Approaching a Website Redesign:

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The time comes when all existing websites must be reassessed and placed under the looking glass to evaluate both visual presence and function. Outdated website themes and framework can stand in the way of accomplishing goals and new challenges as you refine your business module. It could be as simple as the color scheme going stale with time, or as massive as the need for in-house instant editing of your websites content with no web programming experience needed. Approaching these challenges with the proper foresight will help to optimize each step you take for your website’s growth.

Important things to consider:

A Fresh New Look:

Let’s think about one of the most important aspects of a website. The middle ground between the user and your website’s information is the layout. It is the skin or shell that presents your information with a purpose. A well designed website not only lasts longer between stylistic updates, but helps to establish your personal presence through a virtual environment. Just like any good advertisement, it is an opportunity of endless possibilities to relate to your market and relay feeling and focus about your most vital offerings. So many companies have yet to grasp this simple concept that their website’s appearance can drastically sway the user’s perspective of that company’s technological progress. With more and more people turning to the web for answers, we find all types of information exchange from simple consumer product searches or business to business solutions. The web has proven to be an asset to any business that realizes the power of worldwide marketing. Keeping the appearance of your online presence fresh is a great way to set yourself apart from competitors and gives users a reason to keep coming back to your website.

Beneath the Surface:

Apart from re-branding, the simple need for growth and scalability in a website’s framework can easily be overlooked in the first generation of a company’s online profile. As time passes you may be faced with ever-changing obstacles including the accessibility to altering your website’s look and content. Even beyond that, what about new pages and areas for new information? As you create relationships, affiliations, and partnerships you may want a place to list those resources. Perhaps a blog or news section to share new information and keep your website’s traffic rising. Maybe you could use a user friendly ecommerce administration panel where you can add new products, images, prices, descriptions, links, etc. The list goes on for reasons why having a solid framework in place is more than justified.

Looking Forward:

As you near the decision to redesign, you might want to establish the precise goals that your business’ website needs to grow stronger. It usually falls under the following options;

Seasonal Updates:

Needing a quick refresh or seasonal banners to relate to target markets. This is a very basic approach to a redesign. Simply cover the existing website framework with a new layout and styling theme.

Re-branding:

Re-branding usually consists of revising more than just your website. In most cases it entails the revision of your entire unified marketing platform. Including print, web, and sometimes video marketing materials. This does not always include the restructure of the back-end of the website.

Back-end Overhaul:

This is the restructure of the back-end of the website. This can usually be accomplished without altering the existing theme and layout of your website.

Complete Rebuild:

A complete re-build encompasses all of the above. An opportunity to re-brand and rebuild a website from scratch. From the framework to the face, all things considered.

 

When redesigning your website always consider why you created the site in the first place. In many cases as sites progress and collect more new features, some tend to stray from the original purpose. It is important to re-align yourself with your goals and in some cases this means going back to the basics!

Unleash a Solution:

Unleashed Technologies is one company that places a great deal of focus into developing something called the Marketing Command Center or MarCC. This product gives you the power needed to reach out to your online market with the click of a mouse. With a custom tailored design theme for each client on the front end, and a completely scalable administrative back-end, the MarCC makes it possible to update your website’s content on the fly with the utmost of ease. Integrated with custom analytics and other powerful resources; this platform gives you the oversight needed to make crucial business decisions. The MarCC includes SEO or search engine optimization features to allow you to enter META data or ever create specific URLs per page. Aside from all of the existing benefits, the MarCC continues to grow every day! Unleashed Technologies is constantly researching and developing new features to enhance your control, as well as create an archive of robust “up-to-date” layout templates to choose from.

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About the Author

Benjamin Guarino has worked in the graphic and web design industry for over 10 years. With previous experience in many facets of creative design and new media, his areas of expertise include conceptual design, graphic design, brand and identity...

 
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