For me, as a small business owner, picking out the perfect person to do my law firm web site design was a long road. For one I didn't know where to start looking at the potential designers as I have never done this before. In the law firm we used to get clients by reference or direct advertising over calling cards etc., but finally we came to conclusion that we need a web designed ASAP. Of course, as the firm was already running we had a pretty strong visual identity that we wanted the designer to follow but that was the only real request as we didn't know better at the time.
Now I wanted to share some of the stuff I have learned the hard way when I finally got my law firm web site design.
These are just some of things we had to learn the hard way as we lacked experience, knowledge and time when we were looking for a law firm web site design, but it all ended up well as the site is now live and better than expected. It just took a little while longer to get there!
If you are looking for law firm web site design, for example, then you should always ask your designer about the niche specific experience. This might sound stupid as you don't want an exact copy of someone else's site but you do want to make sure that you and the designer are on the same place. The best way to hire a designer is to use someone whose work you already saw live and liked what he or she has done before. If you can't afford that person, you can try this trick as well. So say you are looking for a law firm web site design, go online, find 10 sites you like and go on one of the freelance sites like Elance or Odesk. Post your job there giving the 10 sites on law firms for example of how you'd like your site to look when complete and let people give you their prices and time frame. Simply pick out the best offer there and you are good to go!
Now I wanted to share some of the stuff I have learned the hard way when I finally got my law firm web site design.
Have a very clear vision of what you want your site to look like, use 5 or 10 examples of live sites that are already online (of course don't tell your designer to copy or imitate them, just use them as a reference).
Be even clearer about the deadline of where you want the site to be live!
Make sure to agree on the budget BEFORE you start the work
If possible, ask for the designer to guarantee you will get as many revisions as needed before you sing a contract
If you have a bad "gut feeling" about that person or an agency, make sure you listen to it!
These are just some of things we had to learn the hard way as we lacked experience, knowledge and time when we were looking for a law firm web site design, but it all ended up well as the site is now live and better than expected. It just took a little while longer to get there!
If you are looking for law firm web site design, for example, then you should always ask your designer about the niche specific experience. This might sound stupid as you don't want an exact copy of someone else's site but you do want to make sure that you and the designer are on the same place. The best way to hire a designer is to use someone whose work you already saw live and liked what he or she has done before. If you can't afford that person, you can try this trick as well. So say you are looking for a law firm web site design, go online, find 10 sites you like and go on one of the freelance sites like Elance or Odesk. Post your job there giving the 10 sites on law firms for example of how you'd like your site to look when complete and let people give you their prices and time frame. Simply pick out the best offer there and you are good to go!
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