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Whether you are DIYing your own website or hiring someone to do it for you (we’ll get into which you should choose a little later), you need to do a little planning first in order to have a blog or website that successfully converts.
Follow along to successfully plan your blog or website. You can share this with your web designer if you decide to hire one.
Why do we want to plan and not just get started right away?
Because you want a website that converts, not just another pretty website. A website that converts is one that does its job.
Well that depends on the goals you want to achieve with your website.
If you want to generate more subscribers, you’ll want to make sure there are ways for people to do that.
Or let’s say you want to sell products. Then you’ll need a way to get those products into the hands of your customers.
When someone subscribes or buys a product, then you have what’s called a conversion. And that’s what helps you determine whether or not your website or blog is actually successful.
If you already have a blog or website, some of this work is already done.
BUT if you are thinking about redesigning, then you may just want to go through this guide to make sure you’ve got everything well thought out.
In this step, we’ll discover some ways for you to thoughtfully choose an interesting yet profitable blog topic (or niche) and we’ll also determine who your target audience is.
Now that you know who your target audience is, you want to offer a solution that helps them with a specific problem they have.
Determining what your website goal or goals are will help you decide which type of functionality you need, and thus, which platform is best suited for you.
Let’s figure out which platforms suit your goals the best.
Should You DIY your website, hire a quick website solution or hire a full-on custom web designer? Let’s find out the pros and cons of each.
You need a brand that differentiates you from everyone else. Even if you already have a brand, you’ll want to make sure you have everything you need for your website.
What pages your website needs depends on the goal(s) you defined earlier. Let’s make a list.
The copy for your webpages (not blog posts) ideally should be written in advance. In this section, we’ll also choose some on-brand visuals to support your copy.
Organize your blog content into categories to make it easier for people to read and find information.
Now we can finally start your blog, yay!
