Are you looking for a trustworthy and extraordinary web design company? How do you know if you are getting a good deal or if they are ripping you off? What makes you think that they will deliver as promised? Should you trust them with confidential product information?
Answer these questions by reading through our major tips for considering candidates for a partner design company. What are the things that you should think about?
Complete and updated Contact Information
Complete and updated Contact Information
If a good design company has nothing to hide, it will gladly encourage people to get in touch with them to gather as many leads as possible. All of the information below must be easily visible from their corporate website:
• Official Company Name
• Office Address
• Email Address
• Phone Number
• And if possible, a Google Places link to their office
Another good sign is if they get back to you within 24 hours of your inquiry whether it is via email, SMS or even via their Facebook fan page.
Fast-loading Pages
Any corporate website that loads for more than 4 seconds on normal internet speeds is a goner. Their corporate site is supposed to be one of their best products and if they cannot optimize their store front for fast loading, then you are better off elsewhere.
Leads-capturing Mechanism
If the corporate website has encouraged you to get in touch with them, leave them your email address or better yet, chat with their online team, then you are in good hands. Any web design company who takes online leads seriously shares the same value with you. Live foot traffic on your website is absolutely important and you must act immediately when there is someone on your site. Some good lead capturing mechanisms include:
• Inviting email newsletter subscription forms
• Free trials of products where your email address is required to process the trial
• Online customer support popups like Zopim and Zendesk
• Sign up sheet for free offers or discounts (again, making you leave your email address with them)
• Interesting blog that encourages you to subscribe to its newsletter or RSS feed
Easy Navigation
Lastly, a web site for a design company that does not need tutorials or does not make you look for something for more than 5 seconds is a well-designed site. And you want that same editing eye for your projects. You don’t need all of the links you list for your product.
Oh and one last thing, the design team MUST have a mobile-responsive website or else, look somewhere else.
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