# Before You Start

> Independent digital strategy advice for growing businesses, before launches, migrations, agency appointments and technology decisions.

Use the journey overviews to understand the decisions and specialist input relevant to a project. Public pages show an ordered route map, not individual stage guidance pages. Copy as Markdown or Copy questions for AI provides four key questions, a short journey introduction, the source link and a suggested starting prompt.

Our perspectives bring different disciplines to the decision: the assumptions to question, the evidence to look for and the trade-offs to consider at each stage. Use this guidance to prepare for a conversation about your project. Submitting the enquiry form requests a conversation; it does not confirm a booked appointment.

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## Start here

- [Before You Start](https://beforeyoustart.com/): Our approach and full journey catalogue.
- [About Before You Start](https://beforeyoustart.com/about/): Lee Woodman, our experience and our independent approach.
- [Who we’ve worked with](https://beforeyoustart.com/who-weve-worked-with/): Project experience through Visit Digital.
- [How we work](https://beforeyoustart.com/#how-we-work): Timely strategic input at important decisions.
- [Let’s talk about your plans](https://beforeyoustart.com/#contact): Tell us about your decision and request a free 15-minute conversation about fit.

## Published decision journeys

- [New Website Build](https://beforeyoustart.com/journeys/new-website-build/): Define what your new website needs to achieve before committing to scope, suppliers and budget.
- [Domain Migration](https://beforeyoustart.com/journeys/migration/): Change your web address while protecting search visibility, customer trust and tracking.
- [Running Ads](https://beforeyoustart.com/journeys/running-ads/): Make paid advertising accountable, from the first campaign to profitable growth.

## Optional

- [Agent guide](https://beforeyoustart.com/agents.md): How to navigate the site, use its guidance and request a conversation.
- [Sitemap](https://beforeyoustart.com/sitemap.xml): Public pages, project experience, published journey overviews and machine-readable guides.
- [Crawler rules](https://beforeyoustart.com/robots.txt): Crawling guidance, separate from this content index.