Originally written by Nick Ismail on Small Business
Creating a great business website that is easily found by potential customers can often be a daunting task. But, it is necessary, in order to build trust, engage customers, demonstrate your service or highlight your product, and sell your good.
Taking lessons from Louis Brightman’s GoDaddy website masterclass, Small Business outlines how to create a great business website and ensure that it’s found.
1. Choosing the right website for your business
There are many types of business; some will just require business cards and others will need a full e-commerce function.
But, regardless of what type of website you need, the same building blocks are needed to build a website:
1. The domain name — this is similar to the number of your house.
2. Hosting — a website is built with pictures and text, and the hosting is bricks and mortar and electricity of your house — it keeps the website live.
3. Content — what type of website does your business need and what type of content is housed on your website? Whether it’s a brochure type, hospitality sector, small scale e-c0mmerce or large scale e-commerce website, any can be hosted on GoDaddy.
Questions to ask yourself and considerations:
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