What's wrong with my website? [back]
Why can't we use it like it is now?
Problem #1:
Website Content
All web pages on the site need more
text content to increase and support your keywords
for a healthy search engine marketing campaign.
Research shows that
most plastic surgery
candidates want to see "Before and After" pictures
of your work. Therefore, we need to make these
photos readily available on your website. Contact
information should be on every web page, as well.
Recommended Solution:
Increase relevant content on each page for select
keywords. We can gather relevant content on the
Internet to add to your site content or we can have
our copy-writers construct content that is specific
to your practice and your philosophy in the practice
of plastic surgery. We can construct a Photo Gallery
for your website. We will need the images from you,
and testimonials from your patients.
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Problem #2: Website Functionality
The navigation
structure and architecture should be intuitive and
easy to use. Visitors should be able to easily
navigate to the page of interest with one click.
Don't make your visitors have to hunt through your
site to find the information they want. Make sure
the links in your navigation structure are easy to
click on. Sites that employ Javascript (mouse
roll-over effects) are sometimes tricky and require
visitor agility with the mouse. The fancy effect is
sometimes not worth it. It will frustrate your
visitor and they will 'bounce' off your website to
return back to the search engine results page, where
they will click on your competitor's website
instead. And, therefore, you've lost a potential
customer.
Recommended Solution:
Navigation
structure should be clearly labeled and organized.
Keep fancy techniques like Javascript roll-overs to
a minimum. Use text whenever possible instead of
graphics, because spiders can read text, spiders
cannot read graphics.
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PROBLEM #3:
Website Stickiness
The average Internet user only skims-over the Home
page when trying to find the information they are
looking for. If your Home page does not provide an
easy way to navigate to the information your
customers are looking for within 20 seconds, they
will simply hit the "Back" button on their web
browser and return to the search results page to
find another web site. Therefore, it is imperative
that your Home page provides the information they
want or puts the information within their reach with
only one click away. The fewer the clicks the
better. The less they have to read, the better.
Using images to convey a message is faster and
quicker than words. If possible, use images with
words to provide fast and easy navigation from the
Home page.
Recommended Solution: Add some “Before and
After” photos to the
"Home"
page with a link to your “Photo Gallery”.
Links to the "Before and After" should be in graphic
format (not as text-links) to attract the customers
to click on them. We will build special graphics for
the "Photo Gallery", "Newsletter Sign-up" and any
other feature that adds value to the
"Home"
page.
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PROBLEM #4:
Financing Options for your Customers
As plastic
surgery continues to flourish in the U.S.A, more and
more of mainstream American's are looking for the
opportunity to have cosmetic surgery. By putting a
graphic banner or ad on your Home page about
"Financing Options", you are letting your customers
know that you care about the needs of your customers
and you understand their concerns. By providing
"Financing Options" for them to read, you are
eliminating their fears and misconceptions that
cosmetic surgery is only for the rich and famous.
You are further encouraging your customers to trust
you and it opens the door for alot of potential
customers who are interested in plastic surgery, but
are just not sure if they can afford it.
Recommended Solution:
Create a banner ad/graphic button to
add to every page of your website that announces
your "Financing Options". There are several
companies that specialize in lending options for
customers. You need to investigate those options and
sign up for them to make them readily available for
your patients.
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PROBLEM #5:
Sign-up Monthly Newsletter Needed
Newsletters keep
your practice fresh in the minds of your potential
customers. A monthly newsletter is a great way to
stay in front of your target audience and entice
them with special discounts or services you offer.
Another incredible advantage of writing a monthly
newsletter is having fresh, unique content written
about your practice. Each newsletter will be
published to an "Archive Newsletter" section on your
website which will act as additional "spider food"
to attract the search engines. Search engines want
to see that you have a healthy, 'breathing' website.
That is, a website that is constantly being updated
and not sitting on a shelf on the WWW collecting
dust. The search engines measure the last time your
content was updated as a way to determine how
'alive' your site is. Publishing monthly newsletters
to your website creates another incentive for the
search engines to reward you with higher listings in
their index. Higher listings means more traffic and
that, in turn, means more customers!
Recommended Solution:
We will set-up a "Newsletter Sign-up"
feature that appears on every page of your website.
We use a company called "Practice Helpers" for
writing creative and customized monthly newsletters
for your practice. To learn more about this service,
please visit
www.practicehelpers.com.
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