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Keep It Simple, Stupid: The Beauty of a Clean Cut Website  by: Tom Antion Don’t knock it; “Keep It Simple, Stupid” is a great rule to live by. Nobody likes a website to “yell” at them, with blaring colors and flashing lights. Too many buttons will turn customers off. I had this problem with my homepage at http://www.antion.com. A colleague of mine, who makes a lot of money, pointed out the cluttered look of my site. I had worked so closely on every detail of the page; that I couldn’t see it for what it was anymore. I set out to simplify my site, first by removing the banners and combining my navigational buttons. The goal was a clean looking homepage, so possible customers would not get frustrated or confused and click away. I also eliminated many of the choices on my site, narrowing it down to two groups for my main clientele, “Need a Speaker” or “Be a Speaker.” The concept here is to make it simple for my customers to locate what it is they are looking for. Reducing the choices on my site will save customers from having to wade through all of my stuff. This would do nothing more than waste their time and reflect poorly on me and my ability to help them. About The Author Tom Antion is a veteran of the public speaking circuit. He has been paid for more than 2,500 entertaining presentations. Tom has helped thousands of people to become highly effective communicators, through professional 1-on-1 and group sessions. For more information about how Tom can help your public speaking skills, visit his website: http://www.antion.com. Tom is also a success story in Internet marketing and he can show you how he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting his products and services online. For more information, go to: http://www.greatinternetmarketingtraining.com. To reach Tom directly, you can e-mail him at orders@antion.com. This article was posted on August 30, 2005 Read More Articles from the "Web Design and Development" Category: Be Creative before you Purchase or Create a Website by Charles Nixon III What is E-commerce Hosting? by Mer Amer The Devil Is In The Details, Miss A Deadline And You’re A Dead Duck! by Marcus Moorehead On Site Content Maintenance by Florie Lyn Masarate If You Want To Go Broke As A Web-Developer Let Me Tell You How…. by Serena Murphy Web Design for Newbies... Content Sells... and Sells Again! by Kely Braswell Making the task of SEO Easy by Paul Wilson Reseller Hosting by Joshua Mabilia The Essential Conflict in Humans is between our Species Nature and our Consciousness by Clive Taylor iKobo Review - Part 2 by Adam Senour << Back to "Web Design And Development" Index

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