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Microsoft announced last week a severe security flaw in their Internet Explorer web browser that could expose millions of users to having their computers taken over by hackers. It is possible that some users may associate the problem with your website if you they happen to be viewing or recently viewing your website when they started experiencing problems. Microsoft's security advisory says that so far, attacks have only been reported against users with Internet Explorer 7, but the company cautioned that users of other versions of Internet Explorer could be at risk. The AP says...

  Here are the top 10 things a small or medium size business that is paying attention to how their website can help them increase their sales and to how vital the internet is to their success, should be thankful for: 1.       That they came to see what a website design should do – generate leads – people to sell to, rather than just sit there and occupy a space on the internet. 2.       That they took an extra 10 minutes to make sure their website domain is really registered in their name. Finding out someone...

As a life-long Phillies fan their championship brought great joy, a nearly uncontrollable desire to buy even more Phillies merchandise and a forced acceptance that I am older than I sometimes believe. Because in the midst of following some of the games on the mobile internet, getting blogs from passionate Phillies fans on my RSS feeds and participating in a Phillies fan list-serv, I thought back fondly on the nights I would fall asleep with a transistor radio pressed to my ear listening to Phillies games crackle on an AM radio station. I remember when the Phillies would...

I’ll bet that one of the most important parts of your site is one you think about the least. It’s your forms. Any form. And that’s too bad because the thinnest space between your company and a prospect is the form on your site. If your site is like many sites that we monitor at Sales Growth Group, most prospects that come to the page with your form (most likely a “Contact Us” form) on it don’t complete the form. In fact, we often see abandonment rates as high as 98%. That means that only 2% of the visitors that got to the page with the form actually...

Imagine that you just bought a new cell phone and it didn’t come with any ringtones. Not even a buzzer. Now imagine that all the prospects trying to reach your business were calling you on that phone. They have your number, but no way to connect with you because your phone doesn’t make any noise to signify their interest. That’s exactly the way most websites are designed.  Unless something is horribly wrong, you have interested prospects visiting your site right now. They are in various stages of your sales cycle. Some are broadly researching your category...