| Good website design planning is very critical to the | | | | site has too much images and graphics it could take |
| success of your home business. Your site is like your | | | | too long to load. Some browsers like Firefox will just |
| store, your office, your factory, it is your place of | | | | tell you it is taking too long, or the visitor hit the back |
| business and you want it to be available to everyone, | | | | button. Either way, you have just lost another |
| anywhere in the world at all times. | | | | prospect. |
| Like many people out there on the internet, I have | | | | (3). Keep Paragraphs Short - People tend to stay |
| tried to visit sites that have taken too long to load | | | | away from content with long paragraphs. Speed is of |
| and have just ended up moving on to something else. | | | | the essence here, we are all busy people and we |
| The owner of that website have just missed a | | | | want to see how fast we can browse through our |
| visitor and maybe even a sale, because some script | | | | reading material. Most long paragraphs will not be read |
| took too long to do its thing and the images could | | | | as it takes too much effort to do so. Break up long |
| not load fast enough. | | | | paragraphs and keep your sentences short as well. |
| We are living in a fast pace world where people need | | | | (4). Avoid Using Scripting Software - Using heavy |
| answers like yesterday. No matter how beautiful | | | | scripting language on your website to create visual |
| your site is, if many of the people going there cannot | | | | effects will slow down the loading process, and could |
| see it then it is a complete waste of your energy | | | | even crash some browsers. Many of your visitors |
| and resources. Making some simple changes in your | | | | might not be able to visit your site and would |
| website design planning could probably allow it to get | | | | therefore miss important information. This is not |
| a lot more traffic, sales and optins, and that is what | | | | good for your home business. |
| you want. | | | | (5). Compatibility With Other Browsers - Your site |
| Here are five 5 critical elements that you need to | | | | should comply with all web standards so that it can |
| pay close attention to when planning your website | | | | be viewed on all web browsers. This is critical to your |
| design for your home business: | | | | business as you want to make sure that everyone |
| (1). Simple Navigation - Have a clear and simple | | | | with an internet connection can have easy access to |
| navigation set up on your website. Create a | | | | your site in whatever browser they have. |
| conducive environment for your visitors that allows | | | | As a home business owner, you should take great |
| easy access to different sections of your site. Do | | | | care in the planning of your website design. Your goal |
| not over-crowd it and give your visitors too much | | | | is to get it in front of as many people as possible, |
| problems to get around the clutter, they will hit the | | | | and if these people cannot view it you will be losing |
| back button fast. | | | | out big time on your venture. Paying close attention |
| (2). Not Too Many Graphics - Reduce the amount of | | | | to this very important aspect of your operations |
| graphics and images that you have on your site. You | | | | could probably make you a lot more money than you |
| have to remember that not everyone has high speed | | | | are making right now. |
| internet or using the same type of browsers. If your | | | | |