Dr.RachnaJain

Manybusiness ownersinvestlotsandlotsofmoneytohaveabeautifulwebsitebuiltthattheydon’tevenknowhowtouse.

Theyaremissing crucialpieces ofinformationthattheyneedtomakethesiteworkfortheirbusiness.

Hereare5importantpiecesofinformationtogetfromyourwebsitedesigner(fornon-techies!)

Get accesstotheadministrationpanel/dashboard soyoucanmakeedits toyoursiteonceyouknowhow.

This iseasier ifyouarerunningacontentmanagement systemlikeWordPress.Oneofthebenefits ofusingWordPress,inmyopinion, islearninghowtoupdateyourwebsitecontentonyourown,withoutwaiting.

Forthesmall business ownersIworkwith,thiscansavethemalotoftime andfrustration.

Findoutifyoursite isrunning GoogleAnalyticsandwhatGoogleaccountit’srunningunder.Someweb-designers putalltheirclientaccounts inoneGoogleaccountthatthey(theweb-designer) own.Idon’trecommendthis.

ItcostsnothingtogetanewGoogleaccountsetup- thatyoumanage- andtohaveallyouranalytics andotherinformationtiedto.Ifyoudon’tknowwhetheryouarerunningAnalytics, findout.

Ifyouarerunningit,butdon’thaveaccesstotheaccount,changetoanewGoogleaccountandgetanalytics re-installed.

Findout wherealltheimagesandphotosonyoursitecamefrom,ifyoudon’tknow.

Besurethelicensing forthese iscorrectandproper.

Findoutwhere yoursiteisbeinghosted,andwhoispayingforthathostingaccount.

Get logindetails tothehostingaccount ifpossible, or,atminimum,findouthowyouwillgetsupport ifyouneed it.Keepthis information inasafeplace;you’llneed itifyoursiteevergoesdown.

Atthesametime,findoutifyouhavea sitebackupsystem inplace. Ifyoudon’t,getone.

Makesureyouarelistedasthe maincontactforyourdomainname.

Sometimes you’renot,andthiscancreateaproblemlateron.I’vehadclientswhohavebuilttheirbusinesses onadomainnametheydidn’town,whichbecameaproblemwhentheywantedtomovetheirwebsites elsewhere.

Inmanycases,thereasonbusiness ownersdon’tknowthisinformation isbecausetechnologycanbeoverwhelming andscary.Whentheyfindsomeone theytrust,theymay,blindly,just“washtheirhands”ofallthiskindofstuff.Idon’tthinkthis isagoodidea.

It’ssortoflikehiringsomeone tobuildyourhouse,butthenletting themcloseoffpartsofyournewhousetoyouruseandoversight.Youprobablywouldn’ttoleratethis inyourreallife,sowhywouldyoudoitinyouronline life?

Ifyouarelookingtobuildanonlinebusiness,youneedtohavebasicandcompleteinformationabouttheframeworkofyouronlinebusiness- yourwebsiteaccess,hosting,anddomaincontrols.Eventhoughthis isn’tthat interesting orexciting,alittle attentiontodetail herewillcomeinveryuseful lateron.

Because You Deserve to Be Liked. And Rich.

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