Web Design

As a public person, you should think about the causes and issues that are important to you. What is it that you want to say on your site?

You'll also need to think about how can you best make your point? How can you get noticed?

Do you want your website to contain your basic information and use blogs and/or social media as your "journal/platform/stage"?

You'll need to decide how much you want to open yourself up on the site - how much you want the world to know about you... and give them a way to contact you should they want to know more about you.

As an artist, you will need to consider all the things that a Public Person needs to consider. In addition, you should consider using your site as a portfolio/catelog of your work - not all your work, not every piece you've done since high school (unless of course you are in high school...), just your very best work.

Will you want to sell your work on your site?

You'll need to decide how much you want to open yourself up on the site - how much you want the world to know about you.

You'll want to let people get a feel for who you are, and a way to contact you should they want to know more about you.

Generally businesses have websites that are focused on

1. letting people know they exist (and what they are in business to do/sell);
2. support their customer service efforts (e.g. for those desperate people that have lost their owner's manual it can be put on the site for customers to get when they need it); and
3. to sell more product/service.

You'll want to let people get a feel for who what you do/sell. You may want to consider e-commerce (but only if you have the staff/ability to handle online orders).

You'll need a way for people to contact you should they want to know more about you or have a customer service need .

Most importantly, you want a website that doesn't frustrate your customers - they'll go somewhere else if they cannot quickly find what they want on your site.

Organizations - for-profit, non-profit, and/or non-commercial - really need to tell their story well. Whether you're a large NGO or the local beekeeping group, you'll want compelling, interesting information and a clear call-to-action.

You might want to consider an events calendar - if you have events for the public. An e-commerce system - or a link to PayPal - can make it very easy for people to pay membership dues or make donations.

You'll want lots of photographs - great photographs - to help you tell your story.