Top 5 questions every small business owner ask to web-development company
Because of the growing internet accessibility and ongoing online trend it is almost a necessity to have a website for a business whether it’s a corporate MNC or small home business. Your prospective clients are now not limited within your city and country. Because of the internet now you can easily connect with any people around the globe expanding your prospective client’s network. Now you can sell your product or service globally online and get paid in no time. Website is an all-time open noticeboard, where you can showcase your product or services online without any budget and time restriction as like in newspaper ad, TV ad etc. So your potential client can get the information about your product or services at any time as they need. Here, are the top 5 question every small business owner ask to web development companies .
1. I need a website for my business what should I do now? If you need a website and have no technical knowledge then only option is to contact web Development Company or hire freelancer web designer. But before approaching web development companies for building a website you should be clear about,
Why do you want a web site? Are you selling something? Who are your competitors? Who is your primary customer? What message do you want to precisely convey via your website to your prospective clients? How much budget and time you want to expend building your website?
If you have few technical skills then you can build your website easily using WordPress, Joomla CMS, these CMS can be freely downloaded and used without any core programming knowledge.
2. How much does it cost to have a website? Website design and maintenance cost depends upon your business type and website type. Small business basic website components price
Domain name registration: $7 – $12 /year (some regional domain price may defer) Hosting fee: $10-$100/ year (it depends upon your website traffic and hosting services) Web development cost: It starts from 3, 4 hundreds to thousands of dollar depending upon your website content. Website maintenance cost: It also depends upon your website update frequency and web development companies. Normally it starts from $200 dollar to thousands of dollar.
What factors affect your website price?
First time website design or redesign existing website. Have you prepared all the requirement for your website and necessary documents Do you need content management system to update your website content? Do you have all the necessary content, images and other graphics ready to put it on the website? Do you need your website to be optimized for smaller mobile display like in smart phone or in tablet? Do you need special website features like ecommerce, Search engine optimization, social media integration etc.? How frequently your website need to be updated and who is going to maintain your website? Depending upon your website and nature of business there may be other factors affecting your website cost.
3. I have no technical knowledge can I still run my website? Today almost all the web development companies give Content Management feature on your website where you can login and update entire website content without any technical knowledge and almost with no extra cost; all you need to have is just MS-word interface knowledge. If your website doesn’t have any administrator section, then you can directly approach your website development company to build one for you. You can also ask for us to build it for you.
4. How can I bring my website in top of the Google search result in my business related search query? Only having a website for your business doesn’t make any sense until it helps you to grow your business. So immediate step after building a website is to let your prospective clients or targeted market know about your website where they can check your product/service details and this is where SEO comes in. SEO helps you to make your website visible to your targeted mass and convert them as your next clients. Bringing your website in top of the Google search result pages involves complex development practices on the web.
Make sure it is Search Engine Friendly Submit your website to search engine list and business listing directories. Keep sharing your website link in social media and in other websites. You can run social media or Google advertising campaign (paid campaign) to get more visitors on your website.
5. I have some confidential information to post on my website with limited access, but I don’t trust Website development Company, how can I publish it on website? If you are hosting your website with third party hosting provider then all your website content and documents are always in risk of being exposed. So you need to carefully choose hosting service provider and read their security and privacy policy. Most of the website development companies nowadays sign NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with promise to keep your information confidential.