Site Design (MKT 250 W05 Reflection)

 

This week we started to learn about site design for our websites. One thing I liked from the article we read was that everything on a web page must serve a purpose. That means to me that anything I put on my pages must have a reason for being there not just because it looks pretty. Any visitor who comes to my site needs to be able to find what they are looking for fast or they will leave. Another thing I liked about the article is to use full-screen images. I think this is the latest trend because a lot of the website templates I’ve looked at have this style. I will use that for my website.

I looked at other websites that do similar things to what my business model is. I’m was so glad to be able to look at cabin or bed and breakfast type websites to get an idea of what to add to my site because I wasn’t sure where to start. I’m going to add a “things to do page," I think that will help visitors know what they can do while staying with us. One section of the other websites I liked was the testimonial page. Obviously, I can’t add that right now, but that is something I would like to add to our website once we start having guests stay with us.

I’ve started working on my website and it took a bit to figure out my site builder, but I think I understand what I’m doing and It’s looking good so far. I was able to figure out how to add a “book now” button and a calendar so the customer can reserve the days they want to stay with us. I think it’s going to work out well.

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