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5 Must Have Website Design Elements that Enhance User Experience

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5 Must Have Website Design Elements that Enhance User Experience

Things happen quickly in the digital world and it should come as no surprise that website design has been rapidly changing over the last few years. With Google favoring mobile-friendly websites as well as the explosion of consumer need for graphic content such as videos, it has become necessary for a constant monitoring and adjustments to a company’s digital strategy. 

Not to mention, a well-maintained website generates more leads and helps to grow your business. If your site is more than a few years old, it is safe to say that you are in need of a website makeover.  

To demonstrate the must have website design elements that will enhance the user experience, we will use one of the recent website makeovers we did for our client, Frank’s Wine.

 

5 Must Have Website Design Elements:

 

1. Use a Responsive Design – Your website design should respond to the visitor’s behavior and be displayed properly on different devices or screen sizes. This is achieved by designing flexible grids and layouts and well as including images and CSS media queries. 
 
2. Mobile-Friendly Functionality – It is important to have a clean and efficient design that fits a small phone or tablet screen that is easy to navigate. Making contact and taking action are important features to take into consideration when planning out a mobile website. Many smartphone users are making spur of the minute decisions, such as where to eat or purchase an item by searching for reviews, price comparisons and product specifications from their mobile device.

Franks Wine mobile friendly website

3. Multiple Optimized Landing Pages – While redesigning your website should focus on the visual elements, form and function need to work well together. Make sure to incorporate SEO  on each landing page you create. Building a beautiful website does you no good if no one can find it!

landing pages

4. Include Social Media Links – Showcasing every way you can communicate, connect and engage with your potential customer is crucial in today’s marketing climate. That is why you need to make sure that you include your social media links on the website in the clear way, should your visitors choose to connect with you through different platforms. 

social media

5. Provide Calls to Action on Every Page – Whether you provide services or sell products, in order to encourage your website visitors to take action you need to include CTA buttons on each page. See the example below:

 

Related: 5 Reasons Why a Good Website Design is Important for Business Growth 

Advertising your business is a big part of growing your business. But if you don’t have all your ducks in a row, you could be wasting your advertising dollars. To be a success, you need a website that works for you and allows your customers to get what they are looking for. 
 

If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how Advertising Is Simple can help you design a website, get in touch! 

AdvertisingIsSimple | 302.407.0431| 

info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com 

6 Holiday Marketing Strategies to Maximize Your Advertising Efforts

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6 Holiday Marketing Strategies to Maximize Your Advertising Efforts

With Thanksgiving only a few weeks away, now is the time to get your holiday marketing strategies in place. Don’t know where to start? Best way to do this is to connect with your customers on an emotional level and tap into the spirit of giving back before your competitors.

If your goal is to increase conversion this busy holiday shopping season, Advertising Is Simple has you covered. Here are 6 holiday marketing strategies that will maximize your advertising efforts. 

 

6 Holiday Marketing Strategies to Maximize Your Advertising Efforts

 

  1.  Offer Special Deals – Reward your best customers for their loyalty throughout the year by giving exclusive discounts or personal gifts based on their purchase history. Also, don’t forget to take advantage of the highest selling days of the season. Offer special promotions for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. 
  2. Create Dedicated Holiday Landing Pages – Send customers to a special page from your social media and emails campaigns. Be sure to have several different designs and do some split testing to determine the highest converting pages. 
  3. Implement a Social Media Campaign – Use holiday specific images, videos, hashtags and special offers to attract customers willing to spend. This is the time when they are starting to search for deals! Encouraging social media interaction will also get people in the holiday spirit of shopping. 
  4. Focus on an Email Campaign – Use email more often to get customers excited about upcoming deals. Make sure to triple your marketing efforts on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Offer a contest, game or countdown to get more engagement. Don’t forget to add a popup subscribe form to your website and welcome new email subscribers with a discount code as well. 
  5. Give Back to the Community – Show support to the community by sponsoring a food drive or collecting clothing and toys for needy families. Many of your customers are looking for ways to make the season more meaningful by sharing with those less fortunate. 
  6. Create a Holiday Video – Get your team together for a fun and inviting holiday video. There’s nothing more personal than sending good wishes to your customers and showing your fun personality at the same time!

 

Read more: 25 Days of Email Marketing Tips for the Holidays 

 

At Advertising Is Simple, we help small to mid-sized business owners who are too busy running their businesses to focus on their marketing and advertising efforts. We can help with your email marketing plan, as well as all types of digital marketing strategies. If you’re looking to up your sales this holiday season, get in touch.

 

Advertising Is Simple| 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com 

How Dedicated Landing Page Can Increase Conversion Rates? We Have the Answer.

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Dedicated Landing Page get leads

Did you know creating a dedicated landing page for your advertising campaigns can lead to higher conversion rates? Website conversion centered on improving your current marketing materials and catering to your current clientele can really pay off. 

If you’re here to find the answer on how to turn site visitors into paying customers, you came to the right place.  Here’s how to create a dedicated landing page for a successful campaign. 

The Anatomy of a Landing Page That Converts 

  • Cater to a specific goal and audience – Since each marketing campaign is different, your dedicated landing page should be too.  
  • Have a single CTA – A clear call to action button can increase conversions by 62%! A well-designed landing page is much more likely to convert visitors into leads when there is one CTA (call-to-action) and less clutter. 
  • Keep it simple – Confusion does not equal conversion. Potential customers will more likely leave the landing page before finalizing the deal if the page seems confusing or complicated. 
  • Include video content – People are reading less and watching video more. By adding some short explainer videos to your landing pages, you stand to have a higher success rate. 
  • Run A/B Testing – Measuring is an extremely important part of the process. Measure and test multiple landing pages for the same goal against each other – and then use the one that gets the best results! 
     

