How To Create A Website | Brainstorming and Developing Your Ideas
Brainstorming and developing your idea's
So, you decided to create a website or are doing some research of how to go about to create a website. Well you are at the right place. :)
Anybody is capable to create a website with some hard work, and dedication, but you have to start with an idea. Brainstorming and website planning is an important phase in strarting an online venture.
You can design a web page simply with a text editor like Windows Notepad or lost of other free HTML authoring software. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) site builders like Dreamweaver, FrontPage etc.
What you will need to create a website?
- A PC (personal computer) with internet connection.
- Some website planning and brainstorming
- Decide on what type of site you going to create eg. blog, website etc.
- Choose a niche.
- A domain name.
- Website hosting for website
- HTML editor or website authoring software.
- Graphic design software
- FTP software
What's the purpose of your website?
It is important to establish the purpose of your website. So you must decide
- Provide free information
- Reach out to a wider audience
- E-commerce
- Discussions
Provide useful web content for visitors
The internet is the information highway. In general people like to get free stuff. . You can also provide free demos, software, e-books etc.
What is it in for your visitors if they arrive at your site?
- Free downloads
- Forums
- Chatrooms
- Videos
- Music
- Tutorials
To create a successful website or web business you will need to have original and useful content for your visitors.
As the old age saying goes: "Content is king!"
Keep things simple
Some of the most successful website on the internet is simple. Take a look at Google website. It has a logo with a search box, but it is in the top 10 most visited sites on the world wide web. You don't need a very big budget to create a successful website.
Keep your website design appearance and layout simple.
Who is your target market?
Before you even start creating your website you will have to plan who your target market are going to be.
Look at following:
- Age
- Geographic location
- Income group
- Technology used (pc, web browser, internet connection speed etc.)
Know your target market and choose your niche wisely.
Check out your competition
The world wide web is so vast that you will definitely have competition in whatever niche you have.
If you do a search for any topic in a search engine then the search engine results pages will display sometimes 1000s and even millions of other sites on the same niche.
You get competitive and not so competitive niches so break down your niche further to a less competitive niche.
The less competition the better.
How are you going to cover costs and make money?
Target the correct audience and monetize your website properly.
The questions you will have to ask yourself:
- Am I going to sell a product or service?
- Will I sell advertising on my website?
- Will I look for sponsors?
Sometimes it can be very difficult to break even and even make a profit with a website, because of all the competition out there.
How you going to promote your website
Try to spend at at least 40% of your time on marketing and promoting your website. It good to have a nice looking website, but without targetted visitors it won't mean much.
You want to create a successful business. Use a percentage of your website budget on marketing and promoting of site.
Examples of promotion techniques:
- Google Adwords
- Newsletters
- Search Engines
- Social bookmarking
- Forums
- Blogs
- Classifieds
- Newspapers
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