To develop a successful website you must first define a long-term strategy for reaching your companies goals. An effective strategy creates a foundation for success. You must develope a strategy that is flexible enough to respond to the Internet's ever changing requirements.

Once you define the strategy you need to develop a plan that encompasses all the requirement of a successful website design.The most important facet of Web design is the user, and a good website design consultant knows this. The design of a website or Web service should be driven by the user's needs. One cannot practice business website design without being affected by the expectations of future users.

There are a lot of important details to be decided before the first line of code is created. Here are five steps of many that need to be completed before you can start the design.

• Completly understand what processes are involved in the building of a Website
• Strategic planning to align media and business objectives
• Understanding your target audience demographics and drivers
• Effective content (verbal communication)
• Strict adherence to usability standards and best practices