Have you ever considered the price of websites and what the money is for? It is a fairly arbitrary statement, but not if you seriously start looking into getting a website. The reality is that you will be paying far more for the design of it that for what you need it - marketing.

What generally occurs is that once you engage with a web designer they do a brief mock-up of the site and you need to decide if you like their design. There is very little playing around with design ideas as this is time for the designer, and time is money. And heaven forbid you should want to change the design later on. The reality is that a trained web designer puts hours of work into the design of your website. So for them they have to charge you for every little change and adjustment made. What in turn occurs is that you spend so much money on designing the site that the most important aspect gets neglected - marketing.

MercuryLife work the whole thing backwards. Our primary focus is on marketing. We use Joomla templates to save time and money on design so that more focus can be placed on marketing your website. In other words, when you choose a MercuryLife website, you'll be choosing a marketing solution, not a digital placeholder on the world wide web. And that results in ROI (return on investment).

That's not to say that our website are unattractive, the choice available nowadays with Joomla templates is so vast, you would never tell it was a pre-made design. And should you want a custom designed site, we can do that too. We just feel that for most business people this is a waste of their money.

So when you pay us for your website, what we do is use that money on manpower for marketing, rather than design (because that will already be done). So your website will look good, and be seen effectively and efficiently on the internet. Why spend thousands on designing something that nobody will see, when you can spend thousands on a marketing tool that can be seen by the maximum number of people in your niche market?

Check out our various options here http://www.mercurylife.co.za/index.php/websites/online-marketing