Another very important aspect of your website is the clarity and the intended message to your audience.

Whether your website is spotlighting the hottest fashion trends or offering the best local veterinarian services, each web page on your site shows your business or your desired image.

Creative Design by Angela has a professional proofreader and will ensure that your website will be free from errors such as spelling, grammar, punctuation and English usage.

Additionally, as the importance of confidentiality increases, we will submit to the basic elements of a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement to protect information as needed.

Creative Design by Angela specializes in website proofreading. We can recommend other proofreading companies to you for other needs.

 

Your Business Image
By Angela Sowell
September 5, 2009

Does your Internet business portray the matching image of your products and/or service? Has your business website been reviewed by other individuals within your corporation or network to ensure accuracy of spelling and grammar?

According to CIA - The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html), in 2008 the US Internet total host count of 316 million included the following top level domain addresses: .us, .com, .edu, .gov, .mil, .net and .org. Therefore; more than ever, Internet businesses have multiple competitors and for you to be the leader, you must make the extra effort to ensure your business provides and maintains a professional atmosphere.

While it s impossible for me to list all the items to be aware of; here are a few tips that will help you reevaluate or get started on your online business.

1. Be clear on what you want to achieve.
Create a mission statement for your business. If you haven't already done this, here is an excellent resource on how to Create and Use a Mission Statement (http://www.how-to.com/Operations/mission-statement.htm)

2. Keep your site simple.
Stick with a basic color for the site background, one that is consistent with your site's image. A white background doesn't have to be boring. Don't overcrowd a page with too much information and too many links, the user will not know what to look at first.

3. Ensure your site downloads quickly.
It is important to use photos on your site, but it's equally important that the file sizes are small enough to load quickly on your Web page. Ideally within 10-30 seconds maximum, preferably 8 or less. This includes users with slower computers and modems. Base the download speed on 1K per second, therefore the total file size of a page (including graphics) should not exceed 30K. To check your download speeds go to: http://www.speedtest.net/.

4. Maintain an overall professional image.
Your company's web site pages should have the same branding (heading) across the top of all the pages. This is especially important if users have entered the site from an external site and need to know what site they are on. By simply having the same heading at the top of each page with the basic navigation links, this allows a more pleasurable experience for your user and they will not get frustrated with trying to find out more about your company.

5. Continuously proofread and edit your web site.
Literally thousands of web pages are created every day. However, only a select few take the time to ensure that their web site is professionally proofread for typographical, grammatical and spelling errors. However, the most important factor at a web site is the high-quality of content. [Source: Nabaza, William. (November 16, 2005) What Drives Repeat Visitors to Your Website? http://www.articlealley.com/article_15889_15.html]

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For more information on the importance of your business image, or proofreading your web site, please feel free to call Angela Sowell, Owner of Creative Design by Angela. Angela works with individuals and businesses to ensure that their web site demonstrates a professional image online by proofreading and copy editing their web sites. Angela can be reached by phone at 402-661-4591 or via email at creativedesignbyangela@gmail.com. You can also visit the Creative Design by Angela Proofreader Website
(http://www.creativedesignbyangela.com/proofreading.html) for more information.