I often think about how much faster we could have gotten our business to the point it is now if I had only known the things that I know now. I know a lot of other designers feel the same way when they start. Kind of lost about the business side of things. Most likely, a lot of the reason for that and the same reason it took us so long to get off the ground is that there is just not very much information around about it.
If you’ve been involved in making websites for several years, like I have, I’m sure you know about many of the best practices involved. In fact, it’s usually easy to pick out websites that were done by amateurs because of obvious violations of said best practices.
Alexis Neely approached us in December to redesign her personal blog site. She wanted to do something different and make a fresh start, so at the same time she also named it to “Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Truth”. Sounds both noble and brave at the same time, doesn’t it?
When a potential client approaches us, they often ask, “How you done any other——web sites?” This——may be Wordpress, ExpressionEngine, Magento, etc. etc.
It’s been an ongoing debate for years. Does design really matter? Specifically, will a nice professional website design make a difference for your business?
I’ve been wanting to write a post about this for so long, I couldn’t remember if I actually did or didn’t and had to search through our archives just to check. Turns out, I did! Back in March 2006. Woo, how time flies! I find it funny and yet kind of sad that this is still such a hot topic. But, now I want to expand more on my earlier thoughts.
