| So you finally decided that its time for you or your | | | | a little bit of time in, then trust me, you can do it |
| business to get a website. Now the question that | | | | yourself. This is where something called a CMS or |
| comes to mind is where should I begin? If you are like | | | | Content Management System comes in. A content |
| most people, you will have the following thoughts and | | | | management system is basically a website in a box. |
| ideas in your head pretty much right off the bat. | | | | You don't need a programmer or any programming |
| 1. Should I hire a coder. | | | | knowledge and you can get started right off the bat |
| 2. Should I do it my self. | | | | with very basic internet knowledge. |
| 3. Should I get that kid in our family who is always in his | | | | I recommend only two CMS systems that you should |
| basement by himself. | | | | test out yourself. Wordpress and CMS Made Simple. |
| Maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit with the third one but | | | | Wordpress is the most flexible and it comes with so |
| honestly, coming up with a good website can be | | | | many themes that you can download for free. Theme |
| challenging. | | | | is basically the look of the site and you can choose |
| For a guy like me, I only make sites that work - what I | | | | from thousands. A lot of people think its great for |
| mean by that is I'm strictly an internet marketer so I | | | | blogs but not actual websites. |
| don't really care that much about the looks. As long as | | | | The most recent site I designed was in wordpress and |
| it does the job and has a very decent conversion ratio, | | | | I have to tell you, when I learned how to make custom |
| I'm fine. | | | | templates for each page, I was in a different world. |
| But for the first timer, here are a few options to | | | | However, if you are not that big on the look, then get |
| consider. If you don't have any time at all but you got | | | | CMS Made Simple. You can modify the look by using |
| the money, go to Rent A Coder and hire yourself | | | | cascade style sheets and go from their. By the way, |
| someone for almost 95% less then you would in a | | | | CMS Made Simple finally got recognized this year as |
| developed country such as the UK or countries in | | | | the number three most useful CMS out there. |
| North America. | | | | So as you can see, designing a website is easier then |
| I recently got a guy who made us a beautiful working | | | | you think and no coders required. Did I mention that the |
| site for just $50 US bucks. To say my client was | | | | CMS systems I mentioned are 100% free to download! |
| static would be an understatement. Although their are | | | | Description |
| a lot of other sites, Rent A Coder pretty much takes | | | | Designing a website from scratch has never been |
| the cake. They really know what they are doing and I | | | | easier then today. No coders no special knowledge |
| can't recommend them enough. | | | | required. If you can type, you should be able to make a |
| Now if you don't have the bucks but can actually put in | | | | fully functional website. |