How to choose the right web design company...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Take time to empower yourself and learn to spot a bad choice in web design companies... Looks and Price A webdesign company's website is it's book cover, so naturally if their website is not stimulating, chances are that they will create an your website will be too... If your website is amateurish, your potential client may very well pass you by... Web design prices vary greatly. Unfortunately there are no set price guidelines for quality nor are there any recommended pricing structures, so here you will have to use your own discretion. Keep in mind that if the web deisgn company's offices are in a very exclusive area/office park, you can probably expect to pay "exclusive" design prices. Portfolio If the web design company does not supply examples of their work, it can only mean one of two things. Either the web design company is just starting out and has no portfolio yet, or they are not confident to display their work merely because it is not very good. Bottom line, if the web design company is any good, they will proudly display examples of their work. Service Ask your web design company for a quote (even via email), if they do not get back to you within twelve ours, then you can expect an unreliable design company. Search Engine Optimization / Search Engine Submission A good web design company will design your website with search engine optimisation / submission in mind. You can have a professional looking website, but if your website is not listed within the first search results set, you might as well be from a different planet! If a web designer can't tell you exactly how they have optimised your website for search engines, chances are they probably have not. Deadlines The last factor to take into consideration is the web designers ability to work within given deadlines. In a deadline situation it is almost always better to deal directly with the person/s who are going to be doing the work. The best way to see if a web design company can meet your deadline is to give them a smaller job first, with its own deadline.
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