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Why create a website for your business

Bill Gates once said, “Computers are tools of communication, they’re tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user”. This is what you can do with a website: shaping your own business.

And what is a business? It’s a trade, ruled by supply and offer laws: people look for goods or services and they search for them with today’s tools:

a website is an updated Yellow Page entry with more information and opportunities

Therefore, by having a website you will reach two main goals: giving a better quality of information to a larger number of customers and optimizing your business plans by controlling and scheduling your activities. A customer care service and a back office management.

Customer care service

If you build your own website you will provide your customers with any information:

  • You exist. You have a website and therefore (if it has the right content, like good reviews) you are reliable. When they find your website, you are giving them your business card. You are shaking their hands with conviction while wearing your best suit.
  • You tell them who you are, and that might fulfil their expectations. If they have been looking for specific information or goods, they want to find them as soon as possible, if your website will completely satisfy this need, the customers will be at your feet.
  • You showcase an offer with a 24/7 service. Having no days off, your website will be reachable any time from anywhere, ready to display its best. It will be a detailed, permanent and updated advertising.

Back office management

  • You will reach much more potential customers. If you will have a good ranking on the search engines, your business will definitely receive a boost. Having a good SEO service provider (Search Engine Optimisation) will quickly increase your visibility.
  • You will be able to collect customer information and to set accordingly more precise goals for your business. You will basically start to learn your client by tracking his behaviour and preferences.
  • You will save money. The advertising expenses will be considerably reduced: costs for new campaigns as well as updating maintenance will be avoided by a few clicks.
  • You will be at the same level as any company bigger than you. Availability on internet levels any budget difference. A neat, complete and updated website works better than an entire department.

What is the difference between a CMS and a website builder

You have decided to build a website for your own business or hobby. Unless you are confident with coding skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript…), there are two easier possibilities for beginners or semi-skilled users:

  • choosing a Website Builder like Wix or SiteBuilder
  • choosing a CMS (Content Management System) like WordPress or Joomla

The very first difference between these two tools is the complexity: CMS require and offer a more composite management than website builders which are basically ready-to-use. In details, these are the main distinctive features of these platforms:

A CMS is the right choice if you want flexibility and advanced functionality. It will provide a large offer of plugins to customize your website according to any specific need, from a simple blog to an online store. But be careful if you are not enough proficient in content manamgement: you will have less customer support (you would need to look for users’ community chats) while dealing with a high module fragmentation. Furthermore, you will have to manually download, install and setup every single component of your perfect working machine.

A Website Builder is the option if you want to create a website easily and you do not want to get lost in too many technical details. It will offer a huge amount of predesigned templates (also called schemes) according to the business you have, while supporting your creative process with a strong and efficient team. You won’t need to download extra plugins and the interface will be elementary. On the other side, do not expect high flexibility or detailed customization.

In conclusion, imagine that you want to hang a nice picture on a wall. Depending on the time, the skills and the final effect, you will realize that

A CMS is like composing your own puzzle and enjoying his complexity.

A Website builder is like completing a coloring book and enjoying his simplicity.