5 Secrets you Must Know to Start a Website
So you are thinking of creating your own website and you are ready to start the process? well stop, because there a few secrets and tips you must be familiar with before diving into the web-building business. Take a look at what we have to say and consider everything mentioned in this article and we guarantee you will have award winning website.
1- A fresh, light and Simple design
Your website design is so important because it’s the first thing visitors see when they enter your website. Make it simple, don’t crowd it with too many images or text, just the important ones, but also have standup designs, Simple doesn’t mean forgettable, it should have a unique idea that people can remember it with.
2-Engage visitors with customer reviews or exclusive offers.
No one likes running into a wall of text or a barrage of never ending pictures when first landing on a site. So, make sure to apply the 3 second rule to your content as well to enhance clarity, organization, and conversion.
If you are running an ecommerce website, for example, it may be wise to showcase a few quality quotes from positive customer reviews as well as one or two special deals, coupon codes or promotions. That way, your readers will immediately have extra incentives to take the next step and purchase your product. ( Source: entrepreneur magazine)
3-Have a good Idea
A good idea doesn’t have to be an original one, you can have the same purpose as another website but think big, add more features, see what they don’t have and provide it to the customer. You can even go to the review of that website, for example you want to create a ecommerce website, go to the review and see what people are complaining about, and make it your goal to have that problem solved and your main selling point.
4-Develop your Content
Have reasons for customers to return to your site. Offer such things as product information, specifications and operating manuals, professional tips, recipes, and tutorials. Keep this content ungated (doesn’t require registration). Convert your PDF files to web pages and make the PDF available as a free download at the bottom of the web page. Give your customers and potential customers lots of reasons to return to your site again and again.
5-Be everywhere so people can find you
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a big subject. Ideally, you should have an SEO specialist work over your site and make sure that search engines can find it. But even if you can’t afford that right now, there are some simple things you can do to make your site visible. Like listing your website in online directories ( Begin from here directory )
