99 Tips for Building a Functional and Profitable Website
Listed below are 99 things required to create a functional and profitable website.
- Create and reserve a domain name
- Make sure that you know what will draw visitors to your website
- Research and obtain HTML software.
- Learn how to use HTML.
- Design different pages of the website and how to link them.
- Research the competition and use the knowledge to be better than the best.
- Research and obtain a web-hosting provider.
- Obtain expert help, if needed.
- Research and secure URL that you want.
- Know how much time and money it takes to create a website.
- Be knowledgeable about coding.
- Know how to change the background color of the web pages.
- Set a default font on the web pages.
- Add graphics to your web pages.
- Test different website design options.
- Know how to save graphic files as .jpg or .gif files and add text.
- Know how to transfer the website’s files to the your internet provider.
- Know how to link the web pages to each other.
- Learn to make tables and create the layout of the site.
- Obtain a professional logo and name for the company.
- Ensure that each page has your contact information (phone, email, fax).
- Each page should contain a copyright notice.
- Each HTML page should match the title.
- List the company’s city and (or) state.
- Include the date the site was last updated.
- The site should contain a photo of you to make you more relatable.
- Include a FAQ section.
- Each page should have a similar look and feel.
- Each page should have a Meta tag.
- Explain who you are and what makes you unique.
- Explain the services that you will provide.
- Explain free versus fee-based services.
- List the solutions that your visitors will receive by working with you.
- Show the benefits that the consumers will get from your goods or service.
- Offer free products or services to attract new customers.
- Have interesting links for your site’s visitors.
- The site should be easy to navigate.
- Explain who you want to serve and why they should read more.
- Have someone review the site to eliminate jargon.
- The site should fit a fourteen-inch monitor without having to scroll.
- View the site through several browsers.
- Check the links regularly and fix those that are broken.
- HTML should be validated.
- Meta tags should be verified.
- Link e-mail addresses (so people can click and send you a message).
- On average your page should be under 30K text and 50k graphics.
- Set up an email address using the website URL name@mywebsite.com
- Compress graphics for faster/better function .
- Obtain a traffic report from the web hosting company regularly.
- The website should look professional.
- The graphics should be clear.
- The website should be unique.
- Each page should contain no more than two different fonts.
- Use .gif files that are interfaced so that they appear faster.
- ALT tags should be used.
- Use colors that can be properly displayed by all browsers.
- Choose the colors that speak to your clientele.
- The site should have a theme.
- Name the links in a way that all users of the site will understand them.
- Site users should be able to find what they are looking for in 3 clicks or less.
- No single page should contain more than six options.
- The site should contain an index.
- Use image maps.
- Guide visitors on how to use the site or what they should see next.
- Use buttons to go back, forward, to the top of the page, and to the home page.
- The site should contain a functional and user-friendly search engine.
- Avoid blind alleys on the site.
- Get multiple people to view the site and offer constructive criticism.
- View the site in its entirety to make sure it works well.
- Offer the consumer multiple ways of purchasing products or services.
- Present services in a way that makes people want them.
- Purchasing should be an easy process.
- Use a secure server.
- Use real time to process transactions by credit cards.
- Include customer testimonials.
- The site should have a satisfaction guarantee.
- Tout your expertise on the site – it is a marketing tool.
- Build credibility by offering articles, mp3 recording or video.
- Use self- tests or checklists to sell products or services.
- Use meta tags correctly.
- The site should offer a place for people to recommend the site to others.
- The site should be listed on search engines.
- Offer a way for people to sign up for updates, information or free gifts.
- Link yourself with similar businesses.
- Monitor the site on search engines.
- Join a web ring.
- Use an email signature to refer others to the website.
- Direct people to the website using brochures or business cards.
- Join an association that includes a listing to the site.
- Include free teleclasses as a gift in exchange for email addresses.
- Offer a newsletter that people can sign up for online.
- Use polls or surveys to make the site interactive.
- Offer a chat room on the site.
- Offer a discussion board
- Use auto-responder to send free reports, etc.
- Introduce yourself with video or audio.
- Offer referrals for the viewers of the site.
- Offer viewers useful links.
- Express your personality on the site.
