A large number of our clients are not a new business looking for a website, but existing businesses looking to upgrade to a site that is not only more current, but something that they are able to update themselves. Using a Content Management System like Joomla is what allows our clients to update their own site and stay current with specials, prices, newsletters etc. While full-coded websites derived from Dreamweaver were once dominant, they lacked customers the ability to update their site, unless all of the files of the website were transferred to the customers site. 

With an array of inexpensive do-it-yourself options, there is room for a lot of questions and confusion when hiring a web designer for your business.  Do you try to do it yourself?  If so, how do you know you have done a good job.  If I were to hire a company to design my website, how do I know how much I should spend or how in depth should my site be?  One thing is certain:  Creating a web site that can be marketed to google and other search engines, as well as something that properly represents your business, is extremely important.  In most service based industries your marketing via advertisement averages 50 % of all new business, while the remaining 50 % is driven from networking, repeat business and word of mouth.