How to Find the Best Web Design Agency in the Philippines
by Chico Orange
Building a company website for your business is a crucial step in establishing your brand’s online presence and credibility. If you’re thinking of building one, you probably know that this task entails a lot of planning, research, and various skills such as web development, web design, SEO, and marketing skills. Considering how extensive creating a company website is, you would find it highly beneficial to hire a web design agency—instead of doing it yourself or hiring a freelancer—as this gives you the advantage of hiring a full team of experienced developers, designers, marketers and other professionals who are willing to cooperate with you, and provide assistance to you, if necessary.
Now, if you’re looking for a web design agency for your business, you may have a hard time choosing the right one due to the tight competition between multiple web design agencies in the country. To help you find the best web design agency that can build your business a reliable, optimized and user-friendly website, here are 6 steps you may follow:
Set a Budget for Building your Company Website
The first thing you need to do before finding the best web design agency for your business is to establish a tentative budget. This will define the level of web design you want and where you’ll get it from. Essentially, this is important because there’s no industry standard pricing for the cost of building a website so to prevent overspending, you have to know what your budget limit is.
Create a List of Potential Web Design Agencies
After setting your budget, you can now start making a list of potential agencies that you’ve found online and just gradually narrow it down from there. In doing this, you may refer to websites that rank web design agencies in the country such as Clutch, or you may ask your friends and colleagues for recommendations.
Look at their Website
To determine the level of the web design agency’s ability to create an engaging, user-friendly and optimized website, you should first look at their website. Be on the lookout for websites that are aesthetic as well as functional. If the agency’s website looks outdated and is not easy to navigate, it would be best to steer clear of it for they, of all people, should know that a website should represent their business well.
Check their Portfolio
In addition to assessing each agency’s website, one way of getting a great insight into the web design agency is by looking at their portfolio. This serves as a proof of the skills and experience of the agency’s team as well as a way for you to see if they have experience with your industry. If they have experience with your company’s industry, you can see how they produce designs for your industry and if it fits what you like. If they don’t have experience with your industry, you can still find their portfolio useful as it shows their general design style.
If you want to seek further information, you can ask the agency to send you references or testimonials from customers. Reach out to their previous clients and verify if the testimonials are real.
Find Reviews
Another way to determine what a web design agency can offer is to look at what reviews are saying about the agency. Once you have narrowed it down to a few companies based on your assessment of their portfolios, you can start reading client reviews anywhere you can find them. Reviews will give you more insight into the professionalism, behavior, and reliability of a web design agency.
Contact Each Web Design Agency Directly
After finalizing the list of your potential web design agencies, you can now contact them to discuss important topics including the agency’s web design process and terms and conditions, the scope of your project, and their pricing. You should expect a good web design agency to ask you almost as many questions as you ask them and to reply to your queries politely, professionally, and wisely. Moreover, a good agency will give you straightforward explanations instead of using vague, jargon-heavy terms.
In summary
After discussing the crucial matters regarding your project and the agency’s overall process, you now have all the pertinent information that you need to decide on the best web design agency for you. Remember to consider all the data you’ve collected in your decision-making process because the web design agency you will be hiring has a significant role in achieving success for your business.
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Chico Orange
Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Graphic Designer, Web Developer, Photographer, Software Junkie, Digital Artist, Technology Enthusiast, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Shameless Self-Promoter, Technology Consultant.
