I've been looking into creating my own website - does anyone have a reccomendation? I have no experience with webistes so I'll need a host that has templates or programs that will help me build my own.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Depending on what exactly you need it for, you may find a Wordpress blog will meet your needs, hosted on your own domain and with a template that fits your business - they don't have to look bloggy at all and they have SEO advantages that static sites just don't have. There are some great templates available and even a custom template can be designed very inexpensively. That way you can concentrate on content and driving traffic instead of worrying about design and compatibility issues.
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I am using Windows Office Live Small Business. It has a really simple tool for building a site as well as good reporting capabilities. You don't need to know any HTML and I set mine up in just a few minutes. You can check out my site at www.rainierbizgroup.com
The first thing you will need to do is select your web address, then provide some information. When I bought my URL it was discounted to $0, (a great price) for the first year. You can learn more about Office Live Small Business by clicking here.
If you visit my business site, let me know your thoughts. If anyone else has comments, I would greatly appreciate them.
Good luck!
I visited your site and it is very neat and to the point. However, in a search for "business brokers" on google, your site did not come up in the first 100 results. I am sure you can do some Search Engine Optimization.
There is an amazing science behind designing a website.
If you don't know it, you will design it pretty, with minimal amount of leads being generated.
You should contact www.netage.co.za and ask what they can do for you.
You want ot be ranked number one, not ten.
I'm a big fan of Microsoft FrontPage (despite the fact that my home and office are 100% Mac now and I hate Windows ... lol). In fact, NeverColdCall.com is a FrontPage template that I purchased for around $80 online and simply cut & pasted my content into it - FrontPage works the same as any other Microsoft Office application.
FrankRumbauskas.com is also a FrontPage template.
Someone mentioned Template Monster which is a good source, or you can just Google "frontpage templates."
As for web designers, my overall experience with them has been very negative, including a current project we're working on and on which the designers ripped us off and did almost no work for the high fees they charged us up front.
3ix.com is a humble suggestion. The hosting cost is only $1 per month, they have excellent tools and templates. You can also set up your online store and after the setup fee, they will provide your domain name for free for life. Customer service is delightful.
Just built my website I used DWSwebhosting... i actually work with them on occasion really easy to use templates with all the modules you could want and no html code required... www.dwswebhosting.com
there pricing is quite cheap as well and can be monthly or yearly email, hosting, domain, the site build, and SEO included...
Our site is through MS Offic Live small business, it's free with decent templates, really good site reporting capabilities and site builder tools. you can see it here www.UnitedHealthBenefits.com
looks like you have several choices here, good luck!