art licensing websites

What Visitors want to Know

mr.magooroo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:58:18 +0000

► Tell Your Visitors What they want to Know.
[] Users are highly goal-driven on the Web. They visit sites because there’s something they want to accomplish — maybe even buy your product. The ultimate failure of a website is to fail to provide the information users are looking for.
[] Sometimes the answer is simply not there and you lose the sale because users have to assume that your product or service doesn’t meet their needs if you don’t tell them the specifics. Other times the specifics are buried in graphics or bland slogans. Since users don’t have time to read everything, such hidden info might almost as well not be there.
[] The worst example of not answering users’ questions is to avoid listing the price of products and services.
[] A website’s tagline must explain what the company does and what makes it unique among competitors. Two questions can help you assess your own tagline: Would it work just as well for competitors? Would any company ever claim the opposite?
[] Well-designed web sites can easily explain their products and services in text that is short enough that users will actually read it online.

Your Web Pages

mr.magooroo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:57:54 +0000

► Web Page Content

Content is why your visitors are coming to your Web page. Content can be text or images (or both) and includes the written descriptions that make your visitors want to navigate around your Web site. An important part of your content are the titles of each page; the page title is your main tool to attract new visitors from search listings and to help them locate the specific pages that they need.

► Web Page Style

The style is how the webpage will look to your visitors. Style is usually defined by the CSS [Cascading Style Sheet], and determines how your web pages will be displayed.

► Web Page Actions

This means the underlying code of a Web page that makes the page do something. It includes the JavaScript and any PHP or CGI scripts that take action when your visitor arrives at your web page or clicks something.

► Web Page Navigation

Navigation includes all of the above (content/style/actions). Here is where the importance of page titles comes into play. Where possible, use as your navigation title one or two of the most salient information-carrying words that describe the specifics of what users will find on that page.

Your Art Licensing Website

mr.magooroo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:47:02 +0000

Things to think about BEFORE creating your art licensing website:

Should I Hire A Designer/Developer?

What Is SEO?

What Are “Keywords”?

Should I Use Flash?

What Pages Are Needed?

What Size Should My Images Be?

Do I Need To Accept Credit Cards?

What Is Paypal?

Digital Branding Of The Website.

Social Networking For The Website.

Web Promotion Without A Website. Free Web Galleries.

Blogging.

Should I Offer My Art for Print on Demand (POD)?

License Art for Money

mr.magooroo — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:22:26 +0000

License Art for Fun & Profit

You need your own website dedicated to art licensing

Here are a few questions for you to think about…

Am I Ready for Art Licensing

Art Assessment

Body Of Artwork (Quantity Available To License)

Quality Of Artwork (Suitability For Product Use)

Self-Assessment Link

Do I Have The Temperment To Be A Businessperson

Do I Have The Knowledge To Be A Businessperson

Am I Prepared To Invest Time To Build A Business

Am I Prepared To Invest Money To Build A Business