These days, the Internet is nearly always my first resource when I’m looking for any kind of product or service. As technology changes, so does the functionality of websites. I find that I get impatient with businesses whose websites are more difficult to navigate. I also prefer those websites that offer a lot of relevant information and that have flexible search functions.
What do people think about your Website? Is your site still helping you to meet your business goals and objectives as well as it did when it was first created? Because I work so closely with the team of Checkerboard Strategic Web Development, I enjoy passing along some of their easiest tips for website evaluation.
Here’s what I suggest:
- Visit the sites of companies in similar industries as well as those of your direct competition. Write down what you like/don’t like about them.
- Make a list of your marketing goals for your website, then write down exactly how your current website fulfills those goals. Are you happy with the results? Disappointed?
- Ask someone unfamiliar with your company to look at your Website, and to describe your corporate culture and company image based on your site. Were they on target? Or did your site somehow mislead them?
- Ask your customers what they think of your website. Get their feedback on how you can make it more useful to them.
When you are ready to revise your Website, look for an expert web development team whose work you admire. That team should understand how to translate your marketing goals and objectives into a hard-working website that satisfies your needs and the needs of your clients/prospects.
Robin will coordinate the writing for your newsletters, social media posts, website, blogs, newsletters and press releases. “I like interviewing clients and spokespeople, hearing their stories, getting to know their personalities and listening to how they phrase their thoughts,” she says. “It’s fun to transform what I’ve learned from those conversations into media-grade content.”
Robin enjoys shaping content to ensure that the message will be clearly received. “When someone understands the relevance of what they’re writing and can position it properly for their audience, their work tends to be more convincing and on point. I’m fortunate to have a very diverse background, which gives me a good perspective whenever we bring on a new client.”
An IABC- and Mercury-award winner, Robin says her practical experience in the health sciences has proven particularly beneficial as she interprets clients’ scientific information for mainstream media. “But it’s no longer sufficient to write well,” she cautions. “As marketers, we must now comply with the intricacies of digital marketing. That involves a whole set of rules, which are constantly evolving.”