QUESTIONS TO ASK When Choosing a Content Management System Proud partner of Drupal, Kentico, Hippo, Sitecore, and WordPress. .NET or Open Source? A .NET solution cost a monthly or yearly fee for a pre-built CMS that provides regular updates and support, but can have higher hosting costs. With open source platforms, hosting and licensing costs can be lower, but won’t typically have a dedicated support model. They do, however, have extensions built by the open source community. A key consideration is post-launch support—who will do it and what are they most comfortable supporting? What’s Your Purpose? Is your primary purpose to market your business or sell your services online? What features are absolute MUST HAVES? Marketers or Technologists? Who will be maintaining your site and what skill sets do they have? Do You Need to Customize it? Will you need to add new functionality? Can you support complex functionality? Who is Your Audience? Will the site be targeting devices, regions, languages, user personas, etc.? Are You Looking for a Content Management System or a Web Experience Management Suite? A Web Experience Management Suite will allow you to design personas, customize and tailor content to those personas, and integrate with Marketing Automation solutions. Do you need this level of functionality? What Are Your Security Concerns? Do you need authorization to secure content? Are you storing personal information? What Are Your Role and Permission Needs? How many users should the CMS support? How will large volumes of content be organized? Will different users manage different sections of content? What Are Your Hosting Requirements? What is your budget? What is your unique monthly traffic? What are your technology requirements? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Notes:

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QUESTIONS TO ASK

When Choosing a Content Management System

Proud partner of Drupal, Kentico, Hippo, Sitecore, and WordPress.

.NET or Open Source? A .NET solution cost a monthly or yearly fee for a pre-built CMS that provides

regular updates and support, but can have higher hosting costs. With open

source platforms, hosting and licensing costs can be lower, but won’t typically

have a dedicated support model. They do, however, have extensions built by the

open source community. A key consideration is post-launch support—who will

do it and what are they most comfortable supporting?

What’s Your Purpose? Is your primary purpose to market your business or sell your services online?

What features are absolute MUST HAVES?

Marketers or Technologists? Who will be maintaining your site and what skill sets do they have?

Do You Need to Customize it?Will you need to add new functionality? Can you support complex functionality?

Who is Your Audience? Will the site be targeting devices, regions, languages, user personas, etc.?

Are You Looking for a Content Management System or a Web Experience Management Suite? A Web Experience Management Suite will allow you to design personas,

customize and tailor content to those personas, and integrate with Marketing

Automation solutions. Do you need this level of functionality?

What Are Your Security Concerns?Do you need authorization to secure content? Are you storing personal

information?

What Are Your Role and Permission Needs?How many users should the CMS support? How will large volumes of content be

organized? Will di�erent users manage di�erent sections of content?

What Are Your Hosting Requirements? What is your budget? What is your unique monthly tra�c? What are your

technology requirements?

Notes: