The Common Sense Internet Gazette
from Ozdachs Consulting
April 23, 2008
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Web design and Internet Promotion by Ozdachs

The Common Sense Internet Gazette highlights tools for your website and Internet developments that affect your organization's online life.

Ozdachs is on vacation and away from the Internet through Sunday, May 11th!  We look forward to returning your messages on Monday, May 12.

Contact Ozdachs for web design and Internet promotion.  Please ask us for more information about any of the articles here or for help with your organization's needs.

voice: 415.647.8830

email: galen@ozdachs.biz

Do Clients Get Your Number?
Web Designer Caller ID Comes through on this iPhone!The Presidential election campaign is going to cause a lot more unsolicited telephone calls to arrive at everyone's phone.

These political calls often come to my phone without caller ID, or they are marked "Private".   In defense, I have started to let anonymous calls go unanswered... especially when I am facing a deadline.

If your business doesn't transmit its caller ID on outgoing calls, some of your clients and vendors also are going to let your message go unanswered.

Call your telephone company and make sure your name and number are getting through!

Don't Make Them Think!
Don't Make Me Think book jacketThe Problem:
50,000 visitors a month
1 or 2 sales per month

The Solution:
Don't make the visitors think so much!

Getting visitors to your site is only solves part of the problem.  You want to make it easy for them to buy, join, or take the other actions you created the site to encourage.

Do You Measure How Successful Your Landing Pages Are?
Measuring your landing pags"Landing Pages" are the pages your pay-per-click Google ads send people to.

They are where you try to get visitors to first land at your site.

You may have different landing pages for each ad.  For example, your service ads will go to one page while your product ads will send people to specific product pages.

Measuring the effectiveness of these pages... and of your pay-per-click ad campaign... tells you whether or not your ads are paying off.


Convert Your Currency on Google
Google converting currency If you want to find a San Francisco CPA, you search Google and find Ozdachs client Sterck Kulik O'Neill accounting group inc.

Did you know that you can also use Google to:

  • Find out currency exchange rates
  • Do arithmetic calculations
  • Find out the status of an airline flight
  • Track FedEx or UPS packages
and more?
Falling in Love with your [Ineffective] Website
In Love with Your Web PageDo you love your website... the way it looks, the way it reads, everything about it... except that it doesn't generate any business?

I am frequently asked by business owners -- often people who designed their site in their "spare time" -- to help them get more business from their site. 

But, they say, they love the site exactly the way it is.


Ozdachs Consulting is an independent San Francisco business focused on helping your organization with common sense websites and Internet solutions.  Please contact us for a free, no-obligation discussion.

Sincerely,
Galen Workman, owner