Website Designers In Brentwood

Website Designers In BrentwoodCompare Quotes From 5 Web Designers In Brentwood

There are over 50 website designers in Brentwood to choose from.  

Many are smaller agencies who work from rented offices, or freelancers who are working from home.

In addition there are around 20 marketing companies that offer a range of services that include design, normally to larger clients in the area.

Just fill in the form in order to get free advice and quotes from 5 web design agencies in Brentwood.

All website designers in Brentwood are independent, and all have their own fees based on their overheads, staff costs and profit margins.  It is wise to shop around and compare quotes to ensure you find the best value for money.

Did You Have A Website Brief?

Did you have a website design brief to send to website design agencies in Brentwood to look at, this should give them an idea of what kind of website you want (or need).

All web designers in Brentwood need a starting point, if anything to know what colours you want to go with, or sending some examples of websites that you like the look of.

How many pages did you want (or need), and what about adding new website content?

Here are a few points to consider including in the website brief:

  • Did you know the colour scheme?
  • What websites have you seen that you like?
  • What particular features did you need, such as a payment gateway?
  • How many pages did you want/need?
  • Did you have a budget to keep to?
  • Which web platform should you choose?
  • Who would create the website content?
  • Did you want videos on the website?
  • What about hosting?
  • What about marketing?

There are of course lots of other things to consider, since websites can range in price from £500 to £50,000 depending on a wide range of factors.  The main one being, how long it takes to create the website and what features you want, if it is built on a standard web platform or whether it is built from scratch as a custom design.

Choosing A Creative Web Design Agency In Brentwood

For companies in this area, choosing a web design companies in Essex or London is not easy, as there are so many to choose from.  Lots in Brentwood, lots in nearby Chelmsford and thousands of web designers in London; where does one start?

  • Size is something to consider when considering choosing a partner company, as some are better at producing smaller sites than larger ones.  It is logical really, freelancers are more geared to produce more basic websites.  Whereas larger ones can handle complex sites which have hundreds of pages and thousands of users each day.
  • Experience of the agency is also something to consider.  As all web companies in Brentwood do carry different skills and experience.  These days many are choosing to focus on producing sites in specific niche industries.  Banking for example, or leisure, retail or healthcare, so selecting one that deals in your niche will bring benefits.

It is very important to be able to meet regularly with your designer, as you can discuss ideas face to face, have time for troubleshooting and consider all the options.  

A meeting also gives the chance to ensure that the web designer is what they claim on their website, and not just working from their parents’ house.  

There are also many web design companies in Basildon just down the road.

Cost is always going to be a factor, they can cost a few hundred pounds up to hundreds of thousands.

Comparing prices is wise; there are no standard rates.  Choosing a web designer is not just based on price however, chemistry also plays a part as the most expensive agency does not make them the best.

Marketing Is The Next Step

The biggest challenge for any website owner is the stage after the website is launched, getting website visitors, in particular the right website visitors, your potential customers. Setting up a marketing strategy is important, over a 3 month and a 6 month period, something that many web designers in Brentwood would advise.

This is known as digital marketing, also known as internet advertising.

There are tens of thousands of websites in Essex, so being on page 1 of the search engines is essential.  However if you are in a crowded market, being 1 of the 10 websites on page 1 for your search terms is going to be a real challenge.

The main thing you want to do is to optimise your existing websites for the following search engines:

  • Yahoo
  • Bing
  • Google
  • Ask
  • DuckDuckGo
  • AOL

These are the main search engines in the UK, Google is the most popular, since it is the default search engine for most smartphones and desktop computers.

SEO or website optimisation is very much an unknown, as each of the search engines mentioned above have their own formula (known as an algorithm) to rank all the websites in Brentwood.  Few web designers in Brentwood know how to do SEO, which is split into two areas:

  • Onsite SEO – How your website is built, the quality of the content, your videos, your page titles etc.
  • Offsite SEO – How popular your website is, how many other website link to yours.

This is the best guess, as mentioned, the search engines do not reveal how they rank each website.  Choosing an SEO expert can be a challenge, since most SEO companies are working based on best guesswork.

PPC advertising is very popular with both startups and global brands, as it is a quick way to circumvent SEO and get onto page 1.

Social media marketing is an important part of digital marketing, as social media website have million of users in the UK (billions globally).

Have you considered using a social media influencer to support your brand, they can market you to their millions of followers.  In fact since the lockdown periods of 2020, many people have started a full time career as a social media influencer

Compare Web Design Quotes In Brentwood

With thousands offering ‘stunning sites created by award winning designers‘ it is difficult to find the right agency and avoid over paying them.

No-one minds paying a fair wage for a good days work and indeed paying a little extra for a quality website designer is better than having a cheap website designed.  But comparing quotes is essential in order to find out what the going rate is.

For free advice and to compare web design prices from several local web design companies in Brentwood, just fill in the form above.

A Few Words About Brentwood

This suburban town lies just within the M25 in the north-east of London, but falls just within Essex.

It was first recorded in an Anglo Saxon charter as ‘Breguntford’ which means ‘ford over the River Brent’.

It is thought that Julius Ceaser crossed the Thames here, during his invasion of 54 AD as the tide was lower at this point. Two historic battles were fought here in 1016 & 1042.

The Grand Union Canal passes through Brentwood, and this played an important role as the canals helped with the transport and distribution of goods and produce around England until 1929.

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