Re: Crazy Nicks BOToD for Sunday
I have a regrettable and totally daft tendency to make "pretty sites." Breaking me of that has been difficult...and I still screw up occasionally. Someone said to me recently "great graphic, it really pulls the eye." *pause, waiting for it to land*
It landed.
Pulls the eye...away from my sponsor banners and snazzy text.
One of the best things that someone sledgehammered into my head as a newbie was "you're not here to entertain the surfer! You want them *off* your site! The surfers *aren't* your clients! Ever have a surfer send you a check? NO! Your *sponsors* are your clients!"
Oh, said the little newbie voice. Ah, said the "slowly getting the point" newbie brain.
I made the same speech last night...luckily to someone who caught it faster than I did.
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