When you are ready to take the plunge and want to have a website create for your business, you need to think carefully about what exactly you want your website to be able to do. Some people simply want a website where they can talk about products or services they offer and possibly have a gallery of photos with a quick and easy contact or enquiry form. Other people may want an all singing all dancing ecommerce website that allows them to sell products or service online and take payments through a secure gateway.
Regardless of what sort of website you want you do need to bear in mind few simple considerations such as how easy will it be for your visitors to interact and navigate round, is it set up to allow it to be optimised and work well on the search engines and does it include all the functionality you require?
Deciding on how to design your website can be tricky, but it is always good to look at a few other websites and get a feel for what works well and what is the standard in your industry.
Ideally you want your website to match all your other branding, so if you have business cards, signage and leaflets which are all different, pick one logo / set of colourways and stick to it throughout.