| Vanishing Web Designers
It‘s a simple fact of life: Unless the person that created your website is a dedicated professional with a long-standing track record - you may not be able to get them to get changes made to your website.
The reasons are as varied as there are designers, but the most common reasons they drop off the face of the Earth boils down to:
- Loss of interest - A lot find out how much work is really involved to do website development well, then decide to "do something else."
- Success - They might have become so successful that their work load doesn‘t allow time for "piddly things" like updating your site.
- Out of business - If your site was designed by an agency - there is always the possibility they merged, were bought out or simply folded their tents and stole away into the night.
Which - leaves you with the burning question: Now what?
The reality is that it is annoying not have someone to call - it puts your website, your business and your personal reputation in jeopardy when the information on a site goes badly out of date...
Why? Well, would you go back to Weather.com repeatedly if all they showed was the weather forecast for November 15, 1995? Or MSNBC.com if all they reported was the news for January 21st, 2008?
If you wouldn‘t go back to those sites because the information wasn‘t current - what makes you think visitors are going to come back to your site if you don‘t keep the information up-to-date? (Hint: They won‘t.)
About 60% of HirMon & Associates come to us for this reason alone.
It is also one of the main reasons that new clients come to us:
We provide the tools that allow you to update every key portion of your website - personally.
No special software, skills or knowledge required (besides reading instructions and the ability to type...).
Yes, we do Spot Maintenance and we also have an Ongoing Maintenance Package for more elaborate or dynamic sites, as required.
The reality, though, is this: If you could update your site personally, you might never run into this problem again.
That‘s what our Page Content Management System does.
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things lurking in damp corners to avoid...
2008
□ Welcome to the Dark Side of the Internet...□ Getting a site that "sucks" □ Hey! The oil light‘s on... □ Domain Name Hell □ Vanishing Web Designers □ How to kill your site before its created □ "Losing it all" - Overnight □ Shark infested waters
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