Can website builders really be free?

My previous post was about ‘Creative Story-Telling and Keeping Your Website Updated’. I suggested that a good free website builder can help you achieve this objective of having a good business website. Lets now check what is the cost involved with online website builders.

Where does a business start from if it wants to explore this amazing digital arena? A startup has limited resources and limited know-how of technology. On top of everything they have limited time for profiling and promoting itself online. Hence, businesses sometimes substitute to a Facebook Business Page and/or a LinkedIn Company Page to get their business online. But soon they realize that social media pages do get you reach and engagement but doesn’t project your exclusive business identity with limited lead generation possibilities. After getting involved with networking online for some time you eventually comprehend that you need to seriously promote your business to the world and you require a full featured website of your own to achieve the same.

Then you set your eyes on online website builder applications like Wix, Weebly or Squarespace that provide website templates and tools that you can play around with to create websites with limited capabilities. Although, the services website builders like Wix and Weebly provide are free of cost, what doesn’t go well with various popular website builders like Wix and Weebly is the fact that their so-called ‘FREEMIUM’ model comes at a cost. Website builders have domain name limitation and do not get you the branding benefits (example: xyz.weebly.com). Also, as soon as you reach the threshold of provided numbers in their ‘FREE’ package, you are asked to move to ‘premium’ package for a fee. So practically, you are only free on these ‘FREE Website Builders’ for a limited access and until you promise to promote them by suffixing their brand-name in your official website address. Read more on the cost of online website builders.

Creative Story-Telling and Keeping Your Website Updated

In the previous post we discussed about ‘Websites to Distinguish Startups in Digital Jungle’. Let’s now check how tweaks of creative Story-telling can help you engage your audience.

Today, for just about each and everything, people are tapping the world wide web, whether be a purchase, review or any kind of media, people use different search engines prolifically. In today’s time, it has become imperative that your business, big or small, has an online presence. If you don’t have a website you are a step behind. Be it a small business or a large business, your website is the first impression that you have on your clients and visitors. Like a home in which you need to have furnishings, likewise great content on a website that would make people stay and be engaged.

However, it is not only about the website content, it is also about the aesthetics, the look and feel of your website, the user friendly features and about being updated with the most contemporary designs and themes. It is very important to engage the audiences to have an aesthetically good website with engaging content. Read more on ‘Tweaks of Creative Story’…

Web Technology to Accelerate StartUps in Digital Jungle

In our previous post we discussed, 'Why Host Blog on Your Website?'. It established the importance of blogging on your own domain. Lets now check the role of web technology to accelerate StartUps in digital jungle.

StartUps require numbers in terms of money, online following, business leads and impressions. With limited resources initially a StartUp cannot afford a 45-degree marketing campaign, leave alone a comprehensive 360-degree one. Being a StartUp is difficult and you need to be creative to think of avenues that will help you market yourself and get results without expenditure that requires breaking your bank. Today when people are digitally active and aware, your first impression is your online presence, i.e. your business website.

Your website can slingshot your StartUp by getting you the desired ‘numbers’ in terms of traffic and fan following, through your SEO ranking; engagement through your content marketing, portfolio and social media tools on your own website; business leads through various query forms and comments on your content. All you need is a good online website builder like eventfulindia which gives you the best of progressive professional website features with social media tools, integrated SEO, unlimited bandwidth for content (pictures, videos and blogs), beautiful themes to customise as well as real time website editing attributes. Check the full eventfulindia blog for more insights on web technology to accelerate startups today.

Why Host Blog on Your Website?

In the earlier post titled 'Real-estate of Dot Com - Social Website is a Must', the importance of a social website was narrated. Lets now check the importance of hosting a blog on your own domain.

Blogging has become an integral part of marketing strategies and story-telling for professionals and businesses. It is also a way for consumers to get information and tips on anything and everything under the sky. Both business owners as well as individuals are blogging these days but are actually struggling with the issue of getting readers to their blog because of a lot of competition. Blogging is one of the best way of engaging your target audience. Blogging can help create demand, they help explain why your product or service is special and they help equip loyalists.

Eventfulindia’s online website builder not only lets you create a website, but also has an inbuilt blogging application. This blogging application is there for free at your disposal. The blogging application on Eventfulindia platform is socially scalable with inbuilt sharing features, so your visitors can not only like and comment, but also share it on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+. Eventfulindia also enables your blog to be broadcasted to the entire experiential industry for free as a part of its newsletter with the Auto-Broadcast feature as well as RSS syndications. RSS features on eventfulindia platform are automatically embedded in every blog page for easy reader support. So what are you waiting for? Sign-Up now and start Blogging to reach your audience in the most effective way possible. Please follow the link to read the full eventfulindia blog.

How to make your business Search-friendly and save SEO Dollars?

Running a small business is anything but small in magnitude to manage; To run a successful website you need a dedicated set of people clocking innumerable hours, mind-blowing ideas and a combination of impact plus reach for your business to grow.

What if you were provided the capability to create your own white label website, where you can upload engaging, relevant and vibrant content, somewhat similar to buying a home and putting amazing furniture and making it a hotspot for your clients? Along with that get listed on search engines within 48 hours? Sounds like a dream for a startup? eventfulindia helps you do all of that. With the best user-friendly administrative interface, that lets you upload unlimited content and pushes it across a variety of networks, our SEO makes sure that your unique idea is visible to the world and you pop up whenever anyone searches anything related to your business. We help you get that top ranking that you have always wanted so that you are Google-Ready without spending SEO Dollars. Check the full eventfulindia blog for more insights...

