Designing a website sounds like something that should be left up to a professional designer but with today's software developments, you can design and build your own websites. I highly recommending building your own. With a good website/html editor it can be ad easy as copying and pasting information on a page. Besides, it's a good feeling when you finish your site and you look through it and say, 'I built it'!

There are all kinds of HTML Editors available. The ones I recommend are Dreamweaver and Microsoft's FrontPage. I personally use FrontPage for all my websites. It's easy enough to use and with a little time, patience and practice, you can build your websites for any purpose you choose.

Maybe your budget won't allow for the cost of Dreamweaver or FrontPage but there are also some very good site builders for less money.

The first thing to consider is, what will your site be used for? Are you going to have a website for information, sales or a service? You can also design mini sites that are used for promoting or reselling other peoples products.

Next, you want to lay out what you want your site to look like. Try to keep it as simple as possible. Don't use large graphics as they make your site load slower. Have you ever been to a website and you sit and wait for it to load. Remember how you feel while you are waiting. you don't want a potential customer clicking away from your site before it even loads.

With the use of cable and broadband, this isn't as much of a problem today as it once was but remember that these services still aren't available everywhere.

To succeed at your online business (whether you are selling your own product/service or are selling for other merchants as an affiliate), you need a Web site created just for that - a simple, focused site. One that is easy to build, maintenance free, low cost, credible, and a powerful traffic builder and customer converter.

Having the right tool and the right product alone doesn’t insure the success of your website. There are many factors to be considered while designing a site. Unfortunately, most of these are easily ignored by Internet business owners.

Build It for Speed - It's a fact of life people are in a hurry. This means that you have between 10 and 30 seconds to capture your potential customer's attention. To minimize your load time, keep graphics small. Compress them where possible. Use flashy technology (JavaScript, Flash, Streaming Audio/Video, animation) sparingly and only if it is important to your presentation.

Target your Market - Know who your market is and make certain that your site caters to their needs. It is critical that your site reflect the values of your potential customers. Is your market mostly business professionals? If so, the site must be clean and professional. Is your product aimed mostly a teenagers and young adults? Then your site could be more informal and relaxed. The key here is to know your market and build the site to their preferences.

Focus the Site - Make certain your web site is focused on the goal, selling your product or service. A site offering many unrelated products is not necessarily unfocused, but this is often the case. If your business does offer many products, dedicate a unique page for each instead of trying to sell them all from one page.

Credibility Is Crucial - The most professionally designed site won't sell if your customers don't believe in you. A clear privacy statement is one way to build your credibility. Provide a prominent link to your privacy statement from every page on the site as well as from any location that you are asking your visitors for personal information. Provide legitimate contact information on line.

Navigation should be simple - Make site navigation easy and intuitive. Simple and smooth navigation adds to the convenience of the visitors. Add powerful search and catalog features. Many times a lot of visitors do not have the patience to navigate through the whole website to find what they are looking for.

Content is King - Good content sells a product. Ask yourself the following questions. Does your copy convey the message you wish to get across to your visitors? Is it compelling? Does it lead your visitor through the sales process? Have others review, critique and edit your copy to insure it is delivering the intended message. Always double check your spelling and grammar.

These are just some of the highlights to think about when building a website. There are many other factors to consider when building your own websites. For example, what payment processor to use, meta tags, keywords, alt tags, header tags and this just names a few.

Don't get overwhelmed. All these things fall into place and go hand in hand as you build your site. I offer complete training on website designing and creating. Just point your mouse and click for all the information you need to building websites and a whole lot more.

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