website development

One essential marketing principle is – don’t leave your customers with unanswered questions, or you’ll lose them to a competitor. The same is true for SEO – unless Google can quickly find an answer, they’ll choose and feature your competition! To make sure that doesn’t happen, add a comprehensive and well-optimized FAQ page (frequently asked questions) to your website. An FAQ page is one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to provide customers and search engines with all the answers they may need about your business.

It may be tempting – especially for cost-conscious small businesses – to use an online website builder. Many website developer tools allow you to insert words and drag and drop pictures easily. But think of your website as a car. The engine is the backend coding and SEO. While nobody sees this "engine," it’s essential for your website to work and rank well with search engines like Google. If your DIY website fails to rank in searches, you’ll be wasting the money you tried to save. Let’s look at 10 reasons you should not build your own website.

It’s the age of DIY, and you can find YouTube videos for an endless number of things you can do yourself. But just because you can build your own house, does that mean you should? Just because you can replace the engine on your car, does that mean you should? The same principle applies to building your own website…just because you can build it for free, does that mean you should?

Is your website causing you to lose business? If it’s stuck in the last decade, then it probably is! A survey by Blue Fountain Media found that 81% of internet users think less of a business if the website isn’t updated. Let that sink in for a minute. 39% said they would think twice about using a product or service if the website isn’t fresh, user-friendly, and current.