Comments on: Don’t ruin your web project by making this mistake http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/one-mistake-that-can-ruin-your-web-project/ Helpful tips to make your website more effective from Rick Whittington Consulting, Richmond, Virginia Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:29:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why we don’t do spec work | Rick Whittington Consulting http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/one-mistake-that-can-ruin-your-web-project/comment-page-1/#comment-57005 Why we don’t do spec work | Rick Whittington Consulting Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:28:34 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=700#comment-57005 [...] single most important reason that we don’t do spec web design work is that we must understand the goals and objectives of the website.  Our clients hold us accountable for the effectiveness — and in some cases specific metrics [...] [...] single most important reason that we don’t do spec web design work is that we must understand the goals and objectives of the website.  Our clients hold us accountable for the effectiveness — and in some cases specific metrics [...]

]]> By: Rick Whittington http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/one-mistake-that-can-ruin-your-web-project/comment-page-1/#comment-56588 Rick Whittington Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:42:50 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=700#comment-56588 Arturas, You're correct that clients don't always know what they <em>need</em>, which is why we put so much time into the planning end of the project. We also like to allow time for gathering technical requirements so we build something that's useful, and brainstorm ideas to make their websites better for customers. Thank you for your comments, Arturas and David! Arturas,

You’re correct that clients don’t always know what they need, which is why we put so much time into the planning end of the project. We also like to allow time for gathering technical requirements so we build something that’s useful, and brainstorm ideas to make their websites better for customers.

Thank you for your comments, Arturas and David!

]]> By: Arturas Kvederis http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/one-mistake-that-can-ruin-your-web-project/comment-page-1/#comment-56587 Arturas Kvederis Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:20:47 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=700#comment-56587 I would say that in most cases customer actually don't know exactly what they need, and it is up to us to guide them through the decision making process. There are a lot of ways to do that, e.g. we've developed an online website ROI calculator (http://sysiq.com/conversion-funnel/) that allows customers before hand to see the details of missed revenue opportunities. Regards, Arturas I would say that in most cases customer actually don’t know exactly what they need, and it is up to us to guide them through the decision making process. There are a lot of ways to do that, e.g. we’ve developed an online website ROI calculator (http://sysiq.com/conversion-funnel/) that allows customers before hand to see the details of missed revenue opportunities.

Regards,
Arturas

]]> By: David Zemens http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/one-mistake-that-can-ruin-your-web-project/comment-page-1/#comment-56582 David Zemens Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:51:01 +0000 http://www.rickwhittington.com/blog/?p=700#comment-56582 Without sounding too cliche, "The early bird gets the worm" comes to mind when I read your article Rick. I, too, put plenty of time into working with a client before the proposal. I pride myself on great response and customer service that is often not provided by bigger firms. Do I always get the project? Nope. But more often than not I do. Being the early bird has been a successful approach for me. Without sounding too cliche, “The early bird gets the worm” comes to mind when I read your article Rick.

I, too, put plenty of time into working with a client before the proposal. I pride myself on great response and customer service that is often not provided by bigger firms. Do I always get the project? Nope. But more often than not I do.

Being the early bird has been a successful approach for me.

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