So you want to start an online business but you don't know how to write code. What are your options? The first thing that comes to mind for many people is to hire a web designer. After all the idea of hiring an expert to do something you cannot do or understand certainly sounds convenient. There's only one problem -- It will never work.
How can I say hiring a web designer will never work with such great confidence? Easy -- To be successful online you must constantly be tweaking your website to keep up with rapidly changing marketing conditions and consumer behaviors. If every time you need to test a new marketing statement, price, description, image, or anything and you have to wait for a web designer you're going to be screwed.
A web designer is not going to inherently understand your clients or your vision. If you're able to communicate your desires effectively to a web designer the chances the finished product will be exactly what you're looking for are slim to none. Furthermore web designers tend to be slow. Small changes can take two weeks or more.
When you're advertising online with Google Adwords and the likes you're getting charged each time someone clicks on an ad and comes to your site. Those clicks and cost can ad up quickly. Especially if you're in a competitive market. If you're relying on a web designer to make a change to your site in hopes of increasing your conversion rates you may find yourself reacting to slow to a changing marketplace and losing money fast.
After all one of the things perspective buyers look for when they come to your site is some indication you're keeping your site up to date. The internet is littered with abandoned websites that's have long since gone out of business. Consumers have been conditioned to look for signs you may be one of them. If you're able to add something new to your website everyday it will likely combat this perception.
Web designers can also be very expensive. The best one's are. Maybe you're thinking "you know a guy" who can do it for a good deal. I can't tell you how many times I heard somebody say their cousin builds websites and is going to help them with it. This never works out. People who dabble in web design and building websites will be too busy at their day job to meet deadlines and produce tangible results.
None of this is even to mention what happens if you pay big bucks to make a website and your web designer decides to up and disappear. If this happens you may never be able to get your website or your domain back. It can be a big disaster.
Clearly some people are able to be successful online. So what's the solution to the problem? Take control of your website and online presence by getting a website builder like WebStarts. WebStarts let's you create a website you can change on the fly from any computer connected to the internet. Everything is drag and drop, there's no need to learn code.
When I started WebStarts it's because I faced all the problems above. There wasn't a solution in the marketplace. I thought if I can solve the problem for myself I could introduce others to the solution and they'd be willing to pay for it. I know people are on a tight budget and can't afford to take a lot of financial risk. So I made WebStarts free so it would accessible to everyone.
If you haven't already created an account visit WebStarts.com to login or sign up for a free website.