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ZekeLL

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Oct 19, 2008 1:29 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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How to choose a Web Design Company

Your website says a lot about your company. Make sure you choose the right company to design your website.

Here are ten tips to help you choose the right design agency.

Can they deliver on time?

Make sure that the company you work with can meet deadlines. Ask them if they can guarantee a deliver date.

Are they flexible?

Every company has different needs. Do they understand what you need and seem to be able to provide you with a website that is exactly what you need?

Do they create websites from scratch?

You will be surprised by the number of “web designers” that use templates. If they are going to take a pre-made website and just copy and paste your text, you might as well do that yourself (assuming you know how to copy and paste text). Make sure that they create a custom design based on your brand and what it represents.

Do they offer testimonials and references?

A great web design agency will have several testimonials from satisfied clients. You can also ask for references if you want.

Do they ask questions?

Good web designers will ask you a lot of questions before they get started to make sure that they can create exactly what you had in mind. They will also make suggestions and try to work with you to create a great design.

How good is their portfolio?

There is nothing that says more about web designers than their previous work. If they have created great designs in the past, chances are they will do the same thing for you.

How fast is the turnaround?

Make sure that they can finish your website quickly. There is no hard rule for how long a website should take, so shop around and compare turnaround times among different vendors.

How good are their prices?

Again, shop around and compare prices. However, don’t let price be the only decisive factor. Good web designers get clients daily who got a cheap design somewhere else and now they need them to redo it.

Do they try to sell you the most expensive design that you can afford or the one that you actually need?

Good web design agencies have a team of individuals dedicated to assist you and help you find out what you need. They need to be friendly, flexible, and listen to you. Their customer service center has to answer your calls within seconds. And you should talk to a person, not a machine.

Some web design agencies even offer live chat on their websites and 24/7 online support. More importantly, you need to feel that they care about you. You need to feel that if you have a problem with your website or there’s something you need to change, they will be there for you.

Who is on their team?

Bad web design agencies have amateur designers. Good web design agencies have professional graphic designers. Outstanding web design agencies have not only professional graphic designers but also web programmers, Internet marketing specialists, and project managers.

Don’t settle for less. If you have a professional graphic designer working for you, your website will look 10 times better. If you have an Internet marketing specialist, your website will be a lot more user-friendly, easy to navigate, and will help your business. If you have a project manager, then you will have one less thing to worry about. He will take care of everything for you so you don’t have to deal with designers and programmers yourself.

Let me know if you have questions and I will be more than happy to help.


 



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i need someone to make a website for me if you can help me let me know
ZekeLL

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Oct 19, 2008 3:28 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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I will be more than happy to help you.

Our website is www.TheOutsourcingCompany.com You can find our portfolio there. Please take a look at samples of our work and email us or call us so we can find out what kind of website you are looking for and provide you with a quote.

Have a great day,



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http://www.thesavvyva.com/use-a-wordpress-blog-to-get-phenomenol-traffic-to-your-site/


Hey Rafflebook

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Hello,
Tahoe Web Service will be happy to help out with no problems at all http://www.tahoewebservice.com the main part is we give each person a cart that can hold 2500 items. Let us know if we can help you.
Have a great day
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Building a website that properly advertises your business is not enough. You could have the best website on the internet, but if potential and future clients cannot find it, you are missing out on a huge number of business leads. If you are searching for a company to design your business website, find out if they provide online marketing to effectively promote the site and make the site rank well in all of the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.).

I own a computer consulting/ computer networking business and I rely on my website to generate leads. 24 hours a day the site is up, so I could potentially get leads while I am sleeping. Do a Google search for Allentown Computer Networking. My business is the first non-pay (other websites pay Google to rank them high, I do it without paying, which gives me a better bottom line) search result in that major market (Allentown, PA). If my site never ranked well in search engines, my site would be useless as a marketing tool.

This is just my 2 cents....
ecnetserv10/21/2008 9:31 AM


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Hey Zeke, font on your home page is so small it`s almost unreadable. In fact, on other pages as well.
What is the point of drop-down explanations under your top navigation that simply repeat text on the menu?
Also, I looked at sites in your portfolio and didn`t see your company name in the footers - it`s always some other developer... what`s the explanation?

ZekeLL

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Nov 02, 2008 2:29 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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It is not a drop-down, it`s an animation. The explanation to the other question is that we work with a network of 11 web design teams. We usually have more work than we can handle, so we have design partners.

I hope your questions were answered. Have a good day.



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If you liked this post, you will definitely want to check out my blog www.TheOutsourcingCompany.com/blog.


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If you liked this article, you definitely want to check out my blog: www.TheOutsourcingCompany.com/blog.

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