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Does the Designer or Project Manager communicate and listen to your interests and expectations? Although this may sound obvious, it's critical. Does he or she discuss and explain the key components of successful site development: Layout, Content, Navigation, Graphics, and Dynamic Site Interaction? Or does it seem like you're being pitched a, more often then not, overpriced sale?
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At Envisiondustry, our Project Managers are not sales reps nor are they simply "programmers in management". They are trained and experienced in a multitude of Internet Technologies, graphic design, as well as effective communication. How does your developer maintain that communication throughout your web site's development?
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Envisiondustry publishes your website online as it's being built. Your temporary website address is a critical component allowing you to stay connected with your project at all times and avoid disappointments. You will receive nightly reports via email from your Developer or Project Manager as to the work accomplished with a link to your temporary site. Naturally, we are also only a phone call away to further assist you. Listed below are other very important, if not essential, questions to consider when exploring Professional Website Development. We recommend that you make a list of all of these questions and compare anwers from others as you search for the right firm or freelance website developer. What happens when your project is complete? Does the individual or firm that you hired, register your domain name, publish your site, assist you with promoting your new site?
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Website promotion is crucial to the success of any website and we at Envisiondustry Media Concepts not only utilize optimization and promotional tools as we build your site, we continue to exploit various search engine techniques in order to build traffic to your site as we maintain it.
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Registering a domain name is the process of naming your website's url, (for example yoursite.com) and then filling out domain ownership information, and then paying a small set up fee and annual renewal fee. Envisiondustry will take care of all of that for you.
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Publishing a website is the process of loading all of a site's data onto a server with a dedicated connection to the Internet. Also known as a webserver or host. A Project Manager from Envisiondustry will go over website hosting and its varied options with you. We will set everything up for you, then provide you with necessary information such as passwords and all of the other documentation that you will need. It's important to note that a great majority of website development firms claim to host their own sites when, in fact, they merely "sublet" server space from other IT companies. By doing this, they literally have complete control over your site's internal structure and may limit your accessibility. They will tell you that it's for your site's protection, but in reality it's for their protection. A practice which enables them an opportunity to charge you, or in some cases, overcharge you for site maintenance. At Envisiondustry we give you complete control over your site then ask you for permission for host access. Are you provided with the site code and accompanying files?
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With Envisiondustry , once we publish your website, you have complete access to all of your site's code, files, scripts, and graphics. We give you everything. That way, if you ever decide to outsource to another designer or firm, you can. Be weary of companies or individuals that keep that access from you. It's not safer for you to have limited access. It's safer for them. What about disaster recovery? Is there a backup plan in case your website is somehow compromised?
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If you employ Envisiondustry to maintain your site, your site will be professionally maintained. When content is added or removed from your site, we back up the entire project and all of it's accompanying data. If you decide you no longer require our services, we conduct one final backup and forward everything to you. How about a Progression Plan or Continued Site Maintenance?
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This is one of Envisiondustry's most distinguishable qualities. We believe that you shouldn't have to pay more for the maintenance and progression of your website than you have to. So Envisiondustry's Maintenance and Progression Plan works a little differently than the majority of Website Development Firms. At Envisiondustry, we create your site using a combination of free coding, scriptwriting, and layout design and then incorporate everything into a very powerful software bundle which eliminates the need for redundant coding. Once your site is complete, adding content is easier, not more difficult. Time saved in rewriting or copying code translates into money saved. A savings that is passed on to you. This is why Envisiondustry Media Concepts' mantra is "We don't have customers. We have clients." You will pay much less with Envisiondustry's Maintenance and Progression Plan than you will with a competing firm or individual designer. Do they offer blogging or administrator's pages so that you can easily add new content yourself?
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Envisiondustry can create Blogs and other "Administrator Access" pages easily edited by you and your staff. What about online forms, pdf files, data collection, and other dynamic site interactivity?
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Online forms and other data collection methods, as well as content available for download, are what's known as Dynamic content. And yes, we have a talented group of script writers at your disposal. We understand that you have a great deal of firms and freelance designers to choose from. Hopefully, this article has empowered you with the right questions to ask, and eased the anxiety of what will become your global presence. Good Luck! Contact an Envisiondustry Media Concepts Representative |
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