Each website owner wants their business website to Impact the market strongly. And to do so your web design needs to be Engaging. Who wants a boring business website? Of course no one does.
Well, most of the people strive to get a good Website Design for their business.
To be honest, there is no Rocket Science in making an Impactful business website and it’s not that simple too. You simply need to make some Changes to your Website Design and there you go.
In this Article we’ll share with you; 5 Ways to Create an Impactful Business Website.  We’ll be going deep on every single factor that matters in your website. And I am sure if you follow these 5 tips you can definitely build a strong layout in your web design.

Add Video To Your Business Website:

We humans have only three ways of communication, Textual word, Audio and Video. And Guess what creates the most Engagement? Yes, it’s Video. A video is always considered the best way to communicate with any person online.

But why should you add a Video to your Website’s Design and how would it help?
Here’s why; have a look at the picture below, sharing some statistics about “Videos”

These stats are showing the worth of Video content by themselves.
Now it is undoubtedly clear that adding some Videos to your website design will definitely help in your Website being more effective, but the question that arises now is;
How should you put a Video to your Website?
Some of the basic things for the Video which cannot be ignored are which are;

• Audio Quality should be good.
• The Content should be “to the point” and binary.
• It should be relevant to your specific Niche.

Afterwards pay close attention to these points;

How should the Video be for Your Business Website?

Length:

The Length shouldn’t be too long. The attention span of an average visitor on your website is very short. Yes, your Video will make your user attentive for some time and it may generate some curiosity in him but it won’t last too long.
The average recommended length for this Video is no more than 1.5 minute. Try to cover everything within that.

Story telling:

You are using this Video on your website to tell a story to your visitor. Most of the time, it’s made for the Intro of who you are and what you do etc. For example look at the Web page of Neil Patel Website;

In this case Neil Patel has put in the Video on his website’s homepage which tries to get the attention of the Visitor as soon as it enters the website.

Format and Optimization:

Research has shown that the Videos that get the most views and high engagement are the ones with the Square format, so make the Video in it.
And along with that also make sure that the Video is optimized for Mobiles too as the above shared infographic also shows how many views are given using a mobile phone, otherwise it will leave a really bad impression on the visitor.

Where to Add Video on Your Business Website?

A video can be added to a lot of pages on your website, and there is no certain restriction in it. But adding it to some particular pages is seen to be more effective. So you can add the Video there;

Homepage:

You can use the Video communication to tell the visitor of your website what your business is all about and what services you provide. It can be a short clip giving an Intro to the user about you and your company.
For example look at the website of UrbanSitter they have a Homepage Video and they have been doing great with it.

Particular Landing Page:
If your company has recently released a product and you want to market it on your business website, or you simply want your visitors to sign up for your service, use a Video on that landing page
Just like the Path.com did this for their landing page and got great success you can do it too.

Page Background:

Another creative way of using the Video is putting it in the background of any page. This trend has been considered a very innovative thought and is believed to uplift the visitor’s engagement.

UrbandSitters is again a good example of a business website to mention here.

Do Your Business Website Navigation:

What is meant by it?

Navigation in the website design is just supposed to be some sort of guideline to the visitor. It’s the quality in the design which helps the visitor jumping from one page to another, easily. It basically means how the Website’s Menu and bar should be structured.
Let’s have a look at how Navigation is helpful and how should it be done.

How to get Website Navigation for Your Business Website:

Navigational Format:

Website Navigation is not very complicated to understand. Just make sure you are designing the Menu correctly. The sections of your website should be structured carefully.
Try to make the Website simple and well organized at the same time. A simple design for it can be this

Most of the time this format is being followed and following this format won’t be a bad Idea.

Follow the Conventional Navigation style:

For your business website, don’t try to re-invent the Navigation style. When the whole market is following one path your user won’t like some level of differentiation in the design. So what’s the example of a good navigation style? Jcrew.com is really good from a Navigational standpoint today.

