Step-by-step instructions for executing a website testing and optimization plan Website optimization is can be an overwhelming endeavor due to the fact that it encompasses so many strategic and technical issues. However, this hands-on, task-based book demystifies this potentially intimidating topic by offering smart, practical, and tested instructions for developing, implementing, managing, and tracking website optimization efforts. After you learn how to establish an optimization framework, you then dive into learning how to develop a plan, test appropriately and accurately, interpret the results, and optimize in order to maximize conversion rates and improve profits. Zeroes in on fundamentals such as understanding key metrics, choosing analytics tools, researching visitors and their onsite behavior, and crafting a plan for what to test and optimize Walks you through testing and optimizing specific web pages including the homepage, entry and exit pages, product and pricing pages, as well as the shopping cart and check-out process Guides you through important optimization areas such as optimizing text and images Addresses advanced topics including paid search optimization, Facebook fan page optimization, rich media, and more Includes a companion website that features expanded examples, additional resources, tool reviews, and other related information Full of interesting case studies and helpful examples drawn from the author's own experience, Website Optimization: An Hour a Day is the complete solution for anyone who wants to get the best possible results from their web page.
If your Digital Strategy and SEO efforts are still desktop focused, you are behind. Having a mobile website is the first step of your “mobile first” strategy. Your mobile website must be optimized for search engines and human visitors. This is a practical and actionable book with a lot of visuals. It is the result of what I learnt while working with clients. Digital Marketers and Strategist can get a 360 view of mobile optimization. Awesome mobile optimization includes (a)Knowing your business objectives and ROI potential for mobile (b)Choosing the correct mobile website architecture (c)Knowing the pros/cons of each mobile website architecture (d)Make sure search engine know about your mobile website architecture and how to redirect in various scenarios (e)10 mobile design best practices for best conversions (f)Factors to WOW your on-the-go customer (g)12 ways to increase mobile speed (important for Google & users) (h)Mobile keyword research process and SEO (i)Common mistakes to avoid
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Written in an accessible and practical manner which quickly imparts the knowledge you want to know. As a How-to book it will use applied examples and teach you to optimize websites for retina displays. This book is for web designers and developers who are familiar with HTML, CSS, and editing graphics who would like to improve their existing website or their next web project with high-resolution images. You'll need to have a high-definition device to be able to test the examples in this book and a server to upload your code to if you're not developing it on that device.
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 2,3, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: The increasing requirements for the effectivity of a website and the more and more complex knowledge about human behavioral patterns are challenging the online presence of banks. Nowadays, a good usability by itself is no significant basis for decision making and the choice of a house bank. Good usability is expected. Rather, the user experience is an essential factor for the success of a website. Due to the fact that the human behavior is determined by unconscious patterns it is necessary to take these into consideration when conceptualizing a website in order to develop a user-centered, target-oriented website design. By means of persuasive design it is possible to directly address these behavioral patterns. Therefore it is reasonable to optimize the user experience by the application of persuasive design methods. This shall provide a motivating experience in consideration of decision making tools and motives of the user. In this way it is possible to generate competitive advantage and to gain new customers as well as to boost customer loyalty. Here, the need for emotionalizing plays a particularly important role. But especially in view of banking products it is difficult to create an emotional presentation due to the absence of haptics and because accounts are rather a functional instrument and a means to an end than a product with a high pleasure value. Cooperative banks however benefit particularly from this competitive advantage. Due to the cooperative idea, and their values and principles, they are enabled to address (potential) customers emotionally. If values are illustrated, the users have the opportunity to identify themselves with those, and to align them with their own ideals.
It is no secret that the future of the Internet is the Social Web and that the future is this very instant. Millions of people and businesses are interacting, sharing and collaborating on social networking sites, media communities, social bookmarking sites, blogs and more. They are doing it right now, 24/7, and you and your business want to be a part of this powerful movement with as professional and efficient a presence as possible while keeping your expenses minimal.This book will show you how to use the tools of Web 2.0 to build a successful Web presence. From Squidoo to YouTube, Facebook to WordPress, wikis to widgets, blogs to RSS feeds, business owners, authors, publishers, students, PR and marketing professionals can learn to apply and integrate these tools by themselves. Gone are the days of relying on Web developers! This book arms you with the nuts and bolts of the new, open-source Internet through hands-on, real-world examples. You will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is!
