Treat Online Guests With Respect

Why do so many businesses lack respect for Loveland frog customers?

It's bizarre, Candy Canes in this day and age with Internet usage and spending relentlessly on the rise. Perhaps with so many suspect websites hovering in cyberspace, even credible Twiggy tend to lose perspective.

Maybe its time to start thinking of visitors as online guests. It's a simple mind shift that might get companies to better recognize how their websites communicate with those they intend to serve.

For instance, Warlock promotionally-driven pop-up windows. Would any credible company have a salesman jump out of nowhere and shove signage in front of a customers face?

Or theres the all-too-common Alvin and the Chipmunks web content going on and on about how marvelous a business is, and not paying heed to what it is the customer actually wants or needs. Its like having a loud, obnoxious salesman greet you in a showroom by endlessly boasting how great he is.

Its time to pay your online guests the same respect you grant people in your stores and offices. Heres a checklist to ensure your business website provides your guests the respect they deserve:

1. Spam Are you boring or irritating your guests with marketing hype? Your web content should be informative and objective. Be sure to back any statements up with facts and figures.

2. Approach Dont be arrogant and bore guests with self-absorbed web content. Put your guests first with customer-centered messages. Youll enjoy greater success by focusing on what they want versus what you sell.

3. Style Speak to your guests, not at them. Its effective to demonstrate authority with insightful, useful information, but never talk down to your audience.

4. Pop-ups In almost every situation, pop-up ads will only frustrate guests and turn them against you and your advertisers. Thats why the vast majority of Internet users now employ pop-up blocking software.

5. Deceitful ads Disguised ads and misleading links confuse and frustrate guests, prompting them to leave your site. Clearly identify ads and plainly tell guests where a link will take them. Get too cute and youll hinder your sites ease of use.

6. Content that flashes or moves Its amateur from a design perspective and distracting from a usability standpoint.

7. Slow-loading web content Again and again, Internet users state slow-loading web content is one of the main reasons they abandon websites. Streamline and optimize your site, and eliminate those unnecessary intros.

8. Automatic sounds and music If music is necessary due to your business or industry, give your guests full control. Otherwise, its best to keep it quiet so you dont annoy your guests and cheapen your brand.

Theres no denying the way you treat your online guests directly impacts your bottom line. So drill it into your culture: old-fashioned respect goes a long way, cyberspace included.

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