Building a Great Mobile Website: 10 Top Tips for Going Mobile The Right Way
1. Andrew Simon
Joan Mullally
Mobile Matters
EternalSpiralBooks.com
2. Before designing which mobile operating system
to optimize for, check your analytics to see what
people are using to access your website.
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3. Load time is important for mobile users. Make
sure your site loads quickly.
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4. WordPress is not only a popular blogging platform
but a great content management system.
You can choose a mobile-friendly theme, and/or
use a plugin that will create a mobile-friendly
version of your site.
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5. More prizes and more entries means more
exposure for your contest and to your content.
You can create a buzz as you improve your site.
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6. Multiple columns make it
harder to see your content
on mobile. Try single
column designs instead.
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7. Make your site easy to use for touchscreens on
Smartphones by not having too many choices on
your main navigation bar.
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8. Make your site easy to use for touch
screens by double-spacing your links
so that they can tap them accurately
with their finger, especially their
index finger (though a pinkie finger
will do. Remember that most mobile
devices do not have a mouse or
stylus. Clicking the wrong link will
only lead to frustration and them
clicking out.
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9. Make your site easy to use for touchscreens, by
ensuring buttons are large enough to be tapped with
an
index finger.
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10. Responsive design allows you to optimize
for a wide variety of mobile browsers by
loading multiple style sheets. Set a style
for each format you want to cater for. Then
if you have to make any global changes,
all you need to do is edit one page, not
thousands.
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11. Just like with your regular website, your mobile
site or page should include a call to action. Here
is one example:
Buy now, Order now and similar calls to action
also work well.
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12. To learn more about mobile best practices, see:
3 Mobile Myths, 3 Mobile Musts: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Business by Making It Mobile-Friendly
http://tinyurl.com/MobileMythsMobileMusts
4 Top Mobile Marketing Trends to Try: Making Your Content Mobile-Friendly to Increase Your Presence and Profits Online
http://tinyurl.com/4MobileMarketingTrends
40 Ways to Use QR Codes For Mobile Marketing
http://tinyurl.com/40WaysUseQRCodes
6 Steps to Smartphone Success: How to Use QR Codes in Your Mobile Marketing
http://tinyurl.com/6StepsSmartphoneSuccess
How to Profit from Your Mobile Website
http://tinyurl.com/ProfitfromMobileWebsite
Mobile Marketing Mind Reading: Mastering the Mobile Revolution By Understanding the Mobile Commerce Habits of
Smartphone and Tablet Computer Users
http://tinyurl.com/MobileMindReading
Mobile Marketing Minefields: 10 Main Mobile Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
http://tinyurl.com/MobileMarketingMinefields
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