It’s because they are following the conventional style of the Big Categorizing Drop down menu that is being used by most of the big brands in their business website like Nike.com too.

Don’t Go out of the Line;

Just like said before don’t try to put a new and really different format of Navigation in front of the user. In the Previous heading I shared the current Navigational style of J.crew but here is what Jcrew.com used to look like before;

This Design was really confusing for the visitor. Because there’s too much text here and there on the web page its confusing for the Visitor.
However if you have a different type of Website and offers something unique you may want to change the course a little bit. But it needs to be creative in a way and shouldn’t let the visitor lose his way.

Link Logo to Homepage on your Business Website:

Although this practice is not applied that much but it do matter. Most of the visitor feels comfortable clicking the Logo of your business website to reach homepage.
And if the Logo is not linked to the Homepage it will create some disappointment for the user.

Show the Visitor his Presence on Website:

Get the Highlighted menu treatment on your website. Make sure on the Menu your visitor gets to know easily which page he is on at the moment. You can highlight that particular page by any method. Have a look at the following example

This feature makes the user feel that your website design is giving him directions to explore.

How is it Helpful for Your Business Website?

It helps him getting the visitor to view more than just one particular page.  Your business website will definitely be in loss if it’s lacking Navigation, as it will make your visitor feel lost. What exactly it helps in are a few things;

Increase Visiting Duration on the Website:

When any consumer visits your business website, only a navigable layout can keep him engaged. Due to this continuous stream of Information we are getting through the Internet, the attention span of human beings is shortening really quickly;

These Statistics shared by Venturebeat.com are really astonishing to give a point.
Think by yourself, when we humans have an attention span less than a Gold fish, would we like an unstructured layout of any website and stay there to search what we were looking for? Of course not.
So keep your website navigation on point to keep the user engaged.

Highers Conversion Rate on Website:

A business website with Navigation always gives a good Conversion rate in return. Navigation system allows the visitor to approach what he’s searching for easily. And when the user is provided an easy path to his destination his chances of buying the product goes higher.
Just like Readyartwork.com shared the way to a Purchase can be made as simple as Maderaw;
First he would search for Food

Afterwards his particular choice, “Raw Honey” here

And here is where he ads it to the Cart.
It is reported that around 50% of online sales are lost just because of poor Navigation in the business websites.
A Navigable road to a product or a page will automatically raise the sales and conversions on your website.

Lowers Bounce Rate on your Website:

This point is somehow the same as the first. Good Navigation in your business website will help decreasing the Bounce rates. And the reason behind it is simple;
An easy road path to the right information will make the visitor engaged and will thus decrease the bounce rate.
And on the other hand if the website is poor at Navigation the Bounce rate will increase drastically. And let me remind you that an increase in your website’s bounce rate will affect SEO and Traffic badly.

ALSO READ: 7 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Website Badly

Use Human Face Images on Your Business Website:

Facial Images are always a great way of creating the user engagement. Human beings connect to each other and the content that has some humanly effect in it would do too. And it’s a Proven fact now that Images with human faces on websites do work better. Look at this heat test below;
You can clearly see that the part with human faces got the user to Read more thoroughly. While on the textual side, the user didn’t even move out of the headings
Images are for sure the best way to consume Information but when you have Human beings portraying that information it’s fabulous.

How Human Face Images Help Your Business Website?

Using the Facial Images of People can help your business website in the following ways;

Grabs Visitor’s Attention Instantly:

Facial images will grab the attention of the visitor as soon as he enters your business website. In fact a research has actually proved that this isn’t just a theory. Have a look at this picture below;

You can see that here the brand has used such an amazing picture on the page. Pictures like this have a great percentage of catching the visitor’s attention in the first sight. You can use this trick to convey a powerful message to the visitor as soon as he visits your business website.
Your user will be much more engaged seeing that facial image than he would do seeing text.

