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As we buy products online, we tend to think that when we start a website, people will buy from us as well. There is nothing wrong with this perception as long as your website has the power to attract them and make them pay for your products. The websites that you like and go to buy products from have certain qualities that regular shoppers don’t tend to notice. There are powerful elements that can make your website a cash pulling machine, literally. However, if these elements are not incorporated wisely, you will not be able to make any sales and, hence, end up wasting your time and efforts.

So, whether you are designing a website yourself or going to hire a professional designer, here are a few important elements you must remember to make your website attractive and professional:

Make Sure Your Web Design Looks Professional and Attractive:

A successful web design incorporates two vital elements, i.e. it looks professional and attractive. A lot of designers focus on its visual appearance. It’s good, but you shouldn’t neglect this fact that it should look professional as well. You won’t be able to win the trust of your market if they don’t perceive you as professional. So, make sure you create a decent layout and use appropriate colors.

Make Sure It’s Relevant to Your Business Model:

Don’t let people guess what your website is about. Rather, when they visit your site, it is your responsibility to tell them about your business in less than 10 seconds. People don’t have time to find out what a particular site is all about. They will simply close your site and go elsewhere. You can’t afford that because you will lose a lot of potential buyers. So, make sure that your web design clearly depicts your business model.

Make Sure It Clearly Conveys the Tone of Your Business:

If you are selling tops online or magic tricks, then you can use bright colors with a refreshing layout. However, if you are selling surgical items then you must create a serious tone. You can’t show clowns on a site that is selling surgical items. So, you need to keep your market in mind when you create the design to ensure that they don’t get disappointed. Irrelevant theme will only make you look unprofessional and no one likes to buy products from businesses that don’t look professional.

Create a User Friendly Navigation:

Just as you should tell your visitors about your business model in 10 seconds, the same way you should also make their lives easier by providing them with easy and user-friendly navigation, so they can find the required information quickly and easily. If they face trouble finding the required information or products, they are likely to close your site instantly. Therefore, user-friendly navigation is crucial to your website’s success.

These tips might look like some basic tips, but those who don’t follow the basics end up wasting their time and efforts. So, if you want to make your online business a huge success, ensure that you incorporate all the important elements discussed above.

By: Sha Amen

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WordPress themes not only make your blog presentable and eye-catching but they also make for an interesting user-experience. You can brand your blog or website that runs on WordPress better if you have apt themes that convey the right aesthetics and mood that fascinate the readers.

You can find several of these themes free for download from various template sites. One thing you have to bear in mind is that you have to choose WordPress themes in sync with the theme of your blog. For instance, if you have a blog that is catering to the female readers and writing about beauty and cooking tips, you should have an appropriately themed blog, with possibly a pink or a white background with designs and effects that are likened by girls. Similarly, tech blogs, travel blogs, health blogs, personal blogs all need to have themes that can be customized according to the theme.

The themes that are present in WordPress blogs make for a rich visual medium. Most of them come with ready plug-ins like the slideshow, RSS-subscribe button, tabs, background color, CSS menu, related posts feature etc. You do not have to look for codes for all of these separately; they come as a package deal with the downloadable theme. One of the popular WordPress themes includes the magazine style themes that are good for news type content and look presentable.

It is important to have the right, attractive theme for your blog or website because most often they serve as landing pages, and if people have come to your site through organic search(Google, for instance) or though paid search(PPC ads), there should be something on your site that sustains interest and maximizes interaction. Apart from good content, you also need to have the right kind of packaging or in other words, theme. When you go to a website or blog that offers such theme, make sure you hit the ‘preview’ or ‘demo’ option to see how the theme can actually look while it is live on your website or blog.

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