How do I get started?
By this time you are probably wondering how to get started. In our experience, the key to building a successful Web site is to make a plan that is both goal oriented and realistic.
A well designed Web site is driven by goals. Every user that visits your Web site is trying to accomplish something, and good Web sites are designed to help a user accomplish their goals as quickly and efficiently as possible.
However, the best Web sites are designed to serve the purpose of the owner while simultaneously helping users accomplish their goals. For example, the purpose of your Web site might be to inform people about the services your marketing agency offers. Your ideal user might be someone who needs help marketing their upcoming product line.
To achieve maximum impact, your Web site should simultaneously help the user accomplish her goal - finding help with marketing - as well as your goal - finding clients who need marketing help.
To help you expose these goals you should ask yourself questions like:
- What is the purpose of my Web site?
- What am I trying to accomplish?
- Who is my target audience?
- Why are they visiting my Web site?
- What are they trying to accomplish?
Once you have outlined the appropriate goals you will need to create realistic steps to accomplish them; if you intend to build an information portal for your marketing business, planning on having a complete and refined Web site launched in three days is not very realistic. Creating realistic steps congruent with your knowledge, experience and budget will help ensure a successful final product.
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