This is probably one of the most controversial posts I might make. But this question has been coming up with alarming regularity in one form or the other. Typical questions such as: Why is there so much difference in the prices quoted by different vendors for the same work? I saw on TV websites being advertised [...]
Archive for June, 2011
How much should a website cost? Making sense of the wide range of pricing for website design in India.
Posted by Ron on June 24th, 2011
Posted in Web Design, Web Strategy 
Tags: cost of web design, web design costs, web design price 
1 Comment »Our dear friend & contributor Prashant Pinge has just launched a children’s book – Naughty Avantika. Those with kids definitely do get this one.
Posted by Ron on June 22nd, 2011
Our dear friend and regular contributor to this blog has just launched a children’s book Naughty Avantika. In his own words: My latest book of children’s fiction, Naughty Avantika, has just been published by Happy Squirrel, an imprint of Leadstart Publishing. About the book Naughty Avantika comprises of amusing stories about Avantika, an eight year [...]
Planning a dotcom? Hire us as consultants / advisors and boost the chances of your online success.
Posted by Ron on June 21st, 2011
Dreaming of being the next Facebook or Linkedin? Have a great idea for a online business? Don’t have a clue about starting a dotcom? Hire us as dotcom consultants. (There you have it… a straight pitch). Why do you need us? Starting a dotcom needs planning and a different mindset from a normal business. Its [...]
The holy trinity of social media – Facebook, twitter and the blog. Aim them at an idea, concept or service you want to promote.
Posted by Ron on June 20th, 2011
After the explosive growth of social media platforms it seems to be coming down to this holy trinity of social media – Facebook, Twitter and the Blog. And if you think about it, seems like a very complementary trio. Facebook fills the social quotient, Twitter is a form of micro-blogging and the blog is well… [...]
Posted in Search Engine Marketing, Web Strategy Tags: social media platforms, social media trio No Comments »A career as a web design professional in India. List of web design courses and institutes in India.
Posted by Ron on June 13th, 2011
As a web design professional who runs a web design firm I interview lots of youngsters applying for web design and development related jobs. Overall I am not very satisfied with the quality of web design training in India. However going into a debate about the quality of web design training in India would take [...]
Do It Yourself website design or in-house web design rarely works out. Short terms gains but long term it costs you more.
Posted by Ron on June 4th, 2011
A friend recently called me asking how much a programmer would charge per month to develop a site he wanted created for one of his businesses. Being on a low budget hecould not afford professional web design companies like us. Although I gave him the information he was looking for I also warned him about [...]
The future of digital marketing is divergence not convergence. An ever increasing set of options for business owners and opportunities for digital marketers.
Posted by Ron on June 1st, 2011
13 years ago when I started in this field there was only web designing, we did not have to worry about SEO or any other areas or options. Slowly the services tree expanded into 2 branches then 4 and so on and so forth. Today we have a whole tree of digital marketing options with [...]
Ron Billimoria, is a web industry professional with over 15 years experience. Ron is the CEO of MiracleworX, a premier web design and development firm in India. 
