This post is part of the Graphic Design and Your WordPress Business course.
Now that you have an understanding of why good design matters for your business hopefully you’ve scoped out some graphic designers, and have one in mind that you might like to work with. In this post, we’ll offer some tips … Read More
If you’ve got a new web project, you may not know where to start. What does it take to get a web project off the ground? Who do you need to hire? Should you hire just one person, or will … Read More
Most people I talk to who need web development help are frustrated and unsure. Many have had painful experiences with previous developers, and almost all are suspicious about being taken advantage of. Getting web work done properly at the right … Read More
This post is part of the Care and Feeding of a Web Developer course.
It’s hard to find a good web developer. Part of that is because web development is a jungle of unlicensed practitioners with very different interests, price points, and skill levels—meaning it’s a lot tougher to know where to start than … Read More
Just like a car, a web project could cost almost anything depending on your needs and budget. Your developer needs to know both. “I want a car. How much will that cost?” Web developers confront this question almost every time … Read More
One of the marks of good web professionals is that they’re partners in strategy. I recently spoke with Matt from 3thought, a graphic design team we love, about working with them on a redesign project. In the course of the … Read More
If you’re investing in a website, one of your primary concerns will naturally be to pay as little as possible. As we’ve argued before, looking only at cost is not the correct way to approach a website project. Rather, a … Read More
This post is part of the Care and Feeding of a Web Developer course.
In general, developers are a lot more flexible on price for projects they really want to work on, and a lot less flexible when they’ll have to grit their teeth for the money. Web developers are like anyone else: they … Read More
Happy New Year! I had some time over the holidays, so I put together a video about what makes websites succeed and fail. The video explains that every website needs three kinds of plans to succeed: A strategic plan: the … Read More
This post is part of the Planning for Site Support course.
This post continues an earlier post on site support, which we can summarize as follows: You’re going to need site support. You’re going to need a plan for site support. We’ve also covered one of the best options for securing … Read More
