Creative Website Ideas
Your website is on the internet representing your business and your brand 24/7. Give your visitors an exceptional experience that keeps your business on their minds long after they visit your website.
Here are a few tips on what makes a great website:
- Keep navigation easy to follow.
- Great images and videos help with keeping attention.
- Include helpful tips that give quick wins to your visitors.
- Don’t be afraid of white space, this helps draw attention to important content.
- Consider having an FAQ page to answer questions.
- Show your personality! Let people get to know you.
So, Let's dive into some creative website ideas below!
Add some Movement
Some creative ways to add movement to your website include a header video, sliding images, or a simple animation. We recommend adding some movement near the top of your homepage to immediately get attention.
Header videos have the ability to make your business website really stand out from other sites. Just make sure the video is not so large in file size that it slows the loading speed of your website. Also, we recommend having a default background image in case the video doesn’t load on some people’s computers. That will prevent there from being an empty spot on your website while the video loads or in case it doesn’t load.
Sliding images are another great way to add movement, and this is a great option for people who just aren’t ready to dive into video. You get the benefit of having visual images and as they slide to the next image it helps to hold the interest of your website visitors. Similar to making sure your video is not too large in file size, make sure that any images on your website are correctly sized so they don’t slow your page load time. A fast page load time not only provides web visitors a pleasant online experience that keeps them from leaving your website, it also helps your SEO.
Simple animations are another great touch. When used appropriately and sparingly, they can draw attention to certain information in a creative way. Take a look at the website we built for Hunt Pest Service. The simple spider crawling at the top of the website catches the eye and makes this company’s online presence more unique.
Adding movement on your website can show creativity and thoughtfulness in how you present your business online. When you display these details on your website, it gives your customers and potential customers the understanding that you take pride in your business, and that you are working hard to earn their trust and attention. It will also help you draw attention to the most important information on your website while holding the attention of your website visitors.
Bonus Idea
Have you visited a website and noticed that as you scroll down the page the information fades in and up? We love this effect. It's a great touch that's simple and effective in presenting your business professionally online.
TRAFFIC FROM GOOGLE
Draw Attention to Numbers
Numbers get attention and can show results. They can also be used to show deadlines or dates for an event that will take place in the near future. If you have a number you want to highlight to your website visitors, a counter is a great feature to use. This is a creative way to feature stats, customers helped, jobs completed, or like I’ve shared here, the statistic for the number of website pages that get zero traffic from Google.
If you need to highlight the date of an event or a deadline, a countdown clock is a fantastic design element. A countdown clock can be large or small, but it is constantly moving if you display seconds. It can create excitement and urgency for whatever you may have taking place on a certain date.
These design elements are great ways to add a little something extra to your web page that will make your web visitors take notice. Use them strategically to highlight important information for your visitors.
Interactive Boxes
Webb Digital Services offers a variety of web design services. We review your needs and come up with the best long-term web design and SEO solution for your business.
At Webb Digital Services, we can help you with simple updates that you don't have time to do or more complex projects you need to outsource. Here are some ways we can help you:
- Design a new website
- Redesign an existing website
- Update your current website
- Search engine optimization
- Website consultation
- Ongoing weekly or monthly updates
Prices vary based on the scope of your project. Factors that determine price include:
- Hours needed for completion
- Platform your website is built in
- If your project is ongoing or standalone
- If training is needed for self-maintenance of website
- If your website requires special services such as online booking, eCommerce, or email funnels set up.
Our preferred website platform is WordPress, simply because after years of building websites we have found this platform to give us the most design flexibility and creative control to deliver amazing, professional websites for our clients.
We understand WordPress is not for everyone, though. We do use a design plugin that makes WordPress MUCH easier to use than it used to be, but we are also skilled in the following website platforms:
- Wix
- Squarespace
- Shopify
- Square
Interactive boxes on your website could include flip boxes, before and after comparison boxes, or accordion boxes. These are creative design elements that visually enhance your website visitor’s experience and will improve site engagement. The more you can keep a person on your website, the better. This can potentially help with your search engine optimization. Google tracks the amount of time visitors stay on your site and if they stay longer on your web pages it’s a sign they are getting helpful information.
Flip boxes are a fun, interactive way to display information on your website. This is much more creative than simply listing out information. These boxes use color, shapes, and motion to reveal product pricing, package details, fun facts, or other information you want to draw attention to. Here are some ideas for ways to use flip boxes on your site:
- Pricing and package details
- Team member profiles
- Interactive FAQs
- Project portfolios
- Testimonials
- Reveal special offers
- Fun facts and stats
Accordion boxes are a helpful design tool that will allow you to include tons of information on your website without overwhelming your visitors. For example, using an accordion for FAQs gives an exceptional user experience by helping people easily find the questions that pertain to them so they can get answers quickly without needing to scroll through lots of other information. See an example of how we did this for Lauren Andrews Designs.
Use White Space Creatively
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