this page will include information on: Content, Traffic, Pre-Selling and Monetization of your website, website promotion, internet marketing and network marketing. Also included will be an RSS based feed of an SEO article database (continuously updated relevant articles) and several FREE ebooks.
I've just got to keep working on that "To Do" list and enjoy the ride!
PS I'm going to give myself a minor kudo this week. My 3 month average site ranking on Alexa is now at: 563,166 (top 1% of all websites) and the weekly average is at 255,522, but who's counting anyway! That "To Do" list or something must be working (I think the content, keywords, and links are doing the trick)
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success! We hope you found this weeks' article interesting and/or helpful.
Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Ecommerce Beginnings - XXIV
Welcome to this weeks' Ecommerce Beginnings article.
Another positive week last week! I completed the work on and uploaded another new page to my Original New England Website: Top Affiliate Information
You see in my mind it made perfect sense to add this page as a complement to the other "ecommerce" solutions offered through my website. This continues to be one of my main goals - to add new, relevant and helpful information pages to my website so it will continue to be a source of information that will help individuals to be able to build their own online business.
The information included on this page describes:
what affiliate marketing is, how it works, how to make money with an affiliate program, etc.
Then I put two more main information blocks on the page:
My next two goals are to:
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success! We hope you found this weeks' article interesting and/or helpful.
Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
Another positive week last week! I completed the work on and uploaded another new page to my Original New England Website: Top Affiliate Information
You see in my mind it made perfect sense to add this page as a complement to the other "ecommerce" solutions offered through my website. This continues to be one of my main goals - to add new, relevant and helpful information pages to my website so it will continue to be a source of information that will help individuals to be able to build their own online business.
The information included on this page describes:
what affiliate marketing is, how it works, how to make money with an affiliate program, etc.
Then I put two more main information blocks on the page:
- recommended affiliate resources - top resources to teach you everything you need to learn about affiliate programs and how to make $$$ with them.
- affiliate program recommendations - the top programs that I personally represent and believe to be excellent recommendations that you can make good $$$ with.
My next two goals are to:
- finish the database for Best New England Products
- develop a new webpage - "Best Small Business Practices" to add to the content of Original New England
That's all for this week!
As always, I wish you the best in your success! We hope you found this weeks' article interesting and/or helpful.
Make sure you stop back each week for our latest installment. Take care and have a great week!
Mark@original-new-england-enterprises.com
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