{"id":5099,"date":"2018-04-03T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webredefined.com\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2023-04-04T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T15:34:51","slug":"diy-website-builder-or-professional-which-is-best-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/diy-website-builder-or-professional-which-is-best-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Website Builder or Professional? Which is Best for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When it comes to building a website for your business, there are options that don’t require you to learn coding. DIY website builders such as Wix and Squarespace exist to help you create a website in mere minutes. You could also hire a professional website developer if building isn’t your thing. Depending on the type of business you’re in and what you want out of a website, that might be the best route to take. If you’re unsure of what to do,\u00a0here are the pros and cons with using\u00a0DIY website builders vs. professionals.<\/p>\n
Hiring a professional has one real con and that is of course, money. According to Conversion Strategies Inc., “most web designers will charge a one-time cost to custom design and build your website. You can expect the cost to be a minimum of $2,000.00 and can go up to $10,000.00 or more, depending on your specific business needs and [the] type of web designer you contacted.”<\/p>\n
Getting your website up and running quickly does not equal quick results. There’s much more to a website than simply uploading some photos and text.<\/p>\n
Many small business owners are quickly disappointed when they don’t see results from their DIY website efforts.<\/p>\n
You can build the most beautiful website in the world, but it won’t matter much if no one sees it. There is more upside to hiring a web professional, not just for proper branding and design, to guidance with proper optimized content and search engine optimization (SEO). Additionally, your web professional can provide monitoring and fixing of issues that arise, they can work with you on lead generation strategies, keyword research and targeting, user analytics and so much more.<\/p>\n
Hiring a web professional may require a significant financial investment, but a well-planned professional website that focuses on your business & goals, will pay for itself in increased business and a better, more professional online presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When it comes to building a website for your business, there are options that don’t require you to learn coding. DIY website builders such as Wix and Squarespace exist to help you create a website in mere minutes. You could also hire a professional website developer if building isn’t your thing. Depending on the type […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31207,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions\/31207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defineddigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}