Expressions can Convey a Powerful message:

The key with using human being images are the Expressions. Human beings get attracted to other human beings emotionally. Many brands use this technique to contact and convey a message to the visitor when he sees the Picture.
So George Clooney’s expression is urging you to have this cup of coffee. This is an example of how human faces can be persuasive.
So for your business website you can communicate with your visitor through the expressions on the model’s face in the image.

Builds trust in the Visitor’s mind:

As said before, People don’t connect with businesses or websites, they connect with other people. And this humanly connection between your visitor and the image on your Website Page will build trust in your visitor’s mind. For example just look at this Website Page below;

Many Researches and Studies have shown that using these kinds of Images on your Business Website will help the Visitor in trusting your website more. Some more examples of this are;

How to Use Human Face Images Effectively on Your Business Website?

Focus on Eyes:

Eyes are the most attractive body part in humans. From a Physiological aspect Eyes are really valuable when it comes to making the Image effective. Eyes work like a Machine and gain your attention with the first sight.

Even when you visit a website by yourself and see a face on the webpage, you attention is dragged to his/her Eyes automatically.
Use this trick to make a Strong influence on the visitor’s mind.

Use More Realistic Images on your Website:

Always try to use the Images which are genuine. Don’t ever try to put some Stock Photos because your visitor will easily detect them. People make this mistake a lot. For example they would use these kind of Images;
While they should’ve used these kind of Images Instead;

Those Stock Photos may seem more Professional but they seem unrealistic too. And those odd kind of photos make your visitor to lose trust on you. When you start showing your company’s true culture to your user, you start seeing them engaged.

Give Directions through Images:

Make sure your Images are used in a way that they direct the user to some useful information. For example look at some of the Webpages below;


These Webpages are using these Images to direct you somewhere. In Steve Krug’s book “Don’t Make Me Think” he states that “we don’t read pages. We scan them” while elaborating more on this he said that we humans have learnt that we don’t need to read everything.
So what you need to do is to give your user a direction to follow for more information and that’s it.

Don’t Make Images Complicated;

It doesn’t matter which page are you putting an Image on don’t ever try to use some kind of illusion creating photos. While most of the designers would think it would be creative, I’ll say it will be an extremely bad Idea.
For example have a look at this Page;

Yes, it was an Illusional Image. Now think again what happened there. You were so caught up with the Image that you didn’t notice anything further. This happens because designers are valuing the creativity of that Image too much and that’s killing the Value of your Website.
So try to add simple yet engaging Images on the Page instead.

Get Better Branding on Your Business Website.

I am sure I don’t need to tell you why branding is important for any business. We all can agree that a Business without Branding and Marketing wouldn’t survive.
Branding is always believed to be the biggest aspect for any business. For example do anyone of us would buy “Nike” Sneakers just because we were targeted on some Ads Campaign? No, we buy them because “Nike” has built their brand’s worth in the consumer’s eye.
So if you can showcase your brand’s true Identity to the user, you can easily make them connected with you. But when it comes to Website Design, Branding can get very complicated, because of the continuously changing trends.
So here are my Top 5 Tips for better branding of your business website;

Build a Brand Supporting Website Design:

The design of your business website presents your business to the consumer. So the overall design is the most important for branding. Thus to read ahead you must read 7 Untold Secrets of Better Branding through Web design.

Distribute Information over Webpages Specifically:

Be specific when it comes to content. Try to make different sections in your design and allow the user to enter in the right section depending on what information is he looking for. A research has shown that a Visitor is much more likely to visit again if he found your content distribution neat and clean on your business website.

Thus what you need to do is to make different sections/Pages for each type of content so that the user could easily get access to what he is finding.

