Recently we had the experience of visiting a prospective client whose website project had been badly bungled by their current web developer. Although the developer seemed reputed, he had done a terrible job on the client's website. Hence, the inv... Read Now
From time to time, during the RFQ period, we bow out of the bidding due to differences in thought process and requirements. Over the years we have learnt to recognise the signs
that indicatethat we are not a good match to the client. We call th... Read Now
Web design evolves just like technology and also goes through its own fads and style periods. Designing also changes with the evolution of technology particularly CSS and JavaScript evolutions.
1. Pictures tell the story
Large images stretching a... Read Now
Sometimes web design agencies take clients for granted and sometimes they outgrow them or vice versa.
For whatever the reason there could come a time when you need to switch agencies. Depending on your departing agency and the new agency this can ... Read Now
This post has been inspired
from an excellent article by Guy Kawasaki in which he about the
DICEE concept.
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130719120914-2484700-10-ways-that-small-businesses-can-enchant-their-customers
DICE... Read Now
Have recently started contributing articles to ICICI Bank?s SME Toolkit India. I write under the section ?Web Strategy for SMEs?.
Here is the latest article.
5 Secrets to help you get the most out of your business website
Cheers,
Ron ... Read Now
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 ... Read Now
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 desi... Read Now
Illustration by Bhakti Chande
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 client... Read Now
Q. How many web designers does it take to change a light bulb?
Ans. 1 to do the changing and 2500 to submit proposals for the contract for changing the light bulbs.
Ok, so it may not be the best light bulb joke in the world but you get the ... Read Now
I like the term 'game changer', it means someone who comes in and literally transforms the existing way of doing things. Someone who completely changes the balance of power, so to speak. We all started our businesses wanting to be game changers but... Read Now
During a recent meeting with a prospective client I made an off hand remark that the project we were discussing is around 6/10 in terms of complexity ( 1 being simple and 10 very complex). The gentleman immediately asked how I came to that figure b... Read Now
Have you ever sat through a meeting that resembled the Bingo Mad Angles commercial, where the obvious was overlooked and everyone was trying to prove their usefulness by giving bullshit feedback. Well, I have sat through enough of those to know tha... Read Now
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 diff... Read Now
Whenever I discuss standards and best practices for web design companies in India I am greeted with the same refrain - web design companies are innovative and follow their own paths. The implication is that by applying standards somehow we will loo... Read Now
Sitting recently with a client we started throwing out ideas on what we can do with their sites. The client had no pre-conceived notions about what was possible and was open to new ideas and suggestions. Although the discussion was detailed, here a... Read Now
My latest article on why i think India is a great destination to outsource webdesign services. But there are some cautions also thrown in there.
View the article here:
http://miracleworx.com/website-design-in-india.htm
Cheers,
Ron ... Read Now
You've finalized the deliverables and fixed the costs. Now its time to get cracking.
You will want your web designer to translate your vision into a website. You start out with a verbal brief, conveying your ideas and vision. The designer com... Read Now
You like the portfolio and you love the work. You have decided to go ahead with the web design firm and have even agreed to the cost. Now comes the brief. You need to share your vision for the site with them. Help the web designer get into your hea... Read Now
Your first reaction might be that this is a web designer overselling the value of their work. And in most cases you might be right. But we are talking of a few clients that get solidly impacted by a remake of their website because the changes run d... Read Now
20 years ago, when we started in this field, the website was a neat little marketing tool for businesses. A ‘nice to have’ but not necessary item for the marketing manager. But over the years the value and functionality of the corporate website... Read Now
Imagine you can drastically reduce your customer support costs and at the same time improve
quality of service exponentially. And as a
bonus you get terrific customer loyalty! Too good to be true? Welcome to
the a new paradigm of customer ... Read Now
I have watched the evolution of website design for over 15 years from simple text and link based sites to Flash based monsters to the light airy Html 5 ones of today. I am thrilled with the technology development and the way site scripting has evol... Read Now
Another article of mine for? CICI Bank?€?s SME Toolkit India.? I write under the section ?€?Web Strategy for SMEs?€?.
5 Reasons why web design projects stall and how to avoid themEnjoy,
Ron ... Read Now
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 p... Read Now
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 ... Read Now
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 do... Read Now
Web designing has for long been associate with marketing and advertising of products and services. Due to this many other factors of having a great website get overlooked.
Recently a client took me on a tour of his business and we reviewed opportu... Read Now
We frequently get requests from prospective customers for presenting design options before the project/ contract has been awarded to us. They call it proof of concepts and use them to decide a vendor. We do not encourage this practise at all, altho... Read Now
It never fails to amaze me. Some of the most well known and well respected companies have crappy sites. Its as if the company has relegated website mainteance to some dusty old folder and have completely forgotten about it. They have no idea or th... Read Now
I received this mail today - without any context, introduction or how do you do.
----
Subject: Lets start work?.
Hello,
We want to give you projects that we get
We will keep updating to those who replies to this email
This is applicable only ... Read Now
It was time for us to search for a designer who could think like us and deliver good designs. Test time for the shortlisted candidates threw light on one aspect strongly. What is "Design"? What is expected of a "Web Designer"?
I started off in my ... Read Now
I was struck by a brilliant presentation by Simon Sinek on how leadership is about who you aremore than what and how you create your product. View this brilliant presentation here -http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/simon_sinek_how_great_leader... Read Now
Everyday we read these ads in the paper offering web design services at extremely low rates and I wonder how they survive on such margins and who do they serve. But as it happens there is a huge opportunity for 'entry level' web design firms... Read Now
To spend or not to spend?that is the question.
A startup is on a tight budget with very limited resources. The future is uncertain and scary. So when the question comes to spending on a website most startup owners face a dilemma.
It goes someth... Read Now
Nowadays a Holistic approach has become very popular where doctors not only treat the symptom but also the entire body, mind and soul. Its acknowledgement of the fact that the overall well being contributes greatly to the health of an individ... Read Now
One of my
favorite clients has a very good habit. Every time I go to him for a meeting
he is ready with printouts of the website statistics, reports of the enquiries he received and a set of questions and doubts he wants to clear with m... Read Now
I've been in this business for a while now. Seen a lot of web design companies come and go and am still to see the maturity our industry desperately needs. Im of course talking about the web design industry in India.
Im still seeing clients gettin... Read Now
We are known for our web designs but sometimes we encounter clients who are minutely fastidious about their website designs. They agonize for weeks over a colour or a font and fine tune each and every part of it. Although our clients pleasure is ou... Read Now
He has been in the web development business for the almost two decades.He is a keen student of marketing and business development and writes regularly on web strategy and other related topics which is read and followed by many every month.
