Thursday 4 September 2014

Designing a Website for Your Business

Creation of a website is a difficult process which is why selection of the right web design company in Pakistan for your website is what you need to focus on. Unless you are running a web based business, you really don’t have the required web designing experience within your company. Development of a website takes time and a little homework.
For creating a website for your business, you need to follow the following four steps:
Establishing your goals
Determining your budget
Picking a web and graphics design company
Picking a web hosting company
Establishing Your Goals
Before beginning to look for a company to help you build and design the website, you need to take the time for understanding your website goals. This is important as it helps to set expectations with the design company you are going to choose.
For setting your website goals, you need to ask the following questions:
Do you require a website?
Are you selling services/products on your website?
Have you got a catalog of products which change on regular basis?
Who is your target market?
Have you got a brand?
Who is your target industry?
Who are your competitors?
Have they got websites, if not what do the websites look like?
If you are selling something, would you accept online payments through credit cards?
What is your project deadline?
What will happen if you never create a website for your business?
You need to take time for answering each of the above mentioned questions and if you get time, you can write the answers down on a paper sheet. These are the questions which most of the web designing companies will ask you before they start creating your website. If you get these questions answered up front, you will get some criteria for choosing the right designing company. As an example, if you are a real estate agent, and want to publish website listings, you need to seek a company which knows about the real estate business and which has created the web pages for the other real estate agents. 



Determining Your Budget

How much are you looking to spend on your website? The website cost anywhere from $100 to $100,000, depending upon what you want your website to do. You need to know your spending constraints before you start negotiating with the design companies. Whatever it is that you do, you don’t have to let the designing company know what your budget is. You have to be priced for what you need instead of your business.

Pick a Web Design Company

Your web design company choice is an important step. You have to take time for investigating all your options. An important component to consider is the design vs. the build process.
Design vs. Build


Depending on your website’s scope, you are required to choose two different companies. Without any doubt, building a website is a highly technical process and designing is a highly creative process. You can say that the process of web creation is similar to the building of a new home. Just like you will evaluate the home builders in detail, you can also evaluate the web designing process in detail for your own good.

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