My cousin said that she can make my business a website for cheap, she is learning WordPress
I got an email overnight from a guy in India that can make me a website for $500
My ISP has sent me a login to a website builder DIY tool
Firstly, all businesses need to be online, so if your budget only affords something simple, please do start with that.
Experienced website professionals won't just knock up a few pages using an off the shelf template that others also use.
Here are all the ingredients that make up a good business website:
- Competitor research
- SEO keyword research
- Persona definition
- User stories / expected target audience behaviour
- Wireframes
- Responsive design
- Professional UI design
- SEO friendly page copy
- SEO friendly URL structure
- Device and browser testing
- High performance web hosting
- Regular automtated hosting backups
- 301 redirects
- Support retainer