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The homepage of your website must pack a punch as it is often the first page visitors land on. This means it must be perfectly designed to make a good first impression. The purpose of a homepage is to engage visitors and make it easy for them to find exactly what it is they are looking for. Use it to tell your story, elaborate brand objectives, and to build a strong brand image. 

When designing mobile friendly email for your email marketing campaign, there are two extremely important roles that come into play: content and usability. To comply with these roles there are several design elements that need attention when creating a functional mobile email. Just as mobile friendly websites have become a necessity to many businesses, mobile friendly emails cannot afford to be forgotten. 

From a users perspective, filling out a website registration form can seem both intimidating and bothersome. These forms however are an important part of doing business online and are extremely valuable. That being said, as marketers and website designers, we must always keep the intent of these forms in mind. You want potential customers to provide information on the forms in exchange for something you are offering. If you ignore certain UX choices, you will rub your website visitors the wrong way, thus loosing a lead or potential customer. 

Here at Brunello Creative we've been talking a lot about responsive design lately. It is a hot topic among website designers and agencies. Responsive design is popular now because of the large numbers of tablets and smart phones on the market. Here on out blog, we've talked about how a responsive site can benefit ecommerce businesses and how mobile growth has impacted many companies decisions to redesign their websites to be responsive. It is necessary for developers to think about all the ways information is being viewed.

E-commerce websites make the lives of consumers very easy, as they allow us to browse and make purchases from the comfort of our home.  However, more and more people are ditching their laptops in preference of tablets and smartphones; whether they are in their homes or elsewhere. This means that potential customers are accessing e-commerce sites that are not designed for their needs and the result is a loss of business. The number one most important thing about website design is to always keep the user in mind. You can do this by making your site, even an e-commerce site, accessible from any device.  

The Mobile Market continues to expand rapidly and as a result businesses are looking to capitalize and provide seamless user experience across all devices. It is increasingly important that websites can be accessed easily on any kind of device as the market continues to shift away from desktop computing. As we continue to move into the new year it may be a good idea to move forward with new responsive design techniques that are seamless for the audience.

Redesigning your website shouldn't be about just changing its look and feel. As technology continuously changes, redesigning and refreshing a website goes much deeper than the way it looks. Things such as improved functionality, presentation, increased load speed, and how easily they are updated are things that should prompt a website redesign. 

When designing E commerce websites, the perspective of the customer should be at the front of every design decision made. A poorly designed and hard to navigate site could end up costing you some serious sales and future business. Ask yourself some important questions: do you think your visitors are comfortable and can easily navigate your site? Can they find what they need in a reasonable time? Is the site secure so that customers feel comfortable providing their information? It may be time to consult an E commerce web design service if you answered no to any of these questions. But until you do, here are some E commerce website design tips to get you thinking about how you can create the best user experience possible!

 Foursquare's major platform makeover (the 5.0 revamp) turns out to be just the beginning of a whole new location sharing revolution.  Foursquare announced last Thursday a new twist that will engage visitors to extend their time on Foursquare beyond the initial check-in. It's called Connected Apps and it is a way for other apps connect though check ins. 

Here at Brunello we are no strangers to designing landing pages. A landing page is a page that asks the visitor to perform a specific task such as completing a purchase or subscribing to a blog.  A poorly designed landing page will result in high bounce rates.  Before you can begin designs, it is important to understand the anatomy of a landing page.