Free Web Design Tips #1

The first three steps to designing an effective website.

So let’s get right to the core of designing an effective website.

The first questions you need to ask yourself are these:

What is your objective in having a website?

1. 1.Is it to attract and create more new clients?
   

2. 2.Is it to generate more business from the internet?
   

3. 3.Is it to simply have an online presence to show that you are in business?
   

4. 4.What is it? What is your main objective?
   

If you know this answer, then you can move forward with your project.

Firstly, we need to be aware that having a website in today’s economical structure is one of the smartest investments you can decide to make for your business. It can also be one of the worse investments, depending on which direction you decide to take your website.  For Example: If you decided to spend the many hours, days and even years trying to learn how to create a website because you prefer to do things yourself and you just want to “save some money”....it most often times can cause you to “lose” money because of your mass expenditure in time, energy, frustration, failure and the learning curve that is involved.

Dont take this last paragraph the wrong way, if you really feel that you want to learn how to design your own effective website, then please take this path, but understand there is much time, effort and training that is needed to become a knowledgeable and creative web designer that can actually make a website do it’s job!  You must learn about html, SEO, layout, style, feeling, design, color schemes and a whole lot more.

If you would prefer to have a very simple website, and design it yourself for free, we do offer that capability for you. All you need to do is purchase a domain name which costs about $11 per year or $11 per month for hosting, and you can use our free website tonight builder account and have your own personal website up and running in no time. You also can receive a free hosting account just by ordering your own domain name.

You have 3 options when using our free web site builder:

1. 1.You can design the site yourself and have it up and running as quickly as you’re able to learn the program and get it set up.
   

2. 2.You can contact us and we will give you a free consultation to determine the training that you need to design your site, and we will train you at an affordable hourly fee.
   

3. 3.Or we can design the site for you using the website builder at a discounted rate compared to our custom design rates.
   

If you decide to take the route of creating your own website, we want to give you some advice and principles to remember when designing.

1. 1.Simplicity is Golden!                 
   

    When designing a website, especially without a lot of personal training and graphic design

    schooling, I would suggest that you make your site simple. Remember this, when you are

    creating the layout, the site is not exactly for you...the site is for the people viewing it...your

    potential clients, and if they are confused by a complex site, then they will most likely connect

    that confusion to your company. Just remember this...Simple is always better than confusing.

1. 1.Image Is Everything! 
   

    In business, your image is everything. Of course that’s a superficial truth, but it is still a truth.     

    Even if you have the best service, the best product and the best people, but the worst looking

    website, graphics, business cards and image, you are missing out on a lot of business

    opportunities!  Remember, people judge by first impression. What is their first impression of your

    company when they go to your website? 

1. 1.Add value by making a content rich site
   

    Show your customers that you truly care about them by adding valuable content to your site that

    can help them in the field of your expertise.  Be original, and share the knowledge that you have

    gained and developed with the people whom mean the most to your business...”your clients!”

If you decide that you would prefer our team of professional web designers to create a content rich, high performance web site to help your company earn more profits online, give us a call or shoot  us an email at info@artbyartgraphics.net or 1888-650-3031.