Website Work
Website owners need their website to represent them to the world by displaying what they do in a clear concise manner. It should present well on a phone, a tablet and on a computer. It must be secure, easy to read, simple to navigate, and offer easy methods for the visitor to make contact. It may also be leveraged for online payments.
Social media as a business website has been a popular thing lately for a lot of people. Facebook, Twitter, and others platforms like them are filtering their results and selling access to better listing positions.
Blog engines as websites are popular today. I see even for website developers use them. That is not what I like but it makes sense because it simplifies the programming and makes updating content easier. Except, the blog engine itself can stand in the way of even a seasoned developers’ design goals because of its’ dependence upon available templates and plugins. How do you deliver a cool custom looking site using a wheel someone else designed if it is not exactly what the client asks for?
What should all of that cost. Yes, it does cost something. Do you want to spend 100 a month for hosting for your website? How much do you pay for your internet? Do you pay for online advertising already? What should you pay a developer to use a wysiwyg blog engine you could just as easily leverage all by yourself?
What if you combined the cost and used your own internet to host it? Then there are no more website hosting costs. You now have control over your own hosting and you can even back it up to an external hard drive! You have more control over it.
Everyone is different. We can be told by any expert what “they” feel is best for you. But really, only you know what your needs are.
I believe if you come from the perspective that your website should be made in a way that it:
- is easy to maintain
- is affordable to host and maintain
- improves functionality over time
- does not expose you to online attackers
that you are on the right track.
There are several personalities out there. I feel I could put all website owners into one of 3 categories.
- Some want me to do everything.
- Some want to tell me how to do everything.
- Some just can not decide what they want.
Where ever you are that is fine. It is important to me that you have a good experience and your goals are met. I have a great system of identifying what you have, what you want, and how to get there. This serves everyone in that list quite well.
What about scale?
- Do you represent a bigger company that requires an identity system to be connected to their website? Are you hosting through azure, google, or amazon web services?
- Did you have trouble getting changes made to your site?
- Do you just need a website but have not figured out how yet?
It costs nothing for a free consult. Please schedule an appointment today so we can discuss what your online goals are.