Pay Less For More!
I was aghast to discover the amount of money people are willing to pay for a website.
Now, to build a functionally website with backend function is one thing, to build a website with static pages is another. I am probably inviting attack from many parties with this question, but still: "WHY PAY SO MUCH FOR SOMETHING YOU CAN EASILY DO YOURSELF?"
That's right! Static pages, which are perfect for product marketing and launches, event websites, etc can be done at virtually no cost! Google sweetens the deal with their latest candy - the Google App Engine (GAE). With the App Engine, you can easily build and maintain your application, and scale up your storage and bandwidth needs when necessary. With no server to maintain, no set up cost and no recurring fees, it is pretty hard to go wrong with GAE. All you need is an administrator with programming knowledge and willingness to learn.
Not convinced that cheap is good? Well, most people wouldn't be. Recently, a close friend divulged that her company brought in a consultant to increase the productivity of the employees. This consultant did such a great job, the company hired the founder of the consulting firm the next year, for an insane sum of money. The realized with horror that not only was this expensive founder not as good as the consultant, he was bad. Very bad.
Knowing that you can probably do the same, would you still engage expensive companies to create your websites? Of course not! Learn how to utilize the free Google App Engine to create your beautiful websites. Then, you will truly discover that you can definitely pay less for more.
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