Before you set your sites on slaying the competition with your amazing website redesign, you may want to consider a few things. Not every website is ready for a redesign. Neither is every business.
Instead of diving in and having wireframes and graphic mock-ups (or hifis) done and spending hundreds or thousands of dollars, stop and take time to develop more awareness.
Don’t launch a sinking ship…
http://business2community.com/web-design/15-signs-your-website-redesign-is-doomed-from-the-start-02273724/