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Do you know where your website appears in the search engine rankings?  Most likely you do and you’ve searched for your website in Google and Yahoo to see where in the rankings it appears.

Have you searched for your business name or searched using a variety of terms that search engine users might use while looking for your site?  If you’ve only don’t limited searches, you may be missing other terms your website design might be appearing for.

Axcel Internet, a Chicago website design and marketing company, will provide you with a free search engine ranking analysis of your website.

We will identify your important keywords and search the top three search engines to say where your website ranks in the search results.

This will help your business identify it’s strengths and weaknesses withing the search rankings.  This is critical information because you need to know how searchers are finding your website,  so you can make any needed improvements.  We can build a search engine marketing proposal and action plan from the results we find in your rankings analysis.

You need to have a starting point from which to work from so you can make measurable improvements to your website.  If you’re not measuring your conversions or traffic, we can also instal Google Analytics into your website so that you will capture a wealth of important data from your site visitors that is currently going to waste.

Sign up for a FREE search engine ranking report today and learn how Axcel Internet can boost the traffic of your existing website.

Garden Chalet Banquet Hall Chicago

Garden Chalet Wedding Banquet Hall in Chicago

Axcel Internet created the website design for Garden Chalet banquet hall.

Garden Chalet is one of the most popular wedding banquet halls in Chicago land area.  It’s located in Worth, Illinois, conveniently near I-294 Interstate highway and near I-55, I-57, I-80 and I-88, making it easy to get to from anywhere in Illinois, including O’Hare Airport.  This makes it a perfect location for weddings, showers and other celebrations.

This is one of the hundreds of websites Axcel has designed for small to mid-size businesses.  It has been a steady source of traffic, leads and income for the company.  Combined with their pay per click advertising and search engine marketing program the site has paid for itself many times over through the business it has generated.

Please Contact Us for a free analysis of your current site or a consultation regarding website design or website marketing solutions.

Cellphone Coupon Website Design

Axcel Internet Technologies is proud to announce the launch of a new cell phone coupon website:  TEXTUSAVE.com.

Text U Save is owned and operated by Orange Spot Media Group, and their goal is to save you money by obtaining coupons from your favorite retailers, grocers, restaurants and more. Text U Save is a completely free service, and there is no cost or obligation to you!

Text you save lets you opt-in to specific retailers so that you can receive mobile sms coupons sent directly to your cell phone.  Cell phone coupons are emerging as a huge trend and could be a major avenue of promotion and marketing in the future.

As newspaper circulation goes down, it’s no surprise that mobile coupon use is going up.  The current economic downturn also has more consumers than ever looking for coupons and bargains.  And as you know, almost everone has a cell phone nowadays.

Axcel Internet launched our own sms text messaging service almost two years ago and are excited to partner with another forward thinking marketing company utilizing the latest in technology trends.

Please Contact Us for a free consultation and to learn how to make SMS Marketing work for you.

Ten Website Basics You Must Follow

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There’s certain things your business website design HAS to do.  You HAVE to have a website if you’re a business but there are actually things you can do that are almost worse than not having a website at all.  Many of these bad ideas have started to fade away for good, but let’s make sure you’re not hurting your business.

Ten Website Basics:

1. Fast Loading Website - People on the web have short attention spans.  If your site doesn’t download in just a few seconds, people will leave and look elsewhere.  30 seconds is an eternity on the internet.
2. You Don’t Need a Splash Page - Why do you need one?  Really?  To show of a 30 second animation of your logo?  To force your customers to click through a useless page to get to what they’re looking for?
3. Stay Away from Gimmicks – You ought to know better than to have some flashing images on your page.  Or useless repeating animations.  Or annoying popups. Or a loud, intrusive soundtrack that sends users looking for the volume.
4. Have a Clear Message - It’s possible someone may have found your site through a link somewhere and don’t know who you are or what you do.  Don’t make them guess.
5. Consistent Design – Seems like common sense but don’t have your site design change around from page to page.  Keep the navigation in the same place throughout the site.
6. Simple Navigation - It should be placed on the left or top of page.  That’s standard.  Put the most important pages closer to the front of your navigation bar or list.  Make sure the names of each link are clear as to what it leads to.
7. No Under Construction Signs - Noone wants to see that.  If you have to, this is the place for a temporary splash page with your logo, list of services and contact information. At least there’s something useful then.  Include your site’s launch date as well and maybe even an email signup so they can be notified when it goes live.
8. Contact Information - Shouldn’t have to say this but don’t forget your contact info! And don’t just put it as an image, include it as text as well in case your visitor can’t see your images displayed correctly.
9. Business Hours – If you have a brick and mortar location, you HAVE to post your hours.
10. Locations – Again, you must include info for your physical location. 30% of all your site visitors only come to your site to get either your hours or contact information or location.  You should consider placing these things on every page if possible.

