I’m looking for a good local Web design company in Kalamazoo, MI. Any suggestions?
I’m looking for a good local Web design company in Kalamazoo, MI. Any suggestions?
Do yourself a favor and pick someone who also knows about marketing. A lot of web designers charge an arm and a leg for a site and then it doesn’t do anything to help the business owner put extra money in their bank account. So what’s the point? "Build It And They Will Come" does not apply here.
No point in spending hundreds, maybe even thousands, of dollars for a website if no one is able to find it.
This is why it’s important to work with someone who knows about marketing as well.
Few tips for your site….use an opt in form to grab your visitors contact email. Use an autoresponder service like Aweber for this. This way you can communicate with past and potential customers whenever you want.
Also be sure to put a call to action on every page of your site. People are lazy. You need to tell them exactly what you want them to do next. Whether it’s call you, email you, come into your store, whatever. Just get them to take the next step.
Also, be sure to include the most important info above the fold (what the visitors see without having to scroll).
Oh, and try to avoid flash. Web designers LOVE flash because it looks pretty. But, it slows down loading times and people have little patience, especially online. All they have to do is hit the back button and you lost them forever.
Hope this helps.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Do yourself a favor and pick someone who also knows about marketing. A lot of web designers charge an arm and a leg for a site and then it doesn’t do anything to help the business owner put extra money in their bank account. So what’s the point? "Build It And They Will Come" does not apply here.
No point in spending hundreds, maybe even thousands, of dollars for a website if no one is able to find it.
This is why it’s important to work with someone who knows about marketing as well.
Few tips for your site….use an opt in form to grab your visitors contact email. Use an autoresponder service like Aweber for this. This way you can communicate with past and potential customers whenever you want.
Also be sure to put a call to action on every page of your site. People are lazy. You need to tell them exactly what you want them to do next. Whether it’s call you, email you, come into your store, whatever. Just get them to take the next step.
Also, be sure to include the most important info above the fold (what the visitors see without having to scroll).
Oh, and try to avoid flash. Web designers LOVE flash because it looks pretty. But, it slows down loading times and people have little patience, especially online. All they have to do is hit the back button and you lost them forever.
Hope this helps.
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October 29th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I recommend Blue Fire Media. They do a really good job and make websites that are easy to update and are search engine friendly.
References :
http://www.bluefiremediagroup.com