10 free tips to save you time and money

Being well prepared before you even contact your designer can save you time and money.

Our 10 free tips will give you all the information you need. Of course, not everyone has the time and patience to be so prepared which is fine, but of course, the more work your designer has to do, the more it will cost you.

Make a rough draft of the pages you will require, e.g. About Us, Our Products, Testimonials, Contact Page, etc.

Research on the internet, other websites that are in the same field as you. From this, you can often gain valuable I don’t want this, but I do like this.

For sites that you like, copy and paste the address and send these links to your web designer with notes.

Organise your photos.

If you would like a slideshow for your homepage, make sure that the images you select are panoramic in orientation.

Most slideshow images are much wider than they are tall. If you are taking photographs specifically for your slideshow, make sure you stand well back from your subject.

All your images should be named. A good web designer should build your site, so that is accessible. Many users are visually impaired and use screen readers.

When the screen reader comes across image001.jpg, this imparts no information to them. Google also likes your images to be named.

Websites are very visual, and if you have fantastic images, this will go along way to enticing your customers to look further into your site.

If you don’t have images yourself, you have 2 choices, either you can purchase our Photography Services or any other professional photographer, to take photos for you OR you can visit stock photography sites like istockphotography.com or 123RF.com

There are many stock photography sites that have millions of images for any given category. Search for your images, make a lightbox and send the link to your designer.

There are also many free stock photography sites, and we have written an article, “Free Stock Image Sites” on this topic with links.

When you start writing the text for your pages, think about keywords. Keywords can be determined by imagining a visitor to your site. What words would they type in their search to find your page? E.g. to find Kimberley Web Design, my keywords might be Web Designers in Broome.

Once you have decided upon your keywords, start writing your text mentioning your keywords, not too many times, as this is frowned upon by Google as keyword stuffing.

Your text should make sense and contain your keyword approximately 4-5 times depending on how long your text is.

If you need help with writing content for your website, get in touch with us to learn about our Copywriting Services.

If you don’t have a logo, then start researching. If you have ideas, then sketch them down on paper.

Do some research on the internet and look at others’ logos and take notes or screenshots of them to show your designer. You might like the font used or the colour used or the way the words link together.

Having a clear idea of what you want can save you time and money.

Kimberley Web Design offers Graphic Design Services, visit our Graphic Design Portfolio for inspiration!

For your website to appear on the internet, you will have to pay an annual fee to a hosting provider.

Most hosting fees are between $9 – $100 per month, depending on your requirements.

Kimberley Web Design offers excellent deals on Web Hosting.

You will also need to purchase a domain name. Check out our pricing