{"id":17,"date":"2012-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/10-important-questions-to-ask-web-builders-before-dishing-out-the-dough-for-your-in-home-business-website\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:44:02","slug":"10-important-questions-to-ask-web-builders-before-dishing-out-the-dough-for-your-in-home-business-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/10-important-questions-to-ask-web-builders-before-dishing-out-the-dough-for-your-in-home-business-website\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Important Questions To Ask Web Builders Before Dishing Out the Dough for your In Home Business website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You can do this!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Having a professional build your in home business web site is a wise investment.<\/h2>\n

If you want to establish yourself as a serious and professional in home business<\/a><\/strong> owner. If you\u2019re not web site savvy, you can easily be cheated, especially if you don\u2019t know what questions to ask.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 important questions you want answered before opening your wallet for your in home business<\/a><\/em> website!.<\/p>\n

Assuming you already have a fairly good idea of what you want on your in home business web site and will more than likely be writing your own copy or having it written for you, here are 10 questions you need to get answered to help you create a web site without breaking the bank or slowing your plans.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Price by project or by the hour?\u00a0 Accepting an hourly rate agreement gives you very little control over costs unless you put a spending cap into effect.\u00a0 If you have to exercise the spending cap, what if your site is only partially complete?\u00a0 Inevitably, you will have to dish out more dough to get it finished and this is a strain you want to avoid as you start your new\u00a0 in home business<\/span>.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Once the site is complete who will maintain it?\u00a0 If the developer offers this service, what are the costs and turn-around time?\u00a0 If you\u2019d rather assume modification control, do they offer access to and training on editing software?<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 When can you expect you site to be finished?\u00a0 You want to be in a position to plan ahead for your website launch.\u00a0 Having that information will give you time to organize all your marketing efforts.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 What kind of a payment plan do they have?\u00a0 Do they want all of the money up front?\u00a0 Half now, half upon completion?\u00a0 Make sure you hold back partial payment until your in home business site is complete and you are completely satisfied with the results.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Will the designer submit your in home business site to the search engines or will this be your responsibility?\u00a0 If this is your responsibility, do your homework to ensure you cover all the steps. (Keywords and META tags must be done before your submission.)<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Who will be responsible for search engine optimization? This is usually an add-on service, so find out if your developer includes it with site development, offers it at an additional cost, or if you will have to contract someone else to do this for you..<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Who will be in control of your site? Make sure you do!<\/strong> Don\u2019t leave this critical component of your in home business and marketing strategy in the control of a third party.\u00a0 Get all passwords and access to everything.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Will your website developer teach you how to read your web logs\/stats so you can understand the how, what, where and why of your visitors?<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Has the developer designed other sites for your niche market?<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Has the web designer provided a portfolio, testimonials or references from others in your niche market?\u00a0 Have you verified the references?<\/p>\n

A web site is a major component of\u00a0 marketing\u00a0 and the success of your in home business.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can do this! Having a professional build your in home business web site is a wise investment. If you want to establish yourself as a serious and professional in home business owner. If you\u2019re not web site savvy, you can easily be cheated, especially if you don\u2019t know what questions to ask. Here are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1228,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,10,13,8,14,15],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-empower-network","tag-based-business-home","tag-business-home-based","tag-how-to-make-money-from-home","tag-in-home-business","tag-making-money-home","tag-work-at-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rmcguffin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}