I have been following the Blue Blaze website thread. I commend Mike for wanting to better the website and improve his business. I know that my website is outdated. I know that it can be a lot of work to keep it up, even when it's fairly simple. With some of the authoring programs out there today, it can be made a lot easier, but it still takes a level of dedication to go back and update it periodically. So bravo zulu Mike for asking for advice and opinions!
This is mainly because I'm curious, but maybe somebody with more time and inspiration can make a go of it. There is another industry with individuals who offer their services and products for a fee. There is also an organization who hosts websites for this group of people. While the websites don't offer a lot of individualism, they are informative and maybe more importantly, pre-packaged. There also appears to be at least a little bit of room for personalization.
I wonder if there is a market for a "Weldors' Directory" of sorts. A website where somebody could go and search for Weldors in an area who specialize in 'metal X'. Then they could be directed to that weldor's page and the potential customer could see their rates, hours, pics of their work, etc. I wish I could link one of the pages I've seen so that you could see what I mean. Except for their area of expertise, they seem to have a good system.
Anyway, I'm also curious about everybody's thoughts on web design. Do you do your own web page? Do you use a program that does the 'real work' for you? Or do you do everything from scratch? Do you prefer to have a local individual do the work for you? Or do you pay a bigger firm to put it together? I guess this might be better as a poll, but I'm afraid there are too many aspects that I'm curious about for it to be that simple.
Thoughts?
Dave
This is mainly because I'm curious, but maybe somebody with more time and inspiration can make a go of it. There is another industry with individuals who offer their services and products for a fee. There is also an organization who hosts websites for this group of people. While the websites don't offer a lot of individualism, they are informative and maybe more importantly, pre-packaged. There also appears to be at least a little bit of room for personalization.
I wonder if there is a market for a "Weldors' Directory" of sorts. A website where somebody could go and search for Weldors in an area who specialize in 'metal X'. Then they could be directed to that weldor's page and the potential customer could see their rates, hours, pics of their work, etc. I wish I could link one of the pages I've seen so that you could see what I mean. Except for their area of expertise, they seem to have a good system.
Anyway, I'm also curious about everybody's thoughts on web design. Do you do your own web page? Do you use a program that does the 'real work' for you? Or do you do everything from scratch? Do you prefer to have a local individual do the work for you? Or do you pay a bigger firm to put it together? I guess this might be better as a poll, but I'm afraid there are too many aspects that I'm curious about for it to be that simple.
Thoughts?
Dave
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