When you’re getting a website built, make sure you have planned ahead. Because getting a website built is only the start.
AFTER the site is built and launched, what then? Because the launch of a site is only the beginning. If you’re serious about making your website work, work as well as possible, and to continue to work well for you, there are going to be changes.
Here are a few of the questions you should ask and answer to your satisfaction in deciding who will build your site and where it will be hosted:
1. How will I get changes to the website done?
2. Will the site be built to make SEO (Search Engine Optimization) easy or even practical?
3. Will it be easy or even possible to make changes to the look, navigation or other common elements?
4. Will it be easy to add pages?
5. How do I get email accounts added or changed?
Perhaps not all of these questions are important to you – but I wouldn’t bet against it.
There are many solutions to getting a website built that don’t serve these needs well. And there are many people peddling solutions which they claim are great for SEO, etc. etc.
It’s usually easy to find out. Google it!
But you’ve got to start out being curious.
I don’t mind. I know our work stands up to the test.