Nowadays everyone at some point may need a website.
In order to correctly invest your money and time in the development, you need a clear understanding of what do you want to get from your website. First of all, your website must solve your problems.
If you think that you need a website only because everyone has a website nowadays then you will just waste your time, money and energy on a pointless project. You must really understand your needs and goals in order to develop a good website.
Where to start?
1. Understand why do you need a website.
Here are some examples of why you might need it:
- You have a product that you want to sell automatically, without contacting your clients individually.
- You want to stand out and look better than your competitors.
- The functionality of social networks is not enough for you.
- You understand that the traffic from social networks is too small and you want to start promoting your business through contextual advertising and SEO promotion.
2. Choose the right format for your future website.
It can be:
- Landing page (a single long page)
- Informational corporate website ( a multy-page website)
- Catalog or E-commerce website
- Corporate website or portal.
When you will complete the two previous steps, you will need to either complete the project's brief by yourself or you can contact a web-studio to complete it together with the specialists.
The things you need to think about when you are creating the project's brief:
- What kind of problems your website needs to solve?
- What type of design style is most preferable for you?
- What functionality is required?
- Decide the website's structure.
- The number of languages on your website.
- Do you need services like CRM, 1C, Acquiring, etc?
After all of these steps, you will have a clear plan and structure to start developing your stunning website!