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It’s important for small- and medium-sized businesses to capitalize on the Web’s popularity during this season.
To get the ball rolling, here are a few tips for decking your site with bells of holly! Dont wait to implement these simple ideas – the new year is right around the corner!
* “Make your site festive.” According to Entrepeneur.com’s Dani Babb, accomplishing this can be as basic as adding “festive holiday colors” to a site. Babb also writes that these changes are “easy and simple to do and should take your Web designer an hour at most.” Better yet, do it your self. Using a product like MA Web Centers, you can make simple and easy changes to colors, pictures and add as many jingle bells as you like.
* The value should be clear. According to Babb, online visitors should be able to instantly understand the benefit of shopping at a particular Web site. You can gain more customers through an online storefront this holiday season with posted promotions in prominent spots on your Web pages.
* No products? No problem! Use virtual products like paid services rather than physical products and can use the same e-commerce capabilities that allow visitors to make purchases!
* Start optimizing! Update your site regularly to ensure visibility on search engines. Adding some simple content about holiday sales or upcoming store events will move your business higher in search results, helping to draw more customers and increase popularity!
* Ramp up the customer reviews! If you read internet marketing news and blogs then you know that customer-generated product reviews are a big hit! Encourage customers to post reviews about the products and services they purchase. Not only will this enhance the credibility and appeal of the site, you’ll show customers that you truly are interested in feedback about the products or services you offer. Take a step further and add the social networking sharing features of StumbleUpon, Twitter and more.