 I'm a huge advocate for WordPress but I also understand WordPress is not right for everyone. What if I don't know how to build my own website? As they say, there's a plug-in for that. Welcome to the journey. Today we're going to help you decide if you should use website builder or WordPress. Alright Nealey, so as you know I already have a website but I get asked all the time from local businesses what type of website should I build for my business? Yeah it's a pretty common question and as you know I'm a huge advocate for WordPress but I also understand WordPress is not right for everyone which is why I'm really going to break this down to help you decide should you use WordPress or should you use a website builder. Now it really helps to understand what type of website do you want to create like what features do you want on the site? And what do you mean by that? So the cool thing with some of the website builders nowadays is they're getting super competitive with the WordPress atmosphere right so those website builders have those email marketing tools that has some user login it has blogs it has all these things but they're still a little bit limiting if you find yourself needing just your own flexibility to do whatever you want you don't like being put in a sandbox you can only play in that sandbox then that's where you really want to look into WordPress because WordPress has tons of plugins that just open up the the the amount of things you can use. Some more flexibility? Yeah you can do literally whatever you want as they say there's a plugin for that so that's what you want to keep in mind is is they're probably going to have some of the same features it's just how much control do you want over those features and then how much time do you have to learn. Okay that helps break down the features but what if and I'm sure you're asking this at home what if I just don't know how to build my own website yeah technical skills. Super common question and website builders if you need something just quick and dirty like I just need to get a site built right now website builders all day they make it super easy they're very visual usually drag and drop or plug in place like a Lego type style builder where you can get your site up and running which is super helpful right? Right and now WordPress on the other hand it's there's a lot more options because you get to play out of the sandbox you can do whatever you want but every plugin every theme everything you do has has more options and more things to mess with and different features you have to just learn in general. Got it. So it gets a little bit more technical okay so if you have the patience to to learn something new or the technical ability then that's definitely it and hey if you don't want to do it at all you can hire a pro. So next up website's built got that done now what is it set and forget it or do I need to continue managing the site? It depends and it depends on what you ended up going with it's like website builders they're the power of those other as you say they're low main or low main it's for normal people right you they make it super easy just to build a site and have it there now I would recommend you continue to add content because Google does like content on your site as far as just technical maintenance stuff like that it's not a problem WordPress on the other hand it's what's called an open source application so that means everyone contributes to it there's updates there's things they have to do so you have to every now and then I'd recommend at least checking in once or twice every two weeks something like that and update your themes and plugins those updates help either patch of vulnerability it helps improve features or it just makes your site faster so as you know like I'm a huge advocate for WordPress so my mom started a business a few years ago what's the business doing auto detailing and paint protection film oh wow so again huge advocate for WordPress I'm like ma you gotta be on WordPress get this going here's some basics she's like okay so she starts right and she gets going and I check out her like two weeks later like how's it going and she's like it's not it's way too much for me I'm right where you left me she's never built a site she's never done anything now there are tools to help make WordPress easier like beaver builder elementor divi or even Gutenberg the new builder inside of it but sometimes it's just too much and I overestimated the ability of a first-time user because she was busy running your site she had no time to learn totally right so a website builder for someone that has a business that has no time that just needs something up to to showcase her work it was a better fit so again huge advocate for WordPress but I know it's not right for everyone well really steered her in the wrong direction sorry ma all right I really hope this helps you decide whether or not if WordPress is right for you or a website builder right now if you have any other comments get it kind of get a little great area let us know what your questions are in the comments below and we'll give you an answer also be sure to like the video and share because you know there's others out there with the same dilemma and the same questions be sure to subscribe and don't forget ring that bell so you'll be the first to know about upcoming videos this is The Journey