Web site templates can save you 1,000s of dollars in web design costs.

Years ago, I could always tell when someone had designed a web site using templates like those offered with the web design program, Front Page.  Sites designed with Front Page templates were boring and all looked the same.

But now web templates have really come into their own.  They are designed by professional designers who earn their revenue by people purchasing their web site templates.

We have used web templates very successfully to get our client's Internet marketing campaigns up and running at a fraction of the time and money it would normally cost to set up a web site and Internet marketing program.

Our favorite template service is Template Monster.  Template Monster offers 1,000s of professional html and Flash web site templates from hundreds of different talented web designers with prices as low as $60 US.  You can search by web template categories such as business, real estate, education, cars, pets, art, family, medical and many more. 

In addition to offering web site templates, Template Monster also gives you access to their large collection of free clipart, icons, fonts, 3d object, logo sets and sounds for 30 days after purchasing your web site template.

Once you've selected and purchased your web site template, you can add your own content and pictures using web editing tools like Front Page or Macromedia Contribute.  Macromedia Contribute is a very easy to use program that allows people, especially beginners to easily edit their existing web site or web site templates like those from Template Monster.  Contribute is made by the same people as Macromedia Dreamweaver, one of the leading web design programs.  The cost of Contribute is about $149 US for a single license, so the combination of Template Monster plus Macromedia Contribute lets you have a professional web site for under $300!

Even if some other sites are designed using the same web template as yours, yours would like quite different because it would have your own logo, pictures and content. 

But, if you want a truly unique web site, you can search Template Monster for templates that no one has purchased yet (new designs are added every week) and pay a higher price to own the web template so no one else can use it.  This cost runs much higher, usually between $1,750 and $3,000 US. 

I know many people who work with web designers for months, trying to

 get the look they want and then end up disappointed.  With Template Monster, the design is done in minutes.  The main problem is selecting from so many fantastic web site templates! 

Garland Coulson, ?The E-Business Tutor? is an acclaimed speaker, author and coach in the field of Internet marketing for small business and home business. For more information, visit The E-Business Tutor web site at www.ebusinesstutor.com or call toll-free in North America at 1-866-413-0951.

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Last Updated Tuesday, May 17 2005 @ 06:13 PM CDT