Make Contact Information Easily Accessible:

According to many researches it has been proved that around 63% People will trust a Business more, if their Contact Information is properly mentioned. So make sure that your website is doing all what it takes to make the Contact Information easy to access. And it means more than Just a “Contact Us” Page. For example look at our website;
As you can see we have mentioned the Contact information on the even on the Home Page of the website. And moreover we mentioned our contact information too which isn’t a common practice by most of the businesses. This act of us put us close to the consumer and that’s what we all need.

Give a Specific and Strong Call to Action:

Every business has some intention with their website. Some kind of goal they want to achieve. Some want their visitor to sign up, some want them to buy their product, some want them to read, and some want them to hire them. So make it clear to your user what do you expect them to do.

Telling your visitor to do something specific is not going to hurt anything on your website. Just to be more specific and direct when it comes to giving them the Call to Act.
ALSO READ: 7 Stunning Qualities That Make an Expert Web Developer

Follow The KISS Rule on Your Business Website:

“KISS” is an acronym that stands for “Keep it simple, stupid”. This rule was developed in 1960 by U.S Navy. What KISS Rule states is that “every system works best when it’s kept simple rather than made complicated”. And that’s the rule you need to follow in the design of your Business Website too.
Just make it simple, don’t complicate things. A lot of Web developers make complex designs which perform badly.

How would a Simple Design help for Your Business Website?

A simple design for your business website can be really beneficial. Here’s how;

Easy to Scan:

Just as said before, we humans don’t read pages, we scan them. So keeping your website simple in design will help the user getting each aspect understood easily. A lot of business webpages make the mistake of putting a lot of information on a single page which in return confuses the visitor. For example your website should be more like this;

And shouldn’t be like this;

Because such a page create problems for the user to focus on one thing at a time and it affects usability.

Less Time to Load:

Simple website pages load a lot faster than complex ones. And let me remind you that your visitor don’t have time to wait for your slow loading website. You will be stunned to know how fast your website loading should be, because otherwise the visitor will simply just bounce back.
So try to keep you’re the Webpage of your Business website as simple as you can, because the higher the bounce rate would be, the badly it would affect your Search engine rankings.

More Conversions:

Its not something a lot of developers know about. A simple and clean website design will have much higher conversion rates than a complicated one. Sometimes being complicated means the design is simply out of date. For example look at Skinnyties.com they increased their conversions when they redesigned their website.
To be precise Skinnyties.com reportedly got an increase of 13% when they had this development to their website design.

What Makes a Simple Business Website Design?

We looked at its benefits now let’s have a look at how can you get a simple design for your business website;

Use White Spaces in the Design:

Using white spaces in your website design can be really helpful when it comes to creating a simple design. White spaces are great for making the user focus on something particularly. This trick makes the user feel comfortable while consuming information on the page

Moreover having white spaces arranged wisely also help you to highlight the area you want to highlight.
This is the place where Apple always wins. Apple.com always has used white spaces to promote some of their particular product more in the user’s eye. Just the way they did it for Apples watches.

And they also used this tactic for IPhone X, with this web design;

Using white space helped them making the user focus more on that particular Item which they were trying to promote.

Follow the Z-Pattern:

In researches it has been seen that most of Users follow the Z-Pattern when it comes to scanning or consuming content on the web page. The Z-Pattern is actually the direction user moves on your website with his eyes.

And your website design should be something that could correspond to that Z-Pattern. So your website design would look somewhat like this;
All you need to do is to make sure that your web design is have content on it arranged in a way that it leads your visitor to follow up in a Z shape pattern.
This pattern has been believed to be the most engagement creating pattern. A lot marketers and web developers always design their website according to it.
An Example of a Business Website following this Pattern is;

Stick to some Particular Type Faces:

Choose particular typefaces for your business website and stick to it. Being specific with typefaces is really helpful in getting your user involved with your content. The reason is that the particular typeface will soon become a part of your brand and the user will start correlating your brand with that typeface. For example have a look at the Neilpatel.com

Neil’s website is a great example of how wisely someone can use Typefaces in branding.
Continuously showing your user the particular type faces in your content will make the web design more credible and professional looking.

