A website can be a deceptively simple endeavor. There are thousands of templates to choose from, but a website is much more than an attractive layout and a few words about your address and location. If you’re serious about using your website for business, seriously consider using a professional web designer.

If you had never studied automobiles, would you expect to build a BMW? Of course not. Yet many small businesses decide not to hire a professional to complete their website. This is usually because they have no idea what a well-designed website can do for their business. A good designer can give you an online presence that translates to offline profits.

Some services a professional will provide are:

-On- and off-site SEO
-SEO optimized content for your site
-Blog setup
-Site submission to major search engines

If you don’t know what any of those terms mean, and how they relate to your business, that’s even more proof that you could benefit from the expert help that a web designer can provide.

And because a web designer is an objective third party, the designer will be able to present your best qualities to prospective customers and clients in a way that they will respond to.

When interviewing someone who will create a new website for you, website designers will ask questions like:

-What is the goal of your website?
-What separates you from the competition?
-What features would you like to incorporate into the site?

Let a web designer work on your website while you concentrate on building your business. If you’d like to learn more about how a professional might be able to help you create a website that converts visitors to customers, visit: http://bit.ly/CreateANewWebsite

David Carleton is a San Diego Local Business Marketing Consultant who specializes in showing small business owners how to spend less and get more from their marketing and advertising using low cost strategies in local business marketing, lead generation and conversion, Internet marketing and social media. To download a copy of the free report, “7 Steps to Website Success”, go to http://LocalBusinessMarketingSuccess.com

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