How much time do you spend with your website

There are many different types of websites, there is a website for every purpose and there are a number of choices in this. For example, do you want a web store to sell your favorite sneakers. Create a blog to share information, history, tips and news about the latest trainers. Or create a portfolio website to show off your self-painted trainers to attract customers. Of course, it's also possible for you to start a company that creates trainers yourself and sells them to suppliers. Every website in this industry has a different desire in terms of visitors and conversions. And they also require a different investment of time. Let's make that a little clearer in this blog post. How much time is invested in a website.

Choosing the design, functionality and what you want

If you are in the process of creating a website, this can be a task in the beginning. Once you start designing a website, you will be faced with a number of choices. With a blog website, a portfolio website, and a simple business card website. Often, you don't need extensive and custom designs for these. An existing and pre-made theme that can be installed in your content management system is enough for many. If you want more, you can also opt for a paid theme, have a separate one created, or create one yourself.

However, for beginning businesses and bloggers this is often not cost effective, a paid or custom theme can easily cost you more than you may have to invest in website hosting.

There is also often the question of what all should be possible on a website, whether it is a custom system that allows you to put together your own coach from the website. Or is it just articles and pages about the subject. For such systems to create your own trainer, you need to hire a programming company.

So in a clear plan at the beginning of a website hosting , what are your desires for the website. After that, you can get an idea of how much time it will take and how much time it is worth to you. A basic rule is to always have everything working. Plug-ins not working together, further troubleshooting that needs to be done. A webmaster's job is often not done in an afternoon.

Content Management System

The choice of a content management system, or CMS, also affects how long it takes to set up a website and do the day-to-day work. Publishing a simple blog post can be done manually every time, so creating the new URL or page, setting up the code, adding the header and footer. Etc.

Or you can hit "New Post" in a CMS like WordPress. It just makes life a little easier for most people. And that's also the power of a content management system. It's much easier to manage content. It also makes it easier to spend less time on a website. Because creating and publishing content takes a lot less time.

Of course, with any website, you also need a time frame to keep up with website maintenance. Every week there are updates to the themes, plug-ins, and the CMS itself that you use. It's important to do this once a month and go through everything and update as needed. It's also important to remember to make backups of your website, because not every update can go smoothly. Once you have this in order, you should set aside about an hour each month to do this. A lot of this can also be done on autopilot.

Passive websites, do they exist?

Not really. Every website has a certain amount of work that comes back. Whether it's new content that needs to go live. Maintenance that needs to be serviced or other updates that need to be installed. With a simple portfolio website, you still have the need to showcase your latest work on the website. It looks pretty bad if your latest work is from a few years ago, while you've had clients in the meantime. Be proud and show it off on your website!

Websites that don't need much work once launched include websites that are purely a business card for your company. With no blog and no other information or content to change, it's quick to get up and running. Please note that such websites only work if you have a lot of word of mouth, are active locally and people know you. The chance of ranking naturally in Google with such websites is slim.

There is also the notion that certain affiliate websites with articles and links to a seller are passive, however, this is often a misconception. There is still work to be done in the background and in the foreground. New articles need to be made live and written. Links to various vendors need to be maintained and updated, and social media posts need to be made frequently.

How much time do you spend on your website per month? Let us know via social media!