Comments on: How to Get Web Design Clients: Five Factors You Must Address

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:42:46 +0000

Really great article. I especially love the valuable tip on offering specials, very clever. And also the other subtle suggestions of relevant competence. If I could learn to think like this I’d be rich, rich, RICH! :D Thanks!

By: Mathan Vibranarayanan

Mathan Vibranarayanan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:50:33 +0000

Valuable inputs lol….. appreciate you helped a lot… have a nice day,….

By: Ramsay

Ramsay — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:20:51 +0000

Thanks for the feedback guys. Glad it helped. Hope it also helps you get some more clients!

Ramsay

By: Jack Bremer

Jack Bremer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:44:30 +0000

Excellent article, with points relevant to meetings as well as proposals. Inspired me to write a new page in our Best Practice Manual in fact, despite it being 4am here!

Many chargeable extras can be offered in a way that improves the proposition rather than just costing more: Mention how you usually build on relationships with existing clients through regular meetings, monthly SEO, SEM or SM efforts and security updates – many of those will be chargeable, but are proactive and maintain dialogue. At this stage, all are without obligation and simply a recommendation.

With regards to the final point about knowing their business, I’d recommend looking them up before initial meeting, and ensuring you go into detail about their business plan in that meeting – clients love to talk and you can only really offer proper business consultancy and the right website solution if you understand their business properly. Back this part of the meeting up in the proposal with a summary and examples of competitor strategy etc as you have mentioned.

Thanks for the tips – helps just seeing them typed out!

By: Oxford Startups

Oxford Startups — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:03 +0000

Thanks for this article – we shall let our ‘paid service’ users know about it :-)

By: Chris Lentz

Chris Lentz — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:38:36 +0000

You make some great points. I am in the middle of starting web development firm right now and articles like this come in very handy.

By: joao

joao — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:24:35 +0000

a good post at which i can see myself and my own experience expetially because i am just starting out and is quite dificult to prove my skills without the back up you mention.

some good ideas which i will put them i practice
cheers

By: agilius

agilius — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:26:25 +0000

Good point. The stepts might not go in exactly the same order, but in general it is all true.

One other hint: Being a human rather than a ‘pro designer/developer’ gives great results.