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The Importance of a Name in the Sent from Email Address
When using an email marketing tool such as Adestra’s Message Focus, you are able to specify exactly what sent address you want the email to be labelled as being broadcasted from. From prevalent industry contacts through to brand names, this gives the marketers the flexibility to use ‘sent from’ addresses that resonate with their audience for improved recognition.This flexibility can be a blessing but also a burden. If you’re choosing to broadcast as if from someone, over the past 4 years the Adestra team have learnt some valuable lessons.If you broadcast from someone:Monitor the inbound email channelMany individuals believe it is from that person and expect to be able to reply to that pers

plate site. If they use templates do they have the skill and experience to provide you with everything you need from beginning to end?

5. Flexibility of service offering

How flexible they are in meeting your needs as a business. Are they always able to provide you with everything you need for your web solutions? A good web solutions company will find the answer for you, even when they don't immediately know the solution.

6. Customer satisfaction

Do they have any testimonials? What genuine comments can others make about their experience with this company? Make sure the testimonials are real--take time to contact some of them. Integrity and honesty is a very important key to ensuring you are well look

Five Trustbusters that Crack Communication and Mash Morale
The dry cleaners lost your favorite pair of slacks, the computer tech never returned your call, your health club changed hours without a warning and the drive through gave you root beer instead of diet coke. Breech of trust happens every day to us as consumers yet we are often unaware of our own mistakes and the ripple effect it has on our daily operation at work. If you have ever wondered what is missing when morale is low and communication is weak, take a look at the trust levels. When trust levels are high, communication is effortless and when trust levels are low, even the best communicators will be unsuccessful.Without trust there is no communication. Trust is based on information, previous experiences and past histor

Recently I took on a new customer through a referral. In discussing their needs, I found out that a very well known web design and search engine optimization company had not been straight with her. When we were able to tell her what we could do for her and at what price, she realized that she had previously been misled. The hourly cost of some companies might seem attractive, but the number of hours they claim they need to do the job is the ugly side of the coin.

Cases like this prompted me to write this article. People need to be aware of certain essentials when looking for a web design company. Let's face it; the average person doesn't know how much work is really involved in working on a website, and some 'let's-make-a-quick-buck' businesses try to take advantage of this.

In this two-part series I am focusing on what you need to do to build a website. Whether you are building a brand new website, or re-designing an old website, or currently using a web design company for ongoing maintenance, these tips will help to make sure you are getting the best deal.

Part 1 of this two part series focuses on what you need to look for when choosing the right web design company.

Part two will cover what you need to do to prepare to have someone else build your new website.

If you follow these tips in choosing the right web design company, you might find you will save a considerable amount of money.

1. Web design portfolio

Look at their portfolio for other websites they have designed. Do you like the other websites they have designed? Do the designs look up-to-date by comparison to other websites you have seen?

2. Business history

How long have they been in business - Everyone needs to start somewhere, but if you are hiring someone that has just started their business and does it part-time, make sure this is not just a little hobby they have on the side to bring in a few additional dollars. This designer might not be around in twelve months time when you need to make changes to your website. This will be a real problem if they had the original design files--it is not standard practice for your designer to give you the original design files without you incurring an additional cost.

3. Website design with the search engines in mind

Do they understand search engine optimisation, and offer this as a service? You may not be interested in having search engine optimisation performed on your website today, but it is an inevitable path you need to take at some point, and not having a website designed in a search engine friendly manner from the beginning will likely cost you a lot more to have your site redesigned at a later stage.

4. Unique designs or web design templates?

Do they use templates, or do they build a website tailored to your unique needs? If they do use templates, are they templates built in-house, or have they purchased them from a template site. If they use templates do they have the skill and experience to provide you with everything you need from beginning to end?

5. Flexibility of service offering

6. Customer satisfaction

Don't Tie A Rabbit To A Cow
When I was first promoted to management, I had to make a very difficult decision.I had been the best salesperson on the crew, and Bud was number two. He and I vied for the management job, and the fact that I got it meant that he had to report to me.This irked him.So, when I recruited, trained, and launched the careers of new salespeople, Bud found a way to poke holes in their boats, to slow them down, to discourage them from challenging his sales supremacy.In essence, my new people never made a credible challenge to his informal leadership.He lorded over them, mostly nonverbally, with cold stares and by invading their work areas. I firmly believed he was trying to make himself look good by keepin

ck' businesses try to take advantage of this.

