Website Grader and The Website Redesign Kit
Website Grader
I returned to http://www.websitegrader.com to check out a new WordPress site I recently redesigned for a client.
I was also delighted to see a new feature called Blog Grader http://blog.grader.com
Raising The Bar For Internet Success
The Internet is growing at an amazing rate and evolving at an increasing speed. It has become very hard to keep up with the changes — and the shear volume of content being produced these days is making it very hard to stand out on the Internet and be noticed.
Making a website successful involves a redesign using the WordPress Publishing Platform nowadays, as WordPress includes a lot of small components all put together in the right way. Much like a racing car – there’s a lot of preparation that goes into website redesign. Therefore, I like to be sure that I am not missing any of the components when I’m putting together a new website or redesigning and improving a current website, so I use outside services to scan my work and to see how it ranks and compares against the other content on the Internet.
This morning I went to websitegrader.com and I entered the address of a new website that I’ve recently redesigned for a client and I wanted to double check to be sure that I had all of the components that meet specifications and that all the components were in place. I found we got a great score, and at the same time, I noticed two new things while I was there: first I noticed blog.grader.com, and, I noticed a link to a website redesign kit webinar on how to improve your website Grader score.
Website Redesign Different From Blog Redesign?
- Blog Grader
So I went and checked out blog.grader.com and put the same website address in because the new website also has a blog with it – and I found I got a pretty good score there too. I certainly have to figure out and see how things stack up against other blogs – because my clients score beat the score that I got for my own business website! That was interesting to learn!
It is very interesting to find such drastic difference between your websitegrader score and your blog.grader score – even if your website is also a blog!
After checking out the scores for a few additional websites, I clicked on the link that leads to answers on how to improve your website score and it led me to this webinar announcement for “The Science of Website Redesign”.
I’ve been a big and growing fan of everything that Hubspot is doing for helping any business that has a website and finds that their web presence is an important, or a critical part of their marketing these days.
Great Idea For A Blog Post
I registered for the webinar straight away, and I got to thinking ‘hey this would a good blog post’!
I took a screenshot of websitegrader.com, and I took a screenshot of blog.grader.com and took a screen shot of the announcement for the webinar on The Science Of Website Redesign – and I thought this would be great to send out to all my clients and invite them to come along to this webinar as well.
It’s on June 9 is just next week. I thought this webinar by Hubspot on Website Redesign would be a great announcement do a blog post and get this information out, so I took screenshots, I resized them and got them already. The the difficulty set in…
Blogger’s Blog – Content Logjam
I started typing my thoughts into a wordprocessor and… I found myself… going… very slowly… at creating my blog post.
My thoughts were racing way far ahead passed my fingers – and I can type fairly well. I had lots to say, but I found typing was too slow and I was having a hard time getting my thoughts ‘onto paper’, you might say.
Creating Blog Content The Conversational Way
Then I thought well you know I’m just going to go and get my iPhone and put on this Dragon dictation device and I’m going to speak out my blog post to my phone and have my words converted to text and then I’ll e-mail that text myself I’ll edit it a little bit and then format the text nicely into the blog post add those three screenshot pictures and links to the good resources and format this to this speech to be my blog post.
And now, in just minutes, I’ve completed all the content I need for this blog post!
The pictures were easy to grab and the links and resources I think will be really helpful for my readership!
In addition, I hope that the quick example here of an easy way to make a blog post will also be helpful for my clients who now have a blog, but don’t seem to get post published!
A blog post that is easy to create and a post that is helpful for your readers – that’s going to attract new people to learn more about your business.
I would like to hear some examples of other people who find this Dragon Dictation method of creating content. Share your example of how it is helpful, easy or useful to your business.
Back To The Reason For Writing This Blog Post To Begin With!!
‘Website Redesign Kit’ Webinar
The Science of Website Redesign
This is your invitation to join me in attending this webinar:
The Science Of Website Redesign – Webinar Snippet:
The Internet has made apparent that a business’ website is an increasingly important asset, and many companies are now embarking on website redesign projects to “improve” their websites. However, in order to really get the most out of a website redesign, companies need to construct their website in the context of a greater Internet marketing strategy.
During this webinar you will learn:
* The Wrong and Right Reasons for a Redesign
* The 3 Keys to a Successful Website
* What Metrics Drive Website Redesign
* Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Who should attend?
Marketing professionals and business owners doing or thinking about doing a web site redesign, or generally optimizing their website and developing an Internet marketing strategy. No technical experience required.
Webinar Details:
http://www.hubspot.com/website-redesign-kit/
Date/Time: Thursday, June 9 at 2pm ET (local time)
Duration: 60min
Presenter: Mike Volpe, CMO at HubSpot
I really like the statement about redesigning your website in the context of a greater Internet marketing strategy. This greater strategy ties together and coordinates your WordPress website with your social media, your email list and with your offline marketing strategies to make your website a growing asset for your business with better lead generation, higher customer conversion and longer customer retention.
It would be great to hear your success stories about Dragon Dictation Application – I hope you attend this webinar with me, and, I look forward to chatting about how WordPress might meet all the requirements described in the upcoming ‘website redesign kit’ webinar!
