Service Providers: are you looking for a way to keep track of your projects all in one place (including budget, payments, and deliverables)? In January 2010 I began using the system at Mavenlink. My clients are loving it, and it’s the perfect way for me to organize my projects and communicate with clients through the entire process from beginning to completion.

They will soon be adding the abilities to do proposals and contracts in the system as well! Be sure to check them out…they are currently offering a free 30 day trial!

Completed 5 major projects this week, including a complete redesign and clean up of www.mentoringwithdenise.com (a regular html website converted to php for better utilization of include files for navigation).

Also completed these Custom Wordpress sites:

• PheroticaStore.com (ecommerce)
• ShaneHibbsArt.com (ecommerce)
• Nexus Medical Consulting
• Sophie Cakes

Looking forward to an exciting week ahead as I work on a site for a private school in the UK, a home staging company, and convert a site I designed several years ago to Wordpress.

If you build it…they will come…

That may have been true for Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, but it is absolutely NOT TRUE when it comes to a website.

Building your website is just the first step, and there are many more to go to be successful online.

So what does your website need to have to even begin to draw traffic? Besides a good (graphic) design with clear, optimized images; you want to be sure that your site’s layout, navigation, and architecture are user friendly. You may know what those pages of your site are about, and why they are there, but your visitor may not. Design your site using the “I’ve never heard of it” state of mind. Lead, guide, and direct your visitors…not only to where you want them to go, but make them feel like it’s where THEY WANT TO GO. Don’t lose your traffic because your visitors are confused!

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