Chris King has released the latest issue of ‘Random Tips and Productive Resources’ Newsletter Volume VI Issue 82. The featured article is “In the Throes of Designing or Having a Website Designed? Here Are Some Useful Tips ” [Random Tips and Productive Resources Newsletter]


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IN THIS ISSUE
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1) In the Throes of Designing or Having a Website Designed? Here Are Some Useful Tips

(2) Join a Fun Marathon, Learn about a Great Bonus, and Watch a Motivating Video

(3) Excerpt from “SICK of Ideas that Don’t Work? Invest Only 20 Minutes a Week for SUCCESS”

(4) Ask Your Questions and/or Share Your Feedback and Resources

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(1) Three of the Ten Cs of a Successful Website
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Of course, what we include on our websites depends upon the target market and our purpose for the site. There are, however, in my opinion ten Cs that make a website successful. These Cs will serve as the final positive website tips and features in this Special Report.

Clarity – when someone visits your website, is it clear right away what the website is all about? Are the navigation tools descriptive and clear. I have visited “clever” sites that use interesting icons that don’t make any sense. Yes, we do know the icon for the shopping cart, but what does a frog or a star mean? Again, try to avoid including any parts of your site that are clear to you but may be confusing to your visitor.

Convenience – how convenient is the information that a visitor is likely to be looking for? I suggest including contact information on every page. On the longer pages, I always include links back to the top plus links at the bottom to make it easy to move around. Another feature
that helps with finding what a visitor is looking for is a helpful Search feature which is easy to add to each page.

Color – when choosing color schemes, keep in mind that how visitors view your site depends a great deal upon the type of monitor they are using. I am always surprised when I see my sites on other screens and laptops, especially. If you have a lot of content, work on making it readable. White on black is striking, but difficult to read.

For the other seven Cs and this and other Special Reports loaded with information
visit: http://www.creativekeys.net/SpecialReports.htm

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(2) Join a Fun Marathon, Learn about a Great Bonus, and Watch a Motivating Video
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(3) Excerpt from “SICK of Ideas that Don’t Work? Invest Only 20 Minutes a Week for SUCCESS”
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Theme: RECIPROCITY

Jim Rohn wrote, “Here’s a unique part of the Law of Sowing and Reaping. Not only does it suggest that we’ll all reap what we’ve sown, it also suggests that we’ll reap much more.
Life is full of laws that both govern and explain behaviors, but this may well be the major law we need to understand: for every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards.”

I have always believed that what we sow, we will reap, and that there is the RECIPROCAL action of giving and then getting – sort of the boomerang effect. But, I want to be very clear that even though I know that the RECIPROCITY Principle works, I don’t want anyone to believe or think that I am proposing that we should do favors and/or proffer special gifts just to get the same in return.

When, however, we willingly take those unexpected steps to show others we do care about them and want to help them in any way possible, we will derive wonderful benefits in return (and not always from those we helped).

For example, when we are courteous drivers who let others out rather than cutting them off, those other drivers will most likely let the next person who is stuck in traffic out, and so on and on.

Random acts of kindness will generate more acts of kindness! I have also noticed that a big smile and a “Hello” always causes a RECIPROCAL smile from a total stranger. This is
RECIPROCITY at its best.

How about trying it?

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(4) Ask Your Questions and/or Share Your Feedback and Resources
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I want this off-Wednesdays’ BONUS to be helpful and full of enlightening information that is useful to you. So, send me your questions. You can do this through e-mail or
at http://www.creativekeys.net/askquestions.htm

Also, if you have some great resources you would recommend, let me know.

Chris King of Creative Keys is a professional website creator / designer, storyteller, writer, free agent, and fitness instructor. You will find her business website at http://www.creativekeys.biz, her information website at http://www.creativekeys.net and her blog at http://www.curiositycubed.blogspot.com

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