Ask yourself a couple of key questions before we dive in. Firstly, what type of situation are you in? and secondly, you want to establish a new website but what is it for?

SEO consultantLearning to build a basic business website isn’t rocket science, if it were then I am fairly sure that there would be a lot more rocket scientists around and a lot less web designers. Nearly anyone who has the aptitude to learn and in particular those that pick up systems speedily can learn to design their own website and this is a description that typically fits the sort of person that owns their own business. A lot of time learning about design fundamentals, CSS, HTML needs to be spent, then putting this new knowledge together as a website. So before jumping in, you need to ask yourself Does your situation allow you to spend the time learning these new skills?You may well have had plenty of working for someone else and are pleased to put in the hours necessary to acquire the fundamentals. If this is the case then creating your own basic website is completely doable.

Search Engine OptimiserYour situation may well be at the opposite side of the scale and you may have no spare time. If this fits your situation then the website that you create is probably not going to meet up to your current expectations.The 2nd question you ought to ask yourself is what is the website for? To answer this you first need to look at your business market and the level of professionalism that is expected of it.You may well not have any online competitors or you might be promoting comparatively low cost services. If you tick these boxes then there is no reason that you shouldn’t be able to create a successful basic business site.

seo bristolYou may, however, fall in to a group that is deemed to be more professional and after looking at the websites of your competitors see that creating a basic website is not going to actually gain you any new customers. If this fits your situation then it may be better for you to stick to running your business and to let a professional web designer create a professional looking website for you.