Choose some theme Colors:

Colors on your website can set a standard for your brand.  Just stick to a particular set of colors and use it as a theme. What a lot of People do wrong is that they try to use many colors on the design which ultimately leads to making the design Flop.
Just as the above design have many colors but it’s nothing to be proud of. You don’t need to create a Rainbow on your business website.
Checkout how Brian Dean’s Backlinko.com has set a tone of color;
Just as he has a Greenish Main theme for the Website design, he also has a particular Reddish Color for the Buttons on the Website. If you check out Backlinko.com you would see he didn’t used any other color to highlight any button more.
This tactic is great because in this way the user will keep those colors in mind as your brand’s authority. This is the same thing you see on Codeivo.com too.

Our website has Dark Grayish and Green colors in its design.

Conclusion:

One important thing to mention here is that don’t think all what I shared here are some temporary hacks. All these tactics and strategies ensure long term positive effect on your business website.
None of these features will lose their worth in the next 7-8 years. But will continue to matter even more and more.

Personal Advice:

Being a part of a Web development company and a digital marketer too I can say that although all these things are the ultimate hacks you need for your business website to grow it, but still none of them would be useful until you execute on them.
 

It’s Your Turn Now!

I have tried covering each topic going as deep as I could. This list obviously isn’t all you need to focus on to get your Business Website impactful, but it has covered the most important factors.
Now it’s your turn to respond to it. How do you feel about this post? What feature did you found the most interesting? Which feature will you add up first?
Will you focus on adding Videos to your website design, or you’ll be more concerned about getting more engagement by using Human Faced Images?
Either way, do leave a comment down below. I will respond to each single one of them.

If you are planning to hire a web developer for your business/personal brand website, or if you are an aspiring web developer who has recently jumped into this field and want to make a big name out of this market, than this article is definitely going to help you a lot.
Let me be clear about one thing, Web development isn’t just about coding, there’s a lot more to it.
Yes you may be called a “Web Developer” if you know how to develop websites and if you have some basic skills this field requires, you may even get some clients too but you will never achieve that level of excellence that you would if you go deeper.
Flexibility in Developing:
Each web developer has a certain skill set that map to one or more particular languages. But you have to understand that when you are working on a website you may need to show some flexibility. By using the word Flexibility I mean you should not stuck to one or some limited languages and widen your code using different languages that could get you some effective results.A good web developer will always understands how most of the things in developing need some additional cohesive work and will always look forward to put them into function the right way.
Self-Management:
Here is where a lot of developer makes mistakes they expect their client to give them information regarding the project but instead of asking what you want to happen, they always indirectly ask how is it going to be done?  For example let’s say the Client asked to get him a design that could get his conversion rates to increase little bit.
Now if you have gathered enough information regarding his objective, you should do everything afterwards on your own. It’s your job to understand and know about what features do increase the conversion rates and your client don’t need to get you all the information.
This factor of ‘Not knowing the Stuff properly’ leads to higher level of Client’s unsatisfaction.

Communication Skills:
The Developer should have great communication skills and here I don’t mean the Language but the way he communicate and interacts with the clients. The Developers which succeed in making a bond with their clients through their way of communicating to them are incredible. Some of the tips for better communication with the clients are:

• Don’t be afraid to ask questions
• Hold Virtual team meetings
• Try to follow up in writing
• Keep them updated

Communication is no doubt one of the most important factors no matter which ever field you belong to and if it’s about the web design of a brand, it’s the thing which works as the base for every other thing.  If you could impress the client with your communication skills he will definitely get back to you.

