When It Comes To Color On Your Insurance Website, Take Care Where It Is Used

Insurance websites do need some color to make them stand out. However, using too much is not effective.

Think back over the last few times you have been surfing on the Internet – perhaps looking at your competitor’s websites. What stood out the most for you? See something you really like and want to emulate? Loved the colors on one site and think they would work well for yours? Think that being really off-the-wall creative will gain you more traffic?

Do you remember which insurance website was the easiest to read? Probably not, because that is one of its selling points. Easy to read, eye appealing, easy to remember content and in black and white, right? Black text on white space is easier to read, and even though you may love the idea of being colorful, your website visitors may not like it. For instance, you do not want to have red text on a black background – which makes the letters seem like neon, pulsating lights – and you do not want to try white text on soft gray, for that “see if you can guess if there is text on this website” effect.

No one is saying don’t have color on your insurance website, as color is terrific for websites. It’s just that the color should only be used in/on page borders, graphics, the odd bit of flashy text perhaps and other enhancing elements on the site. But when it comes to text, stick to the tried, tested and true combination of black text on a white background.

That being said, color of course, is not the only element to consider carefully before having an insurance website designed. Step back and take a look at the bigger picture. What do you want your website to achieve; besides a good ranking on Google? You want it to be memorable, useful, professional, interactive, interesting and eye-catching (but not in a gaudy way).

Overall, the site has to pique people’s interest. Offer them something they want and need. Provide them with relevant information. Offer products they need and want. In other words, an insurance website needs to be chockfull of all the things someone could want when they are searching for the right insurance policy for their situation. It also needs to be done in up-to-the-minute coding to comply with the latest changes in browsers, mobile compliant and ready-to-go to be hooked into social media platforms.

There are a lot of things to do, as insurance marketing is not a 1-2-3 process any longer. If you’re not sure what needs to be done, find a qualified search engine optimization company with insurance industry experience. It will look good on you.

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