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Member You - 6 Reasons Why Using Flash is a BIG Mistake
Almost every individual dreams of owning a profitable business. Some may also be interested in an undertaking for the common good, example in case of non-profit organizations. But when we speak of a profitable business, it is not merely inflow and outflow of cash. A lot of detailing needs to be done to make an undertaking profitable.The foremost thing that one needs to decide before undertaking any business activity is the structure of the corporate. A business organization can be a sole proprietorship, partnership or a family undertaking depending on the extent of
I know that they can be cool, that everyone seems to have one, but unless your website is already bringing in some big time money, then don’t risk losing customers by using a flash intro.
3. Not much Content
It seems to be a common problem that a lot of sites that rely on a completely flash design are lacking in the content department. They seem to think that by having lots of cool, fla
One morning long ago, I was in my office when an attractive woman, carrying a briefcase and wearing her best "selling suit", came into the office and asked for my boss. I could see through my bosses glass partition that he was on the phone, so I asked her to take a seat till he was finished.In the meantime, I was trying to make small talk, so I asked her what she was selling. Being a salesman myself, I thought it might establish some common ground that we could both relate to, but I guess she took umbrage to my question, because she retorted with an air of indign
Now I will be the first to tell you that Flash can make a site look pretty cool, but if you are actually trying to make some money from your online business that using flash is a BIG no-no. Here’s why.
1. Too Much Time
It takes way too much time to download an all flash website. Even though broadband and DSL users are growing there are still too many people that are still on dial up to rely on using an all flash site.
Your potential customers will get ticked off at waiting an hour to download your beautiful website and will leave to go to the next one.
A lot of times, designers will say that they can fix the download problem by making smaller portions or chunks of the main site. So instead of having to wait for just one huge file, you now have to wait for a huge file every time you click on a button to go to another part of the site.
It does not fix the problem at all. Your customers are still gonna get ticked after they click on your product button and then realize they have to wait another 8 minutes to download that page too.
2. Annoying Intro
I see a lot of websites that have these flash designed intros. The concept is to have a really cool looking intro to the company or product before launching the main website.
First of all, I have seen some really pathetic attempts at flash intros. If you can’t design a good one you should definitely not try at all.
Second, most people search for the skip intro button and just click past it anyway. Or if you don’t have a skip intro button, they just leave your website all together because they don’t want to watch your useless and annoying intro.
I know that they can be cool, that everyone seems to have one, but unless your website is already bringing in some big time money, then don’t risk losing customers by using a flash intro.
3. Not much Content
It seems to be a common problem that a lot of sites that rely on a completely flash design are lacking in the content department. They seem to think that by having lots of cool, flas
There are many valid reasons for wanting to check out the background of someone you know. If you are an employer looking to hire a new employee, it is important to know their background for several reasons. If they will be driving a company vehicle, its important to know that their driving record is acceptable. Your companies insurance premiums will skyrocket if it is not. You will also want to know their criminal history, especially if they will be handling money or accounting jobs. It is also a good idea to know if a prospective employee has a history of assault charges
1. Too Much Time
It takes way too much time to download an all flash website. Even though broadband and DSL users are growing there are still too many people that are still on dial up to rely on using an all flash site.
Your potential customers will get ticked off at waiting an hour to download your beautiful website and will leave to go to the next one.
A lot of times, designers will say that they can fix the download problem by making smaller portions or chunks of the main site. So instead of having to wait for just one huge file, you now have to wait for a huge file every time you click on a button to go to another part of the site.
It does not fix the problem at all. Your customers are still gonna get ticked after they click on your product button and then realize they have to wait another 8 minutes to download that page too.
2. Annoying Intro
I see a lot of websites that have these flash designed intros. The concept is to have a really cool looking intro to the company or product before launching the main website.
First of all, I have seen some really pathetic attempts at flash intros. If you can’t design a good one you should definitely not try at all.
Second, most people search for the skip intro button and just click past it anyway. Or if you don’t have a skip intro button, they just leave your website all together because they don’t want to watch your useless and annoying intro.
I know that they can be cool, that everyone seems to have one, but unless your website is already bringing in some big time money, then don’t risk losing customers by using a flash intro.
