When it comes to your website, it’s important to create a great user experience (UX) and to optimize it properly using SEO tactics. Ask yourself this – do you want people to find and visit your website? And then do you want them to re-visit it? If yes, then both proper UX design and a...
Let’s just cut to the chase – DIY websites are not the way to properly represent a company. You may have seen ads about creating your own website (sometimes for free), and it seems like a great idea, but we don’t recommend it. What’s happening is that developers are creating free or inexpensive templates, selling...
Perhaps the biggest caveat that comes with any new website is that, no, it won’t immediately generate millions of dollars in revenue in the first week of its launch. In fact, it might not generate any. That’s right: That website that you spent $5,000+ on might net zero qualified leads or new customers. Unless, of...
At MSM DesignZ, we spend a lot of time developing things for the web, for sure. But we also spend a lot of time consuming the web, which means that when we see great products or ideas on the web, we’re often appreciative (and, in some cases, in awe) of those ideas. In recent years...
Creating a website is often an expensive, time-consuming endeavor. For one, you must commit time and energy in figuring out how, exactly, you want your business to be represented on the web. Then comes the issue of figuring out who will construct your website. Hire a professional web developer, or someone you know? But rarely...
We can all easily agree that your business website has a big responsibility. Today many people turn to the internet to engage with others, compare prices, and purchase products and services. If your business does not have a website, you are missing out on a lot of exposure and these days it is almost impossible...
“Marketing without design is pointless, and design without marketing is mute.” To better understand what this quote means…imagine you’re in the parking lot of Giants Stadium. Among the vendors selling overpriced foam fingers and ticket scalpers, there you are attempting to sell women’s jewelry to a rowdy group of football fans. With the exception of...
“Technology promises to make our lives easier, freeing up our time for leisure activities. However, the rapid pace of technological innovation has compressed our perception of time which has translated to our adoption of the relentless pace of the very machines that were supposed to simplify our jobs.”–Wolfsom The average attention span for web users...
From the very first glance you take at a website, you develop an immediate impression. You have an instinctual, emotional reaction to the website’s variety of features including its layout, functionality, and usability. Emotional memory is a significant element in determining attitudes and perceptions. These attitudes and perceptions are vital determinants in the way a...
Whether you choose to build a new website or re-design an existing one, a customized web design will separate you from your competition. A customized design shows that you are serious about your business, but a cookie-cutter template design will not have the same effect. Believe it or not, your visitors will be able to...