It’s that time of year for strategic planning. Or is there ever not a time for strategic planning. For us the end of year can either be crazy busy or a slow side into the new year. No in-between and no predicting it. When things get busy a Website Strategic Plan for 2026 sometimes has to wait for 2026. If you want to be sitting here in December next year feeling like you accomplished something. You need a plan. Here are some resources to help you get started.
Why I Like a Website Strategic Plan
- As a webmaster, it helps to know where your priorities are. Your plan defines for us what we work on first and where the most billable time should be used.
- When other problems or ideas come up during the year, its good to have a plan to refer to. Instead of fire-fighting in the moment, you can look at what is happening now, compared to your plan. Then decide what gets attention next.
- Prevents you from chasing the trends. The world of websites changes all the time. There is always a new thing. A new crisis. A new trick that will give you your next big advantage. They are trends and not always best practices. If you have a website plan in place you will be less tempted to chase the next shiny toy. Instead you will finish goals set for your website to improve your business.
Website Planning Resources from Cybervise
You can find all of these free resources on our website.
- Webinar Recording – If you are trying to find an explanation for lower website traffic numbers, this may be it. Great exercise to begin planning website content for next year. “What is Content Decay? How to find lost traffic“.
- Technical SEO Audit – Cybervise has a free Technical SEO Audit. When you sign-up we do hands-on review of each site and send a comprehensive report. To get started, request an Audit on our site. (Note: Cybervise SEO Clients- you guys get this every week, so no need to sign-up for this.)
- Website Strategic Plan Download – Free planning document available on our website. Typically I update this yearly. This year will be different and I suspect I will be making regular updates to this. Especially in the SEO section. Do enter a good email when you signup for the download so I can email a link to an updated document throughout the year.
- Guide to Website Maintenance – Managing a professional website should always include Website Maintenance. Here is the Cybervise Guide to Website Maintenance. All of your questions answered.
Website Strategic Plan Resources that We are using.
Here are just a couple of thinks from other experts with really good planning articles. I have these saved in my notes and we are using the info for our own planning. I recommend picking a few quiet minutes to read and take notes.
AI forces Strategic Questions instead of SEO Tactics – This article talks about defining your website strategy on what you want to so with AI and online visibility. But there is also just some really good planning techniques too.
SMART Goals – We have been referencing this page all year. Keeping our eye out for the new 2026 version. But the info is timeless and a good source for all things planning.
Strategic Planning in Times of Uncertainty – Another article we have gone back to several times this year. Good suggestions to keep focused in moments of panic. The article was for 2025, but uncertainty will likely still be around in 2026.
Web Accessibility Review – Make it part of your plan.
Website user experience will become a competitive advantage. The better experience a visitor has on your site, the more likely they are to return. This means a Web Accessibility Review is a strategic business move.
Here is how our Web Accessibility Services work:
- Everyone starts with the Review. This is a fixed-bid project based on the size of your website. It includes the initial assessment and the compliance review after the website is updated. The Review is not included in our Maintenance Plans.
- Based on the results of the Review, Cybervise can do the work to remediate the site of compliance issues. Cybervise clients can use their plan hours for remediation. Otherwise we can provide a quote on what it would take to clean up the site.
- If your site changes on a frequent basis or your industry requires a high level of compliance. Cybervise has maintenance services to monitor and repair compliance issues on a regular basis.There is more information on the Website Accessibility Review at www.cybervise.com. Please contact us with any questions or for an initial quote.
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