Good Practice Tip: Crack a joke about making an error 404.
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Good Practice Tip: Keep it simple with web cookies.
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#GoodPractice #Tip: Offer to connect with Support along the way
Good Practice Tip: Offer to connect with Support along the way.
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What if someone has successfully hacked your account and has taken it over?
You can try and get it back through Account Recovery.
Just that a clever hacker will change your recovery email and recovery phone.
In this case, it’s essential to offer to contact Support. Not only for the account recovery, but also to prevent hijacked accounts from creating more harm through phishing or…
#GoodPractice #Tip: Offer to connect with Support along the way
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Why a Naming Convention: Just the date renders no search results
Why a Naming Convention: Just the date renders no search results.
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Saving Covid-19 stats from the Robert Koch Institute shows only the date as suggestion for the PDF name.
For time-sensitive content it is of course important to include the date.
Like in the above example, where the statistics only apply to a certain date in time.
But anyone who downloads this Robert Koch Institute report will struggle to find it again: Who remembers a specific date on…
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#Good #Practice #Tip: Unsubscribe Confirmation without Confirmshaming
Good Practice Tip: Unsubscribe Confirmation without Confirmshaming.
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This is so rare, it’s worth a blog post.
Or rather: Confirmshaming is so widespread, it’s tough to find an exception.
Good Practice Tip: A good Good-Bye Note as Unsubscribe Confirmation
Fair enough, the ‘Dear user’ is somewhat clumsy, but generally this Unsubscribe Confirmation is short, friendly and to the point.
None of the patronising ‘Did you unsusbscribe by mistake?’ or the desperate…
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#Good #Practice #Tip: Create a user-friendly Cookie Notice
Good Practice Tip: Create a user-friendly Cookie Notice.
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A lot of cookie notices are not user-friendly and borderline non-compliant.
Back in 2018 when GDPR came into force, it raised the standards for consent and brought with it the risk of huge fines for non-compliance.
One goal of the regulations was to offer individuals real choice over the data collection they were subjected to by tracking technologies like Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel.…
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Best Practices for Optimising Images in SEO (Part 2)
In the last article, we talked about SEO optimisation for images. Let’s discuss the remaining techniques.
1. Organise Images
The arrangement of your images is as crucial as their selection. The organisation of your images should represent the journey of the user. For instance, if you are showing a home for rent with multiple images, apply indexing via a logical order.
Similarly, you have to ensure that the imagery does not suffer from any gaps. For instance, consider you are selling a car on a website. You may present several car angles, but if you are unable to present car parts like engine, lights, and interior, then your users will turn away and visit other websites. Keep in mind that images convey detail and meaning in a way which cannot be done by the text.
2. Add a Caption
Search engines can also crawl to image captions like URLs. When users type a search query with keywords, then they can be directed to your website because of your image’s caption. The challenge is to manage the image and page relevance.
If you use misleading captions to seek out more traffic, then such a strategy will culminate in a bad ending. Not only will it impact your bounce rate badly, but Google will get to know that you have been posting irrelevant information. As a consequence, your search engine ranking is affected.
Moreover, captions help readers to make more sense out of images.
Read the full article
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Good Practice Tip: Friendly Reminder to sign in for the full experience
If you want your online visitors to count as active users, you need them to sign in.
Besides the usual login form, a friendly reminder to sign in for the full experience might do the trick:
A friendly reminder pops up in the bottom right hand corner: “You’re signed out. Sign in for the full experience.”
This pop-up sits on the right hand corner at the bottom of the page, so when viewing the…
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Good Idea Tip: Model figures instead of stock photography
Most websites bore with the same look and feel stock photography.
It can be tough to stand out, but creativity beats big bucks:
Here’s an idea: Use model figures for your imagery
How endearing: A model figure is waving for attention on this picture going along with a tip.
There is something endearing about model figures and they can be used creatively to display a strong message:
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Why a Naming Convention: Because just the date isn't good enough
The South African government publishes useful Coronavirus infographics.
But try find them on the internet!
Here is why they fail in findability: The name of the file is only the date, with no other reference.
This infographic is useful, but can’t be found. When I save it, it shows why: A mere date as a file name does not work.
There are probably gazillions of other files out there with the…
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Check your motives
Not all of us will make the connections that our motives behind our deed has an impact on our future success. We may not understand, but the universe is well aware of our motivates, motives play a part in how well our lives will turn out.
We cannot be one way to fit into our lives with ulterior motives and still expect our lives to work out. Motives must be honourable, we must want to be and give of our best, regardless of our past experiences.
