Finding time for your website

Most of you in business have probably had a site up and running for years, but when was the last time you changed it? Maybe some of you even have added a blog recently to help with your SEO but are now falling behind on it because you just don’t have the time to do it.

Making time for your website is very important. Old and outdated information just upsets the visitor to the site. Nobody wants prices from three years ago and nobody wants the old phone number. Your website is your calling card for your business. Large percentages of your clientele do their first search on the web. It’s fast and it is easy and it beats the hell out of looking through the Yellow pages. The site needs to be up to date with the most current information about your business.

So you don’t know web programming and you don’t have the money to hire someone full time to take care of the site? There are lots of new options out there that can help you avoid the pitfalls of site upkeep. WordPress, Blogger, and many other open source options exist for you to easily take hold of your site and the contents of it. Even a computer novice can be trained to update their site.

Still don’t have the time? Then look for someone to do it for you. There are many options for finding someone to free-lance and take care of your site in just a few hours a month. You don’t need to hire someone full time unless it takes 40 hours a week to keep your site updated. In just an hour I can post three new blog entries, add pages to site, and upload new images. That will keep the search engines on top of the site and the site up in the rankings.