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How to Find a Good Website DesignerIt's a buyer's market for web ... right now. You can get a good ... company to do your site very ... The hard part is figuring out which are the good ... One good way to It's a buyer's market for web developers right now. You can get a good development company to do your site very reasonably. The hard part is figuring out which are the good companies. Some dont's in picking a website designerDON'T yield to the temptation of hiring someone without a track record, just because they're cheap, or they're someone's nephew. You want someone who will complete the job when he says he will, and who will produce a professional looking website. Also, you don't want any hurt feelings if your friend's nephew does a rotten job and you have to tell him so. Nor do you want to be reticent about asking for changes because someone is doing the website for you as a favor. DON'T be impressed by awards. They're easy to get. Many of them are available to all comers. All you have to do is promise to link back to their awards site. DON'T be impressed by a slick marketing presentation. If the firm is dominated by marketers, they may undervalue their technical talent. Some of the best companies are two or three person firms whose members are all actual designers and programmers. Three other things to consider: One: A marketer is overhead for a design firm. That means the firm that hires one has to charge you more to pay the marketer's salary. Two: A marketer knows how to sell, not the nits and grits of how to make a website. You might as well start the process with the person who's actually going to make the website. Three: You may love the marketer you meet with initially, but that's not the person you'll be living with during the creation process. You need to be sure you can communicate with the person who's actually going to do the work. The final DON'T: Don't authorize work with a handshake. Get a contract spelling out who's going to do what and how payment will be handled. It's for your protection as well as the developer's. As an internet development manager, I've worked with all kinds of design companies. I know you will find, as I did ![]() Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
ABOUT THE AUTHORIrene Herz, the author of Having My Own Website, a free guide to all the practical steps involved in setting up a website, is the president of the website design and development company, Aunt Reenee's Websites. She was for many years a website designer and a manager of Internet Development for ITT Industries.
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