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I’m going to walk you step-by-step through creating a new website for my friend Nick.
Nick runs Sgt Nick’s Drums, a company selling handmade, decorative drums. Right now, Nick sells the drums on Etsy but I’m going to show you how I built Nick’s new website that looks like this:
My name is Steve Benjamins. My websites have been featured in Wired, The Next Web and Forbes. And in this guide for beginners I’m going to show you how to create a website, step by step.
Here’s my promise to you: if you just buckle down for the next 30 minutes— you’ll know more about building good websites than a lot of web designers.
I’ll cover all the secrets to the trade:
- Where to find free stock photos that don’t suck.
- How to make logos transparent.
- The honest, no-BS truth about SEO.
- How to put that little © in your footer
- Setting up email on your own domain name.
- Why your business might not need social media.
- What to write and HOW to write it.
- … And much, much more.
Read on to learn how to create great websites without ever touching code.
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What I Believe
There are my three rules for great websites. I’ll refer back to them throughout the guide:
1. Choose a Goal
Your website isn’t an end in of itself. It needs to accomplish something for you. Sgt Nick’s Drums is an artisanal business— so my goal is to introduce customers to Nick, the real-life, artist making each drum by hand.
2. Be Human
Human works on the internet. People will respond to your website if you make it clear there is a real, live human behind it. This is doubly true for an artisanal business like Sgt Nick’s Drums.
3. Less Is More
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People don’t read websites, they scan websites. Distill everything down to the essentials. (Doubly important because website content needs to fit on mobile screens as well as desktop screens.)