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Good Website Design Requires An Investment
There’s a lot of confusion about what the price of a professional website should be. Generally speaking, the price of a well-designed website is more than the price of a poorly designed website. While it’s true you can find someone to build your website, no matter what your budget is, remember this— It’s not the […]
Why Does Web Hosting Matter?
There are businesses that spend large amounts on developing a website, but cut corners when it comes to web hosting. What is web hosting? Why does it matter? Essentially, web hosting is the server space where your website resides. But isn’t it all the same? Just as the physical location of a business has an […]
Site Builders vs WordPress
A few days ago, a Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern published an article on building your own website. In Stern’s post, she compared some common page builders: Squarespace, Wix, Weebly and Jimdo. The WSJ article put Squarespace and Weebly at the top when it came to site builders, as did Steve Benjamins on SiteBuilderReport.com. […]
Questions Your Web Designer Will Ask You
Building a new website always feels very urgent. Many business owners seek out a web designer because something in their business is not quite right. They figure a new or remodeled website may help them invigorate their sales or save them long-term expenditure. This sense of urgency compels businesses to jump as quickly as possible […]
Why I Don’t Respond To RFPs
Many web studios here in Sacramento may be tempted to pursue RFPs in order to grow. I think this is a bad idea. While there are specific instances where actively pursuing RFPs and RFQs can work, responding to RFPs is something I choose not to do. Here’s why. What Is An RFP Exactly? RFP is […]
Dealing With Client Change Orders
Change orders are something that every web agency must deal with. For those who don’t know what they are, change orders are modifications or additions to an existing project. Many web agencies also consider ongoing fixes, page additions or small addendum to a website as change orders. Everyone has a different policy regarding change orders. […]
WordPress Developers: Labels Don’t Matter, Results Do
Ever since Tom McFarlin wrote his mini-series on WordPress developers vs implementers, and what distinguishes the two, this has been a hot topic inside the WordPress community. Ultimately, this is an internal issue inside the WordPress ecosystem. Clients are often the ones who suffer, because they aren’t aware of what they should be looking for […]
Providing Value By Referring Other Developers
If you work in web design or development, it’s inevitable that you’ll get inquiries for a project that is not a good fit for your skills. Perhaps the client budget doesn’t match with your project range. Maybe the client needs skills that are a different specialty than what you deal in. Maybe you’re just booked […]
Best Practices For Call To Action Buttons
Call to action buttons are exactly what they sound like — buttons on forms that entice your customers to take action. CTAs are usually succinct messages like Subscribe on an email newsletter sign-up, or Buy Now on an online shopping cart. Here are some very simple best practices for these calls-to-action that allow you get […]