Hiring A Custom Website Designer

Written by Matthew Coers


Hiring someone to build or promote your website costs considerably more than building it yourself, but it can be a good way to quickly get your site online and start doing business, especially ifrepparttar site you intend to build is relatively complex or you need to implement an e-commerce solution. Obviously, if you decide to hire a custom website designer, then you will want to make surerepparttar 132292 website designer specializes inrepparttar 132293 skills you require. That means learning to askrepparttar 132294 right kinds of questions – both of yourself and your candidates.

There are three primary types of small business website designers and developers:

  • Custom Website Designer – These are typically individuals with a great deal of creative talent who specialize inrepparttar 132295 look and feel of your website. Custom Website Designers will typically focus on user interface issues, but will not venture much pastrepparttar 132296 HTML ofrepparttar 132297 site. Most designers will not do heavy programming or get involved in business processes or e-commerce. You can typically find good website designers for small business inrepparttar 132298 $25 - $40 per hour range. A typical small business website may cost somewhere between $2500 and $5000 to design, and you will be responsible for writingrepparttar 132299 site’s content.
  • Web Developer – These folks are typically more expensive than website designers and may or may not be able to assist you inrepparttar 132300 user interface design or “look and feel” of your website. They focus primarily onrepparttar 132301 programming and development of more complex websites and web-based applications. You will want to bring in a developer if your site requires building a custom database, you plan to have some sort of specialized functionality that you can’t purchase offrepparttar 132302 shelf from your web hosting company, or you need to implement an e-commerce solution, and you don’t feel comfortable with doing it yourself. Custom Web Developers will charge between $35 and $100 per hour depending onrepparttar 132303 type of service you require and how largerepparttar 132304 project is. A very basic e-commerce site will cost at least $10,000, with more complex sites running much higher..
  • Search Engine Optimization Specialist – Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing are both hot markets right now with lots of snake oil salesmen who would love to take your money. A good Search Engine Optimization specialist will be able to show you examples of sites that he or she has optimized, and demonstrate how that optimization has led to increased traffic and sales for their clients. You can expect to pay monthly retainers between $500 and $2500 for a competent SEO. Those that charge less are probably not giving your business enough attention. With SEOrepparttar 132305 true test of ability is results. You should start to see improvements in your site’s positioning within 90 days of bringing on a Search Engine Optimization expert. It isn’t good enough to be “ranked” on some particular term, you are hiring these people to bring in qualified traffic.
So, depending onrepparttar 132306 type of website you are putting together, and what sort of help you think you’ll need, you may work with several different types of consultants. The most important thing is to try to identify your needs up front and planrepparttar 132307 site as thoroughly as possible. Believe me, web developers and designers make a lot of money off of entrepreneurs who do not plan out their sites well enough in advance. The changes and redesigns can quickly add up to quite a bit more than whatrepparttar 132308 sites would have cost if they had been planned out correctly fromrepparttar 132309 beginning.

You Too Can Have an Amazing Website

Written by Cal Hyslop


It is a well-known fact that a successful business depends greatly on how it is marketed. With an ever increasing dependence onrepparttar web,repparttar 132289 use of a professional website is not only a necessity, but a priority. Although it is a common thought that only large businesses can have top-notch websites, withrepparttar 132290 tools available today what seemed impractical can now be a reality. Best of all, designing an extraordinary website can be done without hiring expensive web developers to create your site from scratch. Usuallyrepparttar 132291 first comment I get from my customers is, “I haverepparttar 132292 idea, but notrepparttar 132293 tools.” In this article, I will recommend which tools arerepparttar 132294 most helpful and where to find these tools so that you too can have an amazing website.

So you say, “I haverepparttar 132295 idea, but notrepparttar 132296 tools. What are these tools and where do I get them?” Let me answer that question with a question. Have you ever heard of web site templates? If not, they’re your answer to a professional website at a very reasonable price, usually around $60 to $70. A website template is a ready-made website design created for you to use asrepparttar 132297 foundation for quick and high-quality web development. There are thousands of templates available online so you are virtually guaranteed to find something that suits your design and format needs. It can be as easy as simply adding your text torepparttar 132298 template or rearranging photos along with your text to producerepparttar 132299 outcome you have been searching for.

Finding web site templates is easy, but be aware ofrepparttar 132300 differences in template providers you will come across. Performing a Google or Yahoo search withrepparttar 132301 phrase “web site templates” will yield several vendor choices and not all of them offerrepparttar 132302 quality you demand. They all promiserepparttar 132303 best templates around, but that is obviously notrepparttar 132304 case. So, how do you findrepparttar 132305 right template vendor? First, visit some ofrepparttar 132306 sites you come across and examine their templates. You will know you are onrepparttar 132307 right track if you answer “Yes” torepparttar 132308 question, “Am I impressed with these templates?” Always trust your taste.

Next, explore how many templatesrepparttar 132309 vendor offers and how often their database is updated. As a rule of thumb,repparttar 132310 more they haverepparttar 132311 better they are. This helps assure you that your choice will be more unique than otherwise. If you choose a template from a vendor who only offers a few select quality templates thenrepparttar 132312 chances are that a great deal of other customers have chosen that same template. You certainly don’t want a website that is practically identical to dozens of others online. You will also want a vendor who updates their site on a regular basis. Weekly updates are good, but daily updates are even better. This guarantees that they will have fresh templates on a regular basis for you to choose from.

Cont'd on page 2 ==>
 
ImproveHomeLife.com © 2005
Terms of Use