There are plenty of web developers out there these days, but unfortunately, not all of them are worth their price tag. Web development is a complicated, personal task that will end up making a huge impact on the success of your future enterprise; as such, you should do your due diligence before putting your project in the hands of a third-party
developer.
We received a distressing call the other day from a troubled business owner.
This gentleman was a capable web developer who had recently launched his own business. Naturally, he needed a website to go along with it. As a web developer, he figured he could save some cash by handling the web development on his own.
There’s no denying that WordPress has completely dominated the market of Content Management Systems (CMS), and for good reason. WordPress’ intuitive design and versatility has made it an excellent choice for anyone looking to jump right into a fully-functioning CMS.
But the overwhelming success that WordPress has experienced doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the only CMS for the job. In fact, one could even argue that it’s not the best CMS out there when we look at specific jobs.
A minor irony of being a website owner is that your ultimate goal is not to have to fool with it anymore.
No, that doesn’t mean getting rid of the site, or closing the business and retiring to some tropical paradise (although that, too, is a worthy, long-term goal). What it means is that your business is so successful that you can pay people to worry about your site for you.
At the 1997 COMDEX computer exposition, Microsoft founder and CEO remarked in a speech that if automobile prices behaved like PC prices, “the car would cost about $27.” This innocuous line became the butt of numerous jokes (some passed off as fact) that were variations on “but would you want a car that crashed twice a day?”
Picture this. You’re browsing Craigslist for whatever local deals happen to catch your eye when you see this: The 1969 Boss 429 Mustang. Original Mag 500 wheels. Raw power under the hood. A big block capable of running at 9000 RPMs and churning out 600 horsepower to take you from zero to hold on to your hats in seven seconds flat. And all for a reasonable asking price of $200,000. What gearhead could possibly pass that up?
