Website audience

Ok, so now that you've given some thought to your website aims and goals, it's time to give some thought to the audience your website is aimed at. In other words, who are the people that will be visiting your website and why will they visit your website?

This is a very important step when planning your website because you need to know who and why people will find an interest in your website. Your website is pretty pointless without people visiting it... What good is a liquor store in a liquor free town?...exactly... your store will be empty... obvious I know but many people fail to consider this simple fact and end up with websites that don't really appeal to many people.

First think about your target market... what is the global target market that your website/business targets? Can you categorize your target market? Yes, then categorize it... Now, within those categories, who are the people (audience) that will find an interest in your website? You thinking about it?? Good, now list it... that's right, write it down, listing each audience under every category. This should be like a brainstorming exercise, so involve others if you need to.

Once you are done with that rank your list according to importance. Most important audience at number 1. Then you need to define the needs and goals for each audience, i.e. why would they want to come to your site? What do they hope to achieve by visiting you website? Will their needs/goals be met by your site? Did they get the information they set out to get from your website or will they need to go elsewhere? You don't want them to go elsewhere... unless elsewhere brings you some sort of value...

Ok, so there... you have your audience defined and you have their needs and goals defined.. So you know who they are and what they want... Now you need to figure out how you are going to give them what they want in a way they would want/need.

There's no set way to figure that out, so you will have to think like your audience...But I'll explain how to do that in with my next post...so stay tuned for more...

The importance of website planning

Website planning and Information Architecture (IA) are the most important components of developing/designing any website, no matter how small you may think it is. Compare building a website to building a house. Would you build a house without a plan? Even it a very small house?.. No, you wouldn't because you need to know where to lay the foundation and you need to know where to lay the bricks and where to put the windows and doors, etc...

The same applies to building your website. You need to know why you are building a website and who will be visiting your website and why they are visiting your website... This is very important information, if not the most important information. So, let me start by helping you define your website's goals.

First you need to decide who will be involved in defining the site's goals. If it's just you, then get started and define those goals. What is the mission or purpose of your organization? Why build the site? What is the purpose of the site? What do you hope to achieve with the site? What are the short and long term goals of the site? Ask yourself or your client these types of questions to clarify your website's goals... I cannot emphasize enough the importance of Website Goals!!!

Think about it... question it!

I'll talk about your website audience next week...

Plan your website or blog

I have neglected this blog over the last few months and that is one of the no-no rules if you want a popular blog... But, I am back to share with you new information, important information, information that will help you build a website or blog with meaning and purpose...

But before we get into the issues of website planning, I'll first point out some basic considerations for designing a good website.

- Credible, edited and original content.
- Valuable, Informative and updated regularly.
- Well organised and easy to read.
- Interactive with sticky content to attrack and keep visitors.
- You site has to load Fast.
- Should Not be too Flashy
- Use a secure webhost that allows manual backup and offer usage tracking

These are the key things that you should always consider while planning your website or blog. With my next post I will get into more detail about the planning of your website or blog and the issues that many web site designers don't take into account when they design.

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