Maximize ROI: Conversion Funnel Design & A/B Testing

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2008-7-16T00:56:00.000-04:00

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2007-10-16T00:56:00.000-04:00

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New Netsuite Web Design Blog

2007-08-24T00:56:00.000-04:00

Take a look here: http://www.netsuitewebsitedesign.com/

Website Design for Netsuite

2007-04-24T00:56:00.000-04:00

Another completed Website Design for Netsuite ... Let me know what you think: SenaCases < a href= " http://www.senacases.com/Products/PDA-Cases " target= " _blank " > PDA Cases < /a > < a href= " http://www.senacases.com/ " target= " _blank " > < img src= " /blog/images/netsuite-web-store.jpg " border= " 0 " > < /a >

Google Website Optimizer Launches, Names Future Now as Authorized Consultant

2007-04-04T23:33:00.000-04:00

Future Now is pleased to announce our < a href= " http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/04/04/google-website-optimizer-launches-names-future-now-as-authorized-consultant/ " target= " _blank " > partnership with Google Website Optimizer < /a > , which launches today. With a handful of beta testing clients, we've already used Google's fantastic new product to produce some pretty amazing results (yes, that's a 5,100% increase in sales). The best part of all is that the Google Website Optimizer is free! Now there's simply no excuse not to improve your site's performance through testing. < a href= " http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/04/04/google-website-optimizer-launches-names-future-now-as-authorized-consultant/ " target= " _blank " > Read the entire story here < /a > Get < a href= " http://www.grokdotcom.com/googlewebsiteoptimizer/ " target= " _blank " > FREE Google Website Optimizer Resources < /a >

Uploading Photos To Blog From Email via Flickr

2007-03-21T00:54:00.000-04:00

< style type= " text/css " > .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } < /style > < div class= " flickr-frame " > < img src= " http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/428949221_ac9a931c41_m.jpg " class= " flickr-photo " alt= " / > Uploading Photos To Blog From Email via Flickr. < /div > Testing out the new process of uploading Flickr photos straight from email.

My Avatar

2007-03-14T21:35:00.000-04:00

Yea man, check me out. Does it look like me? < img style= " margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/uploaded_images/avatar-750949.jpg " alt= " border= " 0 " / >

NetSuite Web Site Design Example

2007-03-12T20:05:00.000-04:00

Another example of a recently completed Netsuite Web Site Design Example : url: < a href= " http://www.improvelife.com/ " target= " _blank " > ImproveLife.com < /a > < div style= " text-align: center; " > < a href= " http://www.improvelife.com/ " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/uploaded_images/improvelife-762174.jpg " alt= " border= " 0 " / > < /a > < /div >

Facing Netsuite SEO Challenges

2007-03-12T19:54:00.000-04:00

Interesting article on Web Marketing with Netsuite SEO . What has been the most challenging aspect to getting your online operation functioning? Hands down, the biggest challenge is marketing the site. The raison d’être for an ecommerce site is to sell, and creating the most visually appealing site on the web is pointless unless customers can find it. Pay-per-click advertising can be effective, but it is expensive, and SEO efforts can take months to produce tangible results. Read Article: < a href= " http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/435/Online-Start-up-Faces-SEO-Challenge/ " target= " _blank " > Online Start-up Faces SEO Challenge < /a >

