Top 5 Signs You Picked The WRONG Web Design Company
Top 5 Signs You Picked the WRONG Web Design Company
5. The Company’s portfolio is on cocktail napkins – Seriously, when choosing a web designer, be it an individual or company, make sure you see their portfolio. Look for a portfolio that has a wide variety of designs. If the designs look the same, so will your site. Look for fresh examples. Have the sites been built lately as well as over time?
4. The Company ‘also’ does web sites – Graphic design, as it applies to the internet is a unique animal. The elements that make for good graphic print design may or may not apply to your website design. Web design needs to allow for the dynamic nature of Internet viewing across multiple browser types, versions and screen resolutions. Make sure you have chosen someone who is a specialist in graphic design for the web.
3. The Company doesn’t need your creative input – Certainly we need to allow the people we employ to do a specific job – do their job, yet NOBODY knows your business better than you do. A quality web design experience must include input from you throughout the process to ensure creative direction accomplishes your marketing goals. Pick a company that invites you to share in the process from start to finish.
2. The Company doesn’t DO Deadlines – Creative work needs time to develop, true enough. However, the best designer has a process and timeline in place to help you meet your deadlines. The only thing worse than getting handed a website design you didn’t approve (see #3), is getting handed that website a year after it was scheduled to be completed. You deserve to be kept informed on the process and timeline throughout your project. Who needs more surprises?
1. The Company gives family members and friends as references – While it is good to have good working relationships with your kin, having verifiable business references that demonstrate the company’s ability to serve people over time is a must. Look for a variety of industry types and company sizes among the references – which, by the way, you shouldn’t have to ask for.
5. The Company’s portfolio is on cocktail napkins – Seriously, when choosing a web designer, be it an individual or company, make sure you see their portfolio. Look for a portfolio that has a wide variety of designs. If the designs look the same, so will your site. Look for fresh examples. Have the sites been built lately as well as over time?
4. The Company ‘also’ does web sites – Graphic design, as it applies to the internet is a unique animal. The elements that make for good graphic print design may or may not apply to your website design. Web design needs to allow for the dynamic nature of Internet viewing across multiple browser types, versions and screen resolutions. Make sure you have chosen someone who is a specialist in graphic design for the web.
3. The Company doesn’t need your creative input – Certainly we need to allow the people we employ to do a specific job – do their job, yet NOBODY knows your business better than you do. A quality web design experience must include input from you throughout the process to ensure creative direction accomplishes your marketing goals. Pick a company that invites you to share in the process from start to finish.
2. The Company doesn’t DO Deadlines – Creative work needs time to develop, true enough. However, the best designer has a process and timeline in place to help you meet your deadlines. The only thing worse than getting handed a website design you didn’t approve (see #3), is getting handed that website a year after it was scheduled to be completed. You deserve to be kept informed on the process and timeline throughout your project. Who needs more surprises?
1. The Company gives family members and friends as references – While it is good to have good working relationships with your kin, having verifiable business references that demonstrate the company’s ability to serve people over time is a must. Look for a variety of industry types and company sizes among the references – which, by the way, you shouldn’t have to ask for.
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