Ever heard of the term 'Keep it simple'? Nothing could be truer in context to toronto web design. As you might have noticed, a lot of the present day websites, or let's say, a lot of the present day websites that irritate the eye as much as the brain, are full of unreasonable graphics (I call them unreasonable because there is no reason why they should be there!) Reason for this – the designer's uncontrollable knack for giving his 'creative' touch to the webpage.
This often is the death blow for most websites, with webmasters paying out of their pockets to make sure that they get the best toronto web design to attract users and solve their purpose (sales, registrations, etc.). This post is just a warning to all designers who are overtly creative, and webmasters who think more is better – stop thinking that way. Please, you would be doing a potential consumer a huge favor. Understand the fact that he is not visiting the website to view stunning graphics or screaming out loud headlines and catchphrases. He is there to solve a purpose, and if your design gets in the way of that, there is not chance that he would want to return to your website.
Your website design must never interfere in the purpose of your site. It has to be clear, concise and cognitive, to ensure that it helps your site get the maximum traffic.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
How important is the cost of a good web design?
While hiring Toronto web design companies, one factor that often seems to come as an obstacle before many is the fact that some of these seem to charge what appears to be a very high cost for a relatively simple design. However, that is often not the case, as the other company is also looking forward to getting business from you. True, there might be different markups in the price for different companies, but these depend completely on your requirements. It might be a case where one company's estimate for your design could be as low as half of the other. This is not a time to completely ignore the other party's offer, but to ponder as to why is the cheaper one giving you such a low quotation.
One of the reasons could be that he does not understand what you want, and is taking your project as just another regular one. This might be OK with those who are looking forward to a regular website, but they would certainly not be given such a high price quote from a good Toronto web design company. This leaves us with those who want a specialized design for their website. Now, in the event that a company is charging lower/higher than what you had expected, or even if one meets up to you expectations, make sure that they completely understand what you are trying to say. It is very important that you get what you have paid for, irrespective of the fact that you are paying $300 or $3000, since after all, it is your hard-earned money.
In the end, the final verdict is that you need to ensure that you get full value for your money, regardless of the amount. It is no point giving a cheaper price for something you didn't want, and neither am I supporting the fact that you should overpay for something that could have been done by anybody for half the price. All you need to do is do a certain bit of research for getting the right web design company.
One of the reasons could be that he does not understand what you want, and is taking your project as just another regular one. This might be OK with those who are looking forward to a regular website, but they would certainly not be given such a high price quote from a good Toronto web design company. This leaves us with those who want a specialized design for their website. Now, in the event that a company is charging lower/higher than what you had expected, or even if one meets up to you expectations, make sure that they completely understand what you are trying to say. It is very important that you get what you have paid for, irrespective of the fact that you are paying $300 or $3000, since after all, it is your hard-earned money.
In the end, the final verdict is that you need to ensure that you get full value for your money, regardless of the amount. It is no point giving a cheaper price for something you didn't want, and neither am I supporting the fact that you should overpay for something that could have been done by anybody for half the price. All you need to do is do a certain bit of research for getting the right web design company.
How Toronto web design outsourcing is a much better option
There has been much talk off late regarding how outsourcing your Toronto web design requirements leads to better results than hiring an in-house team, both in terms of cost as well as in the quality sense. Let's take a look at this in detail.
The first point is of course the expenses. Hiring in-house web designer(s) is surely going to cost you more even in the long run, since once the site has been designed, these employees would be nothing more than liabilities on your company. So, until and unless you have around 15-20 websites or more that need to be designed or re-designed, hiring a designer is not a good option. And even if you have multiple Toronto web design requirements, you can hire employees for the same for 1 year at the maximum.
Now coming to the quality part, you obviously know that specialist agencies who provide outsourcing services are expert in this area, since it is their job and their core competency. Thus, they would obviously know a thing or two about designing that even your hired designers would not. This way, even in the aesthetic sense, outsourcing is a much better option. I urge you to consider the same for all your requirements.
The first point is of course the expenses. Hiring in-house web designer(s) is surely going to cost you more even in the long run, since once the site has been designed, these employees would be nothing more than liabilities on your company. So, until and unless you have around 15-20 websites or more that need to be designed or re-designed, hiring a designer is not a good option. And even if you have multiple Toronto web design requirements, you can hire employees for the same for 1 year at the maximum.
Now coming to the quality part, you obviously know that specialist agencies who provide outsourcing services are expert in this area, since it is their job and their core competency. Thus, they would obviously know a thing or two about designing that even your hired designers would not. This way, even in the aesthetic sense, outsourcing is a much better option. I urge you to consider the same for all your requirements.
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