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Do you feel as though you need to do everything for your business? Are you serving your customers, creating your own web site, doing your own bookkeeping, attending networking meetings, taking appointments and arranging your calendar, and making all the arrangements for special events? A lot of small business owners find themselves in this situation [...]
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WordPress Expert Panel 2
Save the date WordPress fans! You won’t want to miss our next meetup – WordPress Expert Panel! If you have a WordPress site or are thinking about building one, no doubt you’ve got piles of questions: What’s the best plugin for…? How do I…? How come my site won’t…? What’s the best way to…? Where [...]
Speculative Design 0
It is oh-so-tempting to choose a designer or agency for your project by asking a handful of them to produce sample or speculative designs for you to review. But doing so is not only harmful to the designer, robbing them of valuable income, but is harmful to you as the client.
In this article, we’ll explain speculative design, why it’s harmful to both client and designer, and show you the best alternative so you can hire the best designer for your project.
DIY Web Site – Good Idea? 0
If you need a web site for yourself or your business, it can be tempting to try and save money by building the web site yourself. More and more options are available all the time for someone interested in tackling the job themselves without any prior experience. Hiring a web developer can be prohibitively expensive for small businesses and individuals, but more and more an online presence is as vital today as a yellow page listing was 20 years ago, before the web changed the way we find and interact with businesses.
So which is the right choice – go it alone or hire someone to do it for you? We’ll discuss both options, the pros and cons, and then reveal secret option number three – the consultant.
What to Know Before You Hire a Web Designer 0
At least half of the work of building a web site falls squarely into the client’s lap. In this article, we’ll explain what you need to gather together before you hire someone to build your web site.