Netsuite Google Page Rank

2006-11-29T02:22:00.000-05:00

There must be a bad history of search engine rankings for Netsuite websites because I get a lot of people telling me that they dont think Netsuite websites can rank well in Google or Yahoo. Also that Netsuite Web Sites usually have a low Google Page Rank. Well those rumors are false. Netsuite website will index just like any other web site and they also can produce (and increase) great Page Rankings. < img src= " /blog/images/netsuite-google-page-rank.gif " border= " 0 " / > Here is my Netsuite Google Page Rank Club: Page Rank 6: < a href= " http://www.minidisco.com/ " target= " _blank " > MiniDisco < /a > Page Rank 5: < a href= " http://www.energyfirst.com/ " target= " _blank " > EnergyFirst < /a > Page Rank 5: < a href= " http://www.woodlanddirect.com/ " target= " _blank " > WoodlandDirect < /a > Page Rank 5: < a href= " http://www.callcct.com/ " target= " _blank " > CallCCT < /a > Page Rank 5: < a href= " http://www.techready.co.uk/ " target= " _blank " > TechReady < /a > Page Rank 4: < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/ " target= " _blank " > Utility Safeguard < /a > Page Rank 4: < a href= " http://www.justpaperroses.com/ " target= " _blank " > Just Paper Roses < /a > Page Rank 4: < a href= " http://www.dingo.com/ " target= " _blank " > Dingo Software < /a > < div style= " padding: 8px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-size: 14px; text-align: center; font-family: arial; " > Improve your SEO Rankings, Conversion Rate & NetSuite Web Design! < a href= " http://www2.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6037878 & amp;postID=116478585284170027# " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Click here to contact us for a FREE Quote < /a > . < /div > Tags: < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/01/netsuite-seo-phase-1.cfm " rel= " tag " > SEO < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/06/netsuite-implementation.cfm " rel= " tag " > NetSuite < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/01/netsuite-seo-phase-12.cfm " rel= " tag " > NetSuite SEO < /a >

Off Topic: Last Weeks Beastie Boys Ft. Lauderdale Show

2004-10-27T17:45:00.000-04:00

Last weeks Beastie Boys Show in Ft. Lauderdale was insane. Check out some pictures: < img src= " http://alexdesigns.com/blog/images/bb.jpg " > < img src= " http://alexdesigns.com/blog/images/bb2.jpg " > Courtesy of the beastie boys message boards: < a href= " http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=35444 " > here < /a >

Improve Website Revenue

2005-12-27T19:39:00.000-05:00

I am trying out a couple of online ad serving tools to increase my clients revenue. I may even try it out top increase my own income. The first one I am going to < a href= " https://chitika.com/mm_overview.php?refid=alexdesigns " > Improve Website Revenue < /a > is Chitika. Here is the overview about Chitika... < blockquote > Chitika is the industry's leading impulse merchandising company. Chitika was founded in May 2003 and is based in Massachusetts. Chitika helps < a href= " https://chitika.com/mm_overview.php?refid=alexdesigns " > web publishers generate revenue < /a > using innovative publisher-side advertising and merchandising solutions and services. < a href= " https://chitika.com/mm_overview.php?refid=alexdesigns " > Maximizing Revenue for Web Publishers < /a > Chitika's flagship service, < a href= " https://chitika.com/mm_overview.php?refid=alexdesigns " > eMiniMalls < /a > (SM), is the industry's first impulse product merchandising service. Based on a proprietary patent-pending product merchandising platform, the eMiniMalls service brings a robust comparative shopping engine to web publishers - all packaged in a slick interactive user interface. < /blockquote >

KARE Hurricane Katrina Message Map uses Google Maps

2005-09-16T01:37:00.000-04:00

< a href= " http://www.uskares.org/ " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://uskares.org/images/3band_kare_med.jpg " align= " right " > < /a > Reminderband (shown here) is coordinating an effort to promote unity and support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. As part of this effort all proceeds collected by Reminderband will be sent to the Hurricane Relief Agencies. Lets unite together and show that we KARE. After you buy this band (I bought 6), you are then able to post a message and it is then displayed with Google maps in your zip code. Then of source google has the satellite on there too. I think I see my office. Any it's cool and its for a good cause. < a href= " http://www.uskares.org/ " target= " _blank " > So contribute to KARE. < /a > Google Maps for KARE Katrina Supporters in Florida: < a target= " _blank " href= " http://uskares.org/gmaps/index.php?view=tributes & state=FL " > http://uskares.org/gmaps/index.php?view=tributes & state=FL < /a > Google Maps for KARE Katrina Supporters in New York: < a target= " _blank " href= " http://uskares.org/gmaps/index.php?view=tributes & state=NY " > http://uskares.org/gmaps/index.php?view=tributes & state=NY < /a >