People want to see others care about them, not just for what they can offer, but genuinely because they are unconditionally wanted and loved. There is too much hurt out there, because we’re acting selfishly, concerned about what will physically and emotionally profit us.
We may not always consider our actions, we may also act on impulse, we know what we know, we don’t stop to think about the consequences. We don’t stop to think about others and what they want, we only think about ourselves.
And although we may consciously continue to ignore our unconscious thoughts through our experiences, the universe isn’t ignoring it, neither must we. Shared history is no reason for us to act out with the wrong motives.
No matter our past or experiences, the right motives will shape the way our lives work out. We must all do better.
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Clean the cars or risk a fine
If you have employees who operate company vehicles, you probably have a written policy about how they’re to be operated. But does the policy say anything about snow clearing?
[[MORE]]We’ve all seen people who refuse to clean their windows; drivers who think that running the windshield wipers is enough. That’s dangerous and could result in a fine – the law says that you have to be able to see clearly out the front, side and rear windows of your vehicle (although there are exceptions to the rear window if you can see using your side mirrors.
But what many people don’t realize is that it can also be an offence to drive with snow and ice piled on top of the car, even if the windows are clear.
Police have discretion in this regard: drivers have been charged after ice flew off their vehicle and struck another one. The charges have included having an unsafe load; or driving a vehicle that is in an unsafe condition.
Even if the police don’t lay charges, drivers have been successfully sued when ice from their car or truck hit someone else.
The issue has really come to a head this winter because it’s been so mild. Snow is usually fairly easy to clear off the vehicle, but the abundance of freezing rain, ice pellets and all the other precipitation we’ve had lately can stick hard and be tricky to remove. So, the tendency is to leave it on the roof, and wait for it to come off on its own.
Now is a good time to remind your team that this isn’t acceptable. Whether they’re operating a company vehicle or their own, it’s important to clear the snow and ice as much as they possibly can.
It’s also important to be aware of snow and ice coming off other vehicles, particularly transports. Remind your team to follow at a safe distance so they have more time to react if a sheet of ice comes at them. They may still not be able to avoid it, but anything they can do to increase their odds is bound to help.
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Don’t become spam
Even quality emails can end up in junk folders
It’s inevitable – if it hasn’t already happened – that either an important email you’re sending or one you’re waiting to receive will end up in a spam or junk folder.
It can be frustrating and confusing when you get a phone call from a client or colleague who is agitated and feeling ignored. On the flip side, it could be you who is making a phone call wondering why your client hasn’t replied to your emails.
[[MORE]]The first thing to do before getting to the point of a phone call is to check your spam or junk folder. Often the email will have erringly found its way into that place.
And if you’re calling someone because they didn’t reply to you yet, gently suggesting they look in their spam folder is often the best way to start.
If you’re in business, it’s a good idea to check your spam folder regularly. I recommend every second day at the minimum. It will ensure important communications are received and sent.
It’s astounding how many times even presumably safe contacts have their emails mistakenly filtered into the spam/junk category by various servers and email providers.
So why is your email going into someone’s spam?
There are various reasons. It could be that you have the wrong buzz words in the subject line or body of the email, you have previously used your email address to send mass marketing promotions, or your server requires maintenance.
Here are some tips which can be helpful in preventing important communications from being filtered as junk.
- Make sure clients and colleagues “whitelist” or mark your emails as “safe.” And you should do the same for them. This means when either email is coming through, it will go into the appropriate location.
- Gmail users should check their promotions or social tabs/folders as well. If you find an email from someone who is a client or colleague hiding there, drag it into your inbox and you will see their future emails in the right spot.
- Always ensure your outgoing emails have a proper subject line. Subject line messages can end up getting filtered because they are used in scam/spam emails. Whatever the subject matter may be, make sure it’s clear: Season’s Greetings or Welcome to the Club are good as long as the message in the email is a match. And don’t use the word “Urgent” in the subject line – unless of course the subject matter is truly urgent.
- Whenever your email is used as the main contact in a campaign, there is a risk it could end up in spam folders in the future. Sending too many bulk emails yourself can get your email address tagged as spam. By using a reputable email marketing service such as Mail Chimp to send email campaigns – one which follows strict rules – you’ll be reducing the chances of it happening.
- If possible, avoid spam trigger words. Extensive lists are available online – or ask your IT person – and try not to use them in the subject line or body of your email messages. Some typical spam words and phrases to avoid include click here, congratulations, dear friend, free or toll-free, great offer, guarantee, order now, winner and – of course – this is not spam.
If you find that using these techniques have not helped avoid important messages from ending up in spam or junk folders, it’s best to call in your IT expert as it could be a server issue.
And hopefully, this newsletter piece didn’t end up in your spam folder.
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