You CAN have a website too!

You CAN Have a Website too!

- Four Myths and Facts about having your own website...

by Kirk Moormann, President of K-Design

http://www.kgraphicdesign.com

Have you been thinking about having a web site for your small business or personal use, but just thought it was too complicated and expensive?  Well, I’m here to dispel some possible misconceptions you might have (or maybe people you know might have) about what it takes to have your own site.

• Myth #1 – “I need to know all the programming lingo first.”
• Fact: Programming language IS necessary to create any website, but you DON’T have to know it.  Over the last few years the advancement of the Content Management System (CMS) model has made increasingly easy to create your own website using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interface.  You type the content and add any graphics, audio, video, or flash that you wish.  Then just tell the program where you want the different components to display, and it takes care of the rest.  Some popular CMS programs are: Joomla!, Xoops, Mambo, and Drupal.

• Myth #2 – “I need to purchase costly web creation software.”
• Fact: CMS is Open Source for the most part.  That means it’s FREE!  Not only that, but you don’t even need to download or install memory-sucking programs since it’s all web-based.  You can work on your site anywhere that you have an internet connection.

• Myth #3 – “I can’t afford the monthly hosting fee.”
• Fact: There are many hosting companies out there that offer package deals for $25, $50, $200 per month and more.  However, unless you are selling thousands of products online or have over 1 gigabyte of information on the server, you should be able to get hosting for under $10/mo and even then, you will probably have more features than you’ll need.

• Myth #4 – “There is too much competition, so why bother?”
• Fact: One thing to remember with the internet, is that it is WORLD-WIDE so your exposure is huge.  While you may not actually sell your pet rock, t-shirt, or enterprise software to someone in Madagascar, you never know who’s looking at you.  In addition, online business come and go every day so don’t think that just because some else is doing it that they are forever going to hold the corner on your market.  If you already have an established business, your customers and clients aren’t going to leave you just because you decide to get a website.  The worst you can do is provide another means of getting information to your customer that they can access 24/7.

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