Should I hire a print designer for my website?
In a word, no!
Print designers can do some really wonderful things with four-color printing and Photoshop effects. But they usually fall down when it comes time to design a well-balanced, easy to navigate, functional website.
Oh sure, they can make something that looks amazingly beautiful, even win some awards. Now try downloading that beautiful, full-color, photo montage...not in under 5 minutes a page!
Print designers usually fail to understand the nature of web content delivery. When they design something, and put ink to paper, it's already delivered - there's nothing to download!
We fix broken print-designer websites (grin)
When you put up a website, you force each visitor to deliver the design and content to their own computer, and many are still using a slow modem connection. A true website designer understands the limitations of bandwidth and delivery, and works around them to create a visually appealing, yet quick to download website.
Some other items that print designers fail to consider include navigation and search engine optimization. Those full-color websites that look so pretty can be really hard on the search engines as they try to find the content wrapped inside the fluff or buried in graphics files.
Lastly, most print designers know little about programming, so if you want to do anything on your website involving fill-in-the-blank forms, links to other websites, databases, eCommerce, or anything more complex than "welcome to our website - isn't it pretty?", you're going to need a true website developer, not just another pretty face.
For premium quality website design and development for your small- to medium-sized business, the answer is Mike Truese Creations!
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