Although our last post discussed why working with a web design company can be preferable to hiring an ad agency for many businesses, there are also many instances where web design agencies and more traditional creative agencies can work together.  In fact, there are many situations where a partnership or joint venture between a web design company and an ad agency could be beneficial for everyone involved.

Ad agencies are a dime a dozen, and their costs range from fairly affordable for small business owners all the way to the stratosphere for agencies that cater to worldwide brands like Nike and Coca-Cola. There is probably a similar number of web designers and web design firms around, with a similar range of price points (although hiring a web design company probably has a lower barrier to entry).

There are millions of real estate websites and real estate blogs on the web, so standing out from the crowd is difficult to say the least.  What’s a real estate agent to do?  First of all, any real estate agent or real estate firm that wants to differentiate themselves on the web needs to find a web design company that understands the unique challenges of real estate web design.

Last week, the SEO division of our web design company posted the “ABCs of SEO: 26 Terms You Need To Know“, and while the ABCs of web design doesn’t rhyme quite so nicely, these terms are just as useful for web design companies, website developers, and even companies in the process of building their online presence. So without further ado, here are the 26 web design terms that you need to know, from A to Z.

Our web design company believes that when it comes to web design, especially business websites, less is almost always more. After all, a simple and clean website that is easy to navigate is key for converting visitors into customers (getting those visitors there in the first place is a job for our SEO team).

Our web design company knows that social proof in the form of testimonials and positive reviews is one of the major reasons that visitors convert into customers; after all, people tend to want to buy things that are positively endorsed by others, especially people they trust.  However, many business websites do not take full advantage of the power of social proof.