The Purpose of Creating a Website
Creating a website enables your organization, projects, events or ideas to reach a much larger audience at a marginal cost. In addition, you will be able to market, more efficiently, products and build wider support by providing up-to-date information on changes, modifications or additions to your product line, organization or business.
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Outline Purpose
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Outline what you want your website to accomplish What is its purpose? Are you selling a product line or establishing your organization's presence on the Internet or seeking financial supporters? Keep your outline purpose steps simple. You will want to inform the page visitor about your organization or cause by selling them on your goals and purpose without making it complicated.
Build An Audience
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You want website viewers to come to your page. You can accomplish this by focusing on the positive factual highlights of your product, cause or organization. Keep the facts and news current and include a link on your website to a FAQ page. Also, build a way for your audience to interact with your website by hosting a blog on your website.
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Create Mailing List
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Building a communication outlet for your audience is another function of a good website. Add a mailing list in order to send out updates on your current promotions, events or initiatives.
Audience Market Targeting
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Target your audience by releasing press announcements to local and regional media outlets that your targeted website visitors might view, as part of your marketing plan. Consider writing a short "how-to" or "about" feature article on some aspect your website. Of course, supply references and additional resources as part of this article to build credibility both with your audience and other Internet viewers.
Newsletter
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Another suggestion for building your website presence is to release a monthly newsletter and invite website viewers to contribute guest columns or relevant and interesting facts and tidbits. This will build website traffic as well as regular readership and possible e-mail website referrals.
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References
- University of Washington: Learning & Scholarly Technologies: Creating An Effective Website
- George Mason University Technology Resources:Considerations When Creating A Webpage
- Power Home Biz: Basic Guidelines To Creating a Web Presence
- Electric Teacher: Classroom Web Purpose
- Build Your Website: How To make a Website
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