Also Read: How to become an Expert in Branding with Web Design
Being on Time:
The time punctuality is surely not a debate, we all can agree that for a good web developer with all his abilities and technical skills he needs to be aware of the fact that the client has given him some time limitation to complete his task and if he don’t it’s his fault. But here one thing that all the professional web developers can learn is how those being late with their project delivery can affect their business. Just look at the Stats below ;

The stats says it all, when a customer/client get his project late than what was decided, his chances of coming back to the same  buyer goes down drastically. Let me tell you one of my own examples, when I use to own an online Jewelry business.
Once when I had to get a ring made for a customer and the person who I gave this Job built it the most beautiful anyone could ever do and also was great in his dealing. But he delivered us 7 days late and we never went back to him again EVER. I guess this little story tells us everything.
Knowing the Market Trends:
The market of web design changes every day, things happen every day, and people respond to it differently every day. A good developer will need to stay up to date. He should know about the latest trends of his industry and should be aware of where his field is heading too. It’s not that difficult to maintain and requires no 6^th sense.  Here’s some ways how can you stay updated in any industry;

When the Client finds out that the developer he has hired knows about his market he feels relaxed and this thing builds trust.
“Experts of any field are those people who are able to predict the near future of that industry by understanding the pattern of the current situation”
 Follows the Client:
If your client has hired you for the web development of his website, he’ll surely have some goal in his mind that he wants to achieve but can’t be done with the previous layout of his website. So it’s your job to get it done for him. And how you can do that? By following his guidelines about what he wants, and adding them with your skill set. You need to listen to your client more and more. You should have meetings with him, talk to him, discuss the project and go deep into his requirement.

A good developer will always try to gather as much information as he can and evaluate that information to understand properly what is the thing that his client is expecting from him. When your client has asked you that he want some design that could help him collecting Emails then your responsibility is not just to create a landing page and a traffic source but to be creative that how can you make the people to engage enough that they do subscribe.
So listen to what is the Goal the Client have in mind and then think of what is the most effective way to achieve it?

 Accepts the Flaws:
It’s simply a market rule that whoever guy seems to be more honest the market goes to him. And the same rule applies in Web developing. One quality of an excellent web developer is that he always works responsibly. We all have witnessed those rude and arrogant developers which never accept their mistake, or even if they aren’t rude/arrogant they at least always make lame excuses for their faults. And that really leaves a bad impression on the client.
To be a good developer you need to develop this quality of accepting your mistakes or faults seriously and face your client in an apologetic manner, if you have to, this makes the client think that the next person is sincere with his work and this was just an unintentional mistake.

Personal Advice:

• We are done with what matters technically and the factors which when you follow help you get more Clients with more Satisfaction, but along with all these I can advise you some other tips too.
• As being a part of a Web Developing agency I know very well what get the client satisfied and what brings him back with more business for you, that’s just one word, “Care”.
• Care about what your clients goals are, what he expects from you what he is looking for, what is the perfect solution for his problem and that’s it.
• It’s a people’s world without getting things more complicated understand one simple fact if you’ll show them your sincerity and honesty towards their work they will never let you down, it’s just human’s nature.

Every business, every brand strives to make their name big out in the market, but how you do it? The best way is to ‘Build a Brand’ and in this age of the Internet there are millions of ways you could brand, through advertising, through promotions, through Content. But still there’s one thing which is believed to be the most important. That’s your Website.
Your website is literally able to give you a more professional and uplifted look for your brand, and especially if you can focus on small details of your website design you can get a lot out of it. Your website design if it’s really good enough can get you a great engagement rate.

Color Scheme:

We know colors stimulate your mind in different ways, and now it has been proved scientifically that different colors can also engage your mind into different emotions when you see them. For example the Color “Red” is associated with Danger so whenever you see Red color you immediately focus on that. Let’s have a look at the picture below

This is a Resume Building website and as you can see there are multiple options and text written on the page, but still they main heading named “Create Resume” has been given the Red color and it’s because they want you to focus on that particular heading more than any other.

