How To Find The Right Louisville Kentucky Web Site Designer
Often when local Louisville small business owners seek out a Louisville website design company, they end up unhappy and frustrated with the end result. Most of this is caused by trusting their wallet instead of trusting their ‘gut’ feelings. I want to walk you through some cases I have seen lately.
Most of the time, the person wanting a web site built finds out that their cousin, uncle, or neighbor is a ‘budding’ website designer and feels that they can trust this person to build their website for cheap. They also sometimes find someone who is in high school or new to the industry that was promoting their services on sites like rent-a-coder or elance and can only compete on price with their services since they are so new to the industry. The web site owner goes with someone that was low cost because they have no real industry experience and thinks that ‘everything will work itself out’ later in the process. Many times too, they just come across the first person they find in Google with no further research or questions about the service provider. All of the above examples will only give you headaches and trouble down the road.
The best way to find the Louisville website designer for you is to ask questions and use some simple common sense. I could not begin to tell you how many people come to me on a weekly basis to fix other peoples mistakes. This not only waste time and sales, but waste lots of money to have to clean up someones mistake.
I am not saying to skip ‘budding’ amateurs or to not save money by going with a more expensive Louisville web site design company, but I am sharing these tips below:
- Look at their portfolio of work.. do they even have a portfolio? Looking at their prior work will give you a sense if their style of design will fit what you want in a site and give you an idea of who they have worked with so you can get references.
- Talk to multiple designers. Talking to one person is not enough! I would call around and ask questions about your site and what the best solution is for you from different providers.
- Narrow down candidates based on options, not price. Look for the designers that offer the best options for you, not the cheapest price.
- Find a designer that can do more than design. Many times you will find you need some custom programming and/or Internet marketing for your project down the road. Having one provider for all of this is cheaper and less frustrating then with having multiple people work on the project at different times causing conflict.
- Go with your gut feeling. If one person/company feels like the right fit then go for it full steam ahead, but only after you have done your research.
- Find out who they partner with in town. Many times you will find that a person or company has multiple partnerships with other designers and programmers here in Louisville. It is likely that the person or company will outsource their work to these people. Finding out who is really doing the work on your site is important so you can research them.
Finding a Louisville web design company is like buying a car. You don’t just randomly pick one and show up at the dealership with cash in hand. You need to research what you really need, find out what company fits those needs, and get the best ‘bang for your buck’ based on your research. Don’t get stuck with a second rate designer that is cheap upfront as it will cost you more money down the road.