A small family owned business wants to create their own website any advice on where online to go to do this?

Yahoo small businessA small family owned business wants to create their own website any advice on where online to go to do this?
Hello, K!





For your website:





1. Buy one on eBay (Pretty cheap, and quick!)


2. Make one yourself (Make sure it looks professional!)


3. Hire the local web designer (expensive!)


4. Hire someone from GetAFreelancer.com to build it (A LOT cheaper than number 3)


It's a simple process, but there's a lot involved.





But, starting a website is just the first step to having an online presence!





1. Make SURE your website has a ';list builder.';


You need a way to collect visitor's email addresses so that you can send them newsletters or bi-weekly new offers. Give away prizes to get email addresses!





2. Become an expert on the subject that your business is about.





Most people are not doing this, so you'll have an edge up. Start marketing yourself in forums, chatrooms, and blogs as an expert on whatever your website's subject is. Find out why your product, service, or website is better than anyone else's. (Then tell other people that!)





3. Give away tons of free samples of your product.


With online websites, it's really easy to find 100000 websites that sell or do the same thing. Make people able to TRUST your website by giving away your product for free, and then by having people write back in and saying how well it's worked for them. Otherwise, they won't trust you, and they'll just leave.





3. Come up with, and market, your USP.


(Unique Selling Point) You need to show people why you're better than anyone else!Anyways, I hoped this helped. This stuff is just the TIP of the iceberg of marketing!





I hope this helps!





Good luck with your website!





-Andy