Thursday, November 5, 2009

How To Choose Website Designers - Mystery Solved

By Janet Fisher

If you have the right information you can easily learn how to choose website designers and logo designers before you made a commitment to them. Once you understand how to make a good choice you will be able to avoid unnecessary problems and possible save a lot of money as well.

So, here we go. What do you need to know determine if you are choosing the best website designer for your company's needs? The first thing is to examine their website for their business. Their website should be professional and have more than just a template kind of design. It should have been one that they made unique with a lot of customized work. Are you impressed with the portfolio they offer of the work they have done? Is there a 'Live Chat' or at least a 'Contact Us' page?

The second consideration is how easily it is to reach the company by either email or preferably Live Chat. Calling them on the phone will not give you the best feed back because a person can answer a phone anywhere, not just their office. A good website designer has to be at their computer to complete the design work and should be watching for either the Live Chat or email. The time it takes them to respond will give you a good idea how they will be communicating during the design phase of your website.

Any prospective designer should be more than willing and capable of answering any of your questions. You need to know how their designing process will work and how they will design the logo.

For instance, do they use a questionnaire to get the information about their clients? If they do not then how are they going to be able to know how to create a design to meet all your needs? If they have no idea what your preferences are, how can they provide a complete representation of your business on a website or logo design? They should be able to draw necessary information from you and help you express all your expectations.

The last consideration is going to be the pricing. If you are comfortable with how it fits into your budget and with the service they promise then you have a good choice.

However, when considering pricing you need to remember that just because the designer may offer the lowest pricing for their designing service, does not mean they are your best choice. Sometimes the headaches and time involved working with them will not compensate for the money you may save initially. Be sure that you have thoroughly investigated the credibility, integrity and reliability of the design firm. Take some time to check out a few of their satisfied customers by calling them and talking with them personally.

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