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Leads, Conversions & Sales From My Website: Fact or Fiction?

Robert Holdeman — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:16:53 +0000

Isn’t the real question, when it comes to your company website – “does my website create income for my business”? Well, how many leads does your website produce every month? How many sales? Not sure? Go ahead, take a few minutes to check on it. It’s OK… I’ll wait. [insert theme from Jeopardy here] Now that you have a number, ...

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Your Landing Page One and Done? Not So Fast!

Robert Holdeman — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:01:18 +0000

A landing page is a great tool and focal point for your online marketing efforts. Once you setup and monitor meaningful metrics for your landing page, don’t be afraid to make changes and then measure the results of those changes. Sometimes changing the on-page content is needed. Perhaps your landing page copy needs tweaking or the addition of a photo ...

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What Goes Into an Effective Online Dashboard?

Robert Holdeman — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:16:03 +0000

Coming up with a recipe for a really effective online member/customer dashboard is sort of like creating a new and tasty desert. As the head chef, you need to execute your vision. Do you layer it in gooey goodness, riddled with valuable nuggets to be discovered in its depths? Or do you present a modest display of wholesome ingredients that ...

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Where to Start When Creating a Member Dashboard

Robert Holdeman — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:54:27 +0000

Once you understand the potential for your company or organization in taking your website to the next level, building a community of users via a Member Dashboard, what’s next? What’s your plan of action? There are three main areas your plan should cover: Technical/Platform Content/Data Access/Flow #1 – Technical/Platform: Determine the eventual size and scope of your dashboard so that ...

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DotNetNuke Advantage #4 – Portals

Joseph Como — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:00:47 +0000

A DNN portal is an entrance to a website. The DotNetNuke portal has many advantages. Each portal has a domain name such as www.comstar.biz. If you wanted to buy a different domain name, under a shared hosting environment, you would then need to buy another hosting package. This could become costly for your business. When you use a multiple DNN portal system, you have a single hosting ...

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DotNetNuke Advantage #3 – Multi-Language

Joseph Como — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:57 +0000

DNN’s multi-language tool translates your website and it’s content into any language. The tool also allows administrators from anywhere in the world to maximize the potential of the DNN site.

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DotNetNuke Advantage #2- Modules

Joseph Como — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:00:50 +0000

DNN modules provide “functionality” of the site. They can be as simple as a Text Module that allows for easy eantry of content, photos and links. Some modules have more complex and specific uses like Document Module, Banner Ad Module, News Module, Photo Gallery and Rotating Slides Show Module, Testimonial Module, and Shopping Cart Module. These and many, many more are fully ...

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DotNetNuke Advantage #1- Skins

Joseph Como — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:00:53 +0000

DotNetNuke (DNN) is continually growing and constantly developing new features. DNN tools and features include fully customizable skins, modules, templates and language packs. DNN Skins are made up of code that determines what the site will look like. It’s the website’s look and feel. Pre-made skins are templates and they can be bought online or web designer can customize one for you. The skin is applied throughout the ...

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DotNetNuke (DNN) At- A-Glance

Joseph Como — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:12:11 +0000

DotNetNuke is a website Content Management (or CMS) platform for Microsoft. It is estimated that over 700,000 web sites are powered by DNN around the world. DNN is an open source CMS that can also be used as a web application. DNN provides great benefits to developers, end users and decision makers to support a variety of web business goals. ...

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Are Website Builders for you?

Joseph Como — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:05 +0000

Website builders (and website creation software) are tools that give you a way to build and design your own site. Website builders are intended to be for the DYI (do-it-yourself) person with little knowledge of programming code like HTML or PHP. Many website builders are free as long as you use the hosting provider that offers that free service. An ...

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