Research, Now What? What Does This Have to do with SEO or Getting Traffic to My Website?

By now you should have all the tools neccessary to revamp or even start designing your website. If you already have a website, look at everything you've written down and researched. Do your goals and thoughts match your website? Have your services or products changed since the site was last updated?

Another idea is to send your url to someone who understands what you really do and have them review it. Your good friend or your spouse/significant other should be able to help you out. Don't let them look at your notes! You want a fresh objective opinion. DO NOT submit to a site review forum unless you are prepared to cry for hours. Webmasters are harsh and we are not looking at functionalty or design right now. We are looking to see if you are able to communicate your goals and what you sell to your customer. We will work on design and functionality later. Just look at the content.

Write it all down. Everything you see that needs to be changed, updated, or deleted.

Next, review your goals and services with what you wrote down.
Draw out as much as you can. It doen't matter if you want to draw boxes or an outline.
You want to organize your thoughts and the way other perceive your site. Try to group like categories and services together.
I ususually start with a big long rectangle as my home page and go from there.
Once you see on paper the general idea of your site. You'll be better able to see what you want and need to change.

If you don't have a website yet, look at competitor sites or even sites you like. Write everything down you like about them. Start drawing out your vision of your site.

A lot of people get so caught up in, the backlinks, the pagerank, the traffic, and the google listings, they miss the basics. Baby steps. You'll get there and you will be proud that you learned how to do something new and saved thousands of dollars. Hey, really I promise this SEO thing is not that hard!

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