WritersMarket.com is a Pay-For-Access, Online Database of Incalculable Value to Freelance Writers that Cross-Sells Print Publications and other Products Owned by its Publisher as it Helps Build a Priceless Customer
Terri Edmonston, a Mequoda Daily contributing editor, recently did a website design review of Investors.com, the online edition of Investor's Business Daily. Terri pointed out numerous website design tips we
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Landing Page Conversions Gets Personal
For decades, direct marketers have been using personalization to increase direct mail response rates. When you send out a laser-printed sales letter with the prospect's name
The Most Pressing Question About VanityFair.com is the Strategy of the Site. Is it a True Content Site or Just Marketing Print Subscriptions?
Vanity Fair is one of those cultural icons
Slow-Loading Pages Will Cause Losses in the Number of Readers, Page Views and Advertising Impressions, and, as a Result, Losses in Revenue
Usability and design are two key factors in publishing
Investors.com is an Excellent Example of a Publisher Taking Advantage of the Synergies Between Audience Information Needs and Technology's Ability to Facilitate the Satisfaction of Those Needs
Investors.com, an online edition
What both types of CEOs have in common is the need for someone to execute their Internet marketing strategy on a day-to-day basis. Enter the Internet Marketing System General Manager
EarlyToRise.com Pays Homage to Benjamin Franklin by Making its Owners Wealthy. Twenty-first Century Publishers Take Note: There is Wisdom in Adopting this Business Model
Financial independence has many rewards beyond the
RealSimple.com Epitomizes Great Website Graphic Design and is a Perfect Partner to Real Simple Magazine. So is it a Brand Site or a Membership Website? Is its Objective Lead Generation
Mequoda Group announced today that Atkins.com and Better Homes & Gardens (BHG.com) tied for the highest score in the 2006 Mequoda Media Website Design Awards, each earning a 3.86 grade
During 2005, our intrepid research team put the Mequoda Website Design Scorecard to work by using it to perform expert reviews of 48 media websites. With a high score of
Content Webification is Determined by a Website's Functionality in Two Areas: Promotion: How Easy is it to Find the Material? Implementation: How Easy is it to Use the Material?
Publishing on
The Mequoda criteria for community building expect visitors to feel enthusiastic and loyal to the site. Are they inspired with feelings of belonging and encouraged to contribute?
Websites that encourage a
While Persistent Navigation is Now Rather Common, Site Owners Mustn't Become Complacent. Users Must be Crystal Clear About Where They Are, Where They Can Go and How they Can Get
User Task Depth is a Critical Step that a Website Owner Must Succeed In—If a User Can't Accomplish a Simple Task on Your Website, the Frustrated User Will Give Up
Usability and design are two key factors in publishing great websites. You may have a clear strategy and great content, but if your site is unusable and unattractive, it will
Usability and design are two key factors in publishing great websites. You may have a clear strategy and great content, but if your site is unusable and unattractive, it will
Usability and design are two key factors in publishing great websites. You may have a clear strategy and great content, but if your site is unusable and unattractive, it will
Usability and design are two key factors in publishing great websites. You may have a clear strategy and great content, but if your site is unusable and unattractive, it will
Let the Good Times Roll: GuyKawasaki.com is a Marketing and Branding Website for its Namesake
According to his website, Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage
Is Jean Chatzky, the Latest Pop Personal Financial Adviser, Well Served by a Website that Confuses Visitors with Too Many Options and Stale Content? Jean Chatzky is the latest
Although it Scores Well in Many of Mequoda's Website Design Guidelines, ChristianityToday.com as a Whole is not as Satisfying as its Individual Parts. A fascinating blend of religious goals
Usability and design are two key factors in publishing great websites. You may have a clear strategy and great content, but if your site is unusable and unattractive, it will
The Economist is the premier weekly news and international affairs publication with an average circulation of over one million copies a week. The Economist began publishing in 1843. According to
After reviewing hundreds of websites, interviewing dozens of website publishers and conducting a series of expert usability reviews and actual user tests, we developed these 14 best practices for creating
A Well-Planned Strategy, Attractive Website Design and Thoughtful Attention to User Tasks Makes GardenGateMagazine.com an Absolute Blueprint for an Effective Magazine Marketing Website
BeliefNet.com Is Not Your Typical Ecommerce Website—or Is It? The Business Model is Based on the Internet's Holy Trinity: Content, Community and Commerce and its Website Design is Perfectly Suitable
MotorTrend.com Demonstrates That a Mequoda Internet Hub Can Be Informative, Attractive, Engaging and Smart, While Linking Visitors to Both its Own Satellite Sites and Those of Other Publishers
The Mequoda Internet Hub is the heart of a high-performance Internet Marketing System that is fueling extreme growth for the handful of savvy information marketers that have one. Here are
America's Test Kitchen Website, a Network Hub Positioned to Extend Visitors from the Television to the Web to the Printed Word, Demonstrates Extraordinary Website Architecture in Satisfying Users' Need for
EskyGuide.com, the Online Home of Executive Travel Magazine, While Demonstrating Good Readability and Affordance, Tries to do Too Much From One Site, Causing Brand Confusion, Task Incompletion and Lack of
Readability, Aesthetics and Labeling Help Fundcraft.com's Users Feel Right at Home, but Navigation and Affordance in Fundcraft.com's Website Design are Confusing to Users, and Could be Losing Potential Sales
Reviewing a website published by Jakob Nielsen is a little like giving driving lessons to your father. It feels as though the roles ought to be reversed. Nielsen has a
While humans are humans, age is a major consideration in designing usable websites that will allow the targeted users to have an efficient and fulfilling user experience.
Personnel Policy Service Publishers is Plagued by Poor Organization and Uninspiring Graphic Design, Degrading a Site That Otherwise Offers Both Useful Free Content and Premium Products
Mequoda Revisits a Review of Better Homes & Gardens' Website Design to See What's Been Improved Since Last Year, Finding its Strategic Intent Clearer, its Interactive Content Better, but its
The Daily Reckoning Website, a Network Hub for its Financial Newsletters and Services, Demonstrates Effective Website Design and Site Architecture that Supports User Tasks and Goals
This week we're looking at the landing page for Jose Silva and his Jose Silva UltraMind System. Here we face a particular challenge that pops up frequently in information marketing:
Skillful Leveraging of Brand, Strategic Site Design and Continuous Attention to the Balance of Traffic to Gated Content Has Contributed to the Market-Leading Position Currently Enjoyed by The Wall Street
Ever wonder if the color of your order button impacts click-through rates and conversion rates? The short answer: order button color does matter. Discover which color order button lifted response
After 11 years of website design testing, I'm still amazed at the long list of simple website design changes that can increase click-through rates overnight. With a simple advertising design
Devoting Too Much Homepage Real Estate to Website Navigation and Graphic Images Demonstrates a Compromise in the Selling Power of Text—a Major Mistake for a Lead Generation Site like CareerCoach.com
My brother-in-law, Randy, is always amazed at the website design elements I test when creating new sales letter landing pages. He thinks, that after running the test once or twice
The Hume Group has been in the self-help education arena since 1974. Like Nightingale Conant, they’re one of the granddaddies of that genre. They specialize in providing financial security education
In the past few months, I've seen results from three different magazine publishers that have each literally turned their source mix on its head. For each of them, a simple
Integrity and professionalism abound on the Briefings Publishing Group's website, but their “all business” approach may be responsible for letting a lot of potential business remain unsold. It seems Briefings.com’s
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