(or Ways to Market your Website and How Social Networking can work for a Small Business) I recently spent the weekend at Social Dev Camp Chicago and came away with a lot of good contacts and a head bursting with notes to self and ideas. Here’s my take on the kinds of things that you [...]
The question I got asked about preparing the web-ready images (see previous post) got me thinking. If this woman has already hired a designer, why does she need me to prepare her images? She’s obviously willing to pay extra for the service, so why doesn’t the designer she hired do it? The fact that she [...]
When adding images to a web site, what does “web-ready” mean?
This subject is probably the most important thing I cover in my seminars and after what I just went through this morning with one of my own clients, it bears repeating again. Just so we’re all on the same page – a domain name is the address of your website. This site’s domain is beckydavisdesign.com. [...]
I get asked about this subject a lot at my seminars and from my clients. I work with what most people would consider micro or small businesses, and while I’ve done some e-commerce work, large complex shopping sites are not something that I’ve had a lot of experience in. Common sense, design standards and my [...]
Along with how much does it cost, the most frequent question I get in my seminar is “How long will it take?”. The truth is that for a smaller site, not that long. Something in the range of 15-25 hours to design/revise/approve and another 25-40 hours to code the site is probably close. So every [...]
This was written by Chris Campbell of Lakeshore Branding and I couldn’t agree with him more, except maybe that I would tell you these things…. Original Article On October 20, 2009, Chris Campbell wrote: So you have an idea for a business website and you’ve hired a web designer. It’s a simple enough collaboration. You’re [...]
I had a lovely conversation with a new prospective client last week. We looked at his site and talked about how he didn’t like the Enter button and how the address needed to be updated. Pretty simple changes for the most part. I explained how for this kind of maintenance I just charged hourly. (I [...]
I have become a Meetup.com junkie lately. Social networking like Facebook and Twitter have their place, but in my mind nothing really replaces actually meeting people. Meetups can be about almost any subject and because I live in the wonderful metropolis of Chicago, there are a lot to choose from. Particularly in my chosen field [...]
In meeting with business owners over the past 10 years, there’s been a common question: How can I use the Internet to generate more business? More specifically, How can I develop techniques to make my web presence more successful? Here’s a few tips we’ve used with our clients over the years to help them capitalize [...]
