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How Can Joomla Web Design Help a Start Up Company?

24 August 2008 10 Comments

Web design companies are using Joomla increasing to develop cutting edge websites for their customers. Joomla is a powerful content management system that is free to use.

Joomla is equally beneficial for a start up company or small business as it is for an established business. A Start up company (start-up venture) often has limited budget whether it is for website design or for any other business needs. Unless the business is an online venture; it is a common practice for start up companies to invest only in a simple informational website to begin with. Such a website may have a visually appealing design but often offers limited functionality.

Although all businesses small or large understand the value of an up market website; limited funds often prevent a start up company from investing in a powerful website to start with. In later stages when the business has grown a business can justify the higher costs involved in developing a full fledged database driven website.

Joomla allows a start up company to meet this challenge as it allows them to utilise a powerful website at a fraction of the cost. A Website designed in Joomla is powerful and rich with features found mostly on websites of established businesses. Joomla enables a start up company to have a strong online presence from the start thereby gaining competitive advantage over its competitors.

Joomla reduces the cost of developing a powerful database driven website manifolds.

Internet today plays a vital role in our day to lives. The changes in consumer behaviour pattern have made having an effective online presence a necessity for any business to succeed.

Lack of in-house technical expertise is another reason that prevents a start up company from utilising advanced websites or web based applications. Traditional database driven websites and content management systems can be complicated to use and require technical knowledge or training to use. Lack of funds for training coupled with lack of manpower with technical knowledge may prevent a start up company from using a content management system or a powerful web based software.

Joomla on the other hand is easy to use and does not require technical knowledge to use. Commonly used tasks do not require any training or technical experience. In most cases a Joomla website configured properly at launch will not require any maintenance or administration.

Websites designed in Joomla are interactive. Unlike traditional informational websites designed in Joomla are interactive and facilitate two way interaction between the company and users. Features such as customer registration, Registration for newsletters and enquiry forms come built into Website designed with Joomla.

Joomla is free to use and does not have any on going licence fee. This is appealing for start up companies and smaller businesses as cost of maintaining the website is almost null. This does not compromise the quality of the website in any way and some of the most successful websites are designed in Joomla. Established businesses as well start up and smaller companies across the world have preferred to use Joomla over other content management systems.

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10 Comments »

  • Allen Taylor said:

    Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

    Allen Taylor

  • Web Design Tutorials said:

    Thx a lot for the nice tutorial and the psd – exactly what I was looking for!

  • kabonfootprint said:

    The more time that is spent dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing a design by the wrong kinds of people the worse that design gets. The same trend applies to the number of people involved in the design process.
    Thx a lot for infomation!

  • NFL Picks said:

    My first three Design in Theory and Practice columns investigated the fundamental concepts underlying the design profession. These concepts come in a variety of forms, from abstract tenets and objects used to construct a composition to constraints based on the medium in which we choose to design.
    but Thx a lot for for your post.

  • admin (author) said:

    Websites today have evolved much beyond only offering direct information about what a company sells or offers. With the popularity of Web2, it has become increasingly important for website owners to offer varied information on their website. Website owners spend much more time today than ever before to ensure information and content is up to date and valuable to users. Without this the long term success of any website is limited.

  • sondaj said:

    Thanks for articles, I have searched blog same this since long time

  • Tony @ Joomla Views said:

    I agree that Joomla certainly is one of the most versatile and powerful CMSs on the market and the fact that it is free and very easy to get setup and running and maintaining makes it an ideal choice.

    Tony @ Joomla Viewss last blog post..Joomla 1.5.8 Released

  • blogspot web design said:

    Thank you for this great post. Web designers and businesses world over are using Joomla for anything from small brochure sites to complex web applications. It is better to select a web design company that has significant experience in this matter. Like other open source systsems, Joomla requires expert skills and experience especially if you want to extend the main features.

    blogspot web designs last blog post..Middle East jobs website launched to offer top jobs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and UAE.

  • NJ Website Design said:

    Joomla is the best ever CMS for website design due to the huge number of extensions developed by the community. Whatever website you are building, you can find every possible function in Joomla

  • Autumn said:

    You must really love this. Good work.

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