There are a number of do-it-yourself website builder on the market. Which is the best one to help you represent your business online? To help you answer that question today we’re going to take a deeper look at one service that is trying to set itself apart from the pack by ‘guiding’ users through the website creation process, Webmium.
Webmium’s website creator starts by having you select a template from their dozens of professional designed templates in various categories. The templates are pretty varied in color and design, though the layouts seem to be pretty similar. (The advantage of this is you can change the template whenever you like, without losing your content.)
After registering you’re taken to Webmium’s editor and you’re immediate greeted by Webmium’s guidance, a small window welcoming you to Webmium and asking if you’d like to be walked through some ‘First Steps.’
The First Steps (some with links to short videos) show you how to add content and different elements to your website, add/organize pages and publish your site online. The First Steps seem to be aimed at users who are taking their first crack at a do-it-yourself editor and would appreciate a quick tour to get up to speed on how Webmium works.
After you’ve become familiar with Webmium’s editor and have a rough outline of your site, Webmium offers a much deeper resource for creating and marketing your business website: the Webmium Marketing Academy. (Feel free to click the link if you’d like to check it out, the Marketing Academy is open to the public and you can check it out without registering.) Webmium provides a drop down outline of the Academy’s articles in the editor, so you can get more information based on what you’re working on at that moment.
Full Academy Site
As any business owner who has waded into online marketing knows, the complexity can quickly be overwhelming. The problem with most online marketing resources is differentiating between what your local pizzeria needs to market itself online verses a large corporation looking to attract customers all over the world.
Webmium keeps it simple in their Online Marketing Academy: the focus is on the small businesses serving their community. Following the advice in Webmium’s Academy allows a small business to cover their bases and put forth a solid online presence without having to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars in consultants or online ads.
The process comes to a close with the click of the “Publish” button and like ‘that,’ your site is online! A window comes up with the URL to your new website, plus buttons to help you share the new site on Facebook and twitter.
That’s Webmium! It’s free to use and publish websites and if you purchase a year of Webmium’s Pro plan (just under $15/month) you get a free ‘.com’ domain name, unlimited bandwidth and storage space and priority support- guaranteed response to any support emails within 24 hours.
How much does it cost?
Webmium offers three different plans – Webmium Free, Webmium Pro 1 Year and Webmium Pro 2 Years. The Free account comes with professional template and custom domain but . If you an Internet Marketer or an author I suggest Webmium Pro would be the suitable plan for setting up your website in minutes.
Conclusion
Webmium’s service is clearly aimed at small business owners who have a job to get done. Webmium doesn’t offer the extreme levels of flexibility found in some do-it-yourself website creators but the ‘easy as pie’ editor and well organized resources are perfect for an overworked small businessperson who just needs a great looking, well marketed website done today.
