A typical
query:
We hava a guest house in Cumbria and we need to promote ourselves on-line, but we don’t want it to cost the earth. Is there an affordable solution?
Thanks to Savvy A. for going to such lengths.
Answer: This is quite a popular question. Free website hosting is probably not for you if you are serious about having a website. Web hosting is the heart of your web presence and can mean the success and failure for your business.
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We have recently set up a service specifically for small businesses in Cumbria and can arrange everything, giving you a domain name (your own internet address), a stylish site (with your choice of colours, fonts, etc) designed to work well with search engines, hosting for a year and free updates for info on the site, plus search engine submissions – all for less than 90 pounds. Because we have a special connection with cumbria we will also be able to help you promote your business in other ways and connect you to other useful services in the area (e.g. if you want to have on-line bookings).
Go to:
http://www.peoplesavehere.com/contactus.html
and they can build a website for you. Inexpensive.
Most definitely feasible.
That is something that I do for a living and, believe me, it is going to cost you way less than many firms charge for the same exact PROFESSIONAL work.
You can have a portal deployed and customized for a very affordable price.
Just contact me on the gmail account at giorgi.piero
Depends what you want to do.
If you’re just trying to put up a small website to promote a bed and breakfast so that people know where to find it and whom to call, and you want to add maybe a couple picture so they can see what the front and the back garden looks like, post a price or two, then you don’t have to pay at all. I suggest you go to freewebs.com (no called webs.com).
You can build a site for free. If you choose to upgrade, they give you the option to pay. Very easy drop and drag. They have these little buttons and icons you can move over.
Costs you nothing. However, website name will be a sub domain, and not a top level domain, meaning:
Suppose you have a bed and breakfast small business called: cumbriahut.
You want to call it CumbriaHut.com (a .com is always easier to remember than anything else).
If you sign up for freewebs, it will come out looking like:
CumbriaHut.webs.com. You’ll be a subdomain of webs.com.
Now, that’s fine if you don’t care that people remember that and they get to your business anyway; however, to be a professional business that people take seriously on the net, it’s best to get a top-level domain (TLD). But then you may to consider purchasing webhosting just to connect the website to the domain name.
Another free site is Google Pages.
If you want to get into webhosting, you can also check webhosting companies in the UK. Just type in UK webhosting and see what you get.
If you’re looking for a cheap web designer, then I recommend porcupineonline.com. You can ask for a free quote. However, you’ll have to sign up for webhosting, usually the one the designer is using. Theirs is pretty cheap. When you pay for webhosting, you pay for the whole year at once.
There is a site that has a bunch of information on business given from industry experts and other successful entrepreneurs. If they dont have it they will try to help you find the information you are looking for. We use it at my college it won’t let me put a link but search: Business Empire Magazine
If you just want a web presence you probably just need a cheap template. If you have higher ambitions then you need a properly designed and coded site that will expand with you.
take a look at http://www.ds32.com for ideas
I think you are on the right track!