‘How to Plan a Website’ Archive

DIY website or hire a web designer?

Of course you’ll think I’m just writing this as a thinly veiled advertising ploy, but you might be surprised by what I have to say.

Go for a Do-It-Yourself website

Don’t hire a web designer unless you have to.

If you’re getting the sales, number of visitors, contacts or whatever your goal is for your website, then congratulations, you’ve done a great job. Don’t waste the money on a new website just because you want it to look cooler, or do more stuff that everyone else seems to be doing.

Unless…

On the other hand, … Continue reading »

Planning your web strategy

Planning well is the first step to a perfect website.

Planning is perhaps the most important part of your website’s success.

Don’t plan your site well and you’ll lose barrels of money and time. Skip the planning, and you might as well open your wallet and throw your money in the toilet.

Why? Because if you rush right into “just getting a website,” you’ll end up constantly making revisions and fixes as you figure out what you want.

So many useless websites

The internet is cluttered with deadweight websites — sites … Continue reading »