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Your online profile is very important in today’s times, whether we are talking about a personal blog or your company’s website. Having a good website, with a good design is a major plus for those that want to get ahead by making an online reputation.

Even though there are a lot of options that allow people to build their own websites cheaply or for free, the best solution can only be offered by a web design firm. Hiring a designer that can take your ideas and turn them into a user friendly and easy to navigate website, will add a lot of points to your online profile. People visiting your personal or company’s website need to find the information they need without having to come across bad design and poorly constructed pages.

Ideally, if you put some effort when making the hiring decision, your new web design firm should be able to offer everything you need at modern day standards. But what do you do when you are not satisfied with that result? Also, how do you know when the work that they are doing is not what you needed?

Identity

Part of choosing a web design firm when creating your website is creating an online identity for you, such as a a logo, a tagline, and of course a catchy company name. If your identity pack has not been revised for years, even though it is clear that it needs to change, maybe you should consider approaching a firm that can give you a modern makeover.

Design Originality

Another aspect you should consider when trying to determine if your web design firm is doing a good job is the originality of the design. Some firms, mostly the ones that charge less, have a tendency to just customize existing design templates that they used in the past or even free templates from the web. Make sure this is not happening to you, and if it does, the best thing is to change firms.

Making Changes Too Often

If the firm you hired keeps making changes to your design, even though you were happy with it and got good feedback from your visitors about it, you should consider the possibility that they are only doing it to charge you more. If a person is not that familiar with the design trends, it can be easy to fall into a trap and put all your trust in the person that designs your website. It is rather hard to know what they are doing wrong if you don’t have a clue about web design. In this case, ask the project manager to explain the changes that they keep making and if you are not satisfied with their answer, start making plans for hiring a new firm.

Changing your web design firms mean additional costs, a change in your design and a lot of time spend with doing all the things that you already done with the old firm. These are some of the reasons for which most people postpone making a change, even though they are not satisfied with what they get.  Don’t make this mistake because it can cost you in the long run. And we are not only talking about money - it can also affect your online profile and business, leading to a decrease in profit.