How To Guide For A Successful Business Website

Sept. 19, 2011 - PRLog -- With these instructions, you will very likely end up with a very successful business website. Being online can be tricky, from having a proper logo to coding, seo, call to action, hosting and more. However, there is often one HUGE and often overlooked aspect of being successful online that is vital and somewhat of a secret. You can sum up this solution in one word – PLANNING.  Brought to you by NAVSPAN™ Technologies http://www.NAVSPAN.com - Surprisingly Affordable Web Design Since 2005.

But how do you properly plan for a new business website? This in itself can be complicated, but, with a few of the suggestions below you will at the least be somewhat on target.

Gather Information – The more information you can gather for your web designer/developer the better. He/she should have the knowledge to decipher what is and is not important and needed. Such information can a simple image to as complicated as sales forecasts, etc. Web developers love text, the more you can provide the better. Including doc files, text files, PDF’s and others. He/she will likely read everything you have for your new site. Why is this helpful? Think of it as blueprints. The engineer working from them will likely have a better understanding of the final project and be able to give your business some great advice after reading them.

Share Information About Your Business – What? That’s right, give almost everything you know about your business to your web designer/developer. This will pay off big time. It will hopefully stage your business in-front of competition, share your product knowledge with your market, and much more. As well as open the door to better IT business decisions. Imagine trying to sell a product of service that you do not know much about, makes things a bit more difficult right?

Treat Your Web Designer As A Business Partner – Why? Because they are between you and your customers. They should also have just as much interest in your product and service as you. This is why building a good relationship is key. You will benefit from their understanding of coding and how to properly place your products and services online in front of new customers.

Create An Online Business Plan or eSWOT™ – Sounds cool, how? Write down and provide your web designer/developer a list of the following electronic:

Strengths
What’s make your business standout? What is its online strengths? What is its online niche?

Weaknesses
What is your online business’ weakness? Is it selling cell phones for example? Limited in any ways? A lot of competition?

Opportunities
What opportunities do you have? What opportunities would you like to hold of? Do you have a really good domain name?

Threats
What kinds of threats do you think your business have? It is product of service that may soon become banned? Is it a product or service that hopes to sell swimming pools to Alaska? Try not to eliminate any potential risks you can think of.

Ask Your Web Designer/Developer for Business Advice – Why? Many developers have a broad but very useful understanding of business. They can provide some valuable advice, that may often be overlooked. Ask them what they think…ask them what they suggest. You might be surprised.

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