10 questions to ask yourself before you build a website

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Are you ready to take your work online? While the actual process of building a website is very simple, there are a few significant things to consider before you take the first step towards building your online presence as a creative professional. Things like: “What’s going to be the purpose of your website?” and “Who’s your target audience?” 

The way you answer these questions won’t just help you figure out a successful strategy for the future, it may even affect the way you launch your website in the first place. 

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Ritoban Mukherjee

Ritoban Mukherjee is a tech and innovations journalist from West Bengal, India. He writes about creative software, from AI website builders, to image manipulation tools, to digital art generators, and beyond. He has also been published on Tom's Guide, Techradar, IT Pro, Gizmodo, Quartz, and Mental Floss.

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