With so many website design products on the market it?s easy to assume that you too can construct a website in record time. Keep in mind, though, that with web development comes computer-aided graphic design, general layout, new CSS standards, forms, database design and connectivity, troubleshooting and maintenance.

A small 8 to 10 page information website that includes a contact information form, newsletter signup, and a few PDF files or Microsoft Word documents can take the average novice ?webmaster? 2-6 weeks (that?s 80 to 240 hours) to build. Like children, new webmasters are often very proud of their accomplishments, but the rest of the world can usually spot a novice web design or cheesy website template within seconds. These often lack a polished professional look that consumers trust. Worse, the new webmaster learns that it is incredibly time consuming, and many report becoming ?addicted? and ?losing track of time? during their do-it-yourself web design projects. This means that if your business is growing, you probably won?t be nurturing the business during the web development phase, and worse, your site will look like an amateur made it.

If your business is growing, then you will quickly learn that your website may need tweaking. Navigational menu items (and corresponding pages) may need to be created in record time because you didn?t know what to look for when initially constructing your site. You may need to redesign your site FAST if you have an important client on the hook. Do you have time to prepare for your sales pitch (including the paperwork) and redisgn your site?