What a Nonprofit Website Actually Needs

What a Nonprofit Website Actually Needs

A nonprofit website carries more audiences than almost any other kind. Donors want to know their money will matter. Program officers want financials and outcomes. Volunteers want to know what Saturday will look like. Journalists want a spokesperson. And the people you...
What an Artist or Creative Studio Website Actually Needs

What an Artist or Creative Studio Website Actually Needs

The work is the point. A website for an artist, photographer, or creative studio has one primary job, which is to present the work so well that the visitor forgets they are looking at a website. Then it has a second job, which is to make money, and the two are usually...
What an Interior Design Website Actually Needs

What an Interior Design Website Actually Needs

Interior design clients hire on two things: do I trust this person in my home, and do I like what they make. They decide both from the website, usually in the first minute, usually at night, usually on a phone. Most interior design websites are built to impress other...
What a Lifestyle Brand Website Actually Needs

What a Lifestyle Brand Website Actually Needs

A lifestyle brand sells a point of view first and a product second. That is what makes the category interesting and what makes the websites so often bad. Too much point of view and the visitor cannot find the product. Too much product and it is just a store. Most...
What a Restaurant or Hospitality Website Actually Needs

What a Restaurant or Hospitality Website Actually Needs

Nobody browses a restaurant website. People arrive with exactly one question: are you open right now, what is on the menu, can I get a table at seven, do you deliver, can you do a party of twenty on the 14th. They are on a phone. They are hungry. They will give you...