Do you own a business and need a website built? Tired of trying to market yourself with those junky looking MySpace pages? The solution is simple just outsource the work to a web development firm and let them handle the rest while you run your business.
Here are five simple steps to having your website built successfully: 1.
Find a reputable web development firm online, how will you know they are reputable? Simply by looking at their portfolio of work.
You will clearly be able to see from their design portfolio if they are skilled in the field of web design.
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Negotiate a price with the firm and make sure you get them to commit to a time-line.
You will have to let them know by what date you will need a website completed.
Cheap is not always good, I've seen firms advertising that you can have a website for $1 dollar per month but the aesthetics are absolutely terrible and there usually 1000 other people with the same design.
When you need a website, cheap is not always the way to go.
It's always easier to let the web development firm know upfront what your budget is, that way they can tailor a program specific to your needs, and this cuts down on all the haggling for a cheap price.
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Project management: A website consist mainly of photos, text, contact form, and video -- so it's smart before you approach a web development firm to have all this information ready to go.
This will save you time.
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Design style: Look around the internet and find websites you like and ask the firm can they do a style or variation of the site you truly loved.
Do not copy, but just ask for a variation.
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Aesthetics: This is very important, because if you have a crappy looking website no one will buy anything from you, make sure your web development firm and their designers can provide you with an aesthetically pleasing site.