Landing Pages Web Design NetSuite

2005-03-23T12:30:00.000-05:00

Landing page design and normal web design are two different things. Especially when you are dealing with a " all-in-one " application like NetSuite Web Presence eStore for eCommerce. This application has really opened up a new level of development for me. Specifically in the area of designing landing pages. With normal web development, you can pretty much customize any pages you want. Whether it is the the design, the database collections or the credit card processing... Normal web development has no limitations. With all-in-one CRM and eCommerce applications this is not the case. An application or estore (example here Netsuite) will only allow you to customize so much. This is basically to make you avoid break the other component of the application: databases, accounting, and credit card processing. So how do you develop effective landing pages when you are limited with your development. You hack the design to work-around these limitations. Using all the better conversion rate skills within the limitations of the applications. With NetSuite it is required me to make products always adding to a shopping cart and a leading generating email capture form can only redirect to one end result (action page). So its tricky on how to customize the user experience for the highest conversion rates and get them tracked correctly. Below are links to two different landing pages that were created in NetSuite. To the designer they look like that they will be effective, but I were to develop these on a normal web development platform then they would like much different. For instance the " Add To cart " buttons would not be directly on the landing page. Instead I would use a special offer promotions to capture information for lead generating and then display the perfect special offer on the resulting (action) page after they click on a submit button. < a href= " http://www.energyfirst.com/site/files/whey/whey-protein-powder.htm " > Whey Protein Powder Landing Page Design < /a > < a href= " http://www.energyfirst.com/Natural-Protein-Powder " > Testimonial Landing Page Design < /a > < a href= " http://www.energyfirst.com/health-fitness-guide " > Newsletter Landing Page Design < /a >

Retail Netsuite Web Design and Development Customization: Skin Care

2005-07-24T12:41:00.000-04:00

I have a history of struggling with ecommerce applications. This is because none of them are ever going to be perfect. With NetSuite, I am 90% there to getting everything I want. Once you figure out the system there are endless options to customizing the web site design. I develop with advanced CSS and XHTML then mix in some basic JavaScript to have complete control of the website. Also, since you can't use a programming language, I use Dreamweaver templates to make the site easy to update. It's a common bag of tricks. Below is am example of the most recent site I have completed. This < a href= " http://www.crntsolutions.com " > skin care retail website < /a > is an example of how I create customized web site design for NetSuite. The development involves some trial and error pain, plus a lot of bug testing but in the end you can see the difference. The original looks amatuer, while the newly redesigned one looks professional. Please < a href= " http://www.crntsolutions.com " > visit the the site < /a > and < a href= " mailto:alexdesigns@gmail.com?Subject=Blog " > let me know what you think < /a > . < a href= " http://www.crntsolutions.com " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/images/crnt-old.gif " border= " 0 " > < /a > < a href= " http://www.crntsolutions.com " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/images/crnt-new.gif " border= " 0 " > < /a >

My New Site Creation - Part 1 - Logo

2004-10-10T19:52:00.000-04:00

I am finally getting ready to start a new redesign of my web site. One reason is because my < a href= " http://www.artworksprinting.com/ " > business cards were created by Artwork Printing < /a > . So things are starting to come together and my site needs a lot of work. This boring layout is getting old. I guess I was being " anti-design " when I launched it in 2000. < img src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/images/alexdesigns-logo.gif " border= " 0 " align= " left " hspace= " 10 " > Here is my new logo. My brother says the A and D combination looks like a jewish star, but I dont see. Please let me know what you think about it. < h4 > Enter a comment by < a href= " http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6037878 & postID=109745329529546338 & anonymous=y " > clicking here < /a > . < /h4 >

Improving Online Sales This Holiday Season

2006-11-20T22:08:00.000-05:00

Brief article I found useful and timely... 7 Tips for < a href= " http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061120/clm021.html?.v=65 " target= " _blank " > Improving Online Sales < /a > This Holiday Season < ol > < li > If your ads do not show up when a consumer is searching a term related to your products, you are missing opportunities. < /li > < li > Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment < /li > < li > Track All Avenues to Your Web Site < /li > < li > Watch Your Search Budget < /li > < li > SEO Can't Do Much in the Short Term < /li > < li > Take Another Look at Your Search Engine Marketing Copy < /li > < li > Understand TV's impact on Online Sales < /li > < /ol > See the entire article < a href= " http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061120/clm021.html?.v=65 " target= " _blank " > here < /a > . < div style= " padding: 8px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-size: 14px; text-align: center; font-family: arial; " > Improve your SEO Rankings, Conversion Rate & NetSuite Web Design! < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Click here to contact us for a FREE Quote < /a > . < /div > Tags: < a href= " http://www.landingpagewebdesign.com/ " rel= " tag " > Landing Pages < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2005/12/holiday-landing-page-designs.cfm " rel= " tag " > PPC < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/01/netsuite-seo-phase-1.cfm " rel= " tag " > SEO < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/09/increase-your-netsuite-conversion-rate.cfm " rel= " tag " > Conversion Rate < /a >

