Before You Hire A Website Designer

If you are seeking a competent Web Designer you will find the internet full of attractive offers and all displayed in glowing language. They are really a confusing lot and one can easily plump for an all singing all dancing website which very view visitors can cope with and with the subsequent poor results for you.
 

How should we approach such a vendor of claimed superior services and eliminate the useless one from the ones who deliver the goodies?

There is a tried and proven way to go about this and I shall list them in the correct order of importance.

• Have a look at samples of their past work. Past projects need to be scrutinized for artistic standard and SEO competency.
• Contact past customers for their satisfaction. Did they get their project promptly completed in their promised time span? Are they happy with their business results?
• How was their interaction with the company? Would they assign another project to them? Of course, if these details are hard to get, then your alarm bells should be ringing by now!
• What are the total charges of a quoted project? Some companies' quotations may be lower but then there are 'extras' which have to be paid for. This is called 'building-up a sale'!
• What is the manner of payment? Payment in advance is acceptable if all the prev. probes are positive! After all, they do not know you either. However, payment on completing of job or upon receiving an invoice within 7 day would be commercial practice. Payment by PayPal or credit card is the most common payment methods.
• What is the turnaround time? This is a most important question as a lot of companies tend to obtain the assignment from you with unrealistic promises and then take their time, procrastinating to the point of frustration. They may not accept your hint of cancellation nor loss of business and would barefacedly invoice a 'cancellation fee' if pressed too hard. This is where the checking-out of prev. assignments is of paramount importance!
• How frequently do they answer emails? There is nothing more unsettling for you to write an email into apparent limbo. You put your heart into words and - no reply!
• Would they communicate with you on weekends? If they forget you at weekends, chances are they do not take you serious enough.
• Do they impart with expert advice, freely and self-actingly? If they do, this means that they think on your behalf and are the ideal partners in your project.
• Will you deal with one and the same contact person? This is very important as a person you are attuned with, in ideas and temper, makes communication so much easier.
• Once the project is completed, are they willing to make small adjustments to the website or SEO, if needed? This may be done as part of the service of for a small fee, but nevertheless, it is important to have this follow-up facility available.

It will take a of an effort on your part, but this of research of a prospective Web Designer or SEO expert will eventually lead you smoothly and without disappointment to a finished product that gives you the result you want!