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Stand Out In Any Crowd With World-Class Whiteboard Skills

[ad_1] Standing out in business presenting is a sure-fire way to get to the top. But it won't happen if you're relying on slick slides that don't tell a powerful visual story.More presenters these days are realizing the truth: poorly designed slides are not working. The slides that worked last decade, last year or even last month...well, it's not going to work for tomorrow's presentation.So what should you do? I'm not suggesting that you pack up your slides, head for the mountains and call it a day. As tempting as that might sound, there's ideas to share and things to do in your business. But to do it well, you will need a different set of skills.Whiteboard skills work in 3 powerful ways. Use all three and you'll get ahead in...

Web Design and SEO – They Must Work Together

[ad_1] There is a lot more to building an effective website than just having a good design. In order to attract the attention of viewers and be noticed by search engines, it is vital to have an effective optimization plan which is a completely different aspect in website success other than just visual appeal. It is often felt that implementation of an innovative design leaves optimization unable to function as it must in order to achieve desired goals. This is why it is so important for developers to work closely with marketing and SEO - and vice versa. The final result can then be a careful, success combination of both efforts.Appearance Can Be FleetingA website has to look appealing to encourage viewers to be interested - no real argument there; however,...

Showing Respect to Your Email Audience

[ad_1] I am always amazed at the wide discrepancy of commercial emails that I receive. Some seem directly targeted to my - middle-aged, male - needs and wants, while others might as well have been sent to my teenaged daughter or mother-in-law. Please, email marketer! Take a little time to send me messages designed just for me. Include only products and services that might interest me, and keep them short and focused.I truly appreciate the email newsletters that I receive with clear topics that I can click on for the rest of the article. This way, I do not need to wade through six entire articles to find the one that interests me. I also respect any online reseller that knows email marketing can be used to send targeted messages based...

Website Accessibility – The Basics

[ad_1] Accessibility is a major consideration for any good web designer. It's important to make your website available to as wide an audience as possible, there are a number of different ways this can be achieved:Cross-browser compatibility - This involves checking through and testing sites in a variety of different browsers e.g. IE7, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome. This is very basic accessibility and yet still a stumbling block for many sites!Use of alt tags - Alt tags should be used on any image on the website that has a purpose beyond being decorative, if the image is relatively self-explanatory then a simple description will suffice, if it's more complicated e.g. a graph or chart it should be described in the content of the page or using a "longdesc" tag and...

4 Web Design Mistakes You Should Always Avoid

[ad_1] Your website is very important because it is what represents you to your markets and how well you have packaged it determines the value that you fetch from your visitors. There are so many tricks of building a winning website but also important is knowing mistakes that can cost you value from your site. There are a number of  web   design  mistakes that should be avoided or fixed as necessary so that you are able to retain your visitors and get some good value off them.1. Slow loadsFor users nothing can be more frustrating that a website that takes ages to load. This is actually one of the most costly mistakes you can make with your design because users do not even think twice...