If you have a business these days its crucial to have a presence on the web.  Whether you have a big company or a small mom and pop shop it is essential that you have a website.

Often we get asked ”How and where do we get started?” or “What do we need to do to get a website?”  “How much will a website cost?”

Here are some basics to consider when you are ready to hire a website design company so that you get what your business needs. 

  1. Look for a company that listens to you. They need to ask you questions about your business and your goals and engage you in a conversation.  They need to talk to you, not at you.
  2. You should have a list of sites that you like the look of,  and an idea of your favorite colors or ones that are branded for your company’s existing marketing materials.
  3. You should take a look and share with your designer a list of your competitors sites and say what you like and don’t like about each of them.
  4. Identify what type of site you want whether it will be a blog type site that allows you to do updates down the road. OR if you want a html site. If you do want an html site, just realize you will have expesnses later on for additional edits. But other like our company offer great pricing for current clients who have us design their site.
  5. Recognize that you get what you pay for. So don’t try to sacrifice quality to save money.
  6. Also know that once you have a website that doesn’t automatically mean you will have instantly a lot of traffic. That is a whole other task that you will need to invest in called SEO and you will need to invest in it if you want to succeed online.
  7. Ask your webdeveloper what initial SEO can be done while they are building the site what will they include as part of their web design so that your site is built with the basics of seo and it can be helpful to know keywords to focus on when you are writing copy.  Additionally you  may want to include SEO plugins & social media bookmarking options into your site
  8. You need to have a clear understanding of all the deliverables and a signed contract.
  9. Check out their portfolio.
  10. Contact their references.

Here at Working Web Solutions you can be confident that we work with our customers on each of these steps to ensure a good experience for them.  Get a WebSite Quote today

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