Every entrepreneur needs a website

It’s widely understood that if you’re running a business, having a website is essential.

Depending on your needs, you might even require an e-commerce site, one that lets customers browse and order in advance, like for a restaurant to order your next meal, or sites with products you want to browse and purchase items directly for pickup or delivery.

A Facebook page or another social media page isn’t a substitute for having your own business website. Social media can be an important part of your marketing outreach, but it’s not a dedicated front door to your business.

Best practices and main considerations to create quality business websites have already been collected from small business owners who have nailed the nuances and are willing to share.

The Washington State Department of Commerce packaged this information into easy-to-digest learning chunks and now offers the info as free courses on its website.

After the Introduction, here’s the list of the courses.

Website Courses

  1. Do You Need One (website)

  2. Doing Your Homework

  3. Tech Talk

  4. Setting a Budget

  5. User Experience

  6. Getting Started

  7. Hiring a Designer

  8. Countdown to Launch

  9. Maintenance & Marketing

  10. E-Commerce

  11. Artificial Intelligence

The last one, Artificial Intelligence (Ai), is an area to watch and continue to research and study, as this technology is rapidly evolving.

Leave a link to your business website in the comments!

Photo by Kelly Sikkema.


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