If you’re looking for a custom website design then please contact us.  We would also be happy to give you a FREE website analysis of your current site.

Axcel Internet Partnership Programs

Chicago Website Design and Marketing Company Axcel Internet Technologies offers partnership programs for businesses and entrepreneurs that will help you expand your business and create new revenue opportunities.

Reseller Program

The Axcel Internet Reseller Program offers you the opportunity to add a range of Website services to your business offerings, without incurring any fixed costs associated with providing those services in-house.

If your company offers marketing, or IT consulting and services, the Axcel Internet Reseller Program can expand your revenue sources by allowing you to provide Website design, hosting, and Internet Marketing services to your clients.  Websites have become a critical element of every companies’ marketing and IT strategies.  Having the ability to add that component to your capabilities will provide added value to your customer base and increased revenue opportunities to you.

We will work directly with you in providing any of our services.  You retain the customer relationship, confident that Axcel, in the background, will deliver professional, quality results.

Affiliate Program

As an Axcel Affiliate, you simply agree to place an Axcel banner on your Website, referring your visitors to Axcel.  By so doing, you are providing your endorsement of Axcel’s quality services, and an additional value-add resource for your clients.  Should a sale result from your Website referral, you will be paid a referral fee.  If you choose, Axcel will also post your banner on its site, as a participant in its Affiliate Program.

For more information on the Axcel Internet Partner and Affiliate Programs, please fill out this partner contact form.  Axcel will contact you to discuss Program details and pricing.

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Beaver Shredding Mobile Paper Shredding Services

Identity theft has become more common in the last several years and I’m sure you’ve seen horror stories from victims on the news.  Usually the victims are individuals but increasingly the targets are businesses.

Criminals have realized that it’s much more worthwhile to go through documents in the trash at an office complex then the trashcans in front of a persons residence.  One dumpster at an office building could yield dozens, perhaps hundreds of names, addresses, social security numbers and maybe even credit card information.

Imagine the damage to your business if it was your company who was responsible for leaking this information.  You have angry customers.  You’ll probably be in the newspaper, maybe even on TV.  They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but is that true if you’re responsible for hundreds of customers sensitive information being stolen?

The best way to keep that sensitive information safe is to destroy it when you’re finished.  Even better is to ensure it is destroyed by a professional document destruction company.

Beaver Shredding is a Chicago paper shredding company that provides the secure destruction and disposal of paper, documents and data.  Their mobile document shredding services include the destruction and disposal of everything you need to get rid of.

Contact Beaver Shredding for information about their products and services.  They offer several options from pickup, to on-site destruction and secure disposal units and more.

Computer Services in Naperville Illinois

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Axcel Internet provides computer services in Naperville, Illinois including computer repair, data recovery, network setup and consulting.

We realize that small to midsize companies need computer services such as IT tech support but often cannot afford the cost of maintaining and internal IT Department.

In this situation, Axcel Internet will be your IT department, responsive to all your technology needs.  We provide outsourced IT services and computer networking services at several levels, from hourly fees to monthly “on call” support services.

Computer Services in Naperville include:

• Onsite Technical Support
• PC Computer Repair
• Network Setup and Mainanance
• Hardware/Software Procurement and Installation
• Training
• Data Recovery
• Virus Removal & Protection
• Data Backup Management
• Network and IT Technical Consulting for Custom Solutions

Axcel Internet would like to help your company find a solution today.

