What the heck is a CMS based website?? (and why should I care?)

I sat in office after office, coffee shop after cafe listening to business owners tell me how frustrating it was to have to call their website development company to make changes on their website. The charges added up to some serious ca$h. More often than not they resited changing their website and just “let it be!”

It broke my heart.

Now my company was designed to fix that problem. At WEBv5.com we are helping companies to convert their website from a “static site” where each page is coded individually to a CMS based website where the website is built on top of powerful CMS technology.

What is CMS? CMS is an acronym for “C”ontent “M”anagement “S”ystem. Building a website on CMS technology is very empowering for the website owner. It allows companies to do most updating of the website in-house avoiding costly “change orders” and reduces the time it takes to get current information delivered.

So let’s say that you have a website that you LOVE!! We can replicate your EXACT website “look” on our CMS technology or the CMS system of your choice. To your website visitors nothing will have changed. Why do it then?

First, there is the money you will save by being able to make most changes by yourself. Login to the administrator back-end part of your website and you can change text, add pages, change page order, fix typos, change prices, etc. all with a few clicks and without having to know any code.

Sounds cool, but you are doubting you can really do it, right?

Well, we train you too! Once your site is converted we will walk you through how your CMS system works. At the end of two hours – you and your staff will we pros!

Is your business “static”? I doubt it. Most businesses are a little different every week. Do you run specials? Have sales? Feature Seasonal Products or Services? Imagine being able to communicate different messages and different themes as your business evolves.

Did you just hire a new salesperson? (or maybe fire one?) Get them on (or off) your website quickly.

Did you just launch a new product or line? Maybe a new service? Within 5 minutes you can have a new page up on your site, messages to all your clients, and current information right on your home page.

So many of our clients are clients who are happy with the way their site looks and happy with their content, but what they really need is the power to keep the website current and relevant.

Others don’t have a website they love because they have become frustrated with the whole website “thing” and have decided to leave their site as is just because they don’t know what to do. We can help you with a brand new look and tons of functionality. We can help you start from scratch at a price much less than a typical custom ”static site.”

Others don’t have a website at all because they don’t know what to do or they can’t afford what they want. Our experts will learn about your business, help you identify your online goals, map out a path to success and get you online for much less than it would cost if we had to code each page by hand for you.

So no matter what kind of business you have and no matter where you are with your website, we can help you convert to a CMS system and have a much more control of your online presence.

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Upcoming posts…

1. Is it true that CMS systems help your Google rankings?

2. What are website Widgets, Plugins and APPS?

3. What CMS systems are out there and which one should I choose?