Karri Flatla Articles

How Much Will it Cost to Get More Traffic to My Website? - Click To Read Article
Small business owners just want their websites to DO something other than prettify their computer screens. So, they shop the web for a marketing expert, an "affordable" marketing expert who will dish out rankings like chowder at a soup kitchen.

Publishing Your Prices – the Sequel - Click To Read Article
In "Get Over Yourself and Publish Your Prices Already," I satirized the notion that prices are something you only disclose when the prospect out and out asks for them, usually as he breaks into a cold sweat. Some people applauded me, and some blatantly disagreed. Perhaps I should clarify my position: Who are we the business owners to tell prospects how and when they get to know the price?

5 Tactics to Get More Website Inquiries Now (Sometimes Quick & Dirty is Good Enough) - Click To Read Article
We can’t all be usability specialists or Internet marketers, but there’s definitely some stuff that could be outsourced for relatively little money but earn potentially huge payoffs in terms of website conversion rates and getting more website inquiries to stay and connect. Let’s make those websites user-friendly.

Don’t You Want Contact? Boost Your Fan Base With Web Usability That’s Free ‘n Easy - Click To Read Article
It's incredible how much marketing capital is lost by websites that don’t invite easy contact. And, I’m not talking about anything in-depth or expensive to implement either. I’m talking about basic stuff like changing navigation text or deleting all the extraneous garbage on your Contact page (assuming you have one of course).

Get Over Yourself and Publish Your Prices Already - Click To Read Article
Jakob Nielsen has published his annual Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design for 2007. It’s classic Nielsen—high on quality, low on filler. Number 10 on the list is my favorite by far and always sparks healthy debate amongst my colleagues. (That’s probably why it’s my favorite.) Nielsen tells us to plainly answer your user’s most burning questions. Be forthright, not mysterious. And always answer the most obvious question which is “How much does it cost?”

How to Get Double Digit Responses to Your Email Newsletters - Click To Read Article
I’m happy to say that I’ve enjoyed double digit open rates and sometimes even double digit click rates for many, many of my newsletters this past year. Following these common sense tips means you can, too.

Blogging Dry Spell Anyone? How to Conquer the Blogging Blas - Click To Read Article
The longer you don’t blog the harder it is to blog, and that’s really how any kind of writing is. You get out of practice to the point that trying to say anything in prose feels stilted and difficult. It’s not a use it or lose it proposition though. You can get back on the blogging bandwagon.

A Dead Simple Formula for Overcoming Twitter-Block (and Tweeting Like a Pro) - Click To Read Article
When people sign up for twitter and, shortly thereafter, cry, "I don't get it!" my impulse is to say, "Well, have you made a real effort to share and get to know people?" Let's face it: there may only be 140 characters in a tweet-a far cry from an article or blog post-but there is something intimidating about that little white box. It demands brevity. It craves succinctness. And it seems to implore profundity.

Before I Write Your Web Copy, Please Put Your Head in This Vice - Click To Read Article
As a web copywriter, getting clients to define their target market in meaningful terms can be an excruciating exercise in patience and endurance. We are asking you to wholeheartedly commit to a well defined target market so we can wholeheartedly commit something special and compelling to the blank page before us. Read more about how easy this can really be.


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