A few things to consider before building a “free” website

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A few things to consider before building a free
website
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• The ads are everywhere, and surely youve seen
  them. You can build a website in just a few
  minutes, and its totally free! Why pay a
  website designer when you can use our service to
  build your brand new website with just a few easy
  clicks?
• Sounds simple, whats the catch? Well, as it
  turns out, there are several. Lets look at a
  few.

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• The number one reason you might want to avoid
  these free websites is that they dont actually
  belong to you. When you build a website on the
  Weebly, Squarespace, or Wix platform, on their
  servers, what happens if you want to move that
  website later to another host or another
  platform?. Short answer you cant. That website
  is built using their proprietary system, and they
  do not share. Ever. Those companies own your
  website, and if they ever should happen to be
  bought out or go out of business, you could find
  yourself with a missing website.

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• Another thing to consider is that these free
  websites are unprofessional. A free website
  builder almost always guarantees that your
  website is going to be supported with some form
  of advertisting. This may include pop up ads, ads
  for outside businesses, or ads for the company
  you bought the website from. Usually, you cannot
  disable this feature on free websites which looks
  pretty unprofessional.

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• Free websites also have a limited number of
  features and are extremely limited in their
  design options. There are always a few things you
  can customize, but youre never completely free
  to do as you like. Youre stuck with their
  template (which 1000 other businesses just like
  yours are likely already using) and those
  templates arent meant to be heavily customized.
  So you saw a cool new feature on a competitors
  website and you would like to implement it?
  Youre likely out of luck.

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• These are just a few of the many reasons why
  choosing a free website may not be a good choice
  for your business. There are some cases where a
  simple free site may be a better choice than
  hiring a professional website designer (maybe you
  need just a simple one page site and you dont
  really care if its a template), but in most
  cases, hiring a professional web designer is
  going to yield a much better finished website
  design.

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• While New Frame Creative isnt in the business of
  building websites for free, we would love to talk
  to you about building something completely custom
  and results driven for your business or
  organization. Our clients love working with us,
  and our websites look fantastic and generate
  great results for our clients. As one of our
  clients succinctly put it My new website design
  from New Frame Creative makes the phone ring.

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• New Frame Creative is a full service website
  design / development and digital marketing agency
  in Knoxville, TN. We specialize in stylish
  modern website design, search engine
  optimization, graphic design, video production,
  and more. If you are looking for web design in
  Knoxville, TN or Knoxville SEO, visit us at
  http//www.newframecreative.com. Give us a call
  today at 865-202-0408 or send us an email (link
  to greg_at_newframecreative.com) and lets talk
  about your next project.