Every Business Needs a Website to Survive

Not having a business website today is like not having a business phone or an address for your dearly cherished business. By not having a website you are missing out on the opportunity to serve hundreds of potential customers online in a very interactive environment.

A good website can win you trust and goodwill. A website gives your business a professional identity with its own domain name. Your website on your own domain is sure to resonate more with your customers and it’s easy to remember as it becomes your digital identity.

In the current business environment, which is characterized by cut-throat competition, it has become even more crucial to get ahead of your competition. So create your own website now before your competition does. Check the full eventfulindia blog.

Are Facebook and LinkedIn Making Online Website Builders like Wix and Weebly Obsolete?

World Wide Web has seen a fundamental paradigm shift in last ten year of so with #Social word of mouth marketing as the epicentre of being relevant and staying relevant. Facebook and LinkedIn have been the undoubted pioneers in this new era of consumer engagement. While Wix and Weebly were the pioneers of online website creation, with a two decade head-start, it’s sad to see they didn’t catch-up to upgrade themselves so that they could compete with Facebook and LinkedIn in today’s Social-before-Digital era. Looking at this transformation in the current digital environment, would it be too much to ask for a Social-Website-Builder platform that could challenge Facebook and LinkedIn?

Rumours say Eventfulindia is doing something similar… to see if it can make a difference to this ever-evolving Social-Website-Builder marketplace. The idea looks fascinating but can it match the Forever-Free model of Facebook and LinkedIn coupled with Customization benefits provided by Wix and Weebly? A new start will atleast fuel impetus in the positive direction… do subscribe to eventfulindia’s newsletter to be updated about anything new in the similar direction…Know more about eventfulindia online website builder vis-a-vis other popular website builders and social media platforms... 

Real-Estate of ‘dot com’ - Society Matters

For knowing you better, your guests need to visit you and spend time. Although your guests can locate you through GPS, but isn’t it better when you have a chauffeur driven car to pick them up and get them home? On the digital frontier, Google can be considered as a map or a GPS grid to your website that is present amongst all the high-rise structures, and to get your visitors to the right spot you need search engine optimization (SEO). With a bigger or more experienced chauffeur your website becomes clearly visible, similarly the stronger your search engine optimization the better your website ranking. Also, the more the SEO populates your website and highlights your content, the easier it is for guests to find your home, as it takes up a prime spot amidst the digital jungle, just like the chauffeur giving your guests a brief about your hospitality before they visit. Read More..

Real-Estate of ‘dot com’ - Hospitality Matters

They say home is where the heart is, a place where the quest for human satisfaction ends, as the home is the physical extension of the self. While a home is a personal space for exclusive people, what is the closest thing that can be correlated to the same? Is it your website, a virtual real estate property that can be accessed by the world..Read More

Real-Estate of ‘dot com’ – Your Website, Your Infrastructure!

In the digital media realm your business website becomes very crucial for your success and as such you need to keep a constant watch on it as it requires regular maintenance and tweaking. Off-course there are many digital marketing agencies out there to help you maintain your website, but that can become an expensive and tedious proposition. What if it was easy enough, so that, you could do it all yourself? Become the wizard of your own website with a state-of-the-art do-it-yourself system provided by eventfulindia. Grab your free website today to get started.

Though we focus at three sectors; Events and Entertainment; Travel and Tourism as well as Media and Entertainment, the fastest growing three industries, eventfulindia.com platform is open to anyone and everyone from different spheres of businesses...Know More...

Yes Websites are on SALE and We are Serious!

Ever heard of a SALE that allows you to shop for your Digital Assets including your website and other online properties? Ever heard of a SALE that allows you to replenish your business website, just like you overhaul your wardrobe and replenish it with latest clothes and fashion accessories? Ever heard of a SALE that avails you a SEO friendly business website, with progressive features, beautiful themes and effortless management facilities? Eventfulindia’s ‘The Amazing Website SALE’ does! What’s the catch? There is NO CATCH at all!...Read More...

Do You Actually Need a Website for Your Startup?

Is it fine to decide not to have a website for your business?

You must have heard that businesses need website to succeed in today’s time, which is characterized by shrinking global boundaries. You would think that in today’s age of information technology everybody would be aware of the important role a website can play for a business. But you would find it quite surprising to know how many startups and small businesses do not have a website today.  

Do you think its fine to decide not to create a website for your business? Or maybe you think it’s completely unnecessary in some instances—just having a Facebook and LinkedIn page could be more than sufficient for many businesses.

Let’s first establish whether businesses really need a website, or it’s quite fine not to have one. Afterwards, we will check how your choice of a website builder can be crucial for your online success.

Why YOUR startup actually needs a website?

So, why does YOUR startup or small business need a website? Yes, before bringing your presence online, you should ask yourself this fundamental question. It's a crucial strategic decision, and as such, you must have sufficient reason to go ahead with your website.

Like many startups and small businesses, you may believe that your business cannot actually benefit from having a website. Or, your assessment may establish that a website is not within your budget. Or maybe you think that your potential customers aren’t online. 

Well, I would like to differ and tell you that you need a website because your target audience demands it. Customers across industry segments are routinely using the Internet as an entry step in the marketplace. Other valid reasons in favor of your having a business website include the opportunity to deliver your offerings to a wider market than your local base, and to be able to compete more effectively with your competition.

To conclude the point, a website can be the most important tool you can purchase for your startup or the small business. Your website can be the most affordable manner in which to reach new customers to affect you bottom line, i.e., generate increasing profits.

Once decided in favor of having a website for your business, you can get started with your hunt for a good online website builder.