Posts about: "Website Planning"
The Death of the Illustrator Sitemap: Why Manual Drawing is Costing Your Agency Money
For too long, the humble sitemap has been a silent killer of agency profits. Not because it isn’t crucial, but because of how it’s traditionally been created. If your digital or creative agency is still painstakingly drawing sitemaps in tools like Illustrator or Visio, you’re not just creating a document, you’re building a monument to …
Why “Flat” Sitemaps are Killing Your Client’s User Experience
For many digital agencies, the initial phase of website planning often falls into a dangerous trap: the flat sitemap. Whether it is a simple bulleted list in a Word doc or a basic spreadsheet, these two dimensional outlines fail to capture the complexity of a modern digital ecosystem. When you present a flat structure, you …
Stop Ghosting: How a Live Content Tool Solves the “Waiting for Client Assets” Bottleneck
Every digital agency has been there. The discovery phase went perfectly. The visual sitemap for presentations was approved. The project is kicked off, the developers are ready, and then… silence. You are stuck waiting for the client to send over the “About Us” copy or the high-res team photos. This is the notorious content bottleneck, …
Beyond the Box: Using Color-Coded Sitemaps to Manage Client Expectations
In the fast-paced world of digital and creative agencies, managing client expectations is not just a best practice, it’s an art form. From initial pitches to final architectural sign-off, clear communication and tangible deliverables are paramount. This is where a powerful sitemap tool, specifically one with robust color-coding capabilities, becomes an indispensable asset. Forget those …
The Friday Sign-Off Secret: How Real-Time Guest Editing Saved a $20k Project
Every agency knows this moment. It is 4:47 pm on a Friday. The proposal is approved. The scope is locked. The build is queued for Monday. All that is left is one final sign-off on the sitemap. And then the email lands. “Can we just tweak a few things in the navigation?” This is the …
The 1,500-Page Migration: How We Used WriteMaps Crawler to Audit a Legacy Mess
Every digital agency has faced “The Beast.” You know the one: a legacy website that has grown unchecked for a decade, sprawling into a chaotic labyrinth of broken links, duplicate content, and forgotten subdirectories. Recently, one of our partner agencies was tasked with migrating a 1,500-page enterprise site. The client’s goal was a total redesign, …
The Ultimate Guide to Optimizing Your Website for Conversions
You had a great idea to build your website for a service you render, an experience you’ve curated, or a product that you want to sell. You chose a web company or maybe even decided to DIY and get involved in the entire process. Now, your website looks like what you want it to (or …
✅ The Website Structure Improvement Checklist ✅
So you’re looking at your website structure for a new website or redesign. That’s good, it’s worth your time. Just like in construction where “a structure is only as stable as its foundation”, the same applies to your website. Without the right website structure: it’s extremely easy to to confuse and lose visitors due to …
Site Mapping Guide: All your sitemap questions answered
Site mapping can sound like a daunting topic. I used to think so myself – but the basics are fairly simple to understand. It’s easy to get lost in the detail, so I’m gonna walk you through exactly what you need to know about ‘what are they’, ‘when to use them’, and ‘how to create’ …
Making a Website: The Absolute Basics
If you are new to websites, here’s a quick article that will help you understand the very basics of what is required to make a website. Three things you need to make a website: A domain name This is the name of your website (also called the base URL, or the web address). E.g. writemaps.com …