Having the ability to focus visitor’s attention on the end goal and removing all distractions is every marketer’s dream. That’s why understanding the basic best landing page practices is so important! 

Need help with creating a dedicated landing page? Contact us! 

Advertising Is Simple  is a full-service marketing agency located in Wilmington, Delaware helping small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing, radio and television advertising needs.  

Advertising Is Simple| 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com  

5 Ways to Master Voice Search Optimization in 2019

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5 Ways to Master Voice Search Optimization in 2019

Voice search has been making strides in the recent years and we’re not surprised. After all, it is a more convenient way for customers to find what they’re looking for online. Not to mention, it’s way quicker to ask your phone for an answer than it is to type it out. The more important question now is: have you incorporated voice search optimization into your SEO strategy yet? 

If the answer is no, don’t wait any longer. According to ComScore, by 2020 50% of all queries are expected to be voice searches. More interestingly, 30% of searches will take place without a screen.  

As a business owner or marketer, you probably wonder now what are the best ways to master voice search optimization this year? We have the answer. 

5 Ways to Master Voice Search Optimization in 2019 

  1. Focus on Question Phrases – Surely, voice queries contain conversational words and are longer but that doesn’t mean you need to use long-tail keywords in your content. Instead, think how your audience speaks about your business, products, and services to come up with the best keyword strategy. 
  2. Answer the Public – Not sure what questions people are asking regarding your industry? Answer the Public is a great resource to use when working on your copy. Just make sure you’re including the question and the answer in your blog posts or company listings. 
  3. Claim your Google My Business Listing – If you’re trying to target local customers, you need to make sure they can find you first. For example, when someone uses voice search to find an “ad agency in Delaware”, hopefully your business will come up thanks to the keyword strategy you have in place. However, if a potential customer wants to find ”ad agency near me”, this is where your claimed Google My Business listing can help. Make sure your business is up to date with correct address, contact info, open hours and website link to get the most out of local SEO benefits. 
  4. Be Mobile-Friendly – Let’s be honest, attention spans are only getting shorter these days. Time to make sure your website is up to speed! Being mobile-friendly also includes easy navigation and clear web design. To check how your website is performing on mobile devices, you can use Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test Tool. 
  5. Focus on Featured Snippets – You know those highlighted points on top of your search page? This is where you should aim to appear! This so-called “position zero” is a prime real estate for voice search. While there’s no definite answer on how to get there, you can certainly help it with your conversational tone and relevance of copy. This is why it’s so important to know what people are looking for! Remember to utilize Answer the Public platform when creating your content or working on your Google listing bio. 
voice search tips

Need help with voice search optimization?  

Contact Advertising Is Simple! Our mission is to increase our clientele’s brand online exposure through the use of proven SEO techniques and unparalleled customer service in order to create a greater ROI. 

We are particularly vested in search engine optimization, mobile website design, and original content management in order to help our clientele claim their share of the marketplace. 

Advertising Is Simple | 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com 

Is Your Website on Par with Legal Compliance and User Trust?

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legal compliance and user trust

So far, 2018 has been a big year for enforcing legal compliance (GDPR) and user trust (HTTPS), which are both critical elements to running your business online these days. The important question to ask now is: When was the last time you updated your website? 

If lately you’ve been noticing less traffic and conversions, it’s time to make changes. Without these important updates to your website’s functionality, you’re doing your own business a disservice. Here’s what you need to take care of immediately. 

 

GDPR (legal compliance) 

The sooner you get your business GDPR compliant the better.  According to this regulation approved by the EU Parliament, any company in the world that stores or processes data of people who live in the European Union needs to be in compliance with GDPR by May 25th 2018. Otherwise, you might face hefty fines – up to $24million (20m Euros) or 4% of annual global turnover, whichever is higher.  

Now, how to get your business compliant with GDPR? First, assign someone on your team responsible for reading the provisions of the GDPR to fully understand the requirements and specific circumstances your business might be involved with. Then make sure all your employees are aware of the new laws.   

Bottom line is, you need to immediately update your Privacy Policy and have it visibly displayed and easily accessible on your website. See our example here.  

Next, you need to inform your online visitors of the cookies available on your website and give them a choice to opt in or out. 

It should look similar to this: 

user trust cookies 

User Trust and Data Security  

Data security has been the top concern in 2018, and it all comes down to establishing and maintaining user trust. Google Chrome announced a lot of changes to their online functionalities, especially regarding old http websites. The question is: Have you implemented the SSL Certificate on your website yet? 

What is SSL Certificate? 

According to Go Daddy, a certificate serves as an electronic “passport” that establishes an online entity’s credentials when doing business on the Web. When an Internet user attempts to send confidential information to a Web server, the user’s browser accesses the server’s digital certificate and establishes a secure connection. 

 Benefits-of-Upgrading-to-HTTPS

(what you see when you enter old http websites) 

 

In other words, if being authentic and making your customers feel well taken care of is your top priority, this update is crucial to running your business online. Trust, confidentiality, protection and better search (SEO) are some of the major benefits of upgrading your old http website to https.  

 

Need assistance with implementing all necessary changes to your website? Contact Advertising Is Simple today! 

 

Advertising Is Simple is a full-service marketing agency located in Wilmington, Delaware helping small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing, radio and television advertising needs. Call us now. 

Advertising Is Simple | 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com 

 

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