Comments on: The Bitch Slap: News Flash – Your Website Isn’t About YOU! http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristen Race, Ph.D. http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-3646 Kristen Race, Ph.D. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:14:38 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-3646 Where were you in my life 9 months ago?? OK, I can't really blame you for that, I guess. I am Exhibit A of creating a website that was not about the visitor! I have done my time, served my sentence, and thankfully, with the help of Shelly Kramer's magic, will be re-newed very soon. And as much of a relief as this is, it's been hell being stuck in the mud of a crappy website. <br>Thanks for sharing, will have these thoughts in my head as I do a final review.<br>Kristen Where were you in my life 9 months ago?? OK, I can't really blame you for that, I guess. I am Exhibit A of creating a website that was not about the visitor! I have done my time, served my sentence, and thankfully, with the help of Shelly Kramer's magic, will be re-newed very soon. And as much of a relief as this is, it's been hell being stuck in the mud of a crappy website.
Thanks for sharing, will have these thoughts in my head as I do a final review.
Kristen

]]> By: Kristen Race, Ph.D. http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-2777 Kristen Race, Ph.D. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:14:38 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-2777 Where were you in my life 9 months ago?? OK, I can't really blame you for that, I guess. I am Exhibit A of creating a website that was not about the visitor! I have done my time, served my sentence, and thankfully, with the help of Shelly Kramer's magic, will be re-newed very soon. And as much of a relief as this is, it's been hell being stuck in the mud of a crappy website. <br>Thanks for sharing, will have these thoughts in my head as I do a final review.<br>Kristen Where were you in my life 9 months ago?? OK, I can't really blame you for that, I guess. I am Exhibit A of creating a website that was not about the visitor! I have done my time, served my sentence, and thankfully, with the help of Shelly Kramer's magic, will be re-newed very soon. And as much of a relief as this is, it's been hell being stuck in the mud of a crappy website.
Thanks for sharing, will have these thoughts in my head as I do a final review.
Kristen

]]> By: Kristen Race, Ph.D. http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-3013 Kristen Race, Ph.D. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:14:38 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-3013 Where were you in my life 9 months ago?? OK, I can't really blame you for that, I guess. I am Exhibit A of creating a website that was not about the visitor! I have done my time, served my sentence, and thankfully, with the help of Shelly Kramer's magic, will be re-newed very soon. And as much of a relief as this is, it's been hell being stuck in the mud of a crappy website. <br>Thanks for sharing, will have these thoughts in my head as I do a final review.<br>Kristen Where were you in my life 9 months ago?? OK, I can't really blame you for that, I guess. I am Exhibit A of creating a website that was not about the visitor! I have done my time, served my sentence, and thankfully, with the help of Shelly Kramer's magic, will be re-newed very soon. And as much of a relief as this is, it's been hell being stuck in the mud of a crappy website.
Thanks for sharing, will have these thoughts in my head as I do a final review.
Kristen

]]> By: The Redhead http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-2776 The Redhead Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:45:18 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-2776 Andrew - thanks for the props and for stopping by to check things out. Working with web developers has been invaluable to me in that I started to see (about three years ago) that a website was more than something "pretty." It was, essentially, and interactive game designed to get your customers to DO something. Kinda of a cool way to shift my thought process. Andrew – thanks for the props and for stopping by to check things out. Working with web developers has been invaluable to me in that I started to see (about three years ago) that a website was more than something “pretty.” It was, essentially, and interactive game designed to get your customers to DO something. Kinda of a cool way to shift my thought process.

]]> By: The Redhead http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-3015 The Redhead Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:45:18 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-3015 Andrew - thanks for the props and for stopping by to check things out. Working with web developers has been invaluable to me in that I started to see (about three years ago) that a website was more than something "pretty." It was, essentially, and interactive game designed to get your customers to DO something. Kinda of a cool way to shift my thought process. Andrew – thanks for the props and for stopping by to check things out. Working with web developers has been invaluable to me in that I started to see (about three years ago) that a website was more than something “pretty.” It was, essentially, and interactive game designed to get your customers to DO something. Kinda of a cool way to shift my thought process.

]]> By: Andrew Bogart http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-2775 Andrew Bogart Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:07:50 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-2775 Hey there! I'm glad that I showed up here. As if I didn't have a bunch of stuff to work on with my site before, now I'm swamped with ideas! You are a real help and a valuable resource to all of us REAL website people out here in the land web design. Thanks a lot and keep up the good blogging! Hey there! I'm glad that I showed up here. As if I didn't have a bunch of stuff to work on with my site before, now I'm swamped with ideas! You are a real help and a valuable resource to all of us REAL website people out here in the land web design. Thanks a lot and keep up the good blogging!

]]> By: Andrew Bogart http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-3014 Andrew Bogart Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:07:50 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-3014 Hey there! I'm glad that I showed up here. As if I didn't have a bunch of stuff to work on with my site before, now I'm swamped with ideas! You are a real help and a valuable resource to all of us REAL website people out here in the land web design. Thanks a lot and keep up the good blogging! Hey there! I'm glad that I showed up here. As if I didn't have a bunch of stuff to work on with my site before, now I'm swamped with ideas! You are a real help and a valuable resource to all of us REAL website people out here in the land web design. Thanks a lot and keep up the good blogging!

]]> By: Troy Halsey http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-2774 Troy Halsey Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:52:52 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-2774 Great discussion and very helpful as I try to build my own site. Thanks! Great discussion and very helpful as I try to build my own site. Thanks!

]]> By: Troy Halsey http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-3016 Troy Halsey Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:52:52 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-3016 Great discussion and very helpful as I try to build my own site. Thanks! Great discussion and very helpful as I try to build my own site. Thanks!

]]> By: Jaremy http://www.redheadwriting.com/the-bitch-slap-news-flash-your-website-isnt-about-you/comment-page-1#comment-2773 Jaremy Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:13:37 +0000 http://redheadwriting.com/?p=983#comment-2773 Awesome post, Erika. These are all questions that people really don't think about when building their websites. I recently built my own website (<a href="http://heartithateit.com" rel="nofollow">http://heartithateit.com</a>), and that was a major issue - what do I want to do to do on each page, and how can I keep them on my site and stop them from bouncing?<br><br>Foresight is incredibly important, and people often believe "if you build it, they will come". NOT. TRUE. If you build it, and they WANT it, they might come. And that doesn't even guarantee they'll stay. Awesome post, Erika. These are all questions that people really don't think about when building their websites. I recently built my own website (http://heartithateit.com), and that was a major issue – what do I want to do to do on each page, and how can I keep them on my site and stop them from bouncing?

Foresight is incredibly important, and people often believe “if you build it, they will come”. NOT. TRUE. If you build it, and they WANT it, they might come. And that doesn't even guarantee they'll stay.

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