| Many new online businesses just don't realize how | | | | suggest your website flows in the order I put these |
| incredibly important it is to put together a | | | | examples. |
| professional looking website for your clients and | | | | Your Homepage should include information about who |
| customers. And they just don't know where to start | | | | your company is why you are in business and why |
| or what to include in their website so they give up | | | | you have a website. You really want to grab the |
| before they even start. | | | | reader right away with information about you and |
| A website for your business should always follow a | | | | your business. Your About page should grab the |
| formula outlining who you are, what services or | | | | reader with knowledge about why you are a leader |
| products you are selling or offering are, why you are | | | | in your industry. What is your background why do |
| in business, and how or where your potential clients | | | | they want to use your services or buy your |
| contact you. In fact, almost anyone can put together | | | | products. |
| a website even if you have never worked online | | | | Your services page should highlight what you are |
| before. | | | | offering them and why your services and/or |
| For newbies out there who do not know HTML, I | | | | products are special from the competitors. The FAQ's |
| suggest that you use software called Website | | | | and/or Pricing page should outline again questions |
| Tonight to put together a website. Its fast and easy | | | | your potential clients and customers may want to |
| to use and if you know how to use Microsoft Word, | | | | know about such as how much do your services |
| you can most certainly put a site up. Most hosting | | | | cost, how long have you been in business, what they |
| providers offer Website Tonight with your hosting | | | | should expect from your services. You want to put |
| option. Go Daddy is a great provider and you can get | | | | their minds at ease about why you are a great |
| a site up and running for less than $5 Bucks a month. | | | | provider for them whether it is a product or services. |
| What to Include | | | | And last but not least is a Contact page. It's |
| So we have gone over the basics of where to get | | | | imperative that your clients know how to contact |
| hosting and the why's of your site. But you are | | | | you and how to contact you easily. You should |
| probably asking yourself, what pages should I include | | | | include a link on each page with your email address |
| in my site. If you follow the formula I wrote out | | | | and/or phone number so you make it easy and |
| above, you now realize that you can get a website | | | | simple for them to get a hold of you. |
| up and going with about 3-5 web pages. The most | | | | If you follow the steps above you can have a |
| commonly used pages should be Homepage, About | | | | website up and running in less than a day and you will |
| Page, Services and/or Products page, FAQ's or Pricing | | | | start generating buzz for your new business as well |
| page, and a Contact Page. You can mix and match | | | | as clients. |
| any of the above to get your site up but I strongly | | | | |