Hello. After months of threatening to launch our own blog, we’re finally up and running.

We’re a bunch of web professionals [squad list coming soon] who know a thing or two about running websites. And we think it’s time to share some of our experiences and insights with a wider audience.

“Another blog – just what the World needs”

Fair point. We know there’s already loads of good blogs and sites dedicated to specific aspects of the web. We are happy subscribers to many of them.

But we think there is a gap.

Jack of all trades, master of none

If you run a website you’re expected to know so much stuff: editorial, design, technical, social media, evaluation, resource management. But that doesn’t mean you’re an expert on each (how could you be?).

So if you run a website, how much time do you have to think about evaluating your site? How many hours can you spare to look into the latest social media tools? Do you have two free days to review the accessibility of your site? So much to do, so little time.

And that’s where we come in…

If you only have an hour or two a week to dedicate to these things we’ll share ideas (always based on our own experiences) of how to best use that time. If we learn something the hard way we’ll pass that on.

Our regular posts will address real issues and suggest clear actions for you to take to improve your site and your web skills.

And of course… we want to get your comments and follow up questions.

Our first steps

Managing Websites is a work in progress, and something we have to fit around our busy lives.

But as we develop our strategy and build our site we’ll share the experience with you to prove we practice what we preach!

In time we want to become a popular resource of info and advice for fellow web manager types. A site worth telling others about.

Thanks for reading.

Liam