Part 1 of this two part series focuses on what you need to look for when choosing the right web design company.

Part two will cover what you need to do to prepare to have someone else build your new website.

If you follow these tips in choosing the right web design company, you might find you will save a considerable amount of money.

1. Web design portfolio

Look at their portfolio for other websites they have designed. Do you like the other websites they have designed? Do the designs look up-to-date by comparison to other websites you have seen?

2. Business history

3. Website design with the search engines in mind

4. Unique designs or web design templates?

5. Flexibility of service offering

6. Customer satisfaction

The Theory Of Recognition - How Do Promotional Products Help?
WHO GETS IT? - I MEAN, WHO GETS THE RECOGNITION?Recognition.. When promotional products are used to recognize things, people, events, etc., everyone gets it..The Recipients. The Winner. The Also Rans. The Participants. The Donors & Patients. The Employers & Corporations. The Employees & Families. The Coaches & Trainers. The Buyers & Promoters. The Customers & Prospects.The plan – give everyone more than they expect. Just be nice to them, Recognize their effort. It’s an investment.Recognition must not only be done but it must be seen to be done. Have you been recognized lately? Have you recognized anyone lately? The more recognition

heir portfolio for other websites they have designed. Do you like the other websites they have designed? Do the designs look up-to-date by comparison to other websites you have seen?

2. Business history

3. Website design with the search engines in mind

4. Unique designs or web design templates?

5. Flexibility of service offering

6. Customer satisfaction

Does Your Marketing Plan Fit?
Ask small business owners what they are afraid of most in their businesses and you typically get one of two responses: marketing and bookkeeping. We’re going to tackle just the marketing side today and leave bookkeeping for another day.It’s all too common for small business owners to avoid marketing their businesses until they “need” to. “Need” meaning that they need more money and, therefore, additional clients. In reality, small business owners are no different from larger companies in that they should be marketing themselves all the time.Despite that fact, I often hear the following from my clients:“I hate marketing.”“I don’t like the thought of having to sell myself to p

t you incurring an additional cost.

3. Website design with the search engines in mind

4. Unique designs or web design templates?

5. Flexibility of service offering

6. Customer satisfaction

Improve the Quality of Your Business Communications---And You'll Improve Your Bottom Line
All written communications convey a meta message; that is, they broadcast a message that is separate from the literal meaning of the words you use. If your writing is clear, well-organized and accurate, your readers will tend to assume you are competent, conscientious and reliable.If your writing is badly organized, trite, and full of errors, however, your customers may unconsciously assume your products and services are below par or that you lack the skills to handle the job. At the very least, they will question your lack of attention to detail.In other words, written communications affect your company’s bottom lineThis is why it is well worth the time and effort to ensure that all of your busi

plate site. If they use templates do they have the skill and experience to provide you with everything you need from beginning to end?

5. Flexibility of service offering

6. Customer satisfaction

7. Turn around time

If you are looking at using them in an ongoing way to manage your website, what kind of turn around times do they offer, and do they have the resources to adequately manage your needs?

8. Browser compatibility

What browsers do they design a website for? At the very least, they should be testing in IE6, IE7, and Mozilla Firefox. Your website can look quite different between different browsers, and Firefox is very quickly gaining a large proportion of market share, so you can count on many of your web visitors viewing it in a browser other than IE.

9. Web Hosting

Do they provide web hosting, or do they use a 3rd party? This can be an important decision. A small web design company that simply has a server on their premises to host their customers' website may not be your best option. A dedicated web host--providing you choose the correct one--can often be a better option as this is what they specialise in. Choosing the correct web host can mean the difference between having your website up 99.9% of the time, and having visitors to your website constantly getting error messages. The web hosting plan should also offer a comprehensive web statistics package to help you track the performance of your website.

10. Satisfaction Guaranteed

Is satisfaction guaranteed before payment? If the website is being designed for you from scratch, make sure that you don't have to pay the full amount until you are satisfied with the end result. Will it cost you anything extra if you don't like their additional draft?

11. Design and coding

Ask whether they design their websites in CSS. Not only will this be beneficial for your website rankings by making it easier for your website to be read, it will decrease loading time, and make future changes to your website much quicker and easier, decreasing your ongoing costs.

I hope these points help you make the right decision.

If you feel your current web design company may not be doing the right thing by you, feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

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