Site Building
Putting all of the planning and research to
productive use, site building is the mid-point of the entire
online niche affiliate marketing process. I must now build a
customer experience that puts me above my competitors and
create a fresh design that is visually appealing and that
creates a seamless pre-sell flow to my merchants sales
process.
Design
My designs are not flashy or garish with
outmoded busy, bothersome, and jumbled monetizations. It
distracts and just doesn't fit with a professional affiliate
site.
I market to people who need a serious and
helpful solution to solve some problem they have and to do it
in a professional manner. A smooth flow of information and
solutions in a competent manner with minimal distraction fits
the bill for most of my customers.
Functionality
Objective reviews of salient features and
benefits and calls to action in a planned manner function to
bring real buyers to the decision that will benefit them most.
No hard sell, no flapping of arms or loud promotions, just an
easy process guiding them to take action.
Elements
Easily understood navigation that guides the
flow.
Clean and precise layout that is easy on the
eye, intuitive and not confusing in principle, connective with
the navigation.
Sans Serif web friendly typography that
highlights the useability factor.
Utilization of descriptive and compatible
images that reflect customer profiles and provides visual usage
clues.
Colors that are user friendly and muted for
highlighting and not shock.
Content
Relevant content that assists the customer in
finding the end of their discomfort. Information that adds
value to their decision. If the site is nothing but a complex
ad it will be slapped and you are out of business. Content is
really King. More Content = Better Website = More Traffic and
Conversions
Regular additional content must be
published and promoted to rise in the natural rankings. It must
be planned for and implemented to keep the spiders busy.
We have built a good site. Now we must bring
traffic to our well designed relevant content and
solutions.
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