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Invest in the web, for massive returns

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:07:47 +0000

People don’t always relise the potential of investing their time and money in to a web site.

Well they should, because if you are willing, you can directly or indirectly generate revenue for you business.

Let’s look at a local builder, why would they need a web site? Well say I build a small brochure web site for them and SEO it up for the key words builder in Stockport..I can expect it to be around the top of the search engine listings. Generating about 5 – 10 visits a day.

Not worth it..eh? Well it is..because if just one of those visitors turn into a client then the cost of the web site could be payed for in the aquisition of that new client.

It’s clear that even small businesses can benifit from having a web site.

As a Web designer, I cannot explain traffic trends to my Stockport clients!

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:40 +0000

My pal is a plasterer in Stockport..I spoke to him the other day..He said “Can you explain why I get zilch new leads for days, then one day I get inundated with calls?”.

Strange trends can be seen more easily in graphs like this

Even though I always over analyse things, I could not even guess why this happens.

The strange thing is it seems to happen in most if not all industries, in particular, as a Web designer, my Stockport clients’ Web site statistics always seem to have completely random peaks and slumps.

It could be that, for example on the first day of the month people say to themselves “Right..I really need to get this Web design stuff sorted this month”. So they call me for a quote.

Or it could also be that something universal stimulates customers to behave in a certain way..something on TV or in the media.

Unfortunately you probably will never know what triggers customers behaviour, as they cannot tell you what made them contact you, as it was probably a subconscious, untraceable decision.

However, the person who can harness this power of persuasion would become a very wealthy person indeed.

Death Of Jacko, Web nearly fails, Blame it on the Buggy!

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:27:31 +0000

Facebook, Twitter, TMZ..Just some of the Web sites that where crushed under the pressure of a mass of visitors trawling the web.

Goodbye Michael

They where trying to confirm the reports broken by the celebrity gossip web site TMZ that the infamous Michael Jackson had Died.

Various TV news reports and a statement from his brother Jermain confirmed the news and its certainly come as a shock to the music world.

Initial figures suggest the Internet received 3 times the traffic than usual in the minutes after the story broke.

The behaviours of people on the web during this unfolding event has showed me the new trend in how news spreads across the globe.

Networking sites such as Twitter spread the unconfirmed rumours, people buzzing with excitement (or in this case shock) flock to more reputable sites such as Sky News to confirm the rumours, then it seems people go back to networking sites to share their thoughts and discuss the present issue.