Include a family or personal touch Provide an "About Me/Us" page. Provide the names of the owner, president and provide the reason why you started your business.

Avoid password or flash screens
If you want to use the option of flash pages, fancy music, etc., give visitors the option of viewing them. Don't force them to download any programs.

Limited your affiliate programs
Remember visitors are at your site to find out about your service or buy your products.

Cater to everyone
Don?t forget to include tags with your images to assist those with sight disabilities.

Comply with local laws regarding business practices or state taxes

Comply with all regulations prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.

Make it quick

Most visitors will not have the patience to wait around much longer than the reasonable load time and will gladly move on. A site that loads quickly and is neatly designed, will show that you are a professional business. You can lose up to 1/3 of your traffic with slow loading pages. How many times did you leave the Fast Food lane when the wait was over 1 minute?

Link it
Make sure your links are working. Test them at least once a month.

Spell it right
If you want your site to be as professional as it can be. Use Spell check.

Don?t be afraid to ask your customers for testimonials. Testimonials provide a way for your customers to learn about your credibility and trustiness.

What does Brand mean?The 3 B?s

Be consistence in use of your logo. Repeating your image helps people to remember who you are and what you do. Use your logo on everything you mail out or hand out. Use your signature tag with your business url and information in all out going sources. Design business cards to be effective in promoting your business. Hand them out to who ever will take them from you. Insert them in your outgoing postal mail. Yes! Insert them with your bills too. After all, office workers open the envelopes and might be interested in your service or products.

Be Unique?it helps you stand out from the crowd.

Be Professional in all things - including your customer service reactions.

What does Branding your business really mean?

If you don?t Brand your business?than you may lose business.

About the Author

Resource: Jane Sadowy is the CEO of Award Internet Marketing, a company that helps businesses promote, attain customers with powerful networking, website design, search engine service, website trust issues, affordable web hosting, reviews web businesses applying for the ?Trust In Business? awards and provides search engine help. For more information on The Award Internet Marketing Elite Membership services visit Award Internet Marketing
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