Website Design Considerations
By Tim Knox
As Presented to the 1999 Montgomery Association of Business Communicators
Montgomery, Alabama
Thursday, June 10, 1999
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So you've finally decided that your business needs a website. Well, good for you! A well-thought-out and executed website can be a tremendous asset to your business. Today, a website is as important a marketing tool as your business card and brochure. On the other hand, a hastily thrown together, ill-conceived website can actually do your business more harm than good.
How can you make sure that your website is a business plus instead of a business minus? Start by asking yourself the following questions:
- Ask Yourself The Obvious
- Ask Yourself The Not-So-Obvious
- What Is My Website's Purpose
- What Should My Website Contain
- Will My Website Ever Change
- Who Should Build My Website
- Who is My Target Audience
- What's My Competition Doing
- Should I Master My Own Domain
- Let The Construction Begin
- So What Do I Do Now?
Tim Knox is an Internet designer, developer, author and teacher. He is the Creative Director of Digital Graphiti. In a prior life, Tim was an award-winning humor columnist and cartoonist. His current writing projects include a book on web development for SAM's Publishing.
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