Web & Graphic Design

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. I would have to say that the most common job is web development, there are a lot of businesses that don't have a web presence and are realizing that is no longer a want anymore, it a need to be online promoting their products and services.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. The best advice I could give customers is to view the companies portfolio, this will give them an idea of their work history.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. If I was a customer what I would like to know is on how to update my own content on the site so that way I could eliminate update fees.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. The are a few questions we ask our customers when we sit down with them.

1. Why do you want a website, What will be the major purposes of the site?

2. What your the short term/long term goals for your website?

3. What are the most important five products/services to your business?

4. What are the demographics of the people you are trying to reach?

5. What Style or theme do you want for your site? (Conservative, Hip, Contemporary, Way Out There, ect...)

6. Please list any websites URL's with designs or schemes that appeal to you and what you like about them.

7. Please list some of your competitor's website if known.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. We keep up with the latest trends when it comes down to Web and Graphic Design, at the same time we make sure that customers expectations are kept.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. What we like most about our Job is learning from each customer and their business. Every project is exciting and challenging in making something different and unique that stands out from the rest.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. What are your prices? We let our customers know that every project is different and that we first like to sit down with the client and learn more about their project before throwing in a number.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. One thing that I wish customers knew about our profession is that it changes very often, things such as techniques and software it a continuous education.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I worked for Gateway computers and learn more about technology, from there I grew and interest on the online world and saw that web design was something that keep you connected with the latest and greatest so I decided to give it a try.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. Recently I had a change developed www.cruz2nite.com which is a social network website where people could find out about local events in the sioux city area.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. Oh yeah you have to stay on top of your ballgame in this business in order to provide the product possible. I read books, magazines about the latest technologies, I also have other friends in the business so we learn from each other.

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. Oh yeah everything is going mobile which means that all sites will have to be mobile compatible. At the same time the mobile app market is growing by the minute.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. When it comes down to pricing every project is different, what we do with our customers is sit down with them and learn more about their project before we give them a price.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. I would have to say to them that if they love technology this is the gig for them, at the same time I would recommend for them to maybe talk to a few web developers to get different points of view and make their decision from there.