Textual Design and Fonts:

Different type of textual design will convey different type of messages to the audience. As simple as the font will be, the audience will take it as simply without taking interest. But its up to you and it varies from websites niche. For example look into the pictures below:

So the first design has pretty simple Font used and it’s great for that particular website as it’s a website design of a photography brand. Thus they use Pictures as the message conveyer to the audience more than the pictures. While on the second picture which is the design of a Fashion brand, they do use different type of Fonts to give the website a more ‘Funky Look’.

Theme of the Website:

So every website have its own theme, and by it we mean the way its structure is built, the way different sections are separated, the way its organized overall. It actually depends on what your business actually is.  Let’s have a look on the comparison of the images down here:


So you can see the first image shows the website of a primary school and the second one is a website offering some courses for personal development. Now if you look at them you would notice there aren’t that many sections in the first picture that are in the second one. Sections like “Online Courses, Books, and Certifications” don’t have any kind of replica or similar one in the first picture because for a primary school that many sections aren’t needed and all they need to put on their home page is a button saying “Contact Us”.
This may seem like really simple and basic to focus on but believe me a great amount of people still make mistakes understanding this portion and how to manage it.

Reflect your Brand:

In your website design keep one thing in mind that your website is going to represent your brand to the audience. The way your visitor thinks about you or have an image in his mind he need to be shown as exact image on the website. So how exactly is it done? Let’s have a look on the web design on a big brand such as ‘Nike’

This is the homepage of the Nike’s website, so when you look into it what do you feel? Don’t you feel inspired and motivated? It’s exactly what their brand stands for. Thrill energy and motivation is their brand’s pillars. If you adopt the same strategy your website will definitely make a good impact on the audience.

Images in the Design:

Images are a great way of making people engages with your content. When a visitor visits your website Images are the thing that attracts him the most. As a study says that:
When Learning humans focuses 80% on what they see and the rest is reading and hearing.

Use the perfect images for your page but keep in mind that above of all the pictures need to match the Image of your brand. Let’s take an example of a big name of the industry “Apple’

Now when you look into the homepage of apple’s website you get to see a big picture of “IPhone X” this design has been there since the IPhone X was released. So when you visit their website, a big neat and clean, astonishing picture of the Latest IPhone X adores you and that’s their strategy that whenever a visitor visits their website he should feel the fire of their Latest Mobile Phone. So you have to be creative with how you use Images in your design.
Now let’s look into the picture below, showing the web design of a Cosmetic Company;

The Homepage of this website is showing a picture of a Model, and when you look at it you start to focus on her blue eyes because they are attractive. And that’s what they are aiming for as they are promoting their latest Eye-Liners. They have used the art of using the images to connect with the reader in a better way.

Innovation in the Design:

If you want your company and your brand to get the top position you have to be a step ahead than the market. Try to introduce innovation into your design and differentiate yourself from the other people in your field.  Just like some of the developers are using the latest “Material Design” in their codes, to give a better appearance.

Adding material design in your websites at the right pages and using them creatively can lead you to better engagement levels. The material design actually helps you to put the details to any page and it helps a lot in getting the users attention and making him to engage deep into the content. That’s why developers always choose Material Design over Flat Design these days.

Personal Advice:

If your visitor isn’t feeling the context of your brand through your website that means your visitor isn’t engaged with you properly.
You may have an incredible personality, you may have the best product in the world but if your website’s design isn’t mapping up with it you are going to lose.
Still today a lot of people don’t take their website’s design that seriously and never bother to go deep down on what matters in a good design and thus their brand lose in the market.

I would personally advice everyone with any kind of brand owner ship to understand how critically your website’s design affects your business.

Further Reading:

– Why your Business needs a Website Today!

