Hiring a professional web design team or freelance web designer to create your web site is preferable to doing it on your own unless you are highly skilled on web design yourself. When selecting a web designer or a team to hire, ask them the following questions:

1. Will you be designing my site using a template or from scratch? Some web design companies already have pre-prepared templates where you can choose from. The advantage of using a template is that you can have your web site up and running in no time at all. Meanwhile, building a web site from scratch will mean that you will have a web site tailored for your business. However, it might take weeks, even months, before you get your web site online.

2. Can you develop my site using a content management system? Most web site owners desire to have full or total control of their web sites. Having your web site built on Joomla or PHP would not allow you that, especially if you are not familiar with these languages. However, building your web site on a CMS like WordPress would make it easier for web site owners like you to add pages to you site, upload content, and make small changes to your web site.

3. What will be the features of my web site? There are few features that your web site must have, including a contact form, an opt-in feature, an About Us page, a Products/Services page, and sticky content. Your web designer or web design team must be able to make recommendations on what features your site should have but not before you give them information about your business. Each feature of the web site should have some significance for your business.

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