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<\/a><\/p>\nOnce you download the agenda, you can review the below notes so we’re on the same page.<\/p>\n Having an agenda at your new website design kickoff meeting is a simple and powerful #workhack that I guarantee will save you time, and inevitably reduce stress.You can easily avoid that dreaded feeling one gets when leaving an important meeting and realizing you forgot to bring up something super important and could have prevented that by bringing an agenda.\u00a0It also stops those awkward moments of silence at the beginning of meetings. I’ve done all the hard work, you just have to do the easy part and click the download button. Good luck.<\/p>\n Note: You can create unlimited checklist agenda’s for free, at our sister site, https:\/\/www.checkli.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of my biggest pet peeves, when I was CEO of The Ocean Agency, was\u00a0not\u00a0bringing an agenda to web design kickoff meetings. Agendas are really just simple checklists that are ridiculously\u00a0easy to create and imperative to have in order to run an efficient meeting. Once you create an agenda, they’re very easy to maintain. You […]","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":4317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[34,4],"tags":[],"series":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/website-design-kickoff-meeting-agenda.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/itunes-cover.jpg","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"<\/a><\/p>\nAgenda notes:<\/h2>\n
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\nThe agency’s project manager should lead the meeting by introducing the agency. Then each team member in the agency should introduce themself and briefly discuss what their role is on the project.<\/li>\n
\nEach person on the client side should introduce him or herself, as well as state their roles at the company.<\/li>\n
\nThe client should discuss the company’s\u00a0history, corporate culture, services, products and anything else the agency should know about the company.<\/li>\n
\nThe client should describe their target market including:\u00a0gender, age, location, and profile.<\/li>\n
\nThe client should list and discuss any online and offline competitors, as well as list or show top competitor websites.<\/li>\n
\nThe client should showcase and walk the agency through their current website.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should review the contract, project details, and give a thorough overview of the project.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should review and clarify all technology to be used including:\u00a0platform, language, DB, CMS, and programming language. This is also the time to discuss any major technology components like ecommerce, logins, database, web apps, etc.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should clearly list and review all goals for this project, such as clearer communication, responsive design, increased conversions, improved SEO, improved scalability, etc.<\/li>\n
\nThis is an extremely important part of the meeting. The agency must clarify who is responsible for the content and when it will be delivered.
\nNote: Content responsibility should be included in the SEO contract<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n
\nThe agency should discuss local and\/or organic SEO including: keyword research, landing page optimization and website optimization best practices.
\nNote: The Agency should briefly discuss SEO and content marketing as a possible phase two.<\/em><\/li>\n
\nThe agency should clearly review and layout milestones, deadlines, and launch dates. The agency can chose to deliver a timeline at kickoff or 2-3 days after.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should introduce and review the project management software with the client.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should request a list of items the agency will need to complete the project, as well as the dates those requests are needed.
\nNote: The agency can also deliver this list of requests 2-3 days after the kickoff meeting.<\/em><\/li>\n
\nThe agency should introduce a monthly maintenance and updates option for post project launch.<\/li>\n
\nThe client should ask the agency any final questions before concluding the kickoff meeting.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should state what the immediate next steps are after the kickoff meeting.<\/li>\n
\nThe agency should thank the client and reassure them of the expected success of the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\nIn conclusion<\/h2>\n
Free Download: The Website Design Kickoff Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/blockquote>