{"id":2054,"date":"2012-06-20T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plumrocket.com\/blog\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:34:51","slug":"contact-page-design-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/contact-page-design-tips","title":{"rendered":"Web Design Tips: Designing a Better Contact Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been numerous posts devoted to <em>website design, navigation and layout<\/em> matters. But what about the contact page? Is it doomed to be a boring static page with no appeal to all the visitors to your website? Or, can it be improved if paid special attention to? Let\u2019s find out whether it is possible to change this situation.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the contact page is one of the most important pages you can fill your website with. Without a contact page, customers are not able to request your services, nor can they ask you questions about the goods you have to offer. That\u2019s why you should do your best to increase the effectiveness of your contact page.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>first tip<\/strong> is to <strong><em>make your contact page simple and safe<\/em><\/strong>, which means that it should it not be misused requesting only the information that is necessary to start a conversation with a potential customer. Don\u2019t frighten people away by making them fill in numerous fields providing personal details (most people hate doing that, really). All you need at this stage is a person\u2019s name, the goods\/services he is looking for and his contact information. You will have a chance to find out more about your customers once you start your e-mail or telephone conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>second tip<\/strong> is to <em><strong>focus on the contact page<\/strong><\/em>. No matter how sophisticated your website is, if you fail to lead your visitor to the contact page, your business is likely to fail too. It is important to \u2018land\u2019 the prospective customer to the contact page by all means, smart navigation and layout included, to catch both his attention and possible cooperation. The best examples are <a title=\"The Best Contact Page Design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onextrapixel.com\/2009\/10\/15\/contact-us-page-best-practices-with-22-fabulous-showcases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And the last but not the least tip here is <strong><em>to provide various means of contact.<\/em><\/strong> Except for using an email form consider providing some social networking options, as well as, a telephone number to be easily reached by any person who has come to your contact page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been numerous posts devoted to website design, navigation and layout matters. But what about the contact page? Is it doomed to be a boring static page with no appeal to all the visitors to your website? Or, can it be improved if paid special attention to? Let\u2019s find out whether it is possible&#133; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/contact-page-design-tips\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[189,90],"table_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7144,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions\/7144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}