Comms Support Session 3: Creating a simple website & connecting everything in cyberspace.

Part 1: Creating a very simple website and/or curating your webpage

If this is part of your Comms strategy, or you have had a website, but the link is broken – make your own website! It doesn’t have to be super technical or very complicated, keep it simple and manageable.

Have your Logo, tagline and basic branding
Start on Wordpress (super simple and not too expensive)
Keep your homepage short, and your menu simple (Max 5 tabs, no more, anything else gets files underneath
Basic Homepage structure
What, What, Who & How?
Newsletter
Images!
Basic Menu structure (depending on what you do)
What/About
Who
Team
Directory
Involvement/Resources
Contact/Anchors/Newsletter
The most important thing to keep in mind is keep it/design it to be low-maintenance (any regular updates – use your Newsletter and social media (if you have any).

Part 2: Linking all of your platforms together (don't let anything float in cyberspace)

Especially if you have multiple platforms – you need to have them represented across each other. Here is how to do this:

Website (have all your icons live and central – high up, active, and easy to see)
Be able to share things on other people’s social media, especially if you don’t have your own.
Instagram (Linktree or website)
Twitter (Linktree or Website)
Youtube (have all your icons)
LinkedIn (Website)
We use Linktree so that we can send people straight to something that we want them to see – such as our Newsletter sign up, or a video, or specific campaign, but best if it can be made low maintenance.