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.
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