Prepare Yourself Before Approaching Web Design Companies
September 1st, 2009A strong online business plan can still perform poorly due to poor web design / hosting. When thinking about which design firm to pick out, have some fun and play ‘web design bingo’ – we suggest a ‘full house’ to come about when a website development outfit briefly talks about these listed points when talking about your planned new website:-
- YOUR proposal – discussing specifically in terms of what your goals are – what is the website development firm’s feelings about your plan ?
- ease-of-use – your audience can do all tasks without thinking on your website
- accessibility issues – so your website can be accessed by everyone, with the text understood by the target audience
- search engine optimization – providing your site great rankings in search engines
- CMS (content mangement systems) – allowing you to edit the information on the website by yourself at any time
- site security – safety measures to protect private data, with at least daily backups of data.
- web hosting – will the web design company host the website? How about their servers? Do they use shared servers with hundreds of other sites on the same server, or are they using managed servers?
- support and after-sales – will they be around to support you once the site is live? If so, how much is support? What about website updates?
A professional website design company will inform you of the above-mentioned matters, and how they deal with them.
So how to discover such a web design firm in the first place? It’s advisable to search for one close to you, allowing you to visit them and get some peace of mind that they are also a real company with a skilled workforce behind them. On Google, type in a search keyphrase like “website development” plus your locality; for example : web development leicestershire. This will supply you with a list of web development companies in your area.
