Website Design, Content Management and e-commerce
Offices in Richmond and Williamsburg, VA
Call 757-532-7176
Several times in the past year I have had to deal with new clients that came to us because they weren’t getting good service, or because their previous web design company didn’t know what they were doing. In several cases, we had to fight the previous web design company to get the site (and domain name) moved to a new server, get logins for web applications like Joomla and WordPress, and a bunch of other stuff. Continue reading
I hate to be a buzz kill, but I say no, SEO doesn’t work for everybody. I’ve designed over 150 business websites with Richmond Media, and probably 100 of those had some sort of SEO package.
And no, some of those businesses are probably not good candidates for extensive search engine optimization. Continue reading
If you’re a small business, you are probably not an expert in web design. You know that you need a website, but what kind? How much should you spend? Are cheap template sites worth the money? How about cheap WordPress sites? Here are some things you should ask a potential web designer to see if he can build a successful website for you. Continue reading
OK, you own a small business website and you keep hearing about search engine optimization. You know that it must be important, but what do you really know about it? Take the short quiz below and find out what’s good, what’s bad, and most of all, what you need to know about SEO. Continue reading
If you’re a small business, you’ve seen the TV ads, you’ve gotten the emails. “Build your own premium website!!” “Free Trial!!” “Only $299!!” If you’re a small business owner with a tight budget (shocking, I know…) you WILL be tempted to spend as little as possible for your website. But is buying a cheap website like buying a cheap sweater that will look horrible once you’ve washed it a few times? You can buy a sweater for $10, but you can’t get that $10 back after two months… Continue reading
Richmond Media usually lets clients buy their own domain names and their own hosting accounts. That way, the client controls their own website with no billing from us, and no markup to the price. This is a video tutorial on how to get a GoDaddy account and get your own hosting server. Continue reading
Apple Time Machine
So you got a brand new computer for Christmas! So how to you protect that computer’s data, once you’ve installed apps, added videos and pictures, and everything else you put on your computer? Continue reading
Every web design company has clients that insist on doing things wrong. They decide to go with a design they like that looks like something from 1998. They can’t seem to understand that other people use different monitor resolutions. They “don’t want to be bothered” with receiving contact forms. But here I will talk about a Richmond Media client that did almost everything right. Continue reading
So you own a small business. Your website is five years old, and it looks every day of it. You find web design companies online telling you they can build you a great website for $299. Or $499. Or $599. But you’ve had a few friends, and maybe a web design company or two tell you about content management websites. Continue reading