If you had someone design a web site for you, you have come to realize that whenever you need to make changes to the site (and there were more changes than you ever realized) you have to go back to your designer to make them…and that costs more money.
Maybe to fix this you decided to create a blog to inform people about updates about your business. Not a bad thought but now you have to work on getting people to visit both sites. (Please note: A blog can be strategically important to creating a relationship with prospects and customers and driving traffic but it’s focus should be on just that and not a band-aid fix for your main site).
Or there’s the option of hiring a web designer to create your site and allows you to log in to a content management system to make your own changes. A great option but at a high price.
Have you looked into online DIY web site services where you can create your own web site? My current favorite is www.yola.com. They have several templates you can customize with your own images. It’s all online so you can easily access and make changes whenever you want to. It’s amazingly simple to use–almost as easy as using Word. You can incorporate your search engine friendly keywords without having to learn HTML. They also have many fun additions to include like a Google map, videos, an online store, Google Adsense ads, widgets from SpringWidget and Widgetbox and more with just a click and drag.
Oh, and it’s FREE.
Use your existing URL and have it point to the site you create on Yola (they give you instructions) or they can purchase a URL for you for a professional business presence.
Certainly a custom web site created by a design professional and maintained by that designer or through a content management system is the ideal way to go. But if your budget just can’t support this, an online DIY web creation service has become a great way to go.
Other sites worth looking into are hubpages.com, homestead.com, joomla.org, smallbusiness.officelive.com/Home, webs.com and weebly.com.
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Thanks u r information
Some people have to learn the hard way. ,