A standard brochure style web design is one the best ways for many businesses to get onto the web. This style of website will give the users of the site the details they need to find out about the products and services you provide. Typical pages on they type of website would be:

• Homepage
• Our Products
  • Product one - Description and images
  • Product two - Description and images
  • Etc Etc
• Our Services
  • Service one - Description and images
  • Service two - Description and images
  • etc
• Our Location
  • Description and map
• Contact Us
  • Postal Address
  • Email Address
  • Telephone Numbers
  • Online contact form (see example)

The rule is, the more information you can give people the less they will be asking you and the more talk there will be about availability of your services or product.

The website should be working for you. Its your online "Sales Rep" open to the public 24 hours a day, Remember that. Keep it informative and up today. Don't have "Jingle Bells in July" as we often come across with out dated sites. Keep an eye on your site and see its getting the traffic and make sure its turning that traffic into genuine enquiries.

When you choose a web design company, there are many things that you need to be aware of and that need to be taken into consideration before you make a decision.

The ability to work successfully with your web designer is sometimes as important as their actual skill in being able to deliver the project.

A web designer / programmer that is skilled in what they do but is a pain to deal with can make the whole process frustrating and not worth the money being spent, especially if you have an emotional attachment to the project (which you should have being the one supplying the money and motivation)

That relationship you build with your web designer can be worth a large proportion of the actual contract.

However, there are some key things you need to consider.

Be careful in what you get for your money. Some possible pitfalls you may want to check on:

Obviously what do you get for your money

What is included? Design, Content, Search Engine Submission, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Updates? You need to get these details so you can compare your quotes against each other. You also need to quantify some of these things in terms of quantity, hours, numbers search engines submitted to etc.

What are the ongoing costs?

All websites have ongoing costs. Web Hosting, Domain Names and updates are the main three. Make sure you know the total cost of your investment. Some companies offer lower up front costs and will design a website for a couple of hundred euro and lock you into higher ongoing costs that end up costing you more. Some other things are SSL certificate costs, more bandwidth and web space.

How easy is it to incorporate your branding

Some basic sites are hard to blend a logo or colours into them, be wary of getting a very basic style site from website companies, some of these people are skilled enough only to change the text on the design rather than the actual design too. Some designers design their sites from the ground up incorporating all of you design elements in their design. These companies offer the most flexibility.

How reliable is the services provided

With hosting and email, too much down time can make the whole experience unworkable. You don't want to have to change hosts after six months because your designer has provided you with a poor host. We have our own web hosting server in The Data Electronic Centre in Dublin and recomend all our clients to move to that. Some people rely heavily on email and these are the people that need to choose carefully so their business isn't impacted. We have found some clients have web hosting where they are only 1 of over 300,000 other sites on the same server! This would have a serious impact on your website download speed, bandwidth and speed of emails to mention a few!

What are the costs for making changes later on?

Updates and maintenance on your site is something that will eventually happen, even if you don't change the content frequently (Search Engines know how often your website is updated, they visit most websites every 3 seconds and check for changes) you will eventually change some content and so you need to know what it will cost over a year. We offer both once off fees for updates and full maintenance contracts for clients.

Hidden costs

Make sure common things (like search engine submissions) are either not included or are an extra cost. Some key things can be omitted to keep the price down. Make sure you don't get sold short.

An important one...is the web designer doing the job part time? Are your web designers doing this as a full time job? Some designers are working during the day and then web designing at night. A lot of designers started out this way, but it can cause issues when you need something done and they don't do the job from 9-5. We have full time staff, land lines and of course an office in Gorey, Co. Wexford.

And finally, choosing a web design company in Wexford is easy, just use common sense and choose a company that is established. There are many "fly by nights" in every industry and our industry is no exception.

So be careful.

If all these things check out, then you have found someone who you can work with and provide you with a service that will get you the desired result you need.

Remember; choose a designer with the right skills, but also one you believe you can work with on an ongoing basis. Build a working relationship that will benefit you both and your web project will benefit as well.

Call us today to get started,
Tel: Dave 053-9430748

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