Wow... Google Alerts & Spiders are quick

2006-11-07T23:30:00.000-05:00

I just wrote a new blog post about 1 hour ago. Then I received a Google Blog Alert instantly with that NEW Blog Post, see below. That was impressive. Guess they are spidering my site constently... schweet. Lets see how fast they pick up this post. No wonder we are addicted to Google services. < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/11/landing-pages-targeting-ppc-seo.cfm " > < img src= " /blog/images/google-alert.gif " border= " 0 " > < /a >

Landing Pages Targeting PPC / SEO Keywords

2006-11-07T22:03:00.000-05:00

Developing Landing Pages for ecommerce sites is not always easy. Clients always want to update the products will the new goods and A/B test copy and pricing. The technical difficulty lies within the limitations of the software. The marketing challenge is to engage the customer immediately and display credibility to start the funnel process. This series of landing pages for a < a href= " http://www.gsmcellular.com/Cell-Phone-Accessories " target= " _blank " > Cell Phone Accessories < /a > site was to target PPC and Natural SEO Keywords... Basically product/brand specific landing pages. This approach has been proven to increase your ROI. It's the basic scenario: potential customer is searching the web, clicks an advertisment or search result for product keyword and they arrive at a page with those products. Voila... You just connected the dots. < a href= " http://www.gsmcellular.com/Cell-Phone-Accessories/bluetooth-headsets " target= " _blank " > < img src= " /blog/images/landing-pages-example.gif " border= " 0 " > < /a > Here are other examples of PPC Keyword Landing Page : < a href= " http://www.gsmcellular.com/Cell-Phone-Accessories/bluetooth-headsets " target= " _blank " > Bluetooth Headsets < /a > < a href= " http://www.gsmcellular.com/Cell-Phone-Accessories/Treo-Accessories " target= " _blank " > Treo Accessories < /a > < a href= " http://www.gsmcellular.com/Cell-Phone-Accessories/Motorola-V3-RAZR-Accessories " target= " _blank " > Motorola V3 RAZR Accessories < /a > < a href= " http://www.gsmcellular.com/Cell-Phone-Accessories/Motorola-V710-Accessories " target= " _blank " > Motorola V710 Accessories < /a > < div style= " padding: 8px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-size: 14px; text-align: center; font-family: arial; " > Improve your SEO Rankings, Conversion Rate & NetSuite Web Design! < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Click here to contact us for a FREE Quote < /a > . < /div > Tags: < a href= " http://www.landingpagewebdesign.com/ " rel= " tag " > Landing Pages < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2005/12/holiday-landing-page-designs.cfm " rel= " tag " > PPC < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/01/netsuite-seo-phase-1.cfm " rel= " tag " > SEO < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/06/netsuite-implementation.cfm " rel= " tag " > NetSuite < /a >

NetSuite Design Portfolio Example

2006-03-02T01:43:00.000-05:00

Check out this new NetSuite Design site that is 75% completed. The site is still in BETA with bugs to be fixed, products to be added and < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/02/netsuite-search-engine-optimization.cfm " > NetSuite Search Engine Optimization < /a > to be completed. This website focuses on < a href= " http://www.techready.co.uk/ " target= " _blank " > Assistive Technology Products < /a > and (with my help) have great success in the UK. < center > < a href= " http://www.techready.co.uk/ " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/images/assistive-technology.jpg " border= " 0 " > < /a > < /center > < div style= " background-color:#CCFFCC; padding:10px " > Ready to take your NetSuite Design to the next level? < a href= " mailto:alexdesigns@gmail.com?subject=NetSuite Design " > Contact me < /a > . < /div >

Do you know of a sales funnel? Post the link here.

