Websites · Facebook · the Ohio Valley
Do I need a website if my business has a Facebook page?
Keep the Facebook page. Add a page you own, so a locked account never takes your business offline.
The first visit is free: 30 minutes at your place. You leave with the first three things I’d fix. No obligation.
Blake Porterfield, St. Clairsville Fisher College of Business, Ohio State, 2015. As seen in The Intelligencer and The Times Leader.
The short answer
Keep Facebook. Own one page too.
Facebook is good for news and photos, but you don’t own it, and not everyone has an account. A one-page website you own is $950, holds your hours, phone and services, and stays up if you lose the Facebook login. Until then, put your Facebook page in your Google listing’s website field. That part is free.
- One-page website
- $950
- Facebook front desk setup
- $199
- Your name, domain and email
- $150
- Google listing tune-up
- $150 flat
- Hosting and care
- from $40/month
Why own a page
What Facebook can’t do for you.
- You own it. If the only admin leaves or the password is lost, the website stays up.
- Everyone can open it. No account, no login wall, no feed to scroll past.
- Google reads it. Your services and town, written on a page you control.
- Your own email. Your name on your own domain looks steadier than a free address. That is $150, registered to you.
“My husband says Facebook is our website. Facebook says my password is wrong.”A caller · Locked Out
Questions.
Is a Facebook page enough for a small business?
For some, for a while. But you don’t own it, and a lost login can take you offline. One page you own costs $950.
What if the only admin on our Facebook page is gone?
It happens often. I can help you request access back, and set the page up so more than one person can run it. Facebook front desk setup is $199.
Do you run Facebook pages?
No. I set things up and hand them back to you. I don’t manage anyone’s social media.
Can my Google listing point to my Facebook page?
Yes, and it’s a good free fix until you have a website.
Free visit
Tell me what eats your week.
30 minutes at your place or on the phone, anywhere in the Ohio Valley. You leave with the first three things I’d fix.
Blake Porterfield The person who shows up. St. Clairsville, Ohio.