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Do you want to build a website for you or your company? One of the first things you will have to decide is whether you want to use a freelancer or a web design agency to create your website for you. Each option has its own unique set of pros and cons that need to be carefully considered.

Let’s analyze the pros and cons of freelancers and web agencies.

Freelancer: pros

• Flexibility of time and price: One of the great things about a freelancer is that they have more freedom and flexibility to take on a variety of projects. There will obviously be contracts, estimates and so on but their complexity and volume won’t be so overwhelming. Changes and additions can also be as simple as a verbal agreement some times.
  You can negotiate a great deal with the freelancers. They certainly have a greater range to negotiate a price comparing to the agencies.

Freelancer: cons

• Unreliability: There is a great potential for miscommunication and other project-killing incidents to happen with a freelancer.
• Variable price: The flexibility of price is a good point of freelancers but it can also be a drawback. You may not know exactly how much the project will cost until it is already over. How much do freelancers usually charge?  Most freelancers charge clients on flat rate. It often comes down to experience.

Web agency: pros

• Safety: Simply due to their size, agencies tend to be somewhat better shielded from unforeseen situations. If, for instance, their main designer gets sick, someone else will be available as a backup. Agencies are more likely to have better backup systems.
• Diverse experience: Agencies have the benefit of experience have a wide variety of people to work on a project, so that if there is a function that you want, there will be someone in the agency who knows how to do it.
• Accurate estimates of the cost: They can accurately estimate the cost of a job, so there are no surprises for clients.

Web agency: cons

• Inflexibility of time, price and modifications: Typically with an agency you can expect more complex contracts, work orders, and general bureaucracy. They are less flexible to schedule and negotiate price. Any modification or addition to a project may mean more paperwork reviewed and signed before any actual work can start.

Web design agencies and freelancers both have solid good points and bad points. There is no clear cut answer on freelancer or web-agency. Basically, it is whatever works best for you or your own company. It all depends on your exact requirements, preferences, and, most certainly, budget. Each project has its own needs and at any given time a web design agency might be more desirable than a freelancer or vice versa.

I’m sure everyone is already familiar with the current economic crisis. At the beginning of each day we are bombarded with news from the TV, radio or print reminding us that the country is going broke. The current recession that the nation is enduring isn’t something new. It has been in the works for the past few years. The cost of items has slowly risen while the average amount of expendable income has declined. Naturally this is going to affect how consumers shop. Here are some reasons why having an online presence will help your business:

It is a fact that one can find products online for a cheaper price than they could find that same item in the store. How many times a day have you heard: “Check online, I bet you can find it for a fraction of the price”? Don’t you want your store to have the opportunity to sell to the millions of people shopping online for the best deal?

• During 2008, a good number of large retail stores reported sizeable growth for their online ventures. These statistics aren’t only true for large businesses. Just about any business that develops an online identity is rewarded with sizeable growth year after year.

• Online sales are often exempt from sales tax. Sales tax for online shopping is only applied to a sale when the item is being shipped to a state which contains a physical office of seller’s company. If the company that conducts the sale doesn’t have an office in the state that the item is being shipped to, there isn’t any tax applied.

• Online stores are open 24 hours a day. Having website is equivalent to opening a storefront up for 24 hour assistance. With today’s busy lifestyle, people don’t have the time to go and physically shop. By providing your customers access to an online store, they are able to shop after hours from the comfort of their own home.

These are only but a few reasons why an online presence will help your business grow. The same facts hold true not only for an online store, but for websites in general. More and more often people are consulting with Google for services. Whether someone is checking into a place to get their hair done, or if they are shopping for a new exhaust for their 57 Chevy they are going to check online during the buying process. Don’t you want your business to be listed when your service is searched?

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Top-quality sales companies become Sales agent partners for any number of good business reasons. They want to expand their product offerings. They want to increase revenues. They benefit from associating with one of the nation’s top Website Design and Online Marketing companies. Whatever the reason, partnering with Wevio is a great step to increasing your business sales and volume. (more…)

Dear Customer,

I am pleased to announce today that Wevio and SEA Interactive are now officially operating as one as of September 1, 2008. Our combination unites two market leaders, Wevio in small to medium size web design services and development services, and SEA Interactive in premium web design, consulting and online marketing services.

Together, we are uniquely positioned to provide the world’s best web design services with the most comprehensive set of web design solutions available to extend high end design services, mission critical services and assure they are managed, secure and compliant. The resulting product portfolio will include solutions for SOHO Web Design, Premium Web Design, Web Development and Online Marketing. The combined company will operate under the name Wevio NYC, LLC. and be headquartered in New York. (more…)