Social Media Examiner | Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/feed/ Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:06 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-44639<![CDATA[Gavin Mace replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-44639 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:30:30 +0000 Gavin Mace replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business I have been building Small Business Websites for a living since 2008.
Initially, I would sell 'Brochure Websites', but now that these have pretty well been mastered and people are able to mass-produce them with […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43943<![CDATA[Justin Meister replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43943 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:16:44 +0000 Justin Meister replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @seth-goldstein oh Seth I couldn't agree more with you -- it's definitely not for everyone that's why we have jobs :). Agree that you need a web developer if you're doing things outside a basic, informative […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43942<![CDATA[Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43942 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:46:50 +0000 Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @jmeist that's awesome. Like I said I've seen both sides of the coin. I've seen people develop great sites on their own and others who have used templates in Wordpress and have majorly screwed them up. I agree […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43940<![CDATA[Justin Meister replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43940 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:33:56 +0000 Justin Meister replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @seth-goldstein Take a class? That's more money that a lot of people don't have. Type what you want to do into Google -- no class necessary -- there's blogs that hold your hand through the whole process of […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43921<![CDATA[Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43921 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:40:45 +0000 Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @jmeist I have to disagree. Just because you're Tech savvy doesn't mean you can make a good looking site that is optimized and works well. When in doubt take a class or hire someone.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43918<![CDATA[Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43918 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:39:01 +0000 Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @jamericanspice free blog themes can also be trouble. Sometimes they work out, but lots of times they just get mangled and unusable. It also depends on where you're getting these templates and for what CMS they […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43917<![CDATA[Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43917 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:36:40 +0000 Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @michaelpingree Weebly might offer some HTML/CSS features but you can't optimize the sites and the code is generally horrible.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43916<![CDATA[Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43916 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:35:30 +0000 Seth Goldstein replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business Honestly, these DIY solutions are terrible. They don't help a company brand themselves. They might be a start but not much of one. Today I actually recorded my thoughts on people using Blogger and Wordpress.com […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43324<![CDATA[Jamericanspice replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43324 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:36:15 +0000 Jamericanspice replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business Very interesting discussion. 
I'm guessing free blog themes doesn't count here? 
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43235<![CDATA[Justin Meister replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-43235 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:31:28 +0000 Justin Meister replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business For sure. You can buy an awesome WordPress template for under 50 bucks and have the site up in a couple hours (even if you are WordPress illiterate). And these are legitimate websites, not some 1990s looking […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42943<![CDATA[Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42943 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:10:56 +0000 Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business I build websites for clients. What I've learned is that nearly every business person can't see their own business clearly. That's not a criticism, it's human nature. They take for granted what they truly do […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42881<![CDATA[Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42881 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:03:58 +0000 Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business i like the points  by mac,  so realistic,  and en brown....   many  small businesses  cant  tell when they are with  a  rogue.and many have  been  burned  ....  many have paid  lots and  gotten    poor […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42793<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42793 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:42:34 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @rich-brooks
One could argue that "Apple didn’t become the most valuable company in the world b/c they tried to make cheap products; they became the most valuable company in the world b/c they learned to make […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42791<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42791 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:27:04 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @michaelpingree
To answer the original question, Michael, So, are the days of paying a web designer thousands of dollars to build a site over?
I think that is a resounding yes! Especially in the corporate world […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42789<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42789 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:53:02 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business I'm reminded of the 1000's of subscribers of Jim Cockrum, Mike Koenigs, and other internet marketing leaders who would argue that getting the customer is first and foremost, while everything else can be jobbed […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42775<![CDATA[Louis Sayers replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42775 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:30:25 +0000 Louis Sayers replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @supereb - I see where you're coming from, and can understand that if a company has built up a lot of content over time, then you have a lot of stuff to go through and make sure it has the right keywords in the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42760<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42760 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:14:44 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business Hi Louis --- @louissayers
Here is the thing about SEO - It is a thousand times easier to accomplish the SEO goals of every developer by building a website from scratch.  It take SO MUCH more time to pour over the […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42568<![CDATA[Louis Sayers replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42568 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:51:55 +0000 Louis Sayers replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business Weebly is awesome. I've used it to create a landing page to test out an idea - get a template, put in a form, publish. You're done.
From a purely software point of view, I think in many cases weebly will do a […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42493<![CDATA[John Kelly replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42493 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:49:01 +0000 John Kelly replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business @judithgotwald, well stated. The same mentality applies to many of these business owners with advertising. Everything they see, touch and own has been advertised somewhere yet they procrastinate over advertising […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42439<![CDATA[Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/are-expensive-websites-a-thing-of-the-past/#post-42439 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:46:38 +0000 Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic Are Expensive Websites a Thing of the Past? in the club Small Business This is a "Show Me the Money" question. People will do it themselves until someone proves to them that there is a better way that won't dominate their budget.
A lot of designers found their niche optimizing […]
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