So let's make it easier for people to create them
The Internet is everywhere (almost) and we've all seen websites that are designed the wrong way. This really gets up my nose. Squidoo is a good example ;)
Let's collaborate here and pass on our learnings on to people who are starting our or trying to fix up their mistakes.
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Creating a business website the right way
Some practical links to help you through each stage.
There are a number of critical steps in creating a good website or blog.
1. Clarify what business (or pleasure) you are in and what your customers need to know. Decide on your focus, be it more sales, simplified customer interaction or automation of processes such as placing orders.
2. Determine how your customers will use your website or blog -- if at all. What rival website could they also use? If your site will be of limited value, abort.
3. Based on your budget and skill, consider available product options such as standard sites, forums, blogs, video and chat. Plenty of people will help you for free. Ask friends who have rigged up a website before. Post questions in online forums such as LinkedIn and Facebook.
4. Determine what actions visitors will perform on your site. Write down the top five, which will help you choose the appropriate product features.
5. Establish how much the site will need to change as your business evolves. Allot time to manage it.
Click on the headings below!
1. Clarify what business (or pleasure) you are in and what your customers need to know. Decide on your focus, be it more sales, simplified customer interaction or automation of processes such as placing orders.
2. Determine how your customers will use your website or blog -- if at all. What rival website could they also use? If your site will be of limited value, abort.
3. Based on your budget and skill, consider available product options such as standard sites, forums, blogs, video and chat. Plenty of people will help you for free. Ask friends who have rigged up a website before. Post questions in online forums such as LinkedIn and Facebook.
4. Determine what actions visitors will perform on your site. Write down the top five, which will help you choose the appropriate product features.
5. Establish how much the site will need to change as your business evolves. Allot time to manage it.
Click on the headings below!
- 1. Business planning and strategy
- Here's a great resource if you are planning your business, reinventing it or simply just planning what a website or blog can do for your business.
- 2. How will people use your site? Writing tasks
- Here's a very short an simple article on how to write testing tasks.
- 3. - 4. Choose your site functionality
- Here's a simply written process to follow when choosing options for your website. Domains, software, backups and management.
- 5. Make sure you usability test it
- Testing your site with the people who will use it is so important - I don't care if you do it with your family, friends, colleagues - anyone! This s resource for doing it properly for a reasonable (no) cost in a sandwich shop!
Example usability testing setup without a lab
HTere's a bit about our products too :)
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