Website Checklist
Five Keys of an Effective Website

 
Demographic and Marketing Analysis
Before anything else, it is crucial to have a discussion with your website designer about demographics. In order to effectively design the website, you must establish your target audience. Talk about your product position, strengths, and weaknesses. Discuss goals and establish a key message.
Custom Photography and Graphic Design
People are tired of seeing the same 'business' photos or boring 'corporate' websites created from stock photos and template website layouts. Everyone wants the creative, detailed, custom designs, but they're afraid of the price. Not any more! You can have a custom designed website with brand, new original graphics and photos for a lot less than the thousands you might think!
Clean, Well-Structured, Professional Code
Most people don't realize that websites are programmed. Even before that, they must be designed to be easy to use, navigate, and find what you need. Nowadays, more things can access the internet than ever before: cell phones, PDAs, even your coffee maker! Your website must be well-structured and cleanly written with the latest standards to be accessible by the majority of website browsers and handheld devices.
Search Engine Optimization
Search engines are all about content. Your key words and phrases must be prevalent in your content to achieve high ranking. You can also place keywords within the programming language of the webpage. Beware of text displayed within Flash, graphics, or images... Search Engines cannot see them!! (...And neither can screen-readers for the visually impaired!)
Traffic Statistics
Do you know who is looking at your site? There are ways other than those unpleasant looking hit counters to track your user's statistics. We also keep an eye on how users move through your site in order to make it even better for your customers in the future.

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