Top 10 Web Design Tips for Your Business

By Larry SnowSJC Web Design LLC

http://www.sjcwebdesign.com

Outline and define your content What is your niche? What are your products or services? Sketch out how you want your content on a

web page What is your design?

#1 -Planning Your Website

A full complete description of your services or product. ◦ who are you◦ what do you do

A way for people to contact you – email address, contact information page, or a contact form.

Post comments or feedback from customers who have bought your product or used your service.

Images related to your content. It could be as simple as stock photo - your images should reflect who you are and your services.

If your site is large with lots of content, add a search function.

#2 - Content Should Include

Avoid overloading your pages. Web pages that a visitor must scroll down

more than 2 times should be broken up into separate sections.

Visitors jut won’t read that much. “Webify” your content. Visitors don’t want

to read a book. Break up your content with bullet points, bold text for highlights.

#3 - A Thing About Content

All pages should contain meta keywords and descriptions. Meta tags are contained in the HTML code. Go to Wikipedia for examples and how to’s.

Descriptive page titles. Use keywords in your content

#4 - Simple SEO

Avoid over doing the design. Keep it Simple. Don’t mix and match colors.

Use a color wheel to organize your color scheme.

Have 1 main color and 1 subtle color for accent

#5 - Keep Design Simple

Avoid gizmos, widgets and gadgets. Just because you know how to make text blink or scroll on your home page doesn’t mean it is a good gizmo to have.

#6 - Keep Widgets Minimal

Avoid using Flash intro pages. I might be going against the grain here, but in my opinion Flash intros are a distraction and a detractor from your web site.

Visitors want to see and read about what you do and not a flashy advertisement.

#7 - Avoid Flash Intro Pages

Write and post articles relevant to your products or services. This will fill out your web site, keep visitors interested, and keep visitors coming back.

#8 - Article Marketing

Don’t let your site get stale. Keep adding to it in an organized way. Introduce new articles, press releases, new training, etc. A web site needs to be continually updated.

#9 - Keep Content Fresh

Use spell check and grammar tools in Word or other editors before you post your content.

Hire an editor and freelance it out.

#10 -Spell and Grammar Check

Visit: http://www.sjcwebdesign.com/smartwebdesign

Or email me at lawrence.snow@sjcwebdesign.com

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