Building your own Website

When people want to find out more about your organisation the Internet will probably be one of the first places that they turn to. Over the past five years, the Internet has become a vital resource for consumers and businesses to find out information and contact details of companies and products and services that they provide. As a result, if you don't already have one, it is crucial that your organisation gets itself a decent website.

 

If you don't already have a website, it doesn't necessarily mean that you do not have a presence on the Internet. Chances are that someone somewhere will have added details about your organisation onto the World Wide Web. Of course, this can be less desirable than you would initially think, because they may be portraying your organisation in a way that you do not approve. By creating your own website, you can increase the chances that someone doing a search for information about your company will find your web pages first and find out exactly the sort of information that you want them to see.

How much does it cost?

If you're willing to do yourself and all you'll need is some low-cost Web hosting, some cheap software and a lot of time, but it shouldn't cost you more than about £50 for your first year. As with everything, you get what you pay for and if you use your friend's teenage son to design and build a web site for you, then chances are it won't look as good as a more professionally designed website.

Advantages

If you know what you're doing, you can have a website up and running within just one or two days.
Website gives the opportunity to use a complete array of images, graphics, text, photographs, animations and videos to produce a very professional and entertaining website.

Disadvantages

The Internet is a very competitive marketplace and you will probably need to invest quite a lot of time and money in making your website look professional, and of our standard that can compete with your competitors.