These days almost every kind of business will need at some point or another to get themselves a website. It doesn’t matter if you are in a small town or large city, whether you work as a contractor or have your own business employing other people. No matter what your trade, at some point or another your customers will want to look you up online, whether on their phone or their computer. More importantly, you will want to reach out to new customers in your area and perhaps to reach out to potential customers all across your country and even all over the world. The internet offers businesses a global audience if they want it, and the only thing you need to do to reach that audience is set up your business website.
Traditionally websites have been expensive and time-consuming to set up and then have required a lot of time set-aside to manage them. As well as this you need to keep them up to date and constantly add new content. How do you do all of this if you have no experience of working online and haven’t got the money to pay someone else to do it? Or what about if you want to start an online business and have no experience of web design? Have you perhaps got a great idea for an online business but feel you are too inexperienced to put it into action? If any of these scenarios describe you then you should think about starting off with a WordPress site. WordPress is a simple to use content management system (CMS) that allows you to create impressive business websites without having to learn a great deal (if any) coding and which offers an easy route to learning how to manage your website and keep it updated and attractive to your customers. WordPress allows you to set up the site yourself and get a basic site up and running in next to no time, or to pay for a template and install a ready made design in minutes, or even to pay a designer to create your own bespoke business design suitable for your new startup internet business. No matter what kind of online business you are planning, WordPress will be a good place to start. Here at startup-internet-business.com we will walk you through every step of the way and provide a free wordpress for beginners course that will teach you everything you need to get your business website live.
Esther Cohen is a WordPress and SEO guru, who advises small businesses on everything from website design to SEO to how to set up an umbrella company.
