Website Design for D2C Brands: Write the Message Before the Layout
Why the best store designs start with the message, and how a content-first process makes development faster.
A website is a message with a layout around it. When the layout comes first, the copy is squeezed in afterwards. When the message comes first, the design has something to hold.
Start with the customer
Write down who is buying, what they are worried about and what would make them buy. Turn that into the headline, the proof points and the offer, then design the page around them.
Then design and build
- Plan the page structure around the questions customers ask
- Design the first screen so the promise and the action are obvious
- Build for speed and for phones first
- Measure what visitors do and refine
A dedicated web team handles the design and development, working from the same content strategy as the rest of your marketing, so the site, the ads and the posts all say the same thing.
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