Call today for a free consultation  (630) 897-6448

You can also  CONTACT US through our email form or visit our website.

We also provide computer services in Aurora, IL, Batavia, Yorkville, Oswego, Montgomery, Napervile, Wheaton, St. Charles, Warrenville, Dupage County, Kane County and more.

Get Everyone Involved in Your Site Redesign

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Finally decided to do a website redesign?  Contgratulations!  I’ve got a surefire way to improve the effectiveness of your new site.  Get everyone involved!

Getting a lot of people involved in the design of your site can cause the issue of “too many cooks in the kitchen”, meaning letting everyone contribute can get messy if there’s not a “master chef” in charge of making the final decision an keeping everyone from stepping on toes.

The advantage is that everyone in your company really can contribute.  Every employee has a specialty and knows their part of the business.  Each employee solves problems, answers questions and creates solutions.

Sales staff has great insight into your customers.  They probably answere the same questions all the time.  Put the answers to those questions right on the website!  Shipping and receiving could help you with the ordering and shipping process.  The boss has “big picture” skills and lots of knowledge.  Billing could be encountering the same problem frequently which could be easily solve.

And of course, don’t forget to ask your customers what they want out of your website!  Your design team may think the site is great but be sure to test drive the site with people who actually have to use it.

The point is, everyone CAN and SHOULD contribute.  Your employees need to be engaged to make the site better and so do your customers.  This will help you get the best new website design and hosting package for your business.

Improving Your Home Page for More Conversions

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Sometimes your website doesn’t need a redesign but it does need some work.  It’s kind of like how you can increase the value of a house with a fresh coat of paint and some landscaping.  Whether it’s purpose is to generate business, sales, leads or  sign-ups, there’s a good chance that it could be optimized to boost those conversions.  You can increase your sales even if you don’t have an E-Commerce site and you can increase your conversions without a major site overhaul.

A conversion is when you get a site visitor to take a desired action.  It’s not the same thing on every site, as some websites are designed to sell products online and others are meant to collect emails with your list builder or input contact info so that a sales rep can do a follow up call.  Either way, the conversion is the desired act of that site visitor.

Sometimes all your site needs is the content reorganized to make the important areas of the website more prominant.  These could include things such as:

• Increase the size or prominance of your sign-up button
• Move calls to action to “Above the Fold”
• Make it clear that your E-commerce functions are secure
• Make it clear that you don’t share your email list
• Clearly articulated value or selling proposition
• Links to “Learn More” pages from a list of features

Not everything on a website requires a major re-design.  Sometimes your content just needs to be optimized for the sale.

For more usability suggestions contact one of our design consultants at Axcel Internet for a free consultation and site evaluation.

Free Website Analysis

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Do you wonder if your site is operating as well as it could be?  Is the code of the site functioning correctly.  How are the load in times?  Is it user friendly enough?  Are there problems that appear obvious to the trained eye?

How would you like an experienced website consultant to examine your website for free?

Axcel Internet Technologies, a leading Chicago website design company is offering a free analyisis of your website. Axcel will provide a detailed, objective assessment of your website’s design and usability.

Sometimes it takes another set of eyes to look at something objectively.  You’ve seen your site a million times and know where everything is and how to find what you’re looking for.

But what about your customers?  Can THEY find what they’re looking for?  That’s a very common problem.  To people at a company, it seems obvious where everything is, but to first time visitors they might find your site confusing.  People have short attention spans on the internet and if they don’t find what they’re looking for in 30 seconds they will leave your site.

Can your site pass the 30 second test?  I should be able to look at the main page of your site and be clear on where all the content and sections of your site are immediately.  It seems easy but you would be surprised how difficult it can be to find the most important content on some websites.

There could also be code on your website which is hindering the rankings of your website.  Perhaps your page titles are not optimized.  Maybe your content could be better optimized for search engines.  Your site could be a candidate for search engine optimization to improve it’s positioning in the major search engines.  This is another aspect we will analyze your site for and we can also run a free search engine ranking report if you’d like to show you where your site ranks in the top three search engines.

Contact Axcel Internet today for a free website analysis report.