When someone lands on your site it will take them less than 5 seconds to decide if they want to look further or leave. Is your site designed to rope them in or deter them?
Here are 7 tips for improving your website design —
1- Have a Plan.
Don’t just base your site off of the look. Design is important, but function is even more important in the long run. When designing your site make sure that your site looks the way that it should but will also offer you what you need to do business and will grow with you.
2- Make Sure your Site has Social Share and Follow Icons.
Link all your social media pages to your home page and blog. Give your visitors easy access to sharing your page and content.
3- Don’t Fear the White Space.
Whitespace is essential in website design and helps break up the page and increase readability.
Extra space may seem superfluous, it’s actually responsible for readability and content prioritization. It also plays an important role in the design process and positioning website design elements.
4- Mobile Optimization.
According to Google over 80% of internet users use a smartphone. This means that if you don’t offer a mobile version of your site you could be missing out on big bucks!
5- SEO.
Search Engine Optimization is essential for being found online. You can add quality SEO to each page of your site, your blog, and your social media pages.
6- Never Stop Editing.
Keep your site updated! This is essential for keeping your potential clients interested, letting them know that you keep current on your industry, and keep Google in the loop on your latest keywords.
7- Click to Call.
Make sure you have a call or directions button on your website so that people can easily reach you on their mobile device.
If you need help creating a new site, updating a current site design or function, adding Google analytics, or enhancing your onsite SEO we can help! Just give us a call at 503.830.0355, we’d be happy to help!
