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23 Replies Last post: Oct 24, 2008 3:05 AM by intechspecial

Who do you recommend to design a website?

Mar 21, 2008 3:34 PM

Click to view RongDesign's profile Mogul RongDesign 54 posts since
Jan 28, 2008
One of the biggest sources of business for any business in network generated leads (customers brought in by friends of other customers). My question to all of you in the technical field, is who do you know as "a good website company"? Do you have a friend who does it in his spare time; do you recommend the people who did your website; does any one give you referrals (or commission) in exchange for return referrals?

Thanks in advance guys!

Thank you,

Dave Moore @

RongDesign.com


*"*Get it right with RongDesign!"

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Click to view Biz Online's profile Mogul Biz Online 71 posts since
Oct 10, 2007
1. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 24, 2008 12:46 PM
Hi Dave,
I use two web design companies, all geared towards what size / target customer / and ecommerce applications are required. A good, better, best approach, were the amount of time and required design/graphics are important.

For local small businesses targeting just the local area, I use a small design shop that has 3 employees. Great HTML code work that also validates, and I get the graphics done by a professional.

For state or regionally targeted businesses, and depending upon the size the company ($5 to $10, or $11 to $20 million +), I'll use a website development company that is one of the best in my market. We have a reciprocal agreement where they send my their pay per click advertising and search engine optimization clients, and I send them my larger website / ecommerce clients. This works well for both of us.

As for friends and family sites, I'll do those myself, although I'm not a designer. For instance, I didn't do my own site design, because, like a doctor, I can't operate on myself!

Hope that helps!
Cliff Koraska
Click to view TonyIOD's profile Mogul TonyIOD 19 posts since
Mar 1, 2008
2. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 24, 2008 2:40 PM
The best way to get the best price and the best people is to post your request on the Dynamic Outsourcing System and let people from all over the world bid on doing your website. Providers (people or companies who do the work) are rated on their work on a scale of 1 - 10 for each project/work task they perform. By default a rating of 5 or higher is required to bid on work. You can change that to be any value between 1 - 10 using QUEUE PREFERENCES.

Register as a Requester and give it a try. http://DynamicOutsourcing.com

Thanks,

Tony
Click to view RongDesign's profile Mogul RongDesign 54 posts since
Jan 28, 2008
3. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 27, 2008 10:57 AM
in response to: Biz Online

Thanks Cliff,

How did you get in touch with these companies in the first place? Did you get contact by them, or had you used them in the past? I have worked with a few big companies in the area that I thought would get me a lot of leads. A had hooked up with a recording studio, and I specialize in youthful designs, so I thought they would be perfect for landing gigs with signed and unsigned bands. Nope. Not one contact. I imagine it could be that the studio owner didn't try, but I still thought the site would send in enough back links.
<p>Thank you,<br>
Dave Moore @
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<a href="http://www.rongdesign.com/" target="_blank">RongDesign.com
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Click to view RongDesign's profile Mogul RongDesign 54 posts since
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4. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 27, 2008 10:58 AM
in response to: RongDesign
Haha... I love this site.
Click to view intechspecial's profile Mogul intechspecial 1,457 posts since
Jan 6, 2008
5. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 27, 2008 2:50 PM
Other then my own company, I would have to reccommend Rong Design.
Click to view RongDesign's profile Mogul RongDesign 54 posts since
Jan 28, 2008
6. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 28, 2008 5:06 PM
in response to: intechspecial
Well thanks for the good word intechspecial! I would have to the same in return.
Click to view Biz Online's profile Mogul Biz Online 71 posts since
Oct 10, 2007
7. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 28, 2008 5:12 PM
in response to: RongDesign
Actually, my site is so tightly optimized for the Dallas marketing that they found me. My largest web developer company was a direct connection (I did a temp job as an Executive Ecommerce Director for a friend ($60M revenue), and their web developer was the company I now work with and have a contract with).

Three of the 5 outside contractors I use in the Dallas marketing found my site online as well.

Referral business is great. Strategically seek out the market movers in your area, and find out what you can do for them, so there can be an exchange that you both will benefit from. Works for me very well.
Cliff
Click to view RongDesign's profile Mogul RongDesign 54 posts since
Jan 28, 2008
8. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 28, 2008 5:17 PM
in response to: Biz Online
Thanks for the advice. This is one of the many marketing idea I haven't tapped into yet. I will be looking into it very soon.
Click to view Spamfork's profile Mogul Spamfork 24 posts since
Feb 27, 2008
9. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 31, 2008 7:00 PM
in response to: RongDesign

Manta provides a very effective way to get multiple quotes from competing design firms.
http://manta.vendorseek.com/website_desig
n_services.asp
Click to view Biz Online's profile Mogul Biz Online 71 posts since
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10. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Mar 31, 2008 6:10 PM
I have reported spamfork 's comment as link spam. It appears the link is an affiliate link.
Cliff
Click to view Ansewa's profile Start-up Ansewa 1 posts since
Apr 5, 2008
11. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Apr 5, 2008 7:12 PM
in response to: Biz Online
Hi all - I'm new to this forum, but this topic is of keen interest to me, too. I am very interested in setting up a website for my business since many of my potential clients are 'tech savvy' and will research online for this particular product LONG before they 'let their fingers do the walking'.

I am, however, a little bit burnt (twice bitten, thrice shy) with this issue, so I definitely can use some quality advice and recommendations. I've tried twice in two (2) years to contract with supposedly 'excellent and reputable' website design companies and both times got stuck with nothing but heartache and a thinner wallet.

I don't particularly need a 'spectacular' website, but I do need one that is specific to our potential clientele and I'm overall (I think) pretty flexible on how the whole thing should appear and function, but I must be either asking for something that's more 'out there' than I thought or maybe I've just been extremely unlucky on this issue. I could certainly use some quality help and advice.

Thanks in advance,
Click to view LariosVox's profile Authority LariosVox 15 posts since
Apr 1, 2008
12. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Apr 5, 2008 9:11 PM
Dave it sounds like you dont have much time to spend to design a website, and you seek to find a good deal thats proffesional and comfortable within budget. If it helps you can take big part in designing your own website and ofcourse make changes and stay fresh to how your site looks and project your business. I personally use a couple sources, however it does require your attention to launch and getting the feel of website temples. For domain registration i use www.2ya.com and for my content linked to my domain I use my Verizon webspace by Trellix templetes... Very user friendly and simple within business budget. </stro<br />hope this helps or gives more ideas for the site., much success in all you do Dave*
Click to view ibranz's profile Authority ibranz 14 posts since
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13. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Apr 6, 2008 8:15 AM
I recommend Mike Webster of OC Webs - he's a real pro
Click to view UpClick's profile Start-up UpClick 2 posts since
Apr 8, 2008
14. Re: Who do you recommend to design a website? Apr 8, 2008 7:51 AM
Rong Design, are you doing market research by your question? You mention on your web design site that you're a "unique web design company because we do not charge by the hour." That's hardly unique. Most web design companies will charge you a flat fee for web design.

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