 Is Your Old Website Hurting Your Professional Image?
If you haven’t updated it in the past year,
or your site is just a single web page, it might be.
But you’re not a web designer – how can
you know if you’ve got a good website? The truth is that it’s
not hard to get a website that will make money online when you know
the formula for how to do it.
Take this 3-minute test to find out if you’ve got the website you need, or if it’s time for an update.
1. Is your website just a static brochure site?
2. Have you updated your website in the past month?
3. Does your website have a Flash intro?
4. Does your website have background music/sound effects?
5. How long does it take for your website to load onto your visitors’ computers?
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Less than 2 seconds |
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More than 2 seconds |
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I don’t know – I’ve never checked |
6. Is 95% or more of your website set up with black writing on a white background?
7. 95% or more of the copy of your website is in either Arial, Tahoma or Verdana fonts?
8. Is your full contact info – including email
– listed on your website?
9. You have two or more features built into your site to capture your visitors’ information to get leads for your business (i.e. Info Request Form, Newsletter, Auto Responder/Free Report).
10. Does your website look professionally designed when compared to other websites in your industry?
11. Is your website optimized with keywords and Meta tags?
12. Is your website hosted with a reliable company?
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Yes – our website has crashed or been “temporarily unavailable” due to Web hosting problems only once, or never over the past year.
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No – our website crashes or is “temporarily unavailable” on a fairly regular basis |
13. Do you use clipart or templates from either MS Publisher or from a free source on the Web?
14. Is your website’s data secured by an up-to-date Verisign Security Certificate?
15. Your page content is set up so visitors easily know what they’ll find on each page as soon as they land without scrolling.
Click here to score your results.
Answers To the 3-Minute Quiz:
Is Your Old Website Hurting Your Professional Image?
Scoring:
Give yourself the number of points that match the answer you chose.
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Add up your score.
You scored ____ points on the 3-Minute Website Evaluation Quiz.
Read the description that matches your score to see if you have the website you need.
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41 to 45 points : Great website! Keep up the good work. |
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35 to 40 points : Your website probably reflects your professional image, although there are a few areas where you could improve. If you trade in your existing website for a CommunicateRealEstate website, you will get access to a full set of tips for setting up a great website that will help you make money on the Internet. |
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29 to 34 points : There are some problems with your website. You're not making as much money with it as you could. It's time for an update, and maybe a full overhaul! You could certainly take advantage of the money-making and design tips available if you sign up for a CommunicateRealEstate website, and you might want to consider the website trade-in offer . |
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14 to 28 points : Your website is seriously hurting your professional image, and driving away business. Sometimes having a lousy website is worse than not having a website at all. It's time to start from scratch. Click here to take advantage of the limited time offer to receive 25% off when you trade in your website for a new one designed by the CommunicateRealEstate design team.
Nowadays customers expect the people they do business with to have a website, just like they expect them to have a phone.
In fact, your customers actually have fairly high expectations about business websites, so not just any website will do. CommunicateRealEstate websites are designed with built-in safeguards, and a full set of design, marketing, and ecommerce tips to help you get the professional quality and design you need in a website that will make you money online. |
Click here to start your free trial today. |
