Web design

  • Is it Better to Have a Bad Website or None at All?

    Is it Better to Have a Bad Website or None at All?

    If you have a poor quality website, is it better than nothing, or would you be wiser to take it down until you can arrange for a good one?

  • Increasing Response with Good Form Planning

    Increasing Response with Good Form Planning

    The image below is the current response form at a website I’m working on. I sent suggestions for it along with my site content rewrite.

  • Small Changes That Will Transform Your Website

    Small Changes That Will Transform Your Website

    My company specializes in web content. We do copywriting, SEO, web strategy, online marketing, social media — stuff like that. But sometimes when someone comes to us for content or SEO changes to their website, they need design changes. And sometimes the smartest thing is just to start over.

  • Galleries for Your Website

    Galleries for Your Website

    Putting a lot of pictures at your website can destroy your design, make your page load slowly, and prevent you from using the amount of text you need to optimize your page for search and conversions. Using Flash to avoid lots of images can be even worse. Fortunately, there’s an alternative. Galleries can let you…

  • My New Favorite Design Book

    My New Favorite Design Book

    One of our current web design projects is being enriched by a client with absolutely no design sense at all. The experience is a little like this, but much more fun, because the client is a fun person.

  • Choosing the Website Concept

    Choosing the Website Concept

    Choosing between a good alternative and a bad one is easy. Choosing between two good alternatives is something else entirely. Frankly, this is why I don’t usually present more than one concept to a client; I’d rather get it completely clear beforehand and go with one confidently. However, some designers — and some clients–  like…