Comments on: The Value of Your Site’s First Impression

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:19:48 +0000

“First impression lasts”…This saying is somewhat true just like the value of one’s site. I think websites must have a very creative way of expressing their products and services to people,to grab many prospects customers through internet marketing.

By: Noel Addison

Noel Addison — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:48:48 +0000

Always keep in mind that people have a little attention span so you have to make the most of their 1 second, that 1 second that visitors will take a glance in your blog. First impression can make or break the success of your blog.

By: mmmmmwww

mmmmmwww — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:56:17 +0000

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By: Noel Addison

Noel Addison — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:53:11 +0000

First impression is very important especially when branding online. First impression can make or break your marketing strategy on the web therefore you really have to work on your design and make sure that it conveys the first impression that you want to display.

By: Mel Melhado

Mel Melhado — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:21:53 +0000

First impression lasts forever and its applicable to blogs as well. From the content to the design every minute details about the blog matters to a first time visitor.

By: Mel Melhado

Mel Melhado — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:08:30 +0000

Keeping the readers engaged is the most challenging task for every blogger. There are various reasons which draws visitors to a site, eg, a catchy title but the visitor may never visit again if the site lack in quality.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:10:10 +0000

Whoa I’ve never seen so much calculated mathematical approach to improving your blog! That being said, this blog is gorgeous… from the stand-out sub heads in your posts to the “Post Author” on your comments down here. Great stuff!

By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:13:24 +0000

I’ve done the same thing and we’re fooling ourselves if we think that there isn’t a demographic of people out there who are doing the same things to our blogs. People do judge a book by it’s cover and when we steer people away from our awesome content with a poor design, it’s like writing a masterpiece and hiding it in your basement instead of publishing it for the world to see.

I do the same thing. I look at blogs that are better than mine, and in a friendly way, I think to myself, I can make mine better than theirs. And I study theirs and learn from it and improve myself. That’s the way to do it.

By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:08:42 +0000

It should scare you. It scares me also. I’m constantly pouring over my design trying to come up with faster ways to load the page, more efficient ways to guide people’s eyes where I want them and more. I admittedly go a little overboard.

I think that design is part of a three phased strategy toward success. The three topics I would challenge folks to work on would be their content, their design, and their influence (you can see those if you click on the tassle dangling from the top of the page). I always tell folks to rate themselves in each category on a scale of 1 – 10 and then multiply your answers together to see your success potential. If you have a content that is a 4, design that is a 2, and influence with your community that is a 5, you can double the effectiveness by improving your design to a 4.

4 x 2 x 5 = 40
4 x 4 x 5 = 80

So I’m all about identifying your weakest area and building on it…and, of course, build on your strengths as well. It’s really all a balancing act.

What do you think?

By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:03:42 +0000

The least populated one. If folks see you doing it they might put you in a home with padded walls.