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As HTML knowledge is becoming more and more important for marketing in general, it would behoove you to know some of the ins and outs of HTML.
That said, here’s a little trick. It involves keeping some of your words together, even if they span across more than one line. This is done by using non-breaking spaces.
A funny video featuring everyone’s favorite fonts in a conference. Watch as they battle Ransom Note to get Courier back. Thanks, Comic Sans! (I never thought I’d ever be thanking that horrible font.)
Per Matt Cutts’s post a year ago, I purchased a “triple-tap” AC adapter to put in my laptop bag.
Now when I’m at an airport or coffee shop with my laptop and need to plug in, I’m almost guaranteed an electrical outlet. If an outlet is completely filled, all I need to do is ask someone if they mind splitting the outlet with me.
Most things should not be designed by committee. This is what you get. While funny, there is a lot of truth that rings from it.
Committees are OK for some things, but not the design process.
Take it from experience. In terms of Internet Marketing, the worst thing that you can do is design a website by committee. The fewer the people involved in the process, the better.
I submitted a support ticket on behalf of a client today in their e-commerce system. After filling in the fields and submitting the form, I got this message:
At first, I thought I had made a mistake. An exclamation point icon? Bold red text? All of these visual cues tell a completely different story than what the message says.
What do your messages really say in context with visuals? And do you really want for your message to make someone feel undeserved panic, even if it’s just for a couple seconds?
A reversible belt that I own recently got me thinking about product design. Its extra utility has made my experience as a belt-wearer kind of unpleasant.
What does this have to do with product design? Read on to find out.
I’ve been focusing a lot on optimization lately. If you think about it, there are 2 ways that you can increase business results on your website. You can pay more to throw more traffic and more eyeballs at it. Or you can optimize its content so that visitors are more likely to become customers. One [...]
Most web designers and web developers ignore accessibility. Now that Target is being sued for not having an accessible web site, the bar is going to be raised for your own site as well. Yes, this is yet another thing to worry about. And no, you should not half-ass it. If you cater to those [...]
Web registration forms are important. These forms are often an early part of your visitors’ experience on your website. If these forms are too cumbersome, your visitors will remain just visitors, instead of going to the next level in the relationship. I’ve noticed some cool innovations in registration forms, so I thought I’d be nice [...]
I’m working on building an elaborate marketing and e-commerce system. I just don’t feel like anyone has done it right, so I’m taking a stab at it.
Here’s why I think the other software vendors have done such a poor job: lack of design in their process. I intend to make a system that’s pleasant and easy to use, that “gets out of the way” of users’ tasks. And I’m not going to get there without design.
About MeI'm Chris Peters, and I'm an addict. I want to make this marketing and technology stuff less of a burden. I hope I can help you out with that.
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