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All About Buying a Business
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How can I find good web site developers?
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How can I find good web site developers?
First, it helps to determine exactly what you
want on your web site. Do you want to do credit-card processing? Put in
a lot of product pictures? Interact with a merchandise database? Just provide
a way for people to contact you?
After you have this information, consider the
following.
- Write it down.
Write down your vision for your web site. Provide as much information as
possible.
- Search on the Internet.
Look up your competitors and see what they are doing. What do you like
about their site? What do you hate? What intrigues you and gets you to
explore further? Take notes of what places you decree worthy for future
reference.
- Start searching!
Good web site developers will have happy customer testimonials. In addition,
you can
- locate your county web site
and see if there is a bbs that allows you to ask your peers for recommendations
- Join a mailing list that
caters to your product (for example, I'm a member of a recruiters mailing
list) and ask for recommendations. People who have designed for your peers
often have a good feel for your product's special needs.
- Check out the HTML
Writers Guild.
Once you have two or three candidates, be certain
to ask them questions to determine their skill. (Subscribers
to http://www.own-business.com have access to a detailed list). Remember,
there are a lot of hacks in this field who will only be too happy to take
your money.
After your web site is designed, by all means,
submit it to search engines. What happens, though, if nobody finds
your site?
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