{"id":881,"date":"2015-05-07T17:26:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T21:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrisweb.ca\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2016-01-11T14:16:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T19:16:05","slug":"what-your-website-designer-should-be-asking-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harrisweb.ca\/blog\/what-your-website-designer-should-be-asking-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Your Website Designer Should be Asking You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0A good website designer needs to know a few things about you and your business before an effective design can be rendered to meet your goals.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Creating a new website can be a daunting undertaking and you will have many questions for your web designer but there are a few questions your web designer should have for you. \u00a0Your answers will have a huge impact on the final layout, flow, and overall thrust of you website. \u00a0It is therefore important that you think about your answers and maybe even do a little soul-searching beforehand.<\/p>\n

In my contract with new customers, I write, “It should be understood that most websites take about 30 days to complete and most of that time is me waiting for you!” \u00a0Verbally, I tell most of my clients that they will not be prepared for the level of involvement required by them, to get the website design finished. \u00a0Whether this is a self-fulling prophecy, or not, I don’t know, but it always turns out like this. \u00a0If you are interested go to my website design <\/a>page.<\/p>\n

Understanding Your Business<\/h3>\n

Before the look, feel and flow of a website can \u00a0a web designer can design the look and feel of your website they first need to understand your business. What are your business goals? Who\u2019s your audience? What\u2019s your brand\u2019s personality?<\/p>\n

Here I outline a few of the most important questions your web designer\u00a0needs to\u00a0ask you:<\/p>\n

1. What business goals should the\u00a0website achieve?<\/h3>\n

Do you want lead generation, a portfolio of your work to send potential customers to or do you want an online store.<\/p>\n

One of my clients builds swimming pools here in Canada, he works 16 hours each day, 7 days each week from mid-March through mid-November. \u00a0He is booked one year in advance! \u00a0He does not want lead generation or to sell anything through an online store. \u00a0What he wants is to not have to carry pictures of pools around in his truck, or to deliver those pictures personally to a potential customer; he wants to send them to his website, where they can look at his work presented professionally with some germaine information and an FAQ.<\/p>\n

Web design isn\u2019t just about being visually appealing. It\u2019s about flow, having potential clients follow a path and take an action. \u00a0That action can be:<\/p>\n