Nowadays, there are tons of companies offering different type of programs that will help you build your own website. By now, we should all know that we can create a website with minimal programming and web design skills. Top five rated sites that offer “create your own site,” are WordPress, Weebly,Wix, Sitey, and Websitebuilder.com. During the process of building your website, it’s important to understand the functionalities of widgets and which ones to use based on the targeted industry. Widgets will allow you to customize your site by being able to move things around until you become satisfied with the look of it. Widgets are only a portion of what you need to know in the beginning. The next step is to know and get comfortable with plug-ins, which need to be downloaded individually as they all have their own specific creation use purpose. Plug-ins are extremely important as you go through building your page and continue to make modifications. Suppose that you successfully created a website where it provided the viewer with the sites intend/services, about us page, and a contact page. Do we launch the site and just let it sit there? No, what you do next is the most important step(s) that will determine your success.
After launching your brand new website and successfully putting yourself online, you want to properly market yourself and maintain your page at all times. Read “Categorizing and Ranking a Business Online” to learn on how to properly market yourself and get the most viewers to follow your page. We need to understand that marketing is only a portion of running a successful website, but what happens if your content is not constantly being updated or it crashes because you don’t have the latest upgrades required?
MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE!! Maintaining your website is the key to keeping yourself in business and keeping your viewers/customers returning. Technology is constantly evolving and that also means that software is also altering along with it. An example of these developing adjustments that we must stay on top of is Google forcing every business to have a mobile-friendly website. Read “Do You Have a Website? Read Now, Before It’s Too Late” to see how not maintaining your website on top of requirements can possibly take you off the market allowing your competitors advance forward. Updates are crucial and will lead you down a dark road if you do not stay on top of your software/plugins/server/ website updates.
Security and backups are part of maintenance. Cyber hacking occurs every day and any site not protected can easily be breached if proper anti-virus/malware security is not installed. In case of a breach or break down of the site, proper backups will save many hours of pain and hundreds of dollars. Constantly backup your content and updates will keep running no matter what situation comes across your path.
Motionborg, Inc. can promise you that your website will always meet any social media, Google, Microsoft minimum requirements to keep your website properly running. Plug-ins/software/server/ security/ and backups will constantly be monitored in order to reduce any break downs or security breaches. Changes are constantly happening; Motionborg will always let their clients know ahead of time so you don’t lose anytime trying to catch up with all these requirements. Most jobs will be done between 24-48 hours and with no interruptions to your business.
Don’t wait until you stay behind and fall between the cracks. Let Motionborg keep you on top of technology and software update at all times. Key to a successfully online site is maintenance, and Motionborg has that key for you only a phone call away.
Contact us today and see how Motionborg can help you promote your business online using all the proper tools.
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by Benjamin C Ramirez
MOTIONBORG, Inc.
Technology Consultant at MOTIONBORG
With a natural passion for technology, he is always on the search for next great invention to test out and play with. Enjoys sharing his thoughts and knowledge with others through blogging. Helping business owners on how to better utilize technology to their advantage has become the true meaning of success and life.