2004-10-24T18:54:00.000-04:00

There are many different (conversion) sales funnels on the web. And I have already reviewed some of the most popular. For Example: < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2004/09/how-to-start-blog-for-average-internet.cfm " > Blog Subscriptions Process < /a > < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2004/09/netflix-is-ab-testing-their-homepage.cfm " > Netflix Homepage and Conversion Process < /a > Do you know a sales funnel that I should check out or review? < h2 > < a href= " http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6037878 & postID=109865883829028758 & anonymous=y " > Click Here To Add Your (Conversion) Sales Funnel. < /a > < /h2 >

Custom eCommerce Templates

2006-10-16T23:58:00.000-04:00

Ok, so I am addicted to Netsuite... there is nothing like it right out the box. One of the best features in Netsuite 11 is the ability to < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/08/yahoo-store-to-netsuite-success.cfm " > customize the ecommerce templates < /a > at almost every level. With this new project, I was challenged to produce 4(plus) templates: Homepage (easy), Category Listing (Hard), Category Items (Very Hard), < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/05/netsuite-item-template-custom-design.cfm " > Item Template < /a > (medium) and a custom shopping cart design (Really Hard). To clarify, it is easier when you are starting a site from scratch, but when redesigning a site with hundreds of categories, it becomes a mission to figure out the Netsuite puzzle. This company sells < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/ " > Safety Supplies < /a > . < center > < h2 > Custom eCommerce Homepage < /h2 > < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/ " > < img src= " /blog/images/custom-netsuite-templates1.jpg " border= " 0 " / > < /a > < h2 > Custom eCommerce Category Template < /h2 > < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/Safety/Rubicon_6 " > < img src= " /blog/images/custom-netsuite-templates2.jpg " border= " 0 " / > < /a > < h2 > Custom eCommerce Item Template < /h2 > < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/Safety/N95-Respirators-Masks/Rubicon-Pro-T411G " > < img src= " /blog/images/custom-netsuite-templates3.jpg " border= " 0 " / > < /a > < h2 > Custom eCommerce Shopping Cart Template < /h2 > < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/s.nl/sc.3/.f " > < img src= " /blog/images/custom-netsuite-templates4.jpg " border= " 0 " / > < /a > < center > < div style= " padding: 8px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-size: 14px; text-align: center; font-family: arial; " > Improve your SEO Rankings, Conversion Rate & NetSuite Web Design! < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Click here to contact us for a FREE Quote < /a > . < /div > < /center > < /center > Tags: < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/09/custom-web-design-for-asp-templates.cfm " rel= " tag " > Custom Web Design < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/05/netsuite-web-design-example.cfm " rel= " tag " > NetSuite Web Design < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/06/netsuite-implementation.cfm " rel= " tag " > NetSuite < /a >

Landing Pages - Design Examples 2006

2006-10-23T10:18:00.000-04:00

Here is a list of some of the landing pages that we designed in 2006. These < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2005/03/landing-pages-web-design-netsuite.cfm " > landing pages < /a > were created to increase ROI from PPC, increase conversion rates of leads or acquire approval from the new advertising / landing page standards from Google. These are all copyrighted, so dont try and steal any ideas. Make your life easier and improve your conversion rates... < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Contact Alex for a FREE Quote < /a > Design Examples: Landing Pages in 2006 < a href= " http://www.landmarkmerchant.com/paypal/ " target= " _blank " > Pay Pal Landing Page < /a > < a href= " http://www.beneficiosdesalud.com " target= " _blank " > Health Care Landing Pages < /a > < a href= " http://www.cash4yourhouseasap.com " target= " _blank " > Real Estate Landing Pages < /a > < a href= " http://www.debtadvisornetwork.com/Default.asp " target= " _blank " > Debt Landing Page < /a > < a href= " http://www.reallygreatrate.com " target= " _blank " > Mortgage Landing Pages < /a > < a href= " http://www.estimada.com " target= " _blank " > Affiliate Landing Pages < /a > < a href= " http://www.stmatthew.biz/landing/accounting/ " target= " _blank " > Accounting Landing Page Design < /a > < a href= " http://www.contentcleaner.com " target= " _blank " > Software Landing Page < /a > < a href= " http://www.resumerabbit.com " target= " _blank " > Job Search Landing Page < /a > < a href= " http://www.smart401kadvice.com " target= " _blank " > Financial Landing Page < /a > < a href= " http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/sale/krylon.htm " target= " _blank " > NetSuite Landing Pages < /a > Tags: < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2005/12/holiday-landing-page-designs.cfm " rel= " tag " > PPC Landing Pages < /a > | < a href= " http://www.landingpagewebdesign.com/2008/02/landing-page-web-design-examples.html " rel= " tag " > Landing Page Design < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/01/landing-page-ab-testing.cfm " rel= " tag " > A/B Testing < /a >

