Concentrate on your brand when designing your website - by David Bain

December 31, 2009 by Website Design Bournemouth
Filed under Website Design

Decide on a logo first

After your initial one-page website is up and running, you need to start thinking
about what your site’s going to look like when it’s ‘done’. The first thing
you’ll need is a professional logo: something that you’ll be happy using on
a business card and letterhead in the future. You can either design one yourself
in a program like Fireworks or Photoshop, or have an experienced
online company like LogoWorks or LogoMaker design one for you. The
great thing about getting a logo designed for you is that it’s done by a professional
and you can concentrate on what you do best. Once your logo’s done, it’s much
easier to come up with a website design that suits your corporate image.

Decide on your software and support requirements next

If you’re looking to sell a product online, you should consider either Prostores, or Yahoo! Business Web Hosting. Both
services integrate simple design templates and e-commerce facilities that don’t
require a technical background. If you are more service-orientated, and don’t
require shopping carts and merchant capabilities, you are probably better off
going for one of the other hosts reviewed in other articles.

To design or not to design… that is the question

You may wish to have a go at designing the website yourself. The most popular
software tool is Dreamweaver. There are also free
options available such as Web Easy Professional Express 6
or EZ
SiteMaker. If you’re on a tight budget, but still not too keen on designing
the website yourself, you may wish to use a service called RentaCoder. I’ve personally had
a lot of great success through it. They ask people to ‘post a project’ and invite
coders / designers from around the world to bid on carrying out the project.

David Bain is founder of the independent business
articles resource, www.BuildYourOwnBusiness.biz.
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