Build a Website Or Create a Blog?

If you have decided to build a website for your business, there are other options you may not be aware of when it comes to getting your business noticed online. Ten years ago, weblogs (or blogs for short), were relatively unknown. Today they are among the top ways to make your business stand out among the crowds on the internet. Amazingly though, many business owners are still unaware of the impact they can have on their presence.

What is a blog exactly? Blogs began as a way to supply information to people online, in a non-static manner. Unlike websites that have fixed pages and standardized content, blogs are more dynamic. Meaning, their content is constantly fresh and changing. The design may even change more frequently than a standard website’s would.

For this reason, blogs became the popular medium for those wishing to create online journals, where the site was updated on an almost daily basis based on the continued activity of the blog owner. On any given day, a visitor to the site may have a new article, product review, or testimonial to read.
Of course, the major benefit to having a site with constantly changing content is that visitors will anticipate this. They may visit your site several times a week, perhaps even several times per day. This benefit can increase the chances of prospective customers sticking around your site, making a purchase, or reading more about your products and in turn recommending them to someone else.

Creating a blog isn’t anymore difficult than putting together a website, and in fact it may be easier for the non-designer. Many web platforms, such as WordPress, have “themes” that you can upload onto your web host’s servers. These themes are easy to modify, allowing you to change colors, fonts, graphics, and more. With a website that is traditionally coded, you would need your web designer go into the code and make the changes.

Alternatively, with the way web platforms are designed, it is not difficult at all to add new content to your blog without having to access the code. This makes upkeep of your site simpler and perhaps less costly, as you can often avoid the services of a web designer that you will require if you build a website.