Before choosing new colors or planning a complete rebuild, review how clearly your current site answers those questions. A redesign brief becomes more useful when it identifies the communication problems the new website needs to solve.

Here are five places to start.

1. Your headline describes ambition, not your offer

Statements such as “Building a better tomorrow” can express a brand’s personality, but they do not explain what a visitor can buy or request.

Pair your main headline with a straightforward explanation of your service, audience and purpose. For example, a bookkeeping business could say: “Monthly bookkeeping for growing service businesses,” followed by a short explanation of what the service includes.

You do not need to fit your entire business into one sentence. Give people enough information to decide whether they should keep reading.

2. Your navigation reflects your organization chart

Internal department names may mean little to someone visiting for the first time. Review each menu label from a customer’s perspective. Could a new visitor predict what they would find behind it?

Use recognizable labels and group related services together. If you offer several services, give each one a clear introduction rather than asking a single page to explain everything at once.

A useful exercise is to give someone unfamiliar with your business a task: find a particular service, view an example or locate contact details. Notice where they hesitate. Treat their confusion as a question the website needs to answer.

3. Your proof does not match your claims

If you promise thoughtful design, show the design. If you describe a particular project, explain the brief, your contribution and what was delivered.

Generic praise can support a broader introduction, but it should not replace relevant examples. Clearly distinguish real client work from concept illustrations, and avoid implying that a testimonial covers a service the client did not use.

You do not need dramatic numbers to tell a useful project story. Specific, accurate context is more valuable than an unsupported success claim.

4. Your next step is unclear

“Learn more” is sometimes appropriate, but it does not always tell visitors what comes next. Match the button label to the action: “View Website Projects,” “Request a Consultation” or “Send Your Project Brief.”

Choose a primary action for each page and keep secondary actions visually quieter. Before a form or booking link, explain what the visitor is requesting. Do not promise an immediate quote if your team first needs to review the scope.

5. Your form asks for more than the first conversation needs

Review every required field. Does your team need that information to respond, or could it be discussed later?

Keep labels clear, distinguish optional fields and explain what happens after submission. Check the form on a phone as well as a desktop. Submit a test inquiry and confirm that both the visitor and the receiving team get the expected outcome.

Turn the review into a focused brief

Write down one issue, one proposed change and one way to check the result for each gap. This gives your designer or developer a concrete starting point. Some problems may need a structural change; others may need clearer copy or a simpler form.

A useful website is not just a collection of attractive sections. It is a sequence of answers that helps the right visitor make a decision.

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