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I definitely have a SEO recommendation.  Stephen at www.targetlogics.com is awesome!  A really honest stand up guy too.

Tell him Andrea sent you. :)

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If you are looking for an SEO  - if you are going to spend $10,000 or more seomoz.org  is great.

If you are going to spend less then 10K try one of their recommended firms. 

http://www.seomoz.org/article/recommended

You know how you can tell what seo firm is better?  Do a google search for seo and see.

Developer and programmer might not be the same thing, but everyone here should also read the "Hiring a Programmer is not Easy" forum.  It sooooooooooooo seems to pertain.

jillybeans

Just picked up on this topic (it was highlighted in the SUN newsletter) and
I wanted to chime in.

Regarding technology choices, I really don`t think it`s the clients
responsibility to know or understand much of it at all. I rely on a
bookkeepr, a lawyer, and IT support professionals. Why? Because they`re
experts in their chosed field. While I`m sure I could go and learn the
fundamentals of all of these subjects it would defeat the purpose of
hiring a pro.

As designers/developers it`s our responsibility to look out for our clients
and choose appropriate technoglogies that help fill a business need. At
the end of the day if the site doesn`t live up to the expectations of the
client it`s because there was miscommunication somewhere along the
line. It`s the designer`s responsibility to ask the right questions, and spot
potential problems before they turn into headaches for the client.

There are so many "web designers" out there who don`t understand this.
Just because you understand the underlying code of a website does not
automatically make you a web designer. In fact, the technical end is
usually the easiest part of a project. In 99% of the projects we participate
in success is determined by how well we communicate with the client.

In a perfect world you may wish this. But, in reality I think it is best for the client to have a basic understanding of what is available. A client may not know where to begin on that subject, but a good developer could lead a client to some helpful beginning articles.  Even if you have a bookkeeper you still want to keep an eye on your own books and have an understanding on how it all works.






Again, in a perfect world, by not having a basic understanding of  technologies, a client could end up agreeing to a cf site, because they contacted  or where recommended a cf developer not knowing the difference between cf and php or whatever. Will that cf developer say to the client, "hey you know, maybe you should consider an open source php product, it might be just what your looking for" and the client would say "open source what is that?".

Many professionals ( in every area) take for granted certain knowledge they have, assuming that most people are coming to them with a basic understanding of their given field.

I could only have dreamed to come across developers like Nick and Nichole when I started my site. Communication is the key and  so is good customer service it seem like they both have a good understanding of that!


ON a Side Note, What am I doing wrong, why are the quotes appearing numerous times when I have only added them once?






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