One of the core values of Doggone Good Technology is openness, honesty, & transparency. It's especially important to understand the overall "environment" when a business undertakes a task as important (and potentially as expensive) as creating its business website.
A common first question is, "Can I do it myself (DIY) or do I need a Web designer/developer?". The simple answer is, "It depends on you". If you are somewhat of a "techie", you can probably accomplish this task on your own. Your resultant product may not be quite as good as a vendor, but it might be "good enough". But, if you're not so inclined, you should consider a web designer/developer/agency to create your website.
Stay tuned for our follow-up on helping you really make these decisions that are, frankly, critical to your business' success at "online presence".
So, now let's pull back the curtain on web designer/development businesses. Frankly, the variability is incredibly wide; ranging on one end from those who have almost no technical or design abilities and thus rely entirely on the platform they're using, to those who are highly technically trained and can build your website by writing lines of computer code one by one.
It's very likely you don't either want or need those companies that sit on either extreme. But how do you know; how do you decide on which one to choose?
Exactly the question we'll answer in Part II of this topic with our next post!
Stay tuned!
