by Web Designer
If you want to do business online, you are going to need to have a good-looking, functional website. However, if you don’t know web design, it can be tough. That is especially the case if you want to add different features to your site, such as a shopping cart. You may need to hire a professional web designer.
If you are a small business owner, you might not want to do that. You may think you don’t have the budget, and you may think that you don’t want to spend the money. However, think about these two things. First, do you think that Bill Gates designed the entire Microsoft website? Chances are, he did not.
The second question to ask yourself is whether you want to be seen as a professional company or not. Professional companies use professionals. One of the signs of a leader is that he knows where he is weak, and surrounds himself with those who are strong in the areas where he is not. If you want to have a true professional presence on the web, you may very well need a pro.
After deciding that you do want to use a professional web designer, you need to think about what that means to you. A lot of small business owners try to cut costs by hiring a designer who will design their site for less than . That is not always going to be the right thing to do. Sit down and make a list of the features you want, and understand that sometimes things cost a bit more than you expect–especially quality.
While that is the case, you do need to consider your budget. If you don’t have the money for the most expensive designer out there, you don’t have the money. Don’t bankrupt your business to get a splashy looking site. Be sensible, and remember that your business is much more than the web site.
When you have thought about all of those things, it’s time to start looking for your web designer. The Internet is such a great thing, because it saves you time. You need not have a formal meeting with web designer after web designer. You can just hop over to their sites and get an idea of what they have to offer by looking through their portfolio. Actually, their entire site is a calling card for the kind of looks they can put together. Browse their site and their portfolio to see if you like their style. You should be able to see testimonials or reviews on their site. If they aren’t there, call and ask about some.
Narrow down your choices and talk to a few designers. If you communicate well and think that they have a clear undertanding of what you want, you might have found yourself a designer.
It need not be a difficult thing for you to find the right web designer for you. You just need to make sure that you heed the tips here, so that you don’t forget anything. A good web designer can make your site flawless, so make sure you choose someone great.
http://www.mlwebco.com – In this video I share my advice on web design pricing and contracts.
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Your own video is crystal clear and factual upon this theme. Pretty helpful
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Mike awesome website! If I’m starting out as a web designer and write up a
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rest later? I just don’t want to get ripped off and feel mad afterwards.
What’s your opinion about contracts?
a question :
I make a design and develop it to code it and it’s done
the next step more likly would be fill in content should I make the content
or should the client give me the content that he wants on his web page ?
edit: with content i mean like information about the company services and
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Hi Mike, what’s your take on doing a 6 month contract job working with a
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Thanks for this Mike, great info.
View Commentreallyreally interesting first time i find everything in one video .. can
View Commentwe have the template of ur contract?? please??
What if you make your client sign a contract and they still dont pay up?.
View CommentI think client’s are willing to pay more if the quality is better, or at
View Commentleast seems to be a better deal, which is all up to the salesmen. It’s
fine being a designer, but if you can’t sell yourself, which is what you
are doing, then you should hire someone that can or get a partner that can
sell. I’ve been building sites for 16 years now and I have noticed a drop
in prices, however if you add more features and quality you can still get
10k for a website. I also sell leads if anyone is interested let me know,
they are very high-quality.
Really nice video, it has helped a lot. I’ve always wonder what sort of
price range I should be looking for in my design contracts. I only
disagree with the contract part when you said you might not write a
contract for some clients. Even if you trust them, you can never be too
certain, in my view 🙂 You are lucky if you never had trouble with any of
your clients by skipping the contract sometimes.
Anyways, that was instructive :)
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View CommentThanks for sharing your opinion with us.
lol I’m somewhat of a beginner but I could only wish for 500$ per job.
View CommentThere’s so many webdesigners around these days and people tend to value web
stuff extremely low.
How do you land $2500/ 5 pager clients? All these designers are lowballing
View Commentand driving down prices. Clients expect to pay cheap junk and get awesome
sites (not gonna happen) How do you deal with all the idiot lowballer
designers who are making it hard for real ones?
Very informative stuff. From experience, it takes that first project that
View Commentmakes it the last time with underpricing projects. Nice vid!
School starts tomorrow! On my way to getting my AA in web development and
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how long do you spend on one client building the website?
View CommentThanks a lot Sir……………
View CommentDo you usually do a monthly recurring revenue? I like to get all customers
View Commenton a monthly recurring hosting and maintenance commission so that I can
have that guaranteed income each month.
Keep in mind, clients pay for skill and expertise. Its not something
View Commenteveryone can do / has the time to do. A website is a full time sales and
marketing employee for a business that works 24 / 7 365. We’re in the
business of making other peoples businesses look better, have more appeal,
be easier to interact with and bring in cash / goodwill for them. You
should charge accordingly.
like your videos, but you never lower your price offer just to get the job,
View Commentyou only lower your price only and only when the job deliverables are
lowered.
those site builders are very generic templates your style and skill makes
View Commentit easy to compete
thank you very much
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