subject: Open Up Your Club To The World, Put Up A Website! [print this page] It is always a good thing for members of a club to claim that they have seen the worst in each other but still manage to stick together. And it is a great relief when youve reached a level of comfort and security that makes your group as solid as steel. By then, its time to put the management of your club a notch higher. Perhaps you should now consider building a website for your group.
The World Wide Web? Of course everyone loves it. Free information, games, social networking brilliant! Luckily for your organization, you can have your own space on the internet too, regardless of what category your association belongs to. Whether it is about sports, business, education, hobbies or just anything under the sun, your group can have its own home online.
If after deliberation with the rest of the members you get a convincing go-signal, heres what you need to know.
Benefits of Putting Up a Website for your Club
If it concerns a multiple number of individuals, never take chances. Websites can take care of club management with better precision and speed compared to doing it manually. Not only does it save money and manpower, it also gets club transactions done quickly as well. These include recruitment and fund-raising activities. With a website, new members can register and pay dues online and events aiming to increase the clubs treasury could be easily announced.
The edge of having a homepage doesnt stop there. If your club plans to sell merchandise, no need to put up an actual shop. Instead, interested parties can just purchase online.
How to Set Up Your Website
First things first - find a website hosting provider and register an account. Once that process gets completed, you can start choosing the layout, skins and other customizations that will suit your taste or better yet, have an expert to do that for you. Composing the content like your groups mission and vision statement follows after. When everything's ready, its time to get your clubs website published and viewable by internet users. Feel free to make revisions and updates every now and then.