Landing Page Web Design 2005

2005-02-08T18:36:00.000-05:00

Why are web designers creating landing pages web designs that do not convert? The thing that has upsets me the most is that advertising agencies are charging a lot of money and not getting the ROI. They are flashy and too focused on branding. But don't get confused, branding campaigns can definitely be combined with a great landing page web design. The focus still remains direct response marketing and nothing is more important than the sale. Its simple, stop wasting your money... Recently I have focus a lot of sales funnel freelance work on designing landing pages. These may seem boring to the average designer, but they are very important to a successful web business. Great landing page work can really improve your business. A lot of times it can take your site from the 1990's and into 2005. Below are three new examples of recent work for a new client. Stay tuned as I post a lot more successful projects... < a href= " http://www.iwantfreemovietickets.com/ " target= " _blank " > Landing Page Design: Free Movie Tickets < /a > < a href= " http://www.iwantfreetravel.com/ " target= " _blank " > Landing Page Design: Free Airline Tickets < /a > < a href= " http://www.iwantfreeshopping.com/ " target= " _blank " > Landing Page Design: Free Shopping Spree < /a > Tags: < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/05/landing-page-design-eaccounting.cfm " rel= " tag " > Landing Page Design < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/03/custom-web-design-for-conversion-rate.cfm " rel= " tag " > Design For Conversion Rate < /a > | < a href= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/2006/01/landing-page-ab-testing.cfm " rel= " tag " > Landing Page A/B Testing < /a >

NetSuite - Starting A Business

2006-08-16T09:29:00.000-04:00

Post #1 - NetSuite Business Blog. Starting a business with NetSuite is never a straight forward process. So this series of NetSuite Blog posts will walk through the steps we have taken with setting up NetSuite. We will try and document everything on this NetSuite Blog. From transferring Quickbooks to selling products and services via eCommerce. Also, to make this experience a little more interesting, we will be setting up the business with no technical support from NetSuite. So if you are reading this and know tricks or a better way to do things, please email me or < a class= " comment-link " href= " http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6037878 & amp;postID=115573653486699555 & amp;isPopup=true " onclick= " window.open(this.href, 'bloggerPopup', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=400,height=450');return false; " > Post a Comment < /a > on a blog post. Lets get started.... After purchasing NetSuite, we received the welcome email and were excited to log into the new account. An associate recommended that before we do anything, we transfer the QuickBooks file into Netsuite. Then immediately when I log into NetSuite the first thing I see what below. < img src= " /blog/images/netsuite-01-quickstart.gif " border= " 0 " > So that look promising, it is now asking me to Transfer QuickBooks, ok lets do it. WAIT! The QuickBooks File Import was not purchased, so we need to contact the account rep and purchase this. This add-on is a processing fee to import up to 50MB of QuickBooks Data. First mistake, should have known a QuickBooks transfer file was needed. So as I await the QuickBooks transfer file to be approved, I read up on the steps to import the QuickBooks data. It turns out, after you export the info from Quickbooks, the HELP instructions say " On the Setup tab, under the Import/Export heading, click Send us your QuickBooksÂ® File " So then you log off your NetSuite account and we wait to be contacted that this was completed. Lets see how long this takes... More to come...

