Archive for November, 2009

Want Effective Web Content? Take a Cue From the Super Bowl

I love television commercials. Where others might search for the remote in earnest to mute, fast forward or channel surf – I prefer to sit through these three minute breaks as sound bites of entertainment in and of themselves…

Does Your Organization Have A Website Strategy Blueprint?

Digitalword believes all great websites start with a solid architectural blueprint before even moving onto the design and development phase of the project …no matter if you’re creating a site for the first time or initiating a redesign for the third…

Click Here – The Business Implications Of The Two Most Innocuous Words Online

I always talk about the three kinds of content that a website should have for it to be successful – information-based, task-based, and relationship-based. These of course are the keys to ROI through search engine optimization, customer engagement, and word-of-mouth…

Web Content Strategy – Know What Business You're In

I was never really any good at “textbook business” back in university but I do remember a few catch-all phrases they instilled in our vocabulary back then. One of them was: Know What Business You’re In. On the surface that seems like a no-brainer. If you’re a shoe company, you sell shoes. If you’re an accountant, you sell accounting services. If you’re a school, you sell education. However, that’s not the nugget of goodness encased in this all-knowing mantra. It helps to add an impact word to get the full gist: Know What Business You’re REALLY In!…

What's The Point Of Even Having A Website?

It seems like a simple enough question, “What is the purpose of your website?” But so few clients I encounter have really thought of a specific answer. Most are more concerned about visibility, branding, and website traffic than they are about really defining the purpose of their website…

Want More Value From Your Website? Ditch the Redesign!

Many of my new clients are coming to me looking to get more value out of their websites. They’ve done everything they expect a business “should” do with respect to having an online presence: reinforcing their brand, providing information about their products/services, and supplying contact information. When their web stats drop and they realize their website has become more of a museum installation than a lead generation tool, they immediately believe the root cause of their problem is the design…