Let’s imagine that you get 20 sales per month on your business website. Do you wonder what it would take to increase your conversions (business leads, sales, etc) by 20% or more?
From previous
Joomla seo experiences, I have seen the best results in helping clients improve sales by ranking them higher for keywords where they already appear somewhere in the search engine index (2nd, 3rd or 4th page of Google or Bing) or got clicks for particular keywords in the past. To find those keywords, go to:
Google Analytics, then look for "Keywords" under "Traffic Sources" for the entire range of your website history.
Now that you know keywords where you have the best chance to succeed short term, the ultimate success of your Joomla seo campaigns will depend mostly on the following factors:
Virtuemart Onsite Credit Card Processing with PayPal Pro
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
For a long time, I've heard Joomla small
business users
complain about a lack of certain features in Virtuemart.
The biggest complaint is when shoppers have to leave their ecommerce
website to enter their credit card or paypal
account information on paypal.com
which causes
more complicated checkout process
broken
online shopping experience
So for onsite
processing, here are
steps that your Joomla developer needs to complete:
Meet current PCI
compliance standards.
To use Website Payments Pro, you need to comply with security
requirements for collecting and transmitting payment data.
Possible issues include but are not limited to https:// issues
with
your Joomla template, cross browser
compatibility problems, security
issues with your website and more. Therefore, considering that
Virtuemart shopping cart does not come pre-integrated with PayPal's Website
Payments Pro, you will either need programming skills, or the resources
to hire a Joomla programmer.
So this year consider making it easier for your existing and new Virtuemart
shoppers to purchase your products!
Visitors may easily search over 20,000 properties from the front page.
Visitors may easily view featured properties on a Google map.
Visitors may easily view properties by individual agents.
Real estate agents avoid double content entry because we included the official Maine IDX data.
Real estate agents don't have to worry much about auto-resizing, styling and other options because many of these actions are automated.
Real estate agents can now better manage their own contact info and photos.
Realtors display each property on its own landing page featuring a slideshow and contact us form for more detailed info and improved conversions.
Realtors enjoy many other benefits that are included with general purpose Joomla CMS where you may add and edit your own content.
The Joomla real estate websites provide each real estate agent an
exposure that property buyers and sellers have come to expect and
deserve in the modern online world. For more information, please visit OGO Sense custom realtor websites.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 June 2010 )
Time to Upgrade?
Sunday, 04 April 2010
One of our clients from Maine
who runs several Joomla non-profit websites on his server emailed me the following
question:"I have been working on a few projects on our web site
and I am finding that it is becoming more difficult to
find extensions for Joomla 1.0. What are your thoughts on upgrading to
Joomla 1.5?"
Now, as a technology guy who owns
joomlaupgrade.com domain name but thinks business value is always more
important, I would recommend:
Three main reasons to upgrade
from Joomla 1.0 website to 1.5:
Goals of your
organization or business have changed so much that the website is no
longer aligned to support those goals and your new objectives cannot be
easily met by modifying the existing website.
There are new
high value business items that that cannot be sufficiently supported by
the existing website: new products or services, business process
automation, desire to refresh your brand or drastically improve your
lead generation or sales.
Increased security. While open source projects are typically more secure than commercial software, this
is only true if you keep up to date with the latest security patches.
Additionally, keep in mind that Joomla 1.0 is no longer officially
supported by joomla.org.
Need help with website upgrades? Request a free consultation & free
quote from our Joomla programmer.
Three main reasons NOT to upgrade from Joomla 1.0 to
Joomla 1.5:
You like Joomla 1.5 or 1.6 because of their
features and shine but there is no true benefit to your organization or
business.
You have an expert team that provides you support
and maintenance and ability to sufficiently secure your website and
resolve any immediate issues (example: OGO Sense regular maintenance
clients).
You don't have necessary financial, human or time
resources so you would rather wait until the stable version of Joomla
1.6.
Many small businesses and organizations don't know what to expect during a web
design process. Unfortunately, an ill defined design process results in
your website design being low quality, more expensive, buggy (software)
and frustrating for your small business.
In a nutshell, a modern website design or
redesign process boils down to:
Website
Consulting:You
should expect your design company to provide you the best Internet
strategy, professional and personalized advice.
Template
Design: You don't need to tell your design company sites that
you
like. It's
their job to recommend professional and
personalized design options for
your small business.
Standard Business Solutions: Your
web team should reuse as much code as possible so that the project
can be completed more efficiently.
Custom Software
Solutions: You may pay more for custom software solutions that exactly
meet your company's special needs but while more expensive, they provide
a competitive advantage over your competition. Intelligent Site
Architecture: You need an intelligent site architecture that is simple,
keyword optimized, supports your website workflows, visitor funnels and
is intuitive to manage from the administrative perspective.
Automated Content Import: You can save time and improve accuracy by
having a lot of content automatically imported into your website.
Training
and Tutorials: OGO Sense provides necessary written tutorials,
videos and online
training sessions using phone and desktop sharing software. Search
Engine Optimization and Content Entry: You want to perform SEO of your
content to increase your sales and receive more business leads from
search engines.
Beta Testing. Test custom code and important website visitor conversions the most!
One of our clients from Maine
who runs several Joomla non-profit websites on his server emailed me the following
question: "I have been working on a few projects on our web site
and I am finding that it is becoming more difficult 
