Three cases recently highlighted the menace of amateur web designers and how they leave clients high and dry in spite of being paid. Case 1 : A good friend cannot access a wordpress website A good friend called recently asking if there was any way to hack into a wordpress account. Apparently the designer whom [...]
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Amateur web designers are leaving clients high and dry – the solution – hire professionals
Posted by Ron on April 1st, 2013
Instant website analysis – an off the cuff review of a prospective client website
Posted by Ron on March 19th, 2013
I received an unusual request today from a prospective client. Here it is in their own words… “We are keen to give a fresh look to our website. We would like to have give the freshness with a new domain name, logo, entire re-vamp of the site, as per the latest trends, standards and happening! [...]
Dealing with fragmented data sources – a constant challenge for web designers
Posted by Ron on March 18th, 2013
Once a website is completed its practically a complete picture of the client’s business. Its a time capsule type snapshot of the company, its values, its products or services and all other related information. But getting together this information is a task in itself. Web designers are increasingly being paid for their data collation skills [...]
Cool little mailer – very nice example of customization
Posted by Ron on March 6th, 2013
Eloqua is always brilliant at content marketing. This little mailer I received really made me pause and smile and then I went through their offer. Notice our company and their company name on the tshirts along with the appropriate message. Also notice that Eloqua is potrayed as the younger brother to avoid any implication of [...]
The Content Development Culture – Creating the content rich organization.
Posted by Ron on February 20th, 2013
A friend and client who recently took over as head of a large technology company recently wrote to me with the following: “I have found a lack of skills on content everywhere – marketing creatives, sales collateral, product documentation, even on-screen text on product pages. We’re not even sure what the right sort of person [...]
Posted in Web Design, Web Strategy, Web Technology 
Tags: content culture, content development, content marketing 
No Comments »The Zen of Web Design from MiracleworX
Posted by Ron on February 18th, 2013
The zen of web design miraclewor x from Ron Billimoria
Is your web designer like a bull dog? Tenacious and persistent?
Posted by Ron on January 21st, 2013
What an odd question you might say, but after 15 years in this business, the one quality I would say that is the most important for any web designer especially in India is – bull dog like persistence. Here are some of the challenges web designers have to often face when trying to complete a [...]
E-commerce re-targeting – Good idea or invasion of privacy?
Posted by Ron on January 14th, 2013
Imagine you walk into a store and select something you really liked but at the last moment change your mind. After a day or so you are walking on the road and look at a poster or banner to see that very item being advertised specifically to you – that’s re-targeting. These days with increased [...]
Planning multi-region websites – centralized or decentralized approach
Posted by Ron on January 10th, 2013
Recently we had a meeting with a client with divisions across several countries and we were discussing how to plan the website architecture. This client has chosen a centralized integrated approach i.e. all site updations for all regions will be done from a single head office. This will be done through a customized hub content [...]
Posted in Web Design, Web Strategy, Web Technology Tags: local websites, multi-region websites, regional websites No Comments »Web developers need to take charge of their projects – lead and advise the client.
Posted by Ron on December 25th, 2012
We all have stories about how a client drove a project off a cliff by their lack of cooperation or funny ideas about how things should be. The web design world is full of half done projects and dissatisfied clients and irritated web developers. The fault usually lies equally with the web developer and the [...]
Posted in Web Design, Web Strategy Tags: respect web designers, web design integrity, web design process No Comments »
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. 