We all know about the power of the internet today and I am sure that you accept it as a fact. Now how do we utilize this power of Internet to get the best out of our business? You take multiple steps because you might have heard it from any social media marketer to have a presence on Instagram or Facebook.
And along with this you might also have heard a lot that today your business don’t necessarily need a website. So let me tell you one thing, there may be some things that some social media platforms covers for you but there is a huge list that shows what they lack and only a website can get for you.
So let’s have a look on what exactly a website can get your business;

Website helps you in Marketing:

We all agree that without marketing a business will die soon. But before you spend any penny on some advertising campaigns on different platforms, before you run paid promotions or things of that nature you need to get a website as a foundation.

 
The reason for this is because when you create the advertising campaign you need to drive the traffic to somewhere the details of your product are completely given in a simpler and easy to understand way, and that can only happen if you have a website because its design can be changed the way you want it to be. For example checkout the picture below, all the details for the product are given there and for the user he will get all the necessary information very easily.

 

More Customers for your business:

Just as said before a website acts like a foundation for your business. And no matter what size your business is or what industry you are into we all can agree that in 2018, Ranking your website in Google Search Engine can always help all of us getting more exposure.
 

Just like the picture above shows the results of the Google Searches for the Keywords “Plumbers” and “Hot Dog”. Now these things aren’t what people usually look for on the internet right? But still it’s been searched about 10000 times an average month. Thus if plumbers or Hot Dogs get searched that much time how profitable would it be for you to get a website built and to get it ranked on Google’s Search Engine.
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Better Branding:

Your own website can get you more control on your design which in turn can help you brand better. Every brand is different from other, even if they belong to the same industry. Look at the pictures below these are two ladies wear web designs and it shows the difference as the first one is funkier and the second one is comparatively decent.

 

The way you want your brand to be shown in the eyes of the customer’s is the way you should get your website designed. Thus if you think by having a Facebook page or anything like that you are having a good internet presence for your brand, it’s a mistake. You need to have a website of your own where you could better showcase your brands position and Ideology as you have more control on it.

Builds Credibility:

All businesses need the best image in the customers eyes. And if you succeed in doing that your business is definitely going to succeed too. Now having a website for your business get the customer to believe that you are professionals, we are talking about the psychology of the customer that how does he feel about your brand.

People do trust a company or a brand more when it has a website and “trust” is the number one thing every company thrives for and expect from their customers. Similarly, about 97% of customers’ today checkout online reviews and search for that product before buying it.

Better Engagement with Customers:

Along with bringing new customers your business need to keep a connection with the previous customers too. Now having a website allows you to have a better way to Story tell and continuously engage with your consumers. A website for your brand will help your customer to get what he wants exactly instantaneously. For example let’s take the example of Nike’s website,  and look at how it helps them:

Now with this website you can see that there are lists and sections so that when the customer visits it he will click onto the section he want to visit only, it will keep his search comprehensive. Thus there will be better user experience and engagement.

The Competition in the Industry:

Your market must have competition just like there is competition in every industry or market in the world. You need to beat all the other competitors and that’s the only way your business can survive. And this aggressiveness requires you to have a website because your competitors have it. This logic may not make any sense to some people but before judging what I just said have a look at the stats below.

As you see above from all the businesses a great percentage of them already have a website since 2014 thus if you don’t have one yet you are definitely left behind and it’s time for you to stand up.
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Promotes your business tremendously:

The website of yours is there always, 24 hours a day without any break it helps the visitors get what they are looking for. That’s the beauty of it, some pages build with some complex lines of code promote your business continuously to everyone visiting it. Just like Paul Cookson said;

A website is like a group of your employees working to serve everyone that visits your office the only difference will be that it works even when you sleep.

Beat the Big names:

Internet changed the way everyone use to look at any industry. It’s because today every small brand or business have the opportunity to compete with the big names of its industry by being digital and up to date. Getting a website developed can be the first step forward towards this competitive journey.

Now when a customer looks for a specific product and you know you offer that product better than some of the big brands of the industry than you have a chance to get the customer, because today customers are more interested in the quality of the product rather than getting it from a specific brand.

People believe the internet like they use to believe other people when getting a review for a product and statically 89% of them do it.