Saturday, November 27, 2010

Website Design

Designing a web site can be a crucial step in your business' exposure; however, designing a site that attracts future clients and customers can be a difficult task. If you are not familiar with website design language and are unable to build your own site, which is the case most of the time - most would believe your only other option is to hire a web designer, this is not the case.

There are numerous sites that can allow you to be the web designer yourself, using various templates and pre-set options. However using this method can be limiting depending on the site you are trying to build, is your business a small, or large one?

If you are planning on hiring a web designer there are certain things you need to look for in your future employee. How many web sites has this person completed before? are they reputable, do they have any feedback on their own site reviewing customer experience? Will this person give you contact information of the employers of previous jobs so that you can speak directly with them.

All of these questions will need to be answered fully and completely to your satisfaction before you set your eyes on the person who will design your site. Be sure to do enough research about the web designer you're choosing, get quotes from many designers to gauge a price range so as not to be over charged.

Hiring a web designer can be quite expensive depending on the job, this is the main con to this approach in building your site. However, as technology and software progresses this may not be something you need to resort to. There is software on the internet, based at a monthly rate that will provide you with access to templates and settings for your own design that can sometimes surpass the quality of hiring a website designer.

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