By now, we’ve come to know how the economy can affect almost everything, including websites.

When times are tough, updating your website is the last thing on your mind what with the lack of budget or other things that are more important on your plate. Even when it’s going well, you have little reason to update your site. Although this may be how you are feeling, good times or bad, you now have a website that badly needs a makeover.

Why the makeover, you ask? According to a recent Globe and Mail article, more and more people are turning to the web to find info on products and services and unless you have a good website, we doubt if you will be able to sell well. Plus, social media is exploding and if you don’t take advantage of it, you are going to miss out on a lot of traffic generating to your website.

So, don’t you think it’s time for giving your tired looking website a fresh new coat of paint? Here are a few rules to consider while redesigning your website:

1. When looking for a web designer, go through several of them. Review their portfolios and find out if their work and style are in tune with your vision. If not, you should move on. Zero in on a designer whose work you find appealing, meet up with him and discuss the work and the processes used. Don’t hesitate to ask for references to get more information and insight about how other projects happened.
2. Before giving wheels to your web design project, select several websites that you want your website to look like or have the features that you want your website to have. Also, ask the designer to take his pick. This will give you more insight into his taste.
3. Have a structured process that sets off with an initial meeting followed by a brainstorming/information session. Follow it up with wireframes and mockups before you get to actually creating the design. You can always make changes later on.
4. If you don’t like the direction your project is heading in, speak up. It’s your website and you want it to look good, don’t you?
5. Establish a budget before you start and let the designer know about it.

Our team at Dynamix Solutions focuses on helping our clients maximize Information Technology in their business.  This includes websites and social media.  Need help finding the right web developer to help your Markham and area business, give us a call today.

Sometimes finding what you are looking for when performing an online search seems impossible, but remember, it is not. With these three unbelievably simple tips, you can certainly find what you are looking for:

1. Keep it simple. The first unbelievably simple tip for getting accurate results is simple, keep the keywords simple. Use only a few words or phrases, make sure they are good enough and you are bound to get relevant results.
2. Learn about Boolean: You have probably already done this. Using terms like “and,” “not” and “or” in your online searches to include or exclude the terms you are looking for can get you better results. Don’t forget to do some math. You can use pluses or minuses and you can even use quotation marks. For example, if you would like get a particular term in your search results, you can simply type a “ ” before and after the term while conducting the search. For excluding the term, you will have to keep a “-“ before the unwanted term.
3. Be precise: Being precise is a sure-fire way to find what you are looking for. Don’t use broad phrases or you will end up with thousands of results which are not even close to what you are trying to find. Instead, use quotation marks for the exact phrase you are looking for.

So, the next time you are performing an online search, keep in mind these three simple tips and find what you are looking for in an instant.

Looking for help to optimize your website, ask your IT support team at Dynamix and we can point you in the right direction.