Social Media Examiner | What website builder is the best? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/feed/ What website builder is the best? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Wed, 22 May 2013 12:44:44 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30474<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30474 Tue, 08 May 2012 02:00:06 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business If you hadn't decided yet......I recommend WORDPRESS!! :) :) ;) definitely get it self-hosted (godaddy or hostgator) @mikecunningham

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30454<![CDATA[Marie-Anne Mancio replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30454 Mon, 07 May 2012 22:16:39 +0000 Marie-Anne Mancio replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business @mikecunningham - I also like wordpress but built my own site on ipage.com (uses Weebly Premium drag and drop builder) and found it really easy to use and customise. It also lets you add as many pages as you want […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30271<![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30271 Sat, 05 May 2012 19:06:03 +0000 Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business @mikecunningham
I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet, but I like WordPress. ;)
We build everything on it now, whether the site is going to have a blog or not.
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30244<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30244 Sat, 05 May 2012 07:53:16 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business @mikecunningham  I'm chiming in for WordPress ... but it's not just a do it yourself platform. Lots of high powered site run on WordPress - CNN and Time magazine run some WP sites. 28% of all new sites being […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30237<![CDATA[Virgil Vergara replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30237 Sat, 05 May 2012 06:55:11 +0000 Virgil Vergara replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business Hello to the original poster. 
To answer your question, and like what the majority of people here say, I would say go with a self-hosted Wordpress solution. Wordpress is not just for blogging, it has hundreds of […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30222<![CDATA[Maureen Denny replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30222 Fri, 04 May 2012 22:56:52 +0000 Maureen Denny replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business @mikecunninghamFor a DYI website WordPress is a great option.  They have lots of free themes to choose from. If you want to choose your own colors, backgrounds, etc. use that in your search criteria.  […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30214<![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30214 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:52:37 +0000 Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business I agree with almost everyone here. Wordpress! cheap, easy. low cost to have a professional install (in most cases no more than $500). Then once installed, you can easily maintenance and manage updates. If you run […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30209<![CDATA[Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30209 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:49:26 +0000 Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business @mikecunningham
Cheap, professional-looking and easy to use...
Buy a url and set-up hosting.  Install Wordpress and pick a theme.  Wordpress.org is only customizable if you pay extra.  You may as well pay $10 for […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30173<![CDATA[Ed Gaile replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30173 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:11:03 +0000 Ed Gaile replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business For ease and quick deploys, I use WordPress with a framework like Thesis or Genesis along with a theme/skin that I customize if needed.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30071<![CDATA[Claudia Poeckl replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30071 Thu, 03 May 2012 06:32:34 +0000 Claudia Poeckl replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business I am currently using Joomla for my clients and am about to move my website to Joomla as well (from GoDaddy/WebsiteTonight - which is totally unflexible).

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30070<![CDATA[Emma Gillings replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30070 Thu, 03 May 2012 05:01:41 +0000 Emma Gillings replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business I haven't tried any of the others, but I am currently using Wordpress to build my site and so far, so good.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30063<![CDATA[Carol Bremner replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30063 Thu, 03 May 2012 03:04:09 +0000 Carol Bremner replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business Wordpress self-hosted for me too. I've tried a lot of others and have always had problems until I started to use Wordpress.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30054<![CDATA[Durk Barton replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30054 Thu, 03 May 2012 02:02:16 +0000 Durk Barton replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business I'm so glad you mentioned Wordpress.org, @johnkelly I have only used programs like Sitebuilder/Pagebuilder, somewhat satisfactorily. I didn't know there was a .org of Wordpress. I'm going there right now.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30050<![CDATA[John Kelly replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30050 Thu, 03 May 2012 00:05:43 +0000 John Kelly replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business To learn from my experience and that of many of my clients, stay away from do-it-yourself website solutions. As attractive as they may be you will find yourself in a hole with regret after the site doesn't […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30049<![CDATA[Michael Goes replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/what-website-builder-is-the-best/#post-30049 Wed, 02 May 2012 23:37:32 +0000 Michael Goes replied to the forum topic What website builder is the best? in the club Small Business Thanks for posting that question, Mike.  I'm looking for the same information.Does anyone in the club have experience with SBI (Site Build It), in addition to the ones Mike has mentioned?

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