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Step 1 Objectives and Planning
Step 1 Objectives and Planning
Many people start designing a website but give up, or their website lacks content because they don't take time to prepare and don't have a direction to follow. As a result, their website will be of poor quality and will not keep visitors engaged.
It is essential that you have a clear idea of what you want your website to do, whether it is, products or services and how you want your customers to interact with your site. This will help you to properly establish your website and avoid wasting time and money on a website that does not work.
Before we start looking inside a website builder, the first step to starting is, deciding what purpose it will serve, the objectives for creating your website. Ideally, you will need to write down a list of your objectives and the goals you want to achieve by creating a website for your business.
Are you trying to encourage new customers and clients?
What type of information do you want a visitor to see about your business?
Will you want to sell products?
Do you offer services?
How will the website visitors contact you?
If you are trying to make money, you will need to make sure that your website will generate income.
You may also want to make sure that your site is secure enough for people to trust it.
Once you have decided what your website will be, you should plan out what pages should be included.
If you need help, you can use our guide "30 Questions for your website design project ".
Top 10 most important website pages to have for your website:
Home Page - This page is where people will go to see what your website is about, and what they will find on your website.
"About Us" Page - This page will have information and description about your business, why you started it, and what your goals are, who the key employees are.
"Contact Us" Page - This page will have information on how to contact and find your company.
Products or Services Page - This page will have detailed information on what services you offer and sell to your customers.
Privacy Policy Page - This page will tell customers what type of information you will collect and how it will be used,
Terms & Conditions Page - This page will tell customers what the terms and conditions of your website are.
Cookie Policy - This page will inform customers about what cookies are and how they can be used.
Portfolio or Gallery Page -You may want to include a portfolio page on your website to showcase a collection of your work and what you have done.
Blog or News Pages - This page will provide a way for you to announce new products and other information to your customers.
Ethical Policy Page - This page will tell customers what your company's code of conduct is, how the company treat their employees, how you make sure that the products you are selling are all safe to use and how they impact the environment, what suppliers you use and their ethical code of practice.
30 Questions for your website design project
30 Questions for your website design project
If you are thinking about or starting designing and building a website for yourself, here are some good questions to consider asking yourself read more
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