There are over 1,000 website designers in Devon ranging from smaller design studios and freelancers, up to larger web design agencies that work with larger businesses.
The majority tend to be freelance as the county is relatively non-commercialised, and more geared to industries such as farming and tourism.
PR agencies in Devon can support your website through the media.
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Did you have a website design brief to send to website design agencies in Derby to look at, this should give them an idea of what kind of website you want (or need).
All web designers in Derby 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:
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.
It makes practical sense to work with website designers in Devon; mainly as each is then supporting the other.
As a county does need to work together and outsourcing work to larger firms in London, Manchester or even to overseas businesses only takes work away from the county.
Many web design companies in Devon are just as capable. If not more so, than top website designers in London, and can design and build websites for a fraction of the price.
As many are small, their overheads and costs will not be as high; therefore it is possible to get a better price arranged.
Meeting up with them is always good, as it gives you a chance to talk through strategies, approaches and talk about website layout. However as COVID has caused face to face meeting to be too dangerous, a ZOOM meeting is wiser.
Finding the right agency is hard, we have put together 7 tips on choosing a web designer, which may be helpful.
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 Devon would advise.
This is known as digital marketing, also known as internet advertising.
There are tens of thousands of websites in Devon, 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:
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 Devon. Few web designers in Devon know how to do SEO, which is split into two areas:
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.
Owing to the recession affecting so many companies still, there is the need to shop around and compare prices.
As all creative companies are different, all offer different web design prices based on their profit margins, overheads and design approaches.
One thing to bear in mind is not to choose the cheapest one due to price, as being the cheapest website does not make it the best. Neither does being the most expensive website mean that it will be the best.
By shopping around you can get an idea of different ideas for design, matched to prices and different costs allowing you to select the one you like the most.
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Devon is the fourth largest county in the UK.
The word ‘Devon’ comes from the word ‘Dummonia’ which means ‘deep valley dwellers’. It was inhabited by Celtic tribes at the time of the Roman invasion in AD 43.
The historic industries of the county were fishing, farming and mining.
However mining has declined, foot & mouth has affected the farming industry, and as a result the area receives support from the EU.
It is known for its green hills and country lanes, Devonshire custard, cream teas and the relaxed way of life that all strive for.
It covers an area of 2,590 sq miles and has around one million people living in it.