what makes a good website February 2011 North Manchester

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Most customers decide within the first 5 seconds if they are going to buy from your website. Therefore understanding what makes a good website is essential to converting visitors into customers.

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Andy NicolM: 0771 311 9699

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What Makes a Good Website?

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What are your objectives?

Raise the profile of your brandShowcase your productsExplain why you’re differentAllow users to interact with youAllow users to interact with each otherFeatures, Advantages, BenefitsCompile mailing listUpdate content

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Cross sellOnline paymentShopping cartDraw traffic from search enginesAccessibilityProvide NewsProvide product resourcesProvide information resourcesCommunicate legal/cash reasons to use you

What are your objectives?

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What are your objectives?

Aspirational designUser to upload filesScreen resolutionCross browser compatibilityWhat’s your budgetProduct comparisonReduce shopping cart drop outSearch facilityMashups

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Social bookmarkingCommunity (do people really want a community?)

What are your objectives?

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What do you do?What level do you do it to?Are you trustworthy?How do I get in touch?

Do you want your website to communicate that quickly?www.sputnikinternet.com - bounce rate 60%

Suggested objectives?

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Content – products, services, USPs, photosFunctionality – orders, contact, bookmark, engageDesign – brand, photos, illustrations, prioritise contentBuild (Not covered here)Promotion (Not covered here)

A good website is about building good foundations to meet objectives, increase conversion and be search engine bait

Main components

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LoansLucky Bidder

Notes

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RowlinsonsRecoup

Mindmaps

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A non graphical plan of the content and functionality of the website

http://totheweb.com/learning_center/website-wire-frame.html

http://www.gdoss.com/web_info/web-site-wireframe.php

Wireframes

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http://www.coastalife.co.uk

Lucky Bidder (some social media integration)

Rowlinsons Recoup MHA Werneth http://www.democracypr.com/

Compare some sites

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Compare some sites

http://www.artworks-design.co.uk/

http://www.jonathanclarkarchitects.co.uk/

http://www.ergomonkey.com/chair_search

http://www.sputcom2.co.uk/centralmanchester

http://www.gorton-valves.com/

http://www.englishrivieragetactive.co.uk/

http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog

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www.amazon.co.uk

www.argos.co.uk

Pick a generic template – they work, and it’ll be cheaper

Ecommerce

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Reality Check

What are you trying to achieve?

What is your budget?

How much money do you want to make?

Get traffic to your site?

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Task

Budget

Objectives

Design / target market

Usability – use of Flash?

Site map

USPs & Key messages

Wireframes

Accessibility

Technical features

Budget