If you are looking for practical, easy to implement measures to enhance your site’s performance and improve speed and page load times, yet are still unsure where to start or how to develop your strategy, this book on Web Performance Optimization is the answer. Focusing on practical areas including page speed optimization, compression, minification, localization, SEO, and image optimization, this comprehensive book has several tips and examples that will walk you through the process of understanding web performance requirements for your site and formulating an implementation process to meet those standards. Improving your website performance starts from the very first day you launch it. And since your business marketing and operation plans might constantly expand and evolve, committing to better user experience and search engine optimization requires consistency and a systematic approach. True optimization has to be regarded as a daily duty that involves monitoring changes in rates, rebranding, and redefining the site regularly. With the help of this book, you will understand essential web performance principles that will enable you to write clean code from scratch and optimize existing code with performance in mind. By mastering simple steps of website optimization, you can expect to put your product on the map and enable heavier and more organic traffic in less time. A particular area of focus for this book is technical optimization. This book will guide you through standard modules and methods that you may implement to raise off-page efficiency, such as learning how to monitor sitemap errors, console errors, keep your code and URL clean, and ensure good search engine crawlability. In order to serve your target audience with materials they would like, you need to understand who your viewers are—this book helps you unravel just that by discussing analytics tools at length. Whether you are a new developer or an experienced webmaster, you will find reliable and insightful information to develop your web performance skills and knowledge. In short, this book can definitely make web testing and optimization easy for you. It will serve as a valuable companion for anyone looking to get into the world of Web Performance Optimization. What You Will Learn How to optimize your site for better performance How to write clean code from scratch and optimize existing code for performance How to increase search traffic and improve speed and page load times How to properly optimize images How to ensure server-side optimization is done correctly, even if you are not a server admin Who Is This Book For Web developers and webmasters responsible for managing and improving site performance; server admins; and others seeking to enhance web performance. About the Author Sufyan bin Uzayr is a writer, coder, and entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has authored several books in the past, pertaining to a diverse range of topics, ranging from History to Computers/IT. Sufyan is the Director of Parakozm, a multinational IT company specializing in EdTech solutions. He also runs Zeba Academy, an online learning and teaching vertical with a focus on STEM fields. Sufyan specializes in a wide variety of technologies, such as JavaScript, Dart, WordPress, Drupal, Linux, and Python. He holds multiple degrees, including ones in Management, IT, Literature, and Political Science. Sufyan is a digital nomad, dividing his time between four countries. He has lived and taught in universities and educational institutions around the globe. Sufyan takes a keen interest in technology, politics, literature, history, and sports, and in his spare time, he enjoys teaching coding and English to young students. Learn more at sufyanism.com
This proceedings volume highlights cutting-edge approaches for contemporary issues evolved in strategic marketing and the integration of theory and practice. It focuses on strategic research and innovative activities in marketing that can be used in everyday operations. The contributions have been divided into eight sections, grouping emerging marketing technologies together in a close examination of practices, problems and trends. The first section examines management challenges which influence societies, cultures, networks, organizations, teams, and individuals. It emphasizes ways business processes foster innovation and facilitate management transitions from dominant structures to more evolutionary, developmental paradigms. The second section discusses the benefits and guidelines to implementation of green marketing strategies. The following section pursues new perspectives of the role of location in marketing and its impact on consumer well-being. The next section explores the impacts of user generated content (UGC) on marketing theories and practice, which is followed by a section identifying how market-based assets can contribute to a sustainable competitive advantage. The sixth section covers understanding consumer perception to make marketing decisions. The final sections promote the use of business informatics and modeling in marketing and also the development of integrating information management in ways that change how people use information to engage in knowledge focused activities. The papers from the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing (IC-SIM 2017) have been written by scientists, researchers, practitioners and students that demonstrate a special orientation in strategic marketing, all of whom aspire to be ahead of the curve based on the pillars of innovation. This proceedings volume shares their recent contributions to the field and showcases their exchange of insights on strategic issues in the science of innovation marketing.
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