Increase Your NetSuite Conversion Rate

2006-09-25T19:34:00.000-04:00

Many times I am asked... " What makes you different from other web designers? " Its simple... I create web sites that focus on conversion rate. Whether, I am doing landing pages, NetSuite Web Design or Web Marketing mailers and banners... The formula is: find all the obvious problems and develop a solution. Here are few example of how to Increase Your NetSuite Conversion Rate : < h2 > Turn all your Category Pages into Custom Landing Pages < /h2 > You may be losing revenue if your visitors don't know all that items that you sell. Figure out a user friendly way to display your top 3-5 categories or items for each section of your site. You could increase your page views and the lifetime value of your customers. This website that I created that focuses on < a href= " http://www.remotemedical.com/Medical-Rescue-Supplies " target= " _blank " > Medical and Rescue Supplies < /a > . We listed the top five areas under each category and then displayed some featured products on the right. < div align= " center " > < a href= " http://www.remotemedical.com/Medical-Rescue-Supplies " target= " _blank " > < img src= " /blog/images/remotemedical-lp.jpg " > < /a > < /div > < h2 > Improve the conversion of your Netsuite SEO Pages < /h2 > Take a look in your analytics software and see which hosted pages are getting the most traffic. Then focus on making them into better landing pages to increase conversion. Here is a site I created over a year ago. Now I continue to improve the NetSuite SEO traffic, provide updates, send newsletters and find way to produce more revenue. This page for < a href= " http://www.energyfirst.com/site/files/protein-shake-recipes.htm " target= " _blank " > Protein Shake Recipes < /a > was the number one visited page on the site right after the homepage. So we optimized it... Making it easier to read and flow better to generate a sale. < div align= " center " > < a href= " http://www.energyfirst.com/site/files/protein-shake-recipes.htm " target= " _blank " > < img src= " /blog/images/energyfirst-lp.jpg " > < /a > < /div > These are only two basic examples of ways to increase your Netsuite conversion rate. Bookmark this blog for more updates. For more information please < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > contact me < /a > . < div style= " padding: 8px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-size: 14px; text-align: center; font-family: arial; " > Improve your SEO Rankings, Conversion Rate & NetSuite Web Design! < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Click here to contact us for a FREE Quote < /a > . < /div >

Custom Web Design For .ASP Templates

2006-09-01T19:24:00.000-04:00

Check out the new custom web design that was completed using .CSS, .ASP, blogger and RSS Feeds. This website for < a href= " http://www.daytradeteam.com/dtt/ " taregt= " _blank " > day trading < /a > was completed earlier in the year, but the launch was delayed until the slow summer season. This project was the whole package including: < ol > < li > < a href= " http://www.daytradeteam.com/dtt/ " target= " _blank " > Custom Designed Templates < /a > to increase conversion rates < /li > < li > < a href= " http://www.daytradeteam.com/dtt/day-trading-strategy/tip-of-the-day.html " target= " _blank " > Custom Blogger Templates < /a > to make them more SEO friendly < /li > < li > < a href= " http://www.daytradeteam.com/dtt/media/flash/live-trading-room-demo.htm " target= " _blank " > Flash Tour < /a > with Audio Walk-Through < /li > < li > New Newsletter Templates for alerts and subscriptions < /li > < li > New Internal Banners to get people to sign up page < /li > < /ol > < img alt= " src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/uploaded_images/day-trading-743174.jpg " border= " 0 " / > < div style= " padding: 8px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); font-size: 14px; text-align: center; font-family: arial; " > Improve your SEO Rankings, Conversion Rate & NetSuite Web Design! < a href= " # " target= " contact " onclick= " window.open('http://netsuite.alexdesigns.com/contact','zoom','status,scrollbars,width=500,height=500,left=300,top=50'); return false; " > Click here to contact us for a FREE Quote < /a > . < /div >

Holiday Landing Page Designs

2005-12-01T12:59:00.000-05:00

The last few weeks have been filled with many clients rushing to optimize their PPC websites to improve their Holiday Conversion Rates. This includes setting up PPC landing pages, xmas gift buy processes and special offer web banners and email campaigns. The most recent Holiday Landing Page was for the < a href= " http://www.phonegnome.com/ " > VoIP Solution < /a > provider PhoneGnome. Originally I helped the CEO offer a very technical product to a more " general/non-techie " audience. Now they asked me to organize a way to promote two special holiday packs that will entice the consumer to spend a little more and give these products away as holiday gifts. This was part of a PPC landing page design project. This particular product hasn't been the easiest to market, because it is very unique. But I was up for the challenge. Take a look at how I executed this Holiday Landing Page Design below. After we complete the optimization to improve ROI, I will share the data that I learned. Also, please send me any comments or questions. < img src= " http://www.alexdesigns.com/blog/images/holiday-landing-page.gif " border= " 0 " style= " float:left; margin-right:30px " > Hiearchy of Holiday Landing Page Design < ol > < li > Holiday Photo With Attractive Tag-Line < /li > < li > 5 Benefits of Strong Marketing Copy < /li > < li > Credibility Testimonial Message From CEO < /li > < li > User-friendly Placement Of Products With Special Offer, Expiration Date, Amount of Savings and Large Clickable Button < /li > < li > Additional Sub-Text and Links if the user is looking for more information < /li > < /ol >