Design the Reef

As you know one thing that happened when Google did their Panda Penguin update is they looked at the usability factor of peoples website. In other words how engaging is your site, and with that metric, how fast does it deliver that content. A slow website is a bad website because users may click off before it loads. Ours was slow. To much crap going on everywhere and to many things loading. So I decided…

One thing you want to do is make sure you get in touch with your audience. There are a couple of ways you can do this, one is to have an email signup page and the other is to hook into social media. I dont want you to think you should choose, the best thing you can do is to do both things. The First Thing is to Add an Email Signup One important thing…

The first thing that you want to do is to get on the radar of Google and other search engines so they know that this is a relevant site and worthy to crawl the pages you have just put up. You would be surprised how quickly this can happen if you are writing good content. To begin with you should right about 7-10 good content and long tail key word rich articles that are at…

Your menu system and navigation is how your users will navigate throughout the site. It is important that your site is easily navigable and that the menu levels are not to deep. Nothing is as frustrating as having cascading menus more than two levels deep. Reserve those only for eCommerce stores. But for now you should plan on your navigational strategy. Consider that most templates are going to have the ability to make as many…

This article covers the 6 Pages Every New Website should have and how to build them easily. Of course every website needs a front page. The one page that has to be there, a coming soon or hosting holder page just wont do the trick. But after that there are pages that every website should have. Refrain from making your site a one page pony! Make sure you get a plan to put at least…

“Do a Complete Site Once Over a Month Before you Market It” is a phrase that you should memorize. Once you have built your site and launched and before you market the heck out of it, you should do a 1 month once over of your site. You should go into depth, look over it with a fine tooth comb, and make any changes that will enhance the look, readability, and navigation of your site….

This article will focus on How to Make a Basic Website Design Flowchart that is basically a blueprint on who to design and build the first iteration of your new online business website. First start with your home page. This is the page attached to your URL and the first page people visit when they type in your web address. Make a List of pages and a Sketch of how they will Connect to one…

So you are probably wondering what this has to do with anything, or maybe what a 404 page is. Well let me tell you…a 404 page pops up when you search for a page on a site that is not longer there. An error message pops up and says you have reached a place that no longer exists. So now what, well that is when most visitors leave your site. So you have spent so…

Sometimes you need sounds and music clips to add to videos. Videos are a big part of the Online Business Reef model and we use videos in our sites, for monetization purposes on sites like YouTube, and to help teach in a more visual way for today’s entrepreneurs who seem to prefer video for learning.

One of the most important things to setup before you start your journey into an Online Business Reef is to setup a personal branding site. This site is your personal blog, a statement and authority of your Online Business Reef to let your readers know you are a real person which lends credibility to your site. 1. A personal branding site allows you to become an authoritative voice in the world. It helps establish you…