Website Building – Answers To Frequently Asked Questions
Posted by Website Builder on October 24, 2009 under Website Design | 
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Any business that has plans to succeed needs to have a great web presence. Even if you do nothing more that build a simple business website explaining who and what your company is and does, many potential customers will not take you seriously, especially if you don’t have a URL (i.e. a domain name address) that they can visit to learn more about your business.
You can either find a professional web development company or freelance website designer to design a quality website for your company, or you can learn how to build a website yourself.
In this post, I hope to address several concerns and questions you may have about website design and building a website for your business.
What are some reputable website design or web creation software programs?
To create your own website without a minimum amount of design experience, you will need a website design program. Website design software helps take all the guesswork out of creating your own page. Some of the more popular website design software programs include the following: Macromedia Fireworks, Namo Webeditor, CoffeeCup HTML, Microsoft Frontpage, Dreamweaver and Microsoft Visual Web Developer. You can download many of these programs directly from the internet at the company’s website. Sometimes you can even get a free trial, so you can try the software before you buy it.
If you are interested in creating a website for yourself or designing web sites for others without learning technical code (like HTML), you may want to consider looking at XSitePro. XSitePro is the leading web creation software tool for non-web designers and this feature rich award-winning program makes the process of creating professional quality websites extremely fast, simple and easy.
Can I design and build my own business website?
You can design and build your own website — but if you don’t have any experience, this task is better left to professionals. This is your business that you’re putting out there for everybody to see. You want to be sure that somebody experienced is handling the task. Developing an impressive, quality website takes years of training and it’s not something you can learn in a matter of a few weeks. For the best potential success with your business, a website that customers will remember is of vital importance. The best way to accomplish this is by hiring a professional.
Having said this, however, there is no reason why you can’t learn how to build a website and build your own professional web site. As it happens, the makers of XSitePro have just recently launched a comprehensive and affordable training course that takes you step-by-step through the entire process of planning, designing and building a website that guarantees to help you get your own web site built and up and running in around 30 days from start to finish.
This training program is called the Complete Guide To Website Building, and it is the best and most affordable way to learn how to build your very own professional quality website or websites available in the market today. It is sold with an unheard of 365 day money-back guarantee. I have put together a special bonus for anyone who purchases this excellent training course through this website. You can check out more details about the bonus here: Special Bonus.
I need a website fast. Are there any web design shortcuts until I can hire a professional?
You can do a few things to design your website without the expensive website design programs and without hiring a professional. If you know anything at all about designing a website, you can design it using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Powerpoint. Then convert the file to HTML format and save it to your computer as a webpage. You can then upload your design onto a webpage. If it is for a business, this should only be a temporary solution until you can get a professionally made website built, so your potential customers will not be distracted or put off by the amateur appearance of your business’s webpage.
Again, I recommend looking into the Complete Guide To Website Building if you are looking for an affordable way to build a professional quality business website.
Useful Tip: If you don’t want to do the work of learning how to build a website yourself and you don’t have the money to outsource your web development work to a professional company, then I strongly recommend you take a look at the Complete Guide To Website Building training program and then get a member of your staff (or even a reliable young person like a neighbor, niece, nephew, etc …) to go through the learning and web building process. This will save you hundreds to thousands of dollars and you’ll end up with a great looking professional website that only cost you a few hundred dollars to create.
Who holds the copyright for my website?
The answer to that question depends on who paid for the website. If you are a business owner and you hired somebody to design a website for your business, you own the copyright, as long as you pay the website designer for the services. Unless there is a written agreement that states otherwise, this is how most website design transactions take place. If the website designer created the website and you have not paid for it, they will continue to own the copyright until you have paid for the services. Either way, you and the designer should have a written agreement that explains what happens for this type of situation.
Why should I design a website?
A website can serve many purposes. The biggest reason people want a website is because they have a service or a product to offer. A well-designed website will expose their business to a wider audience, as well as provide existing customers with updated information. With a website, the company’s information and products are available to customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It’s also cheaper than printing out flyers, newsletters, and brochures. In the age of the world wide web, having a website designed and built for your business will help prevent you from being left behind in this ultra competitive modern world of ours.
How many pages do I need for my website?
The number of pages you need will depend on the type of service or product you offer. Small business websites typically have from 3-5 pages (i.e. “About Us” page, “Products / Services Description” page, “Contact Us” page, “Articles” page, etc. – but each product or service you offer may also have its own page). Large companies and e-commerce websites will probably need several pages to be sure they get all the necessary information on their site.
For a website to be as successful as possible, it needs to provide all of the information that a potential customer is looking for. If it doesn’t, the customer might find the information on a competitor’s website and purchase the exact same product or service from them instead. In short, there is no simple answer as to how many pages your website needs. Either spend a little time on web site planning to determine this, or contact a website design company to help you determine the best answer for your particular needs.
What are some things I should put on my company’s website?
You should put as much information on your website as you can, as long as it’s relevant to the subject matter of your business. The more relevant information on your page, the more impressed the customers will be, the more time you will save (customer can research your products and services on their own time) — and the higher your page ranking will be with the major search engines, especially if you do proper search engine optimization (SEO).
You can put a wide variety of components on your website, including: testimonials from satisfied customers, a description of your services or products and a profile of your company’s history. You can also put a list of frequently asked questions so customers have a “quick reference guide” to concerns they may have about your products or services.
Can I maintain my own website after a professional designs it?
In many instances, you can maintain your own website. However, you have to ask yourself how much your time is worth. If you have little or no experience with website design or maintenance, it could take you hours to do the proper maintenance needed, whereas it could take a professional merely minutes. If you have some extra money, it would probably be worth paying a professional website designer to maintain your website. Sometimes a company will even include this in the price of designing the site, so ask about it when you hire them.
If you plan on maintaining your website in-house, then I recommend looking into the Complete Guide To Website Building, which takes you through the entire process of planning, designing, building and maintaining your website (maintaining your website is covered in Module 25 of the training program).
I’m trying to decide between a freelance website designer and a large web development company. Any suggestions?
With either choice, there are things that you should consider. A freelance web designer can give you more personalized attention and customized services that a large web development company may not be willing to offer. You might also get a cheaper price with a freelancer, but big companies often have specials and discounts that you can take advantage. Also, a bigger company has several experts that will work on your website instead of just one. The best thing to do is research some freelance web designers and companies to see which one is best suited for your specific needs.
For more information about outsourcing your website to a freelancer, go here: freelance website design services
How much will a company charge me for designing and building my website?
Web design companies will charge you a rate that depends on many variables. You will be asked several questions to help decide how much to charge for your particular case. For instance, you will need to know things like the size of the website you want, what programs you want on the page, who is going to write the content for your website, who is creating the graphics, and many other factors. Generally, website creation will cost from a few hundred to several thousand dollars or more, depending on the specifics of what you want your website to have and to do. A website design professional may be able to give you a quote over the phone so you can get a better idea of what you can expect to pay.
I hope you have found this information useful and I wish you great success getting your business website up and running. Remember to check out the Complete Guide To Website Building if you want to shave years off your learning curve and build a professional quality website for your business fast, and don’t forget to check out my special bonus for purchasing this excellent website building training product through this site.
