FAQs
- What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
Two things to keep in mind before jumping in to a new website: 1) Will the design firm you hire be around next year, or 3 years from now? I can't stress how important that question is, as I have seen dozens of competitors enter and leave the market in the last 10 years. 2) Will you want to make updates to the new site yourself, or have it done by someone else? If you have even the slightest interest in doing updates yourself, have the new site built on a content management system like WordPress. It may cost a bit more up front but will save you $$ in maintenance in the long run.
- What questions should customers think through before talking to professionals about their project?
If I could give one bit of advice to potential website customers, it would be this: The latest, greatest, and coolest-looking website isn't always the best way to go! Design fads come and go, often very rapidly, and you really don't want to pay for an expensive website only to find out it looks dated after six months or a year because a fad has passed. "User experience" is much more important than how fancy a site looks. Does it do what your users need it to do, in a logical manner, with a minimum of fuss? You are much more likely to get conversions from this simple idea.