How to Communicate Effectively With Clients

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Building a website for a client comes with many different challenges. One of the most critical for any web designer is facilitating an effective communication process between the client and the web designer.

In order to be successful in this area, here’s some great tips that can assist with the web designer and client relationship.

Web Designers Must Create an Active Listening Environment

It’s not uncommon for people to be involved in a conversation where one of the parties are not really listening to the things that the other person is saying. In fact, these are often times when a person may feel that they are simply talking to a break wall. Though some people may not be aware of the other person perceiving that this is occurring, this type of action can easily picked up by others when it happens to them.

To avoid these problems in a web designer/client relationship, it is essential that the web designer, with purpose, learn how to actively listen to the client. For instance, the designer should make sure that they are seeking to understand every thing that the client is saying, and they should make sure that are responding to the client by either answering their questions verbally or by the nodding of the head. In either case, the web designer should make sure that they are showing that they are actually listening by remaining engaged throughout the conversation.

Web designers should Be Aware of the differences in the Client’s technical knowledge

It is important to note that some clients are very well versed in web design practices and procedures, while others may be very limited in what they know. Because previous and current knowledge is a huge factor in communicating effectively, the web designer should always take this in consideration when speaking one on one, and in the actual development of client presentations. Which means, the web designer should make sure that they are familiar with how much the client knows about web design development prior to getting started. Two of the best ways to survey a client’s knowledge is to either ask them directly about their knowledge base. Or, to look for contact clues in the client’s expressions that says that they do or do not understand what’s being said about their web design development project.

Anticipate Client Responses and Questions

There are many ways to improve the communications between the web designer and the client. One of the best ways is for the web designer to anticipate the clients needs prior to the meetings that have been established. Even though the client may have a long list of questions that they may asks, when the web designer works hard enough, they can anticipate most or all of the questions that the client will have. For instance, if the web designer is addressing certain technical problems about the design of their site, the web designer can prepare themselves in advance by writing down any potential problems and the responses that they will provide to the client.

Communicating effectively with any client can be challenging. However, there are numerous ways to improve communications on a regular basis. Three of the top recommendations consists of creating an active listening environment, being aware of the differences in technical knowledge and anticipating the client’s needs.


Design Can Be An Art!

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If I wanted to open a taxi service, I would open a taxi service. I’m a tow truck driver, but lots of people treat me like a taxi driver anyway. I literally had this one woman who wanted me to take her to several different stops so she could do her errands as if the car hadn’t broken down. Anything for a customer I say, and I did it. I took her home as she had bags of groceries on her lap.

Last year, Josephine and her parents visited South Africa and during one afternoon, they visited a small massage shop. They requested two and two-foot massage. When it came to Josephine, an oil massage begins, she lay on her stomach and gets massages on her back, shoulder and legs. Then she clips over, and it continues to the arms, and front of the legs, face and head. But the situation becomes weird and unbearable when the massage therapist didn’t provide Josephine with a small towel to cover her breast since she was topless. Some customers around the room were able to see Josephine’s nakedness including her parents only that they were embarrassed and forced to close their eyes.

Otto came to university as volunteer to help students with his native language. Among the faces of students he noticed a slim girl with blond hair and beautiful locks. They experienced mutual sympathy and had their first date. People had some sidelong glances on them and were rumoring a lot. The lovers didn’t pay attention to anybody and listened to their hearts. She knew that black cocks are way better. Soon, they married and everybody was envying their happiness. The couple had a lovely girl with dark curly hair and big bright eyes.

Building a Living Through Building Websites

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Easy Money?

You have seen some of the coolest and most beautiful website designs as you travel through the Internet. Everything from Flash videos to interactive designs piques your interest and has you wondering about building a living through designing your own websites. Maybe you have pursued it as a hobby, but now want much more from your acquired skills. What follows is a basic guide on how to get you started.

Required Toolkit

Instead of trying to rush in immediately and start making money designing, you need to get organized. In fact, organization is one of the things that will keep your business running smoothly and also help you when you create a website. Some of the basic tools are free, but be sure to assess each one to make sure it fits your purpose and the way you do business.

The first tool you will need is a time tracker. It is one thing to work on one project at a time, but to have a business will require you to be working on multiple projects with multiple deadlines. In other words, a time tracker is essential. You will also have to manage projects and tasks within those projects, so add project and tasks managers to your list of tools.

Finally, when you start actually seeing money come in you will have to manage that as well. Look for a reputable financing and invoicing package that will best suit your needs. Do not overdo it by thinking you are Google or Apple. Keep it small and simple, and be sure it is expandable for the days ahead.

Step-by-Step To a Future

Now that the tools are in place, the next set of steps you need to see as a process. The reason is not everything is going to happen as fast as you like. Or, everything will happen so fast you will be challenged to keep up. So review the steps as a whole, then go back and evaluate each one to see where you are and how to get there.

  1. Though many website design startup checklists begin with examining your finances, that is not a step that is always necessary. There have been businesses that start up with virtually no money and are wildly successful. What is perhaps the most important first step is to establish your brand, or reputation, on the Internet. When people believe you are competent and deliver on time, your reputation will often cover your startup expenses.
  1. What potential clients want to see is what you are capable of. The great thing about designing websites is that you can show people what you can do by creating your own personal website that shows your ideas and work. Make it clear, and make it simple, but have it readily available for everyone to see
  1. This is one of the most difficult parts of starting your own business in most industries – deciding how much to charge. You can research how much to charge based on where you live, but the basic problem is if you charge too low they client may think you are not that experienced and just trying to make money, while if you charge too much you will overprice your value. Keep your prices in line with the competition and you will adjust your prices to find exactly what you are worth.
  1. The next step is to find ways to market your business and your talents. You can use social media marketing or simply advertise your business locally. The marketing method you choose will have to be one that gives you the greatest opportunity to sell yourself to people who are willing to pay for your services. Do not lose perspective and believe you can take any job that comes along. You may get in over your head and harm your brand with larger companies, or you may work very hard for very little money trying to make businesses that truly cannot afford your services satisfied.
  1. Keep current by using the vast number of websites and blogs committed to educating people about website design. Take advantage of the experience of others, and learn and refine their ideas so they work for you.

Do Not Expect Too Much Too Soon

The reason to not expect too much too soon is to avoid early disappointment. Things take time, and one of the better problems to have is to be forced to manage rapid expansion. That day may come sooner than later, but at the beginning be patient and do not get too high or too low. There is a strong demand for quality website designers, and will be for the foreseeable future. What will separate you from the crowd is your creativity and your experience. But be certain that there is very strong competition out there until you get yourself established. Until then, be patient with yourself and with your clients.


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10 of the Most Famous, Yet Ugliest Websites Ever Built

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A website is defined as a collection of web pages. A web page is a pops up on the screen when a web address is typed, clicked or when a query is inserted in a search engine. The web page that pops up can contain a variety of information, it can have written text, graphics, color, sound, and animation. When people give you their web address, it will take you to their website and from there you can see what services they offer or what information they are passing across. Web development has evolved over time, but some are still stuck in the mad. Some of these websites include the following:

Uglytub.com

Now are you planning or thinking on how you should replace your old bathtub? Log in to this website and you will realize that it will never persuade you to do otherwise. Its images are of poor quality, it has tiny fonts and garish colors, its frames are not well developed because they minimize the site to a small window that pops up in the center of the screen. This website can offend its users.

Mrbottles.com

Have you ever thought of collecting bottles? This website will end your career. If we put aside the pillar-box red typeface that it has, its background clashes with a variety of bottle pictures that are of poor quality. Happy pictures of bottle owners are also in circulation, but the quality of the images will make you regret why you logged in to the site.

Jamilin.com

This website is too congested with images, videos, adverts, and links. This enormous supply of text and images give a browser little time or no clear way to navigate in the page, making it boring.

Wholsesalemeatscoventry.com

It’s far much well designed than the above sites. It contains imagery that gives the purpose of the website. Now, if you don’t have any idea about the company, the many floating pictures of raw meat might give you a taste of what you are about to witness. But you will have to spend more time on the page hence suffer the shame of scrolling past numerous pieces of floating pieces of meat to reach the useful information on the bottom of the page.

Gatesnfences.com

It’s a company that is based in Florida. It decided to be stuck in the past by bombarding users with a lot of information on the homepage. It’s small but low-quality images are scattered everywhere. There is also no tool that breaks up a large amount of text, it inevitably hurts!

Pennyjuice.com

This site starts off with a page that asks “Who is Penny Juice?” It also has so many colors that give no explanation. Where did they take the navigation tabs? Sorry, they are not there, meaning you can’t navigate around. Although it has a picture of a baby on top, it turns out to be comical.

Bolenreport.com

One of the old school web designed website is here. It crams a lot of information on the site with four full-featured articles on the homepage. It will make you sleep.

007museum.com

We have lived to love James Bond, who we know as a charming, secret agent in the silver screens. Where they got the designer for the James Bond Museum is highly questionable. Its background is stuck with Times New Roman typeface with crowded menus, hyperlinks, and random imagery. It does not echo the character of Bond himself.

Arngren.net

Visit this site and you will have no clue of what you are looking for, it’s genuinely baffling. Scroll down the page and what you will see is the same cut-and-paste poor quality images with links attached. It contains a search box at the top but try to use it, and you get lost.

Rudgwicksteamshow.co.uk

This website does not have your time because it seems to be busy all the time. It has a lot of imagery with primary colored fonts hence difficult to find useful information. It’s hell for users.

These ten websites need to be redefined or otherwise they will mislead users with their junk information that is not useful. Owners of these sites don’t feel offend but gear up to redesign them if they can.