The latest web design trends for 2017

Keeping up with the latest web design trends can be challenging when you are running a full-time business. It is important that you keep your website up-to-date so keep up with your competitors.

This can be from both a design and SEO perspective as often they work hand in hand.

Video content is becoming more important for businesses, having awesome video content on your website can help improve user engagement and conversion rates.

Videos can also be uploaded to your social networks for circulation so you get more "bang for your buck".

At DCP we spent a minimum of 4 hours a week creating content for our educational YouTube channel. We also upload our video content natively to Facebook, LinkedIn and use them in our blog posts to increase user engagement.

Creating rich and unique content for your website can also help to increase your search engine rankings and conversion rates. Writing about the history of your company and the people that work in your business can bring a more "human feel" to your website.

Mobile smartphones are all the "rage", and optimising your website for mobile devices is simply a must.

Speak with your web developers to make an action plan for upgrading your website to be mobile-friendly.

Stock images are great, but unique images can enhance your website and image brand. Images can be a combination of photographs, infographics, charts, diagram, illustrations to mention just a few.

For some more awesome web design tips take a look at the infographic below designed by designhill.

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Blog post created by: DCP Website Designers