Need help with your new Website?

I’m often contacted by friends or acquaintances, who are interested in starting their own business and need a Web site. More often than not, they have a clear idea of what they want their site to look like not necessarily what they want to say on it. That’s not a big deal. Crafting content, creating a message and trying to avoid sounding like a twonk is hard. I’d rather think about colors and the placement of animated graphics, too.

I’ve worked on all sorts of different sites: built using a cms tool, hand-coded with css files, etc but what I have found that works great so far for small-businesses just getting started is using Bluehost to host my site,  using WordPress to build my site and Woothemes for design. Yes, I do have accounts with each of them but I am not being paid to promote any of them.

There are a couple of reasons I like this combination:

• ease of use. You may still need someone like me to set it up initially and extend the functionality but eventually you can make edits and create pages on your own.
• scalable. The site you build today will have to adapt to the growth of your business
• focus on the content. Yes, your site is an extension of your brand and your online presence but for now focus on content.
• cost. If you’re a small business, this combination of tools can provide you with a professional Web site for less than 4k-5k.