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Why do you want a website?
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Who will be your target audience and how
will you reach them?
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What products or services will you be
offering?
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Where will the contents for your website
come from?
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Who will produce the technical content,
product and services information for your website?
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Will you be collecting customer information
and if so how and where will this information be stored and used?
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Will you deliver or arrange delivery of
your products or services?
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How will you process the orders?
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How will you offer customer service and
support?
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What about accepting credit card payments
through your website?
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How will you market, advertise and promote
your website?
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How will you portray your credibility,
trustworthiness, and
expertise to your potential customers?
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Will you want a system put in place to
collect email addresses so you can send emails when new products, services or
specials are being offered?
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Will you design your website or hire a
website designer and developer?
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How will you layout your website, graphics,
navigation, fonts and what colors will you use?
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Where will you get the graphics, java
scripts, and navigation menus for your website?
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How will you optimize your pictures for the
website?
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How will you decide on a domain name and
how will you register that name?
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What about choosing a hosting service for
your website?
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How will you make your website pages load
in under 14 seconds for computers on the web using a 28k modem?
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Will you build your website pages to be
search engine optimized out of experience?
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Will you submit your website to the major
search engines?
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Will your website will show up on the first
pages of the major search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo?
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Will you be editing your website and if so
what software will you be using?
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Do you or any of your staff have the time
to write your website?
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Will you have time to edit and maintain
your website?