Online businesses vary in almost every way possible – from who they serve to how they make revenue. However, one basic similarity connects all internet businesses: websites. If you don’t have a website, you’re not doing business on the internet. An online entrepreneur must choose between designing a website himself or herself, or hiring a professional web designer.
Studying the latter option first, professional web designers vary in many aspects, most notably style, ability, size, experience and price. If you plan on hiring a professional web designer, you want to ask the designer for examples of his or her work and for references. You don’t want to just review the web designers past work without also consulting references, because no matter how good, stylish, or well-coded the designer’s work is, how do you know the websites were made according to the directions of the customers? You also want to consult more than one designer, so that you can compare and contrast the work of different designers. By researching the references and past work of designers, you’ll know their respective abilities, styles, and experiences. Never just take a designers word that he/she works “very well” and has “a lot of experience”. » Read more: Web Design – Outsource or Not?
