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 Considerations

 

Contact information to reserve your domain and use on your website

 

Name of person associated with site

 

Organization/Business name

 

Address, P. O. Box, City, State, Zip Code

 

Phone number, Fax Number, Cell phone number

 

Text saved as a text file and/or Microsoft Word 97 file and/or PDF file

 

Description of your project, organization or business

 

Mission Statement, motto

 

History of project, organization or business

 

Brief biographical info about any organization members, staff, board of directors you want named on the site

 

Description of any items you will be selling

 

Captions for photographs or videos you want put on the site - who is in the picture, what is in the picture

 

Meeting and Event dates

 

Newsletters - send hardcopy and/or pdf copies of newsletters if you want them on your site

 

Text for any Facebook, blog or Flickr accounts that the webmaster will be setting up for you

 

Links to Facebook, Twitter, blog, Flickr, Youtube, eBay etc., accounts you already have set up that you will want to link to on your site.

 

Images

 

Logo. If your organization or business has a logo, send the best clearest copy of it.

 

Photographs can be saved on a cd, mailed or emailed. If you want to use pictures in your Flickr account, you can give the webmaster permission to share those photos.

 

Videos -you want to promote your business or organization, putting your videos on Youtube with a link to your website is the way to go.

 

We can set up eBay and PayPal accounts for you and send you the information you need to add your bank account and credit card info to those sites.

 

AUDIENCE—Who is your target audience? What are characteristics of this audience? (consumer, business to business, etc.) Who do you want to serve with the site customers and/or suppliers?

 

PURPOSE—What is the purpose of your site? Do you have a clear picture of the business need the site will fulfill? Will your site contribute directly or indirectly to profitability?

 

GOALS—How does the proposed site tie in to company goals? Will you sell a product or service online? Will you provide a sample portfolio of products or work online? How does the site help you obtain or retain customers?

 

SIZE—How big will your Web site be? Larger sites cost more money; will your site be five pages or 500 pages? Have you thought about limits for the size and scope of the site?

 

INTERACTIVE—Will your Web site offer interactive features to visitors? Can visitors send email, order a product or request information? How can the site give you feedback?