Planning The Launch Of Your Website?
For launching a new website when it comes to WordPress websites, at Design Box Media, we follow a meticulous process. Find out more about our top 40 checklist that we use to ensure everything goes well below…
Let’s Begin
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1. Determine your goals. What are the objectives the website is aiming to achieve?
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2. What offer are you going to include with the launch?
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3. No doubt, you expect the launch to be big. It is a good idea to contact your merchant account provider to warn them that you will be expecting a large number of sales.
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4. Are you going to offer a payment plan? This is something that needs to be considered for higher priced services or products.
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5. Make it interesting and fun.
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6. Set a date and time for your launch.
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7. Clear your schedule in the lead up to the launch and create margin.
Pre-launch Website Checklist
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8. Now, you’re into the pre-launch section, which involves creating the campaign. All blog posts and emails should be mapped out.
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9. Craft a genesis story that evokes emotion.
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10. Create a sense of identity and belonging to your service and product.
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11. Ask your target consumer base if there is something they are interested in before you build it.
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12. Acknowledge and include any audience involvement so you can demonstrate their commitment.
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13. Release special pre-launch content to help you get some results in advance.
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14. Prepare additional marketing materials.
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15. Create the sales video or page.
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16. Do something original that is going to make you stand out from the rest.
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17. Review what is working so far.
Mid-Launch Website Checklist
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18. Set up an order and checkout process.
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19. Put together a welcome email, and make sure you follow up.
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20. Get other people to review your sales page.
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21. Triple-check everything.
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22. Proof and edit the sales page and get someone else to as well.
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23. Send everything – your email announcement and blog post – out.
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24. Post on social media.
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25. Update affiliates
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26. Update people regarding the launch feedback so far.
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27. Ask strategic partners for assistance with spreading the word.
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28. Listen to your feedback and respond – often the most important point of them all!
Website Post-Launch Checklist
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29. Now the launch is over, you should celebrate.
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30. Follow through with initial buyers.
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31. Create a survey.
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32. Smooth out any kinks.
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33. Wrap it up – remove bonuses and close carts.
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34. Over-deliver on value.
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35. Make the experience memorable.
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36. Automate feedback.
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37. Give your audience an update.
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38. Review.
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40. Plan ahead for your next launch.
In conclusion:
So there you have it!
The 40-point checklist we use to guarantee launch success! We hope you took something useful from this blog to assist you in whatever way it has. If you’d like to learn a little more, or find out something interesting, then check out the blogs below!
