How To Use Color On The Web To Get More Clients Than You Can Handle
You only have one opportunity to make a first impression, and your website is often the first contact you have with a potential client. As a representation of you and your business, it's important to ensure it conveys the right impression. Color can impact mood and elicit strong emotional reactions, which can play for or against you, so choose your colors thoughtfully. Choose two or three dominant colors, and choose those that represent the qualities of your service or product, or the emotions you hope to elicit, rather than choosing your personal favorites. Here's a brief overview of the psychology of color to keep in mind when choosing your colors:Red elicits the strongest emotional reaction, either positive or negative.
It elicits feelings of love, passion, excitement, and strength, as well as those of anger, speed, and danger. Red is also often associated with bargains. Blue can instill a sense of belonging and trust, reliability, coolness, peacefulness, tranquility, security, faithfulness and dignity. Blue is by far the most common ?favorite' color and is often associated with high quality.Yellow is most often associated with warmth, sunshine, and happiness. However, yellow can cause eye-strain and so should be used sparingly.Orange creates a feeling of playfulness, pleasure and warmth and is seen as vibrant and ambitious.Green, depending on the shade can bring to mind nature, healing, freshness, growth, abundance, money and freedom.
It is the easiest on the eyes.Purple is the color of royalty, spirituality, dignity, sophistication, and can feel luxurious.Pink is soft, sweet, and feminine and can elicit feelings of being nurtured or pampered.White is considered pure, innocent, clean, youthful, and mild. Black most often represents sophistication, elegance, authority, and power. It can be seen as seductive, mysterious, or serious.Gray is seen as authoritative, practical and creative. Dark gray instills a sense of solidity and reliability.Brown is earthy, solid, reliable, affluent, effective and masculine.Gold implies prestige and money, as does silver, although silver is also seen as cold and scientific.Different countries and cultures associate colors with different meanings. Always keep your target market in mind when choosing your website color scheme, and if you have questions, do your research.Remember, the effectiveness of your website is directly proportional to how solution-oriented your offers are with respect to your target audience.
The colors you choose can affect how much confidence you inspire and whether your audience stays long enough to learn about your solution-oriented offers.Visit www.awardwinningwebcourse.com for a simple, step-by-step guide to developing highly effective websites.By Michael Port, best-selling Author of Book Yourself Solid, The 7 Keys To Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle and Beth M. Lyons, the Techie Coach..
Michael Port is on a crusade for the success of solo-professionals and is especially well known for his passion, personality, point of view (and unrelenting sense of humor). Under the banner of Michael Port & Associates, LLC, he provides seminars, keynotes, training programs, coaching and a popular e-zine to solo-professionals, helping them build thriving businesses. His expertise lies in the areas of personal brand identity development, motivation, leadership, performance, teamwork and communication. Michael?s mantra: be brave be bold be yourself for profit and fun! http://www.MichaelPort.comBeth M. Lyons has over 15 years of experience helping the not-so-technical among us get comfortable with, learn, and then master the techniques they need and want to use. She has a gift for seeing implementation and "best-use" strategies, and communicating them in 'real english.' http://www.techiecoach.commichael@michaelport.comSpring & Home Decorating - A Fresh New Look
Open Windows ? Curtains fluttering from a warm breeze ? The air smells fresh and clean ? Buds on the trees are beginning to open ? Tiny flowers are popping up threw the ground ? Finally that little bird with the red breast is backAll of these can only mean one thing "Spring" has arrived.Those days of blustery storms and frosty drafts have come to an end.With spring comes a renewed burst of energy. Having been shut inside for months we now want to get up, get going and do things.This presents a marvelous opportunity for home decorating, a chance to give the inside of our homes a fresh clean look to match the emerging new look outside.You now want to think light, bright and breezy, exactly like a beautiful spring day.The following are a few ideas to help get you started.Hang a wreath covered with pretty silk flowers on the front door. This makes a cheerful greeting to anyone entering you home.Replace heavier drapes with lighter fabric and color. For example: Pastel colored shears or Caf?...
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The Dell Syndrome
From information I have gathered from different sources I have come to the conclusion that Dell cartridges are exactly the same as Lexmark cartridges EXCEPT for the cap. For owners of Dell printers this should be cause for celebration. Now bear in mind that I have not confirmed any of these findings with my own tests. However, the information does come from people who claim to have actually tried and successfully used a Lexmark cartridge in their Dell printer.Before I begin I want to compare some pricing for the Dell and Lexmark cartridges that we are referring to. These prices were accurate at the time of this study.Dell Web SiteBlack (310-4142) $26.99Color (310-4143) $29.99Lexmark Web SiteBlack (82) $29.99Color (83) $34.99Saples.comBlack (82) $32.99Color (83) $38.99Officemax.comBlack (82) $29.99Color (83) $37.99I have included prices from Staples and OfficeMax for Lexmark cartridges because the whole purpose of this article is finding an alternative to ordering from Dell's web site...
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