website development companies

Posted by admin on Thursday, March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Do you need a good website development?
There are thousands of website development companies out there. which one to choose?

How do you know that after the hard work of definition and instructions the website development company will deliver on time and to your satisfaction?

To be honest, you will never know. But, there are few steps you should take before deciding which of the website development companies to work with:

Look for references and previous jobs they did. you don’t even have to contact the company in order to do that, you can simply find a website you like, your competitor’s site, a nice website you saw on the net etc. have a look at the bottom of the website, the footer, in many cases you will find a link to the company who built it.
Experience – Once you have find a company you might consider using its services, look for their portfolio of websites they developed already. call one or two of these companies and ask to speak with their webmaster – you will know if the company is good or not
Your most important tool – Knowledge! before you contact the company to ask for a quote to build your website you should understand what are your possibilities, speak the language of website development companies. try to familiar your self with terms like: domain, hosting, HTML & CSS, CMS – Content Management System (WordPress, Joomla and others), blog etc.
If you speak the language the company will understand that it cannot fool you or tell you stories about how complicated website development is – because it’s not! and therefore the cost would be a realistic one.

Step 3 is crucial and can prevent a money loss, wasted time and disappointments. I can recommend 2 great books you can easily read and get into the world of website development in no time, even if you have no past experience.
(who knows, you might consider building your own website and really save money)

First book I recommend is “How to build a WordPress site for free“, WordPress sites are really professional and building such a website is usually free or at a very low cost. visit book’s website

Second book is “Webmasters Secrets” a video course for webmasters of for those who wish to expend their website building knowledge. Visit Course website

And a final advise – if you decide to build your own website do it the proper way.
a full website building service with step-by-step video tutorial, domain name, hosting, graphic design all included
is the SBI! program – for a fraction of a website development cost you get everything - see details here