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When thinking about a website for your business, the key is to remember that the way you start your web project will have quite an effect on how the project will end. Preparing correctly will save you time and money and you may end up with a site that does more than you expected! Lee Ann Smith of W3 Web Designs explains.

Ask yourself

By going through the following questions, you may have a better idea on how to prepare for your website.

• What is the main purpose of the website?
• Who is my Target audience?
• What must I include in my site? What do I want, but don’t need? What do I definitely NOT want on my site?
• What content should I have? How many pages do I need? What should I put where?
• What images would I like to have on the site? What colours should I use? Do I have a well designed logo?
• What will make me feel that my site has been successful or unsuccessful after a year? (don’t say lots of money!)
• What is a realistic budget, one that I can afford? How much can I spend in ongoing updates or additions to my site?

Spend sometime working through these questions, if you can’t find a definite answer on all of them, at least you will have an idea on what you need to do, what questions you need to ask and how to proceed to finding a Web Designer or Web Design Company.

• Lee Ann Smith W3 Web Designs