I don’t white-label and resell any hosting plans or pretend I have my own data centre etc. Clients are better served by dealing directly with reliable hosting companies (I use both Blacknight and Hosting365) or commissioning us to source their hosting requirements for them. I imagine that a significant percentage of all hosting sold by a hosting company comes from Web Designers. Some clients might be resellers of their services or others (like EdenWeb) will simply point a client in the right direction. Hosting companies would also get a number of clients asking if they know a good web designer and so, it’s not hard to see why designers and hosts should work together and strive to improve a mutual industry and relationship both depend upon.
Or so you’d think!
Today I was running through some old copies of the Sunday Business papers and came across an advert I’d forgotten about.
Continue reading ‘Ouch - Irish hosting company slags off Web Designers’
What could a site redesign do for your business? All numbers are going in the right direction for this client after their site was relaunched by EdenWeb in early December 2006.
We took this screenshot of their website statistics in the first week of May and expect May, June, July and August to be even busier.
A fuller post and case study are in the works.
Why do some organizations look great… and get great results from their design efforts and ads… while others languish in mediocrity? I think it has little to do with who they hire and a lot to do with how they work with their agencies and designers.
Here are the things your design team wishes you would know:
- If you want average (mediocre) work, ask for it. Be really clear up front that you want something beyond reproach, that’s in the middle of the road, that will cause no controversy and will echo your competition. It’ll save everyone a lot of time.
Seth Godin hits the spot with his post - How to live happily with a great designer
