Website Slide Show, Gallery

Deciding how to show your products is part of creating your website. Trying to decide the difference and choosing can make your head spin.

A photographer needs his work to be prominent – with the page layout framing his work.  Keeping in mind your website’s performance is critical if you’re looking for organic search engine results. To that end page loading time is a factor. If the slide show or gallery is bloated the website’s performance suffers, and equally important – the user is annoyed.  Here we used a quick loading JavaScript show which allowed more images on the Home page.
JavaScript Slide Show
DouglasSimon.com

The Staging category needed the full breadth of the image. While this meant larger files, we reduced the number of images in the slide show to compensate.
staging photographyDouglasSimon.com

Portrait portrait (versus landscape), thus the difference.  Keep in mind the best display for your product.Executive PortraitsDouglasSimon.com

Presentation can be a fabulous supporting framework for your product.  In this case the whimsical art is beautifully showcased using a book which pages turn.
Book Slide Show, Turn Page
a-lil-whimsy.com

So many choices. When you find something you like send your web designer the link. Enjoy exploring!

Add a Video

Adding video to your website helps drive your website.

Many people search Google for videos. Whatever your product or service add a simple video to convey your message.

How do I create a video?

This video (below)  is not  video at all, but a slide show.  While it is all labeled video on Google – your decision will rest on how much time you have to give to a video project.  Editing consumes so much time. Proofing and tweaking is critical as “timing” matters in  commercials, you can’t skimp on quality.

This piece (below) took  2 hours. It is custom, not automated. That time separates your quality from others.  It is 57 seconds in length. Make sure your viewer has time to read, but not get bored waiting for the next movement.

People value their time in their search. To this end keep your video simple and short. If you aren’t creating a “how to” video get to your point. Make your message represent your service and wrap it up. This is the same formula for any book or script: you need a beginning, middle and end.  It doesn’t have to be complicated.

Look at this one: “Clutter?” with a good visual move onto “what we do well” to help with your problem, more visuals; then all the areas (kitchens, closets, etc.) we can help with clutter and finally: who we are.

This video is hosted on YouTube, but used on my client’s Google Maps profile. Always with the website included: http://www.rylexonline.com/

Something simple without the editing challenge of video.  It’s a simple commercial. Visit my site for more elaborate ideas:

Website Video Ad

Add a Video to your Website

Everyone is looking to add video to their website. While camcorders are fairly priced you need considerable time to edit  and polish your video. The prep to write the script can be daunting or you chance losing your message and your viewer.

A slide show can be the answer.  Simpler and less costly. If you are considering using a video in your online advertising it might be the answer.

Animated Titles

Animated graphics add the polish to slide shows.

Videos are a big item now, Great way to drive your website. But it sounds time consuming, and done properly will be, and costly. Considering these videos as short-lived and you will generate new ones periodically using slide shows is a much faster way to create content. Adding moving titles will keep your costs down and step up the end result.