If you are looking into developing a brand new website or redesigning your existing site you will of course be dealing with several web design companies to obtain quotes and gather information and ideas for your project. As you enter into these discussions, you will inevitably enter into a discussion about the CMS that will best work for your website.
When a visitor arrives at your website, it’s a bit like a first date. They sum you up and look you over to find out a bit of info from you and decide whether or not you are a fit for what they are looking for. The last thing you want is to give the first impression you are old and outdated.
The look of your website is responsible for selling your business to potential customers. If you haven’t updated your website recently it might be time for some reflection and to look at how your website performs on your behalf.
As with many things in life, there are pros and cons for outsourcing your web development work but ultimately it comes down to the goals you have for your online project.
Some things to consider should be;
As a web design company we feel it is our responsibility to educate our clients and to make sure they will succeed from their business as well as provide our services to them. Sometimes clients come to us and have been on the web design quote gauntlet and often feel confused as to why some web design companies won’t take their project on.
One of the main types of websites we get asked about here at Neubreed are directory websites. Think Car Sales, Domain, Real Estate.com etc
A big shock for many clients is finding out no matter which web design agency they decide to go with is that these sites are not cheap to develop, but why?
To begin let’s address what’s involved with developing a directory site. Let’s say for example you want to create a business directory website.
If you are looking to take your ideas and launch them online here is a checklist of things to avoid
When you engage a website designer to showcase your business online sometimes it’s easy to get caught up with the website design and functionality you want the web developer to build into the site for you but what’s really important is what your customers expect to find on your website.
You might be thinking about having a website designed, developing a database driven website or having a custom application developed.
The vision is the easy part; the next step is explaining to your designer and developer what you want.
In order to clearly communicate your needs to a developer you will need to roughly map out why you need it, how it operates and who will benefit from this application.