It goes without saying that your business needs a strong web presence to be successful in the Age of Information, and that your website is integral to your web presence. However, do you realize the importance of good Reno web design, when it comes to your business brand? That’s right – it’s not just enough to have an aesthetically pleasing site with good content. Good design is more complex than that, and it can mean the difference between having an effective or ineffective website. Want to know why design is so important? Here is how a good website design creates a great impression:

Professionalism. When you take shortcuts, it shows. Don’t make the mistake of taking shortcuts with your web design. Sure, your teenage cousin knows a thing or two about creating websites, but unless he can create a top-notch, professional-looking site for your business, your site is just going to look amateurish . . . and your site visitors will get the impression that you are an amateur. Spring for a good website design.
Navigation. Good design is centered on creating an effortless experience for your site visitors. You don’t want people to have to work or make guesses to find their way around your site. By providing them with straightforward, simple, and well-organized site navigation, you are not only giving your visitors the impression that you care about catering to them, but you are also ensuring they can find (and read!) all of the valuable content you have on your site.
Branding. Your website design should be in line with your business branding in every way – from the colors to the fonts. That means that good web design, with your brand in mind, will elevate your brand and increase brand awareness, thereby creating a lasting impression for your visitors.
Attention grabbing. You have a very limited window of time in which to grab new site visitors’ attention and pique their interest enough to want to stay and explore for a while. As a matter of fact, studies show that a first impression in the web world may take as little a fraction of a second to form. Good web design will snag your site visitors and enable you more time to get your message through to them. In a world where first impressions are so vital, you can’t afford not to invest in good design.
Don’t skimp when it comes to building your brand. Contact the experienced professionals at Truckee Web Designer to handle all of your logo and web design needs. We can be reached by phone, at 530.582.7420, or email: david@truckeewebdesigner.com

Truckee Web Design has been featured in the Sierra Sun newspaper. The Sierra Sun newspaper serves Truckee and all of the North Lake Tahoe region. You can read about the services Truckee Web Designer offers from custom web design to search engine optimization.

3 Tips to Give Your Web Design the “Cool” Factor

These days, it’s not enough just to have a website design, easy to navigate website. There’s a lot of competition out there, and if you want to stay relevant with today’s finicky tech-based consumer market, you must find a way to stand out on the crowd. Fortunately, if you are committed to broadening your web horizons and packing a real punch with your business website, there are some straight-forward things you can do to give yourself a hip edge. Here are three tips to give your website the “cool” factor:

A – Z index.  Navigation is arguably one of the most important factors influencing your site’s success, and for that reason, you

Cool Website Design

should always be on the lookout for cool new navigation features you can add to your site. One such feature that is really catching on when it comes to site navigation is the A – Z index, which is exactly what it sounds like: a way for your visitors to easily find things on your site simply by clicking the corresponding letter of the alphabet (or number).

Image galleries. Gone are the days when simple graphics could attract major attention and cause some audience “oohs and ahs.” Now there are a number of sleek ways you can incorporate a variety of images into a single web page in order to get the most bang for your buck. Consider a sliding image gallery that allows users to view new images by simply clicking a left or right (or up or down) arrow, or a neat tiled image gallery with a hover-box preview feature that allows users to simply hover over any single image to enlarge it. A variety of image galleries can be inserted into your site via a CSS stylesheet, or by way of plug-ins (if you use a site-building platform like WordPress).

Alert box. As previously mentioned, navigation is tantamount to the success of any website. One way you can help your visitors navigate through the information on your pages is to organize your content so that the order of importance is very clear. An alert box is a cool, eye-pleasing way to draw a visitor’s attention to content that is most pertinent.

When it comes to building your brand, your website is one of your most powerful tools. Make sure you get the best of the best by contacting the experienced professionals at TruckeeWebDesigner.com to handle all of your web design needs. We can be reached by phone, at 530-582-7420

If your website isn’t mobile friendly, you are losing business!

There are almost 5 times more mobile phones than laptops and computers.

Did you know? Most websites won’t work on a mobile phone!

Most mobile sites are slow to load, hard to view and don’t offer the right kind of experience for mobile users. We make it EASY for mobile users to get the content they’re looking for!
“Anything Google creates from here on out will be first placed on the mobile platform and then be worked around for the desktop… In three years desktops will be irrelevant.” – Google

Our new website MobileMyWebsites.com is currently under construction. We will be offering this service to all people who want to dominate the mobile website world!

“A Loyal Heart” Lake Tahoe Women’s Conference
Calvary Chapel of Truckee has invited us to join them for this conference that will held on Saturday, May 12th at the North Tahoe Events Center in Kings Beach.  The guest speaker will be Sandy MacIntosh who is the wife of Mike MacIntosh, pastor of Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego.  Sandy has spoken evangelistically and as an encouragement to women across the U.S. and internationally.  Also speaking will be 17 year old Taylor Fiddyment who will be giving her testimony.  Many of you know Taylor.  Last May, Taylor broke her back in an ATV quad accident which caused her to be paralyzed from the hips down.  Her faith has kept a smile on her face and a love in her heart so please come and hear what God is doing in her life.  A continental breakfast will be provided by SBC and lunch provided by Calvary.  The cost is $25.  Registration forms will be in the bulletin and at the Info Booth.  If you would like to attend, fill out the form and return it to the Info Booth along with your money.   Make checks payable to “Calvary Chapel Truckee”.   THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS APRIL 30TH.  If you won’t be in church this Sunday and would like go, call Cathy at 587-1874 before April 30th.