Creating a website for your business? - Tips for business owners

Creating a website for your business? - Tips for business owners

If you have decided to take developer help or the help of an IT firm, to create a stunning and powerful website for your business, this blog will help you make some decisions.

If you believe,  creating website is very simple and cheap, chances are, you may and may end up 'paying for it' forever. So, if you don't have all the time and money in the world to pay for what you want as a website, multiple times, please read further!

There are tons of ways to get yourself a website.

And even if it is website with a few simple web pages, there could be lot of cost and quality difference, depending on what you specify as your requirement, and what you communicate to your developers, and how the requirement is understood by the development team and how the solution is built.

A real world Analogy.
  Consider this "I need a place to stay, and be able to call it a home". This specific requirement can be understood in many different ways. Because, it is not very clear whether you are looking for Buckingham palace or a shack!.
That may sound like an exaggeration. let us talk about a more real- example. Consider this "I need a house in city, which is pretty similar to some of my friends" 
 Which city? New-york or Cochin?
 Apartment or Independant House?
 Sq ft, Area? What all ameneties needed?
 Any special needs? Swimming pool? a resto-bar?
 The list of questions can go on.

Hmmm... i am trying to scare you? No,
But, your website or your house/office is an address that people can find and about you/about your firm. Creating a website may look like a very simple task to achieve, unless you are with the right set of people, and unless you are getting the right set of questions regarding what sort of 'website' are you looking for? you may be in a big shock, when finally the 'developers' deliver the website to you.

How to proceed?

1. Clearly articulate and document your requirements.
2. Provide a sample site
3. Ask questions on whether features requested is likely to work in all browsers and devices without additional tweaking and downloads
4. Check if you have the need to do Authoring of content on your site, yourself

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