How to create a Website in 9 Steps

 1. Decide on your Strategy for the Site
You need to work out the purpose of your site and what you want it to be able to do before you can even begin creating it. Try to take into consideration what you need your site to be able to do now and in the future

2. Decide on what functions you want your Site to perform
You need to decide whether you want your site to act just like an online brochure, or if it will be more interactive. Do you want to sell through your site? Will you need an e-commerce system put in place? In deciding all of the functions that the site will perform will determine what the end product will look like and achieve.  

3. Select a Provider to develop your Site
It is particularly important for businesses to work with an expert when creating a site. First of all for the simple fact that your site will be one of millions on the internet so you want to do as much as you possibly can to make yours stand out and get found. Therefore you should consider more than the price, also take into consideration the support and training that you will get from a professional, which can save you a great deal of time and fuss. Your provider will also give you access to greater knowledge and experience so you don’t make an expensive mistake. Make sure you get it right in the first place, which will save you additional costs in the future.

4. Get your Domain Name
This is the name of your website, which needs to be registered before you have the right to use it. This registration will be for a set period at a specified cost.

5. Get your Site hosted
Having your site hosted means that your site has a place on your hosting company’s computers, from which everyone in the world will be able to connect to it and view it.

6. Write Content for your pages
This step is quite self explanatory, but also plays a big part in how your site is found so a good deal of consideration should go into this step.

7. Design your Site
Designing your site can certainly be the fun part of creating your site and will determine the overall look and feel, as well as establish first impressions about your company so you want to do this well.

8. Create your Site
This is certainly the most technical aspect of creating your site and having a well built system will enable you to incorporate all the functions that you want your site to perform.

9. Implement Marketing tactics to get your site found
Conducting Search engine marketing is a major aspect of this step, but there are also a number of other techniques that should be used to get your site found. You should additionally research your competition to be able to determine what will make your site stand out.