After figuring out the purpose, audience and complexity of
your website, next comes the the budget. Here are a few things
to consider while developing your website budget.
* How are the webpages going to be built and maintained?
* What website graphics are required?
* What type of hosting costs will I have?
The cost of building the site can be in dollars - to pay someone,
or in time - if you build it. You can either pay a professional or
spend your time on your website. Make sure that if you are
going to spend your time, that you allocate a reasonable dollar
value and sufficient time in your budget.
Then there's the maintenance of the site
If you are going to build the web pages yourself do you have
the knowledge, time and technologies in place to make your
own web pages or will you have to invest time and money to
aquire the proper skills, software and technologies?
Next in the website budget, consider website content creation
and management.
Website content is the words the visitor and search engines see.
The website content should be information, not just a bunch of
links to other sites or images.
Who will create the initial website content
If you have done any website marketing research, you will
know that lots of quality content is important to the success of
your website. The content should be updated with new fresh
content often to give visitors a reason to return. As well, it is a
reason for search engines to keep visiting the site.
Who will create the website content now and in the future? Yourself
or someone else?