Strikingly – Create a Mobile Website

Consumers are increasingly accessing the web from their smartphones and tablets, which is why having a website that’s optimized for mobile is more important now than ever. Strikingly is a web-application that people can use to create one-page websites for their businesses, side projects, or personal brands.

To create your mobile site, select the category it will fall under — choosing between Business/Project, Personal, or Portfolio — and choose the Strikingly template that best fits with the image you’re trying to promote. Strikingly provides editing tools that you can use to customize the template you’ve chosen without any coding or design skills. Just click on the specific page feature you’d like to change, type in your update, and click “Save.” You can delete certain elements (like photos or graphics) with one click of a button, upload images directly to your website from your desktop or social media accounts, and edit those images from right inside the Strikingly platform.

When you’re done editing your site, give it a title and select a Striking.ly URL. Strikingly gives premium users the option to register their own domains through its system. Users with upgraded accounts also get access to “mobile actions,” like click-to-call buttons, texting, directions, and emailing features, as well as advanced options like password protection, custom code editing, and a/b testing thanks to Strikingly’s integration with Optimizely.com.

Practical Uses:

• Make sure smartphone users can access your company’s website
• Promote yourself by making a personal landing page
• Post your work portfolio on a one-page mobile website
• Add a click-to-call button to your mobile site

Insider Tips:

• Add page descriptions and meta tags to help search engines find your site
• Users with a yearly subscription plan can get a domain name for free
• Strikingly integrates with Optimizely and Google Analytics
• Password protected websites can be hidden from search engines

What we liked:

• Strikingly makes it very easy for people to create their own websites
• All websites are optimized for mobile visitors
• Strikingly’s templates are stylish and modern
• Users can edit photos from within the Strikingly platform

What we didn’t like:

• Strikingly doesn’t offer very many templates for users to choose from

Alternatives:

• About.me – http://about.me
• dooid – http://dooid.me
• Flavors.me – http://flavors.me
• Onepager – http://onepagerapp.com

Company Info:

• Launched: August 2012
• Privately Held
• Headquarters: San Francisco, California
• Founded by: David Haisha Chen, Teng Bao, and Dafeng Guo
• Web site: https://www.strikingly.com

Costs:

• Free plan
• Pro plan is $16 per month
• Limited plan is $8 per month