Websites by purpose.
Kinds of site, by Max Miskow
An expert’s site and a sales page are built from different parts. Each page here takes one kind of site apart: what goes on it, the job each part does, and real sites that do it well.
Expert website
For consultants, coaches and advisers who sell what they know. A good expert site does the first meeting for you: the right person sees you can solve their problem, finds proof, and books a call.
Consultants, coaches and advisers who sell their expertise
Personal website
For developers, designers, speakers, writers and founders whose name is the brand. A good personal site says who you are and what you do now, shows the work, and gives everyone who looks you up a clear next step.
Developers, designers, speakers, writers, authors and founders
Sales page
For course creators, authors and makers who sell one product online. A good sales page answers a buyer’s questions in the order they ask them, and ends with a price they can say yes to.
Course creators, authors, coaches and makers of digital products
B2B website
For agencies, studios and consultancies that sell services to businesses. A good B2B site lets buyers do their homework alone: they see who you work with, what it takes to start, and what happens after they write.
Agencies, studios and consultancies that sell services to businesses
Law firms and professional services
For law firms, accountants, architects, engineers and advisers. A firm’s site is where a referral gets checked: it has to say whom you act for and on what, put your people and your work in front, and make the first conversation easy to start.
Websites by industry
Home and local services
For trades, cleaners, clinics, salons and studios that serve people nearby. A local service site has one job: turn someone with a problem into a booked visit. It has to answer fast: do you come to me, what does it cost, how soon, and can I trust you.
Websites by industry
Launch website
For founders and teams about to launch a product. A good launch site makes the product real before anyone can buy it, gives people a reason to sign up now, and says plainly when, how much, and what happens to their money.
Founders and product teams before and at launch
Mobile app website
For teams with an iOS or Android app, from a first release to a growing product. A good app site shows the app at work, lets others vouch for it, says what it costs and puts the download one tap or one scan away.
Teams with an iOS or Android app, from a first release to a growing product
Event website
For conferences, summits and meetups. A good event site answers what, when and where on the first screen, shows who will be in the room, and sells each visitor the ticket that fits them before the price goes up.
Organisers of conferences, summits and industry events
Careers website
For companies that are hiring. A good careers site tells the right people why they would want the job and the wrong ones why they would not, then shows the roles, the pay and the process before anyone has to ask.
Companies that are hiring, from startups to growing teams
Real estate development website
For developers selling the homes in one new building or estate. A good development site shows the building in its place, lets each buyer find the home that fits, with its plan, price and status, and makes booking a viewing the easy next step.
Developers selling homes in one new building or estate
Non-profits and campaigns
For charities, foundations, nonprofits and campaigns. A good site moves someone from caring to acting: it says what you do in one sentence, shows what a gift changes and where the money goes, and makes giving, signing or volunteering take a minute.
Websites by industry
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