Business Website Design Process

This is what to expect during your business website design process. Below we’ve laid out the basic steps involved in creating an effective business website. As you’ll see, your input and feedback are required at several points in the website design process.

Define the scope of the website design

• Discuss your target audience (user needs and target usability requirements and perform user interviews and surveys).
• Determine online business goals (from the perspective of the user and business), purpose of your website, current marketing materials, corporate identity.
• Determine the number of pages and special features.
• Develop written proposal with scope of the project as well as completion schedule and budget.

Design the look and feel of the website design

• Gather your edited text and graphics. Click here to see sample business websites.
• Research and submit competitor websites.
• Layout of individual pages approved.
• Logo and navigation system designed and approved.

Develop the completed website

• Create each page and link the site together.
• Beta test to ensure the completed site is operational. Evaluate functionality through testing, quality assurance, and usability testing as part of your website design process.
• Overall site map created. View example site map.
• Launch!

Ongoing Website Maintenance

• Discuss Online Marketing Campaign such as search engines submissions.
• Discuss plans for keeping site content up to date.
• Set up website maintenance agreement if necessary.

Your involvement occurs at every stage of the website design process, keeping in mind the goals of the project and the users' needs.

To discuss your business website design, contact us for initial consultation.