For many of us planning and building their own web site is a key component in creating their net business. For others however the thought of having to build and maintain a website fills them with fear and so their first job is to find a website designer. If you fall into this 2nd class then here are 5 tips that could help point you in the right direction:
1. Ask for recommendations. There is no better advice for any service or product than that from a family member, friend or business co-worker you trust and hence if you can, begin by asking the people around you if there’s anyone they know and would be glad to suggest to you.
2. Interview potential designers. once you have a catalogue of six possible designers treat them in precisely the same way as any person else that you might hire to work for you and interview them. Now you may not be well placed to do this ‘face to face’ but you should actually ‘see’ them and ‘talk’ to them. With technology today this isn’t too difficult and you can ask them to send you a video resume, interview them using Skype or, at the very least, speak to them by telephone.
3. Inspect live examples of any possible designer’s work. Request a listing of recent sites which any potential designer has developed and which he continues to maintain and then take the time to look at each of the sites. Are the sites interesting? Do the sites look pro? Are they well structured and simple to navigate? Put yourself in the position of a potential customer for each site and ask whether or not you would get a product from the site.
4. Compare the work of a few designers. after you’ve narrowed your choice down to perhaps just two or three designers compare their work side-by-side and put them in order of preference on your short-list.
5. Ask for a quotation in writing. Before making your final choice ask the web designers on your short-list to give you a meticulous estimate in writing for the job including details of any ongoing maintenance which you would want to see and details of how problems arising with the web site would be handled.
Remember too that if you see a design you like there isn’t anything wrong with tracking down the designer yourself. Often you’ll find details of the designer somewhere online site, usually in the footer of the site or on the ‘About Us’ page. If you can’t find any details about the site’s designer then contact the owner of the internet site, complement him on his site and ask him if he would be good enough to let you have details of his web site designer.
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