Posts Tagged ‘website’
What Customers Want Most From Small Business Mobile Websites
Ross | September 26th, 2012Nearly half of U.S. consumers use smartphones. In fact, among young adults (18 to 29) and adults in households with incomes of over $75,000, smartphone use is even higher (66% and 68%, respectively). In a July 2012 study, two independent research firms surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. adult smartphone users. The findings are not surprising: [...]
Consumers Prefer Better Looking Websites
Ross | July 13th, 2011Successful businesses know that to develop long-term relationships with their customers, they must find ways to build trust. This is not as easy to do as it sounds. According to the 2011 Edelman Trust Barometer study, U.S. consumer trust of companies dropped 8 points from 2010 to 2011. In fact, this trend seems to be [...]
Best Practices and Tips for Restaurant Web Design
Ross | January 26th, 2011Whether you’re an entrepreneur opening your first restaurant or a seasoned business owner with many years of experience in the restaurant industry, you face many challenges. Among the most important of these challenges is your restaurant’s website. A strong web design can help a restaurant to more effectively market itself, can help convert visitors who [...]
Startup and Small Business Marketing: Website Optimization Mistakes
Ross | October 19th, 2010Conversion rate math is simple: by doubling your conversion rate, you double the effectiveness of every future marketing dollar. But while the math is simple, conversion optimization is not. There are many optimization pitfalls that can easily cripple startup/small business growth (if you’re interested in how crowdSPRING optimizes, I recommend you read Increasing Conversions Using [...]
Weekly Glance of Awesomeness #13
Angeline | October 23rd, 2008Greetings everyone! I’m still reeling from the excitement that is Ross getting a MacBook Pro, but I’ve managed to calm down, click the “Browse” section on our site, and find interesting projects for your Weekly Glance of Awesomeness! Glance #1: Southern’s Fine Dining Logo The Award: $400 End Date: October 27th The Breakdown: Chef Steve [...]
Weekly Glance of Awesomeness #6
Angeline | September 4th, 2008Hello to all my friends in the crowdSPRING-iverse! Here is this week’s Glance of Awesomeness. The crowdSPRING crew is busy at work testing new features and are gearing up for next week’s DEMO Fall ’08 Conference. We’re very excited, so keep your eyes and ears tuned into our Blog for the latest and greatest! For [...]
12 Questions: Meet Kai (Australia)
Ross | August 18th, 2008In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something [...]
3 weeks. 337 Entries. 3 Winners.
Ross | March 27th, 2008How better to test crowdSPRING’s model for buying creative services than on ourselves? The last time I purchased web design services (several years ago), my law firm paid $10,000 for one designer to prepare three homepage concepts. I disliked all of them. The designer was good and the designs were not bad. But my choices [...]