3. Not much Content
It seems to be a common problem that a lot of sites that rely on a completely flash design are lacking in the content department. They seem to think that by having lots of cool, fla
Is Direct Mail Useless for DMers?Is direct mail useless at helping direct mail businesses generate leads?That’s the question I was asked last week by a reader of Alan Sharpe’s B2B Direct Mail Tactics newsletter. Here is her unusual challenge, and my response. “My biggest challenge in generating leads from direct mail is to convince our marketing people that direct mail should be used. This is a completely ironic situation given that we are a DIRECT MAIL HOUSE. Yes, that’s right. I’ve been told that ‘direct mail is not g
It does not fix the problem at all. Your customers are still gonna get ticked after they click on your product button and then realize they have to wait another 8 minutes to download that page too.
2. Annoying Intro
I see a lot of websites that have these flash designed intros. The concept is to have a really cool looking intro to the company or product before launching the main website.
First of all, I have seen some really pathetic attempts at flash intros. If you can’t design a good one you should definitely not try at all.
Second, most people search for the skip intro button and just click past it anyway. Or if you don’t have a skip intro button, they just leave your website all together because they don’t want to watch your useless and annoying intro.
I know that they can be cool, that everyone seems to have one, but unless your website is already bringing in some big time money, then don’t risk losing customers by using a flash intro.
3. Not much Content
It seems to be a common problem that a lot of sites that rely on a completely flash design are lacking in the content department. They seem to think that by having lots of cool, fla
It seems that the United Nations is at a crossroads and it maybe time to try something old and something new to create order on this Planet of Blue. Indeed it may make perfect sense to build the World Franchise System. Why you ask? Well because most of the best performing organizational set-ups, which have stood the test of time tend to be those which more closely resemble a franchise system.For example look at the Catholic Church, it is a franchise and one with basically no regulation over seeing it. Then there is the United States, works very well with its 50 fra
I see a lot of websites that have these flash designed intros. The concept is to have a really cool looking intro to the company or product before launching the main website.
First of all, I have seen some really pathetic attempts at flash intros. If you can’t design a good one you should definitely not try at all.
Second, most people search for the skip intro button and just click past it anyway. Or if you don’t have a skip intro button, they just leave your website all together because they don’t want to watch your useless and annoying intro.
I know that they can be cool, that everyone seems to have one, but unless your website is already bringing in some big time money, then don’t risk losing customers by using a flash intro.
3. Not much Content
It seems to be a common problem that a lot of sites that rely on a completely flash design are lacking in the content department. They seem to think that by having lots of cool, fla
With the advent of auto-responders, more detailed tracking, and sophisticated techniques, email marketing is alive and well. I still find email to provide one of the highest conversion rates in my marketing mix, simple by following a few basic rules.First and foremost, build a house list. Emails addresses you collect on your own via your own website receive the highest open and click-through rates. Put in more simple terms, a house list is a database of email addresses that you’ve collected from individuals exchanging information with you on your website.On
I know that they can be cool, that everyone seems to have one, but unless your website is already bringing in some big time money, then don’t risk losing customers by using a flash intro.
3. Not much Content
It seems to be a common problem that a lot of sites that rely on a completely flash design are lacking in the content department. They seem to think that by having lots of cool, flashy elements and designs that their visitors will not notice they are lacking in anything substantial to offer.
Make sure you have good relevant content in your website, the more the better.
4. Search Engines Don’t Like Flash
Websites that are done completely in flash, all face one BIG problem. The search engines have nothing to index for your site. In your HTML file you simply have a piece of code that calls up the flash file to play. The search engines can’t read this file or what is in it so they have no idea how to index your site and just skip right over it.
You must have readable text and content if you ever have the hopes of getting in the top 10 search results. You will never ever ever get in the top rankings with an all flash website. It’s just not going to happen.
5. Flash Headers and Navigation
Some websites have the header portion of their sites display a cool flash picture or have there navigational buttons done in flash. You can get away with this if you have lots of other good quality content for the search engines to read.
If you use a flash based navigation, include links to your other pages within the body of your text as well as text links at the bottom of the page. Search engines won’t be able to read the flash navigation and won’t know there are any other pages to index if you don’t also have the text links in place.
6. No Plugin
Some internet users don’t even have the Flash plugin installed on their computer. Some people don’t like to download anything from the internet or have never even heard of flash. If they don’t have the plugin then your site won’t even be visible to them. Even if you put a script up to tell them to go get the Flash plugin, most people won’t even bother. This is just another annoying problem to a potential customer.
Now you are armed with proof that using flash in your website is a very stupid thing to do if you want to make any money. If your web
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