Roundup: Tips for How To Design A Homepage.

Tips for How to Design A Homepage

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Homepage is definitely an important part of your website, or most likely the most important one. This will tell your visitors immediately who you are and what you offer. It is important that you must create this page very clearly and encourage the visitors to find out more pages.

If you are planning to create a website and start with your homepage, make sure to take note some important lists in building a very effective and impacting design of the homepage. We have collected the best design tips for you so you will be guided in making your dream website’s homepage strategic and beautiful. Understand the needs of your target audience and customers. Which kind of designs do you think will make you stay on a website and scroll more if you are trying to sell a specific product or offer some services? These are just some of the most important parts that you need to consider. Make your visitors stay the first time they see your homepage and turn them into customers.

21 Homepage Design Tips Every Marketer Should Memorize

By Bob Ruffolo @impactbnd

  1. Make it Immediately Clear What You Offer
  2. Add a Call-to-Action Above the Fold
  3. Only Use High-Quality, Original Images
  4. Test Your Design on Mobile Devices
  5. Use Contrasting Colors
  6. Add Directional Cues
  7. Ditch the Slider or Carousel
  8. Make Use of Whitespace
  9. Remove the Sidebar
  10. Add Real Product Photos
  11. Feature Video
  12. Create Emotion with Color
  13. Add Social Proof
  14. Limit the Amount of Copy
  15. Consider a Search Function
  16. Maintain Balance and Structure
  17. Emphasize Typography
  18. Include Blog Highlights
  19. Optimize Load Time
  20. Use Smart Content
  21. Update Often

18 Practical Websites Homepage Design Tips and Excellent Examples

By Trista Liu @mockplus

  1. Display your identity clearly
  2. Make usage on multiple devices
  3. Set useful links and compelling CTAs
  4. Target your users
  5. Keep test and remain updated
  6. Use high-quality and matched images
  7. Adopt balanced color scheme
  8. Abandon the sidebar
  9. Make it simple and keep the white space
  10. Set a featured video (it depends on the category of your site)
  11. Optimize load time
  12. Display social proof and user feedback
  13. Involve your corporate culture
  14. Blog and features highlights (promotional)
  15. Add a search box
  16. Attach afeatured image to your homegape
  17. Hues and navigation
  18. Typography and font

12 Critical Elements Every Website Homepage Must Have [Infographic]

By Lindsay Kolowich @hubspot

  1. Headline
  2. Sub-headline
  3. Primary Calls-to-Action
  4. Supporting Image
  5. Benefits
  6. Social Proof
  7. Navigation
  8. Content Offer
  9. Secondary Calls-to-Action
  10. Features
  11. Resources
  12. Success Indicators

Top 7 Tips to Creating a Stunning Homepage

@ipage

  1. Focus On Your Visitors
  2. Keep It Clean And Simple
  3. Include Key Content
  4. Link To Other Sections
  5. Make It Visually Appealing
  6. Think About The Scroll
  7. Prove Your Credentials

7 Best Practices for Improving Your Website’s Usability

By Jacob Gube @mashable

  1. Keep Content as Concise as Possible
  2. Use Headings to Break Up Long Articles
  3. Help Readers Scan Your Webpages Quickly
  4. Use Bulleted Lists and Text Formatting
  5. Give Text Blocks Sufficient Spacing
  6. Make Hyperlinked Text User-Friendly
  7. Use Visuals Strategically

Homepage Strategy & Tips

By Devon Cox @goinflow

  1. The purpose of a website homepage
  2. Site Transparency
  3. User Experience – Give ’em What They Want

21 Tips to Make Your eCommerce Homepage a Conversion Magnet

By Shubhi Ahluwalia @vwo

  1. Give Them an Ever-present Search Box
  2. Organize the Navigation Bar
  3. Use Browsing History for Personalization
  4. Have a Persistent Shopping Cart
  5. Announce Location and Phone Number
  6. Flaunt Popular Partners and Associates
  7. Give the Rotating Carousels a Break
  8. Have an Easily Identifiable Sale Section
  9. Declare Free Shipping
  10. Bring All ‘Ways to Save’ Under One Roof
  11. Make Use of a Cool Modal Box
  12. Prove Live Chat Support
  13. Don’t Blindly Trust the Trust Badges
  14. A/B Test What Products to Display
  15. Create Scarcity to Get Them Hooked
  16. Convey Value Proposition Straight up
  17. Encourage Sharing
  18. Give Important Info in Top Line Banner
  19. Answer Frequently Asked Questions
  20. Tell Them You’ve Been in News
  21. Leverage User-generated Content to Your Advantage

Best Homepage Design Examples And Tips For 2019

By Satyendra Tewari @digitalvidya

  1. Dropbox
  2. Slack
  3. Green Mountain Energy
  4. CarMax
  5. StudioPress
  6. CrazyEgg
  7. Trivago
  8. Century 21
  9. Marc Jacobs
  10. Laura Worthington Fonts
  11. Skype
  12. Bookouture
  13. The Motley Fool
  14. THRED UP
  15. Abacus Plumbing
  16. Nest
  17. Toastmasters International
  18. Ensurem

Top Tips To Have Best Homepage Design 

  1. Being clear should be a practice that should be followed religiously.
  2. You should aim at being dynamic. Visitors should be able to engage with different elements on the homepage design
  3. The website should be able to load faster as impatient leads drop out fast if they have to wait for long.
  4. It is always advised that the website is mobile friendly as lost of the traffic is now shifting focus to smartphones.

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