Making A Website For Profit
Posted on September 04, 2009 by admin
I have had a small business for some time now, but I realized that I had come to a point where I needed to expand my base. A presence on the Internet is an important part of small business today, so I decided it was high time I began researching the fine art of making a website. I started out knowing two things: First I didn’t have much money to invest in this venture; and second, I didn’t know the first thing about making a website on my own.
I decided I needed to do some research first, so I went online to gain all the knowledge I could about this process. I quickly found more than enough information about making a website, whether I decided to tackle the project myself or hire someone else to do it. I learned that there were plenty of options in this process, and I would be able to find success if I did my homework beforehand.
The first option was to hire a trained professional to do the job, and this was tempting indeed with my limited experience in the technical arena. I found that some experts in this field will charge a pretty reasonable fee for making a website, considering how much they could offer to build a really cool, attention-getting site. However, even the lowest fees were a bit steep for my budget at the time, so I decided to go it alone for the time being.
So, I decided in making the site on my own. Anyway, I figured that I could just get someone to touch it up and improve it later on. This means that I won’t be paying as much since they’re not building the site from nothing.
The online resources I found offered plenty of good step-by-step information for making a website, from choosing your domain name and designing your actual pages, to promoting your presence using the right content to draw prospective clients in.
Some of these were aptly referred to as tutorials, because they walked you through the entire process with language that was easy for even the least techno-savvy to understand. Yep, that’s me!
The moment my site was up and running, all I needed to do was spruce it up with graphics, my logo, pictures and buttons to make it more appealing to the readers. Surprisingly, the process was actually fun and not hard to do.
However, I am looking forward to bringing an expert in to help me with the finer points of making a website that will give my pages that final, professional touch that will certainly allow me to put my best cyber-foot forward. Look out Internet, here I come!
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Lee, Blogger's Workshop
- 5th Sep, 09 07:09pm
The “do it yourself” approach can indeed be quite tempting. Unfortunately, unless you are an experienced coder, it can involve a lot of banging your head against the desk (I’ve found this out from personal experience). Fortunately, there are several freelancing sites where you can find professional help without breaking the budget – Elance, iFreelance, and Guru, just to name a few.
Best of luck finding a professional to meet your needs!
Lee
Mogul
- 7th Sep, 09 08:09am
I’m really fond of this theme.. is it the same one yousuckatcraigslist.com uses? Anyway, it’s really clean and attractive. Much nicer than the one you had been using. Well done!
Cynthia
- 8th Sep, 09 08:09am
I started off doing it by myself, but after our numbers started rising, I basically stepped it up and hired a designer. Best decision I have ever made. Your site is super clean and sometimes I miss having a blank Kanvas so you got a hard choice to make lol