Many of us have created our websites from scratch, DIY-style. This is great to get started – but oftentimes when I visit other entrepreneurs’ sites, I see a lot of room for improvement. In today’s episode I’ll tell you the six biggest website design sins. You’ll learn a lot of practical tips and tools for making your site – which is the heart of your online business – even better.
Highlights:
- Why a free theme might not be your best bet (2:54)
- Branding problems caused by colors (5:25)
- One of the most common website sins, especially in menus & sidebars (7:40)
- How your site might confuse your visitors (11:18)
- Does your site pass the 5-second test? (15:09)
- One simple thing that’s a must for website design these days (19:42)
Links:
- Where to buy a theme: ThemeForest, ThriveThemes, Elegant Themes
- Color palette generators: Coolors, Paletton
- How to create visual hierarchy
- Peek User Testing – Free 5 minute website review
- Heatmaps / Click maps – Crazyegg, Hotjar, Sumo
- Usability Hub 5-second test
- Episode 41: A real website review & critique
- Page Fights – Fun